Job opportunity: consultant sought by UN Environment to assist with national implementation plans & reporting, please see and apply by 25 March through the online UN recruitment system https://inspira.un.org.
A list of concept notes for voluntary financial contributions for the biennium 2018/19 is now available on the BRS websites
More on the POPs in the News page.
Reflecting amendments made at COP-4, Guinea-Bissau has transmitted its updated National Implementation Plan or NIP.
To Rid the World of POPs, Angola has transmitted its initial National Implementation Plan or NIP.
Parties can now benefit from using an updated online system when submitting national reports for the 4th reporting cycle.
Additional information invited from Parties and other stakeholders by 20 April 2018 to assist ongoing process for the assessment of continued need for PFOS.
Afghanistan has transmitted its Stockholm Convention NIP, or National Implementation Plan, to Rid the World of POPs.
BRS, together with UN Environment, the ILO and the ITU amongst others, is part of a new coalition of UN organisations formed at the recent WSIS2018 Forum to achieve a shared goal of tackling the ever-growing issue of electronic waste.
Reflecting amendments agreed at COP-6 and COP-7, Sweden has transmitted its updated National Implementation Plan, to Rid the World of POPs.
Reflecting amendments agreed at COP-4 and COP-5, Sao Tome and Principe has transmitted its updated National Implementation Plan.
Comments are invited, until 6 April 2018, on the draft risk profile on PFHxS, and the assessment of possible control measures for PFOA.
The BRS Secretariat congratulates Guinea on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of entry into force of the Stockholm Convention - to Rid the World of POPs.