Comoros, aware of the risks of chemicals for human health and the environment, and POPs in particular, ratified the Stockholm Convention in January 2007. As a Party to the Convention, Comoros has benefited from the financial assistance of the Global Environment Facility (GEF). It has also received technical assistance from UNITAR and UNDP to undertake capacity building activities in the framework of UNDP project 000-43361 following a request made by the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and the Environment. This project had two objectives: help Comoros to prepare its National Implementation