http://chm.pops.int RSS feeds for Stockholm Convention 60 http://chm.pops.int/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=3297&PortalID=0&TabID=2217 http://synergies.pops.int/Implementation/MediaResources/PressReleases/ExtraordinaryUNConferenceTakesHistoricStrides/tabid/3226/language/en-US/Default.aspx UNEP and FAO team up to promote synergies between the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions in two-week chemicals and waste meeting.   Home page top right box, Press Advisories & Releases, COP6 Mon, 13 May 2013 10:37:00 GMT f1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:3297 http://chm.pops.int/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=2622&PortalID=0&TabID=2217 http://synergies.pops.int/2013COPsExCOPs/RegionalFair/tabid/3214/language/en-US/Default.aspx The Regional Fair Roundtable ‘Synergies through regional delivery’ examines barrier and opportunities to enhance delivery of services to parties at regional and national level. Announcements Mon, 29 Apr 2013 14:00:00 GMT f1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:2622 http://chm.pops.int/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=2654&PortalID=0&TabID=2217 http://chm.pops.int/Convention/POPsReviewCommittee/LatestMeeting/POPRC8/POPRC8Followup/tabid/2911/Default.aspx Parties and observers are invited to review and provide comments on the draft revised guidance on alternatives to perfluorooctane sulfonic acid, its salts, perfluorooctane sulfonyl fluoride and their related chemicals to the Persistent Organic Pollutants Review Committee by 21 June 2013. Announcements Mon, 29 Apr 2013 08:26:00 GMT f1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:2654 http://chm.pops.int/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=2417&PortalID=0&TabID=2217 http://chm.pops.int/DNNADMIN/DataEntry/News/tabid/2217/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/2417/Toolkit-for-Identification-and-Quantification-of-Releases-of-Dioxins-Furans-and-Other-Unintentional-POPs-released.aspx Secretariat exhibits interactive, user-friendly electronic toolkit during the 2013 COPs. Home page bottom right box Thu, 25 Apr 2013 08:59:00 GMT f1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:2417 http://chm.pops.int/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=2059&PortalID=0&TabID=2217 http://chm.pops.int/Convention/POPsReviewCommittee/LatestMeeting/POPRC8/POPRC8Followup/tabid/2911/Default.aspx Parties and observers are invited to review the draft risk profile for pentachlorophenol and submit comments to the POPs Review Committee no later than 27 May 2013. Announcements Thu, 18 Apr 2013 06:33:00 GMT f1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:2059 http://chm.pops.int/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=2008&PortalID=0&TabID=2217 http://synergies.pops.int/Implementation/MediaResources/NewsFeatures/Standardizedemailaddresses/tabid/3209/language/en-GB/Default.aspx Staff members of the Secretariat have new standardized e-mail addresses. Announcements Wed, 17 Apr 2013 08:41:00 GMT f1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:2008 http://chm.pops.int/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=1611&PortalID=0&TabID=2217 http://chm.pops.int/Convention/Media/NewsFeatures/Secretariatfillsthreeseniorpositions/tabid/3200/Default.aspx Selection of branch chiefs to fill the technical assistance, convention operations and scientific support branches has been announced by the Secretariat.   Announcements, News Features Tue, 09 Apr 2013 06:09:00 GMT f1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:1611 http://chm.pops.int/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=1313&PortalID=0&TabID=2217 http://chm.pops.int/Convention/POPsReviewCommittee/LatestMeeting/POPRC8/POPRC8Followup/tabid/2911/Default.aspx Parties and observers are invited to review the draft risk management evaluations for CNs and HCBD and submit comments to the POPs Review Committee no later than 24 May 2013. Announcements Tue, 02 Apr 2013 07:16:00 GMT f1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:1313 http://chm.pops.int/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=924&PortalID=0&TabID=2217 http://chm.pops.int/Convention/Media/NewsFeatures/icipe’sRoleasaStockholmConventionRegionalCe/tabid/3205/Default.aspx Richard Mukabana, coordinator of the Stockholm Convention Regional Centre in Kenya at icipe, discusses the importance of this new role to IVM programmes. Home Page body Thu, 07 Mar 2013 13:00:00 GMT f1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:924 http://chm.pops.int/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=903&PortalID=0&TabID=2217 http://chm.pops.int/Convention/Media/NewsFeatures/AfghanistanaccedestotheStockholmConvention/tabid/3206/Default.aspx Afghanistan acceded to the Stockholm Convention on 20 February 2013 Home Page body Fri, 22 Feb 2013 12:23:00 GMT f1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:903 http://chm.pops.int/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=841&PortalID=0&TabID=2217 http://chm.pops.int/DNNADMIN/DataEntry/News/tabid/2217/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/841/Seasons-Greetings-and-Best-Wishes-for-the-New-Year-2013.aspx From the Secretariat of the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions Home Page body Tue, 18 Dec 2012 13:01:00 GMT f1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:841 http://chm.pops.int/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=835&PortalID=0&TabID=2217 http://chm.pops.int/Implementation/PCBs/PCBsEliminationNetwork(PEN)/Relatedarticlesandlinks/tabid/714/Default.aspx With 700 stakeholders, isn´t it time you joined the PEN? Home Page body Fri, 07 Dec 2012 08:01:00 GMT f1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:835 http://chm.pops.int/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=828&PortalID=0&TabID=2217 http://chm.pops.int/Implementation/DDT/DDTRelatedArticles/SCallowsDDTusefordiseasevectorcontrol/tabid/2998/Default.aspx Fourth meeting of the DDT Expert Group assesses continued need for DDT, 3–5 December 2012, Geneva The Conference of the Parties to the Stockholm Convention, in accordance with the World Health Organization recommendations and guidelines, allows the use of the insecticide DDT in disease vector control to protect public health. The fourth meeting of the DDT Expert Group reviewed the latest information as part of this ongoing assessment of the continued need for DDT, including that provided by the Parties for the period of three years from 2009-2011. In the spotlight Mon, 03 Dec 2012 14:42:00 GMT f1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:828 http://chm.pops.int/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=760&PortalID=0&TabID=2217 http://chm.pops.int/Convention/POPsReviewCommittee/LatestMeeting/POPRC8/POPRC8Followup/HBCDRecommendation/tabid/2912/Default.aspx The Persistent Organic Pollutants Review Committee decided to recommend to the Conference of the Parties that it consider listing hexabromocyclododecane in Annex A to the Convention with specific exemptions for production and use in expanded polystyrene and extruded polystyrene in buildings. Announcements Wed, 24 Oct 2012 10:01:00 GMT f1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:760 http://chm.pops.int/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=756&PortalID=0&TabID=2217 http://chm.pops.int/Convention/Media/PressReleases/HBCDcontrolunderglobalchemicalstreaty/tabid/2895/Default.aspx Three other chemicals proposed for listing in the Stockholm Convention on POPs are to be evaluated for management of their risks. 19 October 2012, Geneva – A UN expert body has recommended that the industrial flame retardant hexabromocyclododecane (HBCD) be eliminated from the global marketplace to protect human health and the environment. HBCD is used mainly in expanded polystyrene and extruded polystyrene. It is also used in textile coatings and in high impact polystyrene for electrical and electronic equipment. In the spotlight, Press Advisories & Releases, POPRC8 Fri, 19 Oct 2012 18:49:00 GMT f1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:756 http://chm.pops.int/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=755&PortalID=0&TabID=2217 http://chm.pops.int/Portals/0/download.aspx?d=UNEP-POPS-NIPS-GUID-COMM-20121019.English.pdf As per decision SC-5/14 parties are encouraged to provide the Secretariat with comments on how to improve the usefulness of the guidance. The deadline for sending comments is 31 January 2012. Download the communication Announcements Fri, 19 Oct 2012 17:41:00 GMT f1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:755 http://chm.pops.int/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=753&PortalID=0&TabID=2217 http://chm.pops.int/Implementation/NIPs/Guidance/tabid/2882/Default.aspx Updated as well as new draft guidance to develop, review and update national implementation plans now available for use and commenting by Parties.   Home page bottom left box, NIPs Fri, 12 Oct 2012 23:10:00 GMT f1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:753 http://chm.pops.int/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=748&PortalID=0&TabID=2217 http://chm.pops.int/Convention/POPsReviewCommittee/LatestMeeting/POPRC8/tabid/2809/Default.aspx The Persistent Organic Pollutants Review Committee (POPRC) is a subsidiary body to the Stockholm Convention established for reviewing chemicals proposed for listing in Annex A, B, and/or C to the Convention. The eighth meeting of the POPRC will be held at the Conference Centre Varembé in Geneva, Switzerland, from 15 to 19 October 2012.  The Committee will consider draft risk profiles of chlorinated naphthalenes, hexachlorobutadiene, a revised draft risk profile of short-chained chlorinated paraffins, and further consider its recommendation to the COP on the listing of hexabromocyclododecane. The Committee will also consider the proposal for listing pentachlorophenol and its salts and esters. The Committee will then discuss assessment of alternatives to endosulfan, DDT, and the use of PFOS in open applications. ‘Open applications’ is a term used in contrast to applications found in closed systems.  In the case of application of a chemical in a closed system, no significant quantities of the chemical are expected to reach humans and the environment during their production and use.  With open applications, the opposite is the case. The Committee will further consider climate change and POPs, the evaluation of brominated diphenyl ethers and PFOS, its salts and PFOSF, work in collaboration with other scientific bodies and the effective participation of parties in the Committee’s work. The meeting will be paperless: printed documents will not be available.  All pre-session documents will be made available on the Convention website and in-session documents will be circulated electronically via a wireless intranet. Announcements of the release of in-session documents will be tweeted @brsmeas. When tweeting about the meeting, participants are encouraged to include the hashtag #POPRC8. In the spotlight, POPRC8 Tue, 09 Oct 2012 12:54:00 GMT f1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:748 http://chm.pops.int/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=737&PortalID=0&TabID=2217 http://chm.pops.int/Implementation/POPsFree/OtherInitiativesandGuidance/tabid/2442/Default.aspx The Stockholm Convention Regional Centres are invited to express their interest in undertaking research and training on new POPs contained in products and articles. The deadline for submitting an expression of interest ends 19 October 2012. Announcements Tue, 02 Oct 2012 08:04:00 GMT f1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:737 http://chm.pops.int/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=725&PortalID=0&TabID=2217 http://chm.pops.int/Implementation/RegionalCentres/Activities/Upcomingmeetings/tabid/2817/Default.aspx The meeting of the Basel and Stockholm convention regional centres was held from 1 to 2 Oct 2012, followed by a joint meeting with FAO and UNEP regional offices on 3 Oct 2012. Home Page body Tue, 18 Sep 2012 15:01:00 GMT f1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:725