State General Laboratory Annual Report 2019

21 State General laboratory Annual Report 2019 In terms of international cooperation , the SGL continued participation in the following:  The Codex Alimentarius, the FAO and the WHO discussions in areas of its competence,  WHO’s "Environment and Health Process", as the National Contact Point of the Ministry of Health, as well as the National focal point (health sector) on the "European Environment and Health Task Force (EHTF)" - WHO Europe, for the implementation of the Ostrava Declaration on tackling environmental health impacts  The International Association of Forensic Toxicologists (TIAFT) working groups  The International Network of Analytical Laboratories for the Measurement of Environmental Radioactivity (ALMERA)  The work of the World Wine Organization (OIV), mainly for the adoption of common legislation in the field of wines and wine products  International conferences with presentations of scientific papers and posters (1 st ISO-FOOD International Symposium- Piran-Slovenia, Climatico 2019 Conference-Limassol-Cyprus, International Conference on Mercury as a Global Pollutant (ICMGP 2019)-Krakow-Poland, 25th ENFSI DWG Workshop-Larnaca-Cyprus, European science engagement (ECSITE) 2019 Conference-Copenhagen- Denmark, 13 th Cyprus-Greece Chemistry Conference-Nicosia-Cyprus, 7 th Forensic Isotope Ratio Mass Spectrometry (FIRMS) Conference-Italy)  The evaluation of research papers (reviews) for their approval for publication in international reputable journals or books Furthermore, in 2019, the SGL:  Actively participated in the organisation and realisation of the "13 th Cyprus – Greece: Chemistry Conference", which was organised by the Pancyprian Union of Scientific Chemists, the Association of Greek Chemists and the Department of Chemistry of the University of Cyprus. The SGL as co-organiser chaired and coordinated the discussions on various scientific subjects such as: Food Chemistry, Safety & Health, and AGROFOOD (Nicosia, 31/10 - 3/11/2019).  Chaired and coordinated the discussion in the session "Climate & Health" of the international Conference "CLIMATICO 2019", which aims to showcase the advances in science and technology driven by the Paris Climate Change Agreement with special focus on agricultural, food and health aspects of climate change impacts in the Mediterranean region, held in Limassol, Cyprus (April 2019).