ECHA provides technical and scientific support to the European Commission on the sound management of chemicals through multilateral agreements under the United Nations.

These include:

• Stockholm Convention (Persistent Organic Pollutants Regulation - POPs)
  • Stockholm Convention 
  • POPs Regulation 
• Rotterdam Convention (Prior Informed Consent Regulation - PIC)
• Strategic Approach to International Chemicals Management (SAICM)
• Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD)
• International Programme on Chemicals Safety (IPCS) of the World Health Organization (WHO)
• The United Nations' work on the Globally Harmonised System of classification and labelling (GHS).