وشكرت استراليا على ما أبدته من استعداد للقيام بدور البلد القيادي بشأن المبادئ التوجيهية التقنية للديوكسينات والفيورانات.
Turning to the issue of the Convention's guidelines on persistent organic pollutants (POPs), including those on PCBs, PCTs and PBBs, she thanked Canada for its input and contributions and stressed the need to advance the preparation of the guidelines so that they were ready for the first meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants.