| SC-3/1 | Financing and budget for the biennium 2008–2009 |   |
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Table 4 (in United States dollars Assessed Contributions to the General Trust Fund for the 2008–2009 biennium(in United States dollars) |
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| SC-3/2 | DDT | |
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3. Adopts the revised process for DDT reporting, assessment and evaluation contained in annex I to the present decision;
4. Also adopts the revised format and questionnaire for Parties to report on the production and use of DDT and its alternatives for disease vector control that is contained in annex II to the present decision and requests the Secretariat to undertake the translation of the electronic format of the questionnaire into the six official United Nations languages;[...] Annex I to decision SC-3/2
Process for the reporting on and assessment and evaluation of the continued need for DDT for disease vector control |
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| SC-3/3 | Revised process for the review of entries in the Register of Specific Exemptions | |
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| Adopts the revised process for the review of entries in the Register of Specific Exemptions contained in the annex to the present decision and agrees to review paragraph 4 of the process at its next meeting;
Requests the Secretariat to undertake the activities in the review process regarding the specific exemptions in the Register that are due for review at the fourth meeting of the Conference of the Parties;
Reminds each Party that has a specific exemption in the Register and is seeking an extension of that exemption to submit a report to the Secretariat at least twelve months prior to the fourth meeting of the Conference of the Parties, in 2009, justifying its continued need for registration of that exemption and providing the information requested in the review process.
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| SC-3/4 | Evaluation of the continued need for the procedure under paragraph 2 (b) of Article 3 | |
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| 1. Concludes that the information that has been gathered to date on the experience of using the procedure under paragraph 2 (b) of Article 3 of the Convention is insufficient to complete an evaluation of the continued need for the procedure;
2. Requests the Secretariat to provide a report, based on Party reports submitted pursuant to Article 15, certifications from exporting Parties pursuant to paragraph 2 (b) (iii) of Article 3 and other relevant information, for consideration by the Conference at its fourth meeting;
3. Decides to evaluate the procedure further at its fourth meeting. |
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| SC-3/5 | Guidelines on best available techniques and provisional guidance on best environmental practices | |
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| Requests the Secretariat, within available resources, to compile the information provided under paragraph 3 above and to collect information (e.g., make use of a questionnaire) on experiences gained in using the revised guidelines and guidance through field tests and other means by 31 December 2008 in order to report such information to the Conference of the Parties at its fourth meeting;
Encourages Parties and observers to exchange information on their experiences in implementing the guidelines and guidance by electronic means such as electronic discussion groups facilitated, as appropriate, through the Secretariat;
Invites Parties and others in a position to do so:
(a) To fund awareness-raising and training workshops on the guidelines on best available techniques and best environmental practices;
(b) To fund awareness-raising and training activities pursuant to decision SC-1/20;
Invites the appropriate bodies of the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal to consider the waste-related contents of the revised guidelines and guidance and to report any outcome of their doing so to the Secretariat of the Stockholm Convention;
Requests the Secretariat to transmit annex II of the report of the Expert Group on the work of its second meeting to the appropriate bodies of the Basel Convention through the secretariat of the Basel Convention in response to a request by the Conference of the Parties to the Basel Convention at its seventh meeting.
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| SC-3/6 | Ongoing review and updating of the Standardized Toolkit for Identification and Quantification of Dioxin and Furan Releases | |
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| 3. Requests the Secretariat, when implementing the Toolkit review and updating process, to place adequate emphasis on the key sources for which limited monitoring data is available, including sources of hexachlorobenzene and polychlorinated biphenyls, and to support developing countries in their efforts to further verify their emission factors;
4. Invites Parties, States not party to the Convention, intergovernmental organizations and non-governmental organizations and industry:
(a) To generate relevant data and information on Annex C chemicals, as identified in the Toolkit review and updating process, and provide such data and information to the Secretariat;
(b) To participate actively in the Toolkit review and updating process;
(c) To provide funding to support the work outlined in the present paragraph and in paragraph 1 above, if they are in a position to do so.
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| SC-3/7 | Measures to reduce or eliminate releases from wastes | |
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| 4. Encourages the introduction and demonstration of cost-effective methods, selected from the methods contained in section IV G of the above-mentioned updated general technical guidelines, in developing countries and countries with economies in transition;
5. Welcomes the continuing work of the relevant bodies of the Basel Convention related to reviewing and updating the technical guidelines regarding persistent organic pollutants;
6. Encourages Parties to the Stockholm Convention to ensure the participation of experts in the ongoing work under the Basel Convention referred to in paragraph 5 above and invites them to submit comments to the Secretariat of the Basel Convention;
7. Welcomes the cooperation between the Secretariat of the Stockholm Convention and the Secretariat of the Basel Convention and requests the Secretariat, in cooperation with the Secretariat of the Basel Convention, to undertake, within available resources, training and other capacity-building activities, including those contained in the note by the Secretariat, to assist developing countries and countries with economies in transition in implementing the present decision.
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| SC-3/8 | National implementation plans | |
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| 5. Requests the Secretariat, taking into account the information received from Parties in accordance with the preceding paragraph, to prepare a report on the priorities identified by Parties in implementing their national implementation plans, which should, among other things, identify possible areas of technical assistance needs;
6. Takes note of the draft guidance on social and economic assessment for the development and implementation of persistent organic pollutant national implementation plans set forth in the note by the Secretariat, and requests the Secretariat to develop the guidelines further, resources permitting, to take into account the particular circumstances of developing countries and countries with economies in transition;
7. Encourages Parties to use, as appropriate, the draft guidance on social and economic assessment in the development and implementation of their national implementation plans;
8. Invites Parties and others to provide comments to the Secretariat, based on their experience in using the guidance on social and economic assessment, on how to improve its usefulness;
9. Requests the Secretariat to complete the draft of the additional guidance called for in paragraph 5 of decision SC-1/12, for consideration by the Conference at its fourth meeting, provided that the resources needed to do so are made available;
10. Invites Parties and others in a position to do so to provide the additional funding required for developing the additional guidance.
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| SC-3/9 | Listing chemicals in Annexes A, B or C of the Convention | |
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| 2. Adopts the code of practice for the treatment of confidential information by the Persistent Organic Pollutants Review Committee set out in decision POPRC-2/12 of the Committee;
3. Endorses the recommended approach for considering isomers or groups of isomers of chemicals proposed by Parties for inclusion in Annexes A, B or C of the Convention set out in the annex to decision POPRC-2/11 of the Committee;
4. Takes note of the workplan for the preparation of a draft risk profile (2006–2007) and the workplan for the preparation of a draft risk management evaluation (2006-2007), which were adopted by the Committee at its second meeting;
5. Requests the Secretariat to undertake activities to assist Parties which are developing countries or countries with economies in transition, as listed in paragraph 19 of document UNEP/POPS/COP.3/12;
6. Confirms the nomination of Ms. Liselotte Säll to replace Ms. Janneche Utne Skare as a member of the Committee, to serve for the remainder of the latter’s term;
7. Adopts the list of Parties to be invited to nominate Committee members for terms of office commencing on 5 May 2008 set out in the annex to the present decision.
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| SC-3/10 | Information exchange | |
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The Conference of the Partie Takes note of the progress made in implementing the pilot phase of the clearing-house mechanism and invites Parties and other stakeholders to continue to support the Secretariat in developing it further |
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| SC-3/11 | Technical assistance | |
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| 1. Invites Parties, relevant international organizations and non-governmental organizations to provide information to the Secretariat on their experiences in implementing the guidance on technical assistance and transfer of technology adopted by the Conference of the Parties in decision SC 1/15;
2. Requests the Secretariat to submit, at each meeting of the Conference of the Parties, a report based on the information provided pursuant to paragraph 1 above and any other pertinent information on the application of the guidance on technical assistance and transfer of environmentally sound technology, in order to facilitate periodic reviews of the implementation of the guidance on technical assistance and transfer of technology by the Conference of the Parties. |
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| SC-3/12 | Terms of reference for the selection of regional and subregional centres for capacity building and the transfer of environmentally sound technologies under the Stockholm Convention | |
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2. Underlines the importance of increased cooperation and coordination between conventions in the chemicals and waste cluster in promoting the effective regional delivery of capacity building and the transfer of technology to developing countries and countries with economies in transition;
3. Affirms that such regional or subregional centres should be capable of meeting the technical assistance and technology transfer needs and priorities identified in the annex to decision SC 1/15 and fulfilling the terms of reference for such centres set out in annex I of decision SC-2/9;
4. Requests regional representatives on the bureau to submit to the secretariat, as soon as practicable after the third meeting of the Conference of the Parties, nominations for institutions to become Stockholm Convention regional centres or subregional centres in accordance with the terms of reference for the selection of such centres set forth in the annex to the present decision;
5. Decides that institutions nominated by regions will be formally recognized as “nominated Stockholm Convention centres” until the Conference of the Parties at its next meeting decides whether to confirm their endorsement |
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| SC-3/13 | Implementation of the memorandum of understanding between the Conference of the Parties and the Council of the Global Environment Facility | |
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| 1. Welcomes the report of the Global Environment Facility to the Conference of the Parties of the Stockholm Convention at its third meeting1 and takes note of the information contained therein;
2. Requests the Secretariat, in consultation with the Global Environment Facility, to prepare a report on the effectiveness of the implementation of the memorandum of understanding between the Conference of the Parties and the Council of the Global Environment Facility, for consideration by the Conference of the Parties at its fourth meeting. |
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| SC-3/14 | Resource mobilization | |
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| 2. Invites, in accordance with paragraphs 2 and 3 of Article 13 of the Convention, developed country Parties, other Parties and other possible sources, including relevant funding institutions and the private sector, to provide information to the Secretariat on ways in which they can support the Convention;
3. Requests the Secretariat, based on the information provided pursuant to the invitation in paragraph 2 above, to develop further the report on other possible sources of funding and to submit it for consideration by the Conference of the Parties at its fourth meeting. |
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| SC-3/15 | Needs assessment | |
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| 2. Adopts the revised terms of reference for work on the assessment of funding needs for Parties that are developing countries or countries with economies in transition to implement the Convention over the period 2010–2014 set forth in the annex to the present decision;
3. Invites Parties and others to provide the relevant information required to undertake the assessment of funding needs mentioned in the preceding paragraph. |
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| SC-3/16 | Additional guidance to the financial mechanism | |
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| 4. Invites Governments, non-governmental organizations, industry and intergovernmental organizations to participate in the development of the business plan for promoting a global partnership on the development and deployment of alternative products, methods and strategies to DDT for disease vector control and encourages the Global Environment Facility, donors and other funding agencies to provide financial and other resources to support the creation and implementation of the business plan;
5. Urges the Global Environment Facility to incorporate best available techniques and best environmental practices and demonstration as one of its priorities for providing financial support;
6. Invites the Global Environment Facility to incorporate activities related to the global monitoring plan and capacity-building in developing countries, small island developing States and countries with economies in transition as priorities for providing financial support;
7. Decides that the outcomes of the periodic assessments of the funding necessary and available for the implementation of the convention shall be an input of the Conference of the Parties to the negotiations on the replenishment of the Trust Fund of the Global Environment Facility; |
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| SC-3/17 | Second review of the financial mechanism | |
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| Adopts the terms of reference for the second review of the financial mechanism set out in the annex to the present decision;
Requests the Secretariat to compile information relevant to the second review of the financial mechanism and submit it to the Conference of the Parties for consideration at its fourth meeting. |
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| SC-3/18 | Reporting | |
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| 2. Invites Parties to provide comments on their experience in using the electronic system for reporting to the Secretariat by 31 December 2007;
3. Encourages Parties that have not used the electronic system for reporting to do so;
4. Requests the Secretariat:
(a) To prepare a report pursuant to paragraph 2 (d) of Article 20 of the Convention by 30 July 2008 in time to be used in the effectiveness evaluation under Article 16 of the Convention;
(b) To develop a users manual for the electronic system for reporting and distribute it widely in order to facilitate the process for reporting pursuant to Article 15;
(c) To provide training, upon request and subject to the availability of funds, to enable Parties to use the electronic system for reporting effectively;
(d) To make non-substantive modifications to the reporting forms in order to make the electronic system for reporting more user friendly, including by enhancing its flexibility;
(e) To develop, resources permitting, an enhanced version of the electronic system for reporting that takes into account such modifications. |
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| SC-3/19 | Effectiveness evaluation | |
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| Adopts on a provisional basis the amended global monitoring plan for persistent organic pollutants;
Adopts the amended implementation plan for the global monitoring plan for persistent organic pollutants for the first effectiveness evaluation;
Establishes “regional organization groups” with the mandate and terms of reference specified in the annex to the present decision, invites Parties to nominate members of those groups with expertise in monitoring and data evaluation through their respective Bureau members to the Secretariat and decides that the members of the groups shall include members who serve on the coordination group established in the following paragraph plus up to three additional members, as well as invited experts in relevant fields, as necessary;
Establishes a “coordination group” with the mandate and terms of reference specified in the annex to the present decision and invites regional organization groups to nominate members of the group through their respective bureau members to the Secretariat;
Agrees that the amended preliminary version of the guidance on the global monitoring plan for persistent organic pollutants provides an appropriate basis for the Parties to implement the global monitoring plan and requests the Secretariat to arrange for updating the guidance, taking into consideration any comments received from Parties;
Requests the Secretariat to bring the work undertaken in accordance with the present decision to the attention of the Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting and to request its assistance in the provision of relevant information;
Invites Parties and others who are members of the Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting to provide data on persistent organic pollutants in the Antarctic through their respective regional organization groups;
Requests the Secretariat, within available resources, to support training and capacity building activities to assist countries in implementing the global monitoring plan for the first effectiveness evaluation;
Also requests the Secretariat to work with partners and other relevant organizations to undertake the implementation activities;
Invites Parties that are in a position to do so to support the establishment and the long-term implementation of the global monitoring plan. |
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| SC-3/20 | Non-compliance | |
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| 1. Decides to negotiate further and to consider for adoption at its fourth meeting the procedures and institutional mechanisms on non compliance required under article 17 of the Convention;
2. Decides also that the draft text contained in the annex to the present decision, bearing in mind the proposal of the Chair of the contact group contained in the appendix to the draft text, shall be the basis for its further work on the procedures and institutional mechanisms at its fourth meeting.
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| SC-3/21 | Synergies | |
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| Takes note of the supplementary report on cooperation and coordination among the Basel Convention of the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal, the Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade and Stockholm Convention prepared by the out-going President of the Conference;
Welcomes the establishment of the ad hoc joint working group on enhancing cooperation and coordination among the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions and takes note of the report of its first meeting;
Notes that the ad hoc joint working group will make joint recommendations to the Conference of the Parties of all three conventions, including the Conference of the Parties of the Stockholm Convention at it fourth meeting. |
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| SC-3/22 | Official communication with Parties and observers | |
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| 1. Urges Parties that have not already done so to nominate, in accordance with decision SC-2/16, official contact points to perform administrative functions and undertake all formal communication under the Convention for Parties;
2. Invites Parties and States not party to the Convention to confirm their existing focal points or nominate new national focal points for information exchange.
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