The United Nations - The Caribbean Asbestos Forum

The Caribbean Asbestos Forum was held in Trinidad & Tobago with 12 Caribbean Nations represented plus Canada and the United Kingdom. This forum was sponsored by The United Nations, witht he support of the Secretariat for the Basel Convention and CARIRI.

Don Bremner, Vice President of Operations of Restoration Environmental Contractors was a guest speaker at the Caribbean Asbestos Forum in Trinidad and Tobago. "The Caribbean Asbestos Forum: The Environmentally Sound Management of Material Containing Asbestos, for the Development and Implementation of an Asbestos and Environmental Management Program for The Control of Hazardous Wastes." The United Nation's goal was for developing and implementing an Asbestos Management Program for each Caribbean nation.

The Caribbean Countries represented were Antigua, Barbados, Bahamas, Belize, Cuba, Dominica, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent, Netherlands Antilles, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, The United Nations Secretariat of the Basel Convention.

There were a number of independent guest speakers, plus representation from the Governments of Canada and The United Kingdom, Great Britain.

The Caribbean Asbestos Forum was organized by CARIRI the Caribbean Industrial Research Institute in November and sponsored by the United Nations.