This is a real-world medical entrance exam question, please give the true answer based on the question and selection. Topic name: None, Subject name: Social & Preventive Medicine
Global initiative to promote phasing out the use of lead in paints was launched by the WHO in: 
Select and explain. 
A. 2006, B. 2008, C. 2009, D. 2011
C: 2009
Answer: C: 2009 
Explanation: The Second Session of the International Conference on Chemicals Management, held in Geneva in May 2009, endorsed a global initiative to promote phasing out the use of lead in paints (UNEP, 2009a). This proposal for an initiative was jointly put forward by Toxics Link, the Intergovernmental Forum on Chemical Safety and the United States Environment Protection Agency (EPA) to remove lead from paint. Ref :