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BRS supports sustainable development goal 5 on gender equality and women’s empowerment

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Connecting the sound management of chemicals and waste, children’s rights, and the environment

The BRS Secretariat contributed to the recent consultation on human rights and the environment, organised alongside the June session of the Human Rights Council.

Connecting the sound management of chemicals and waste, children’s rights, and the environment

Elections during Stockholm Convention COP-8

At its eighth meeting, the Conference of the Parties to the Stockholm Convention elected a new Bureau and members of Persistent Organic Pollutants Review Committee. The list of new officers and members of POPRC is now available.

Elections during Stockholm Convention COP-8

POPs In the news

News articles about POPs, related chemicals and the Stockholm Convention:

The Six Classes Approach to Reducing Chemical Harm

Air Force admits firefighting foam that was spilled on base contaminated water and soil; people south of Colorado Springs left in lurch

New ‘magnet’ pulls pesky nonstick pollutants from drinking water

On U.S. Rivers, Teflon’s Old Cancer Ties Are Stoking New Fears

Geographic Differences in Persistent Organic Pollutant Levels of Yellowfin Tuna

High-flying insects expand Ethiopia’s malaria zone

Mapping a contamination crisis - PFCs Pollute Tap Water for 15 Million People

Maldives transmits its national plan for implementing the Stockholm Convention

Maldives has transmitted its National Implementation Plan (NIP), which also addresses amendments made by COPs 4 and 5.

Nominations required for experts to contribute to intersessional work of the Stockholm Convention

Nominations for experts, are now required from Parties and others, with a deadline of 30 September 2017.

Busy agenda for Stockholm Convention’s scientific body (POPRC) meeting in Rome, October 2017

Scientific experts of the Persistent Organic Pollutants Review Committee will meet from 17 to 20 October to discuss, inter alia, the toxic chemicals dicofol, PFOA, PFOS, and PFHxS

Stockholm Convention COP-8 meeting report now available

The Advance English version of the report of the eighth meeting of the COP to the Stockholm Convention is now available online.

Activities

Germany transmits updated implementation plan for Stockholm Convention

Germany has transmitted its updated National Implementation Plan(NIP) addressing amendments made by COPs 5 and 6.

Germany transmits updated implementation plan for Stockholm Convention

11 individuals honoured recently as #Detox Gender Pioneers

Ten women and one man were honoured at the recent 2017 Triple COPs, recognising their outstanding contributions towards mainstreaming gender into the sound management of chemicals and wastes

11 individuals honoured recently as #Detox Gender Pioneers

The booklet for the new 16 POPs added to the Stockholm Convention

Newly developed booklet introduces basic information on the 16 chemicals added to the Stockholm Convention is now available online.

The booklet for the new 16 POPs added to the Stockholm Convention

Briefing on the thirteenth meetings of the POPs Review Committee (POPRC) and of the Chemical Review Committee (CRC)

The online briefings will provide an overview of the issues that will be considered at the forthcoming meetings of the POPs Review Committee (POPRC) and the Chemical Review Committee (CRC), to be held, respectively, on 17-20 October 2017 and 23-27 October 2017, in Rome, Italy.

Briefing on the thirteenth meetings of the POPs Review Committee (POPRC) and of the Chemical Review Committee (CRC)

Now online: all photos of the 2017 Triple COPs

Browse and download the BRS photos of the chemical conventions Triple COPs, including side events, plenary, and high-level segment

Now online: all photos of the 2017 Triple COPs

Briefings on the upcoming meetings of the conferences of the Parties to the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions in 2017

The online briefings will provide an overview of the main outcomes and decisions of the recent meetings of the conferences of the Parties to the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions that were held from 24 April to 5 May 2017 in Geneva, Switzerland.

Briefings on the upcoming meetings of the conferences of the Parties to the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions in 2017

Human rights, agriculture, environment emphasised at COPs High-Level Segment

Speeches from UNHCHR, UN FAO, and the GEF are now online

Human rights, agriculture, environment emphasised at COPs High-Level Segment

Côte d'Ivoire transmits updated implementation plan for Stockholm Convention

To rid the world of POPs, Côte d'Ivoire has transmitted its updated NIP - national implementation plan - addressing amendments made by COPs 4, 5, and 7.

Côte d'Ivoire transmits updated implementation plan for Stockholm Convention

#DETOX Outcomes: Additional chemicals listed, new partnership on household waste established, mandate given to tackle marine plastics

Countries make important progress towards goal of a safer planet.

#DETOX Outcomes: Additional chemicals listed, new partnership on household waste established, mandate given to tackle marine plastics

Lebanon transmits updated Stockholm Convention implementation plan

Reflecting amendments made at COPs 4, 5, 6, and 7, Lebanon has transmitted its updated National Implementation Plan.

Lebanon transmits updated Stockholm Convention implementation plan

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6th meeting of the Conference Of the Parties
8th meeting of the POPs Review Commitee follow up
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Endosulfan phase-out
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