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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

Elections during Stockholm Convention COP-8
 

Transmission of National Implementation Plans

Transmission of National Implementation Plans

Lao PDR has transmitted its revised and updated national implementation plans addressing COP4 amendments pursuant to Article 7 of the Convention on 25 April 2016.

Bosnia and Herzegovina has transmitted its initial, revised and updated national implementation plans addressing COP4 and COP5 amendments pursuant to Article 7 of the Convention on 15 April 2016.

Yemen has transmitted its initial national implementation plans pursuant to Article 7 of the Convention on 26 January 2016.

Cambodia has transmitted its revised and updated national implementation plans addressing COP4 and COP5 amendments pursuant to Article 7 of the Convention on 25 January 2016.

Ukraine has transmitted its initial national implementation plans pursuant to Article 7 of the Convention on 21 January 2016.

Seychelles has transmitted its revised and updated national implementation plans addressing COP4, COP5 and COP6 amendment pursuant to Article 7 of the Convention on 5 January 2016.

See the national implementation plans.

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Now online: all photos of the 2017 Triple COPs

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
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Now online: all photos of the 2017 Triple COPs

Now online: all photos of the 2017 Triple COPs

 

Call for information as part of follow-up to the Stockholm Convention COP8

Call for information as part of follow-up to the Stockholm Convention COP8

Letters have been communicated detailing calls for information from Parties and others, some of which have a deadline of 30 June 2017.
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Call for information as part of follow-up to the Stockholm Convention COP8

Call for information as part of follow-up to the Stockholm Convention COP8
 
Lebanon transmits updated Stockholm Convention implementation plan

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.
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Lebanon transmits updated Stockholm Convention implementation plan

Lebanon transmits updated Stockholm Convention implementation plan
 
Côte d'Ivoire transmits updated implementation plan for Stockholm Convention

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.
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Côte d'Ivoire transmits updated implementation plan for Stockholm Convention

Côte d'Ivoire transmits updated implementation plan for Stockholm Convention
 
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The booklet for the new 16 POPs added to the Stockholm Convention

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

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)

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)

Briefing on the thirteenth meetings of the POPs Review Committee (POPRC) and of the Chemical Review Committee (CRC)
 
Briefings on the upcoming meetings of the conferences of the Parties to the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions in 2017

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

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

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

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

 

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

#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

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

 

 
The sound management of chemicals and waste as a human right

The sound management of chemicals and waste as a human right

Ahead of the 2017 Triple COPs, recent meetings in Geneva have emphasised that freedom from a polluted environment is a human right

The sound management of chemicals and waste as a human right

The sound management of chemicals and waste as a human right

 

Latest information on the 2017 Triple COPs

Latest information on the 2017 Triple COPs

All the latest information, including the schedule for Bureaux and Regional meetings for Sunday 23rd April, for the 2017 Triple COPs is available online

Latest information on the 2017 Triple COPs

Latest information on the 2017 Triple COPs

 

How does technical assistance support implementation of the three chemicals conventions?

How does technical assistance support implementation of the three chemicals conventions?

Capacity building is an integral part of the support to parties provided by the BRS Secretariat, read about it here ahead of the Triple COPs.

How does technical assistance support implementation of the three chemicals conventions?

How does technical assistance support implementation of the three chemicals conventions?
 
Albania transmits updated Stockholm Convention NIP

Albania transmits updated Stockholm Convention NIP

Addressing amendments from COP-4, COP-5, COP-6 and COP-7, Albania has transmitted its updated National Implementation Plan

Albania transmits updated Stockholm Convention NIP

Albania transmits updated Stockholm Convention NIP

 

Iceland transmits updated Stockholm Convention NIP

Iceland transmits updated Stockholm Convention NIP

Addressing amendments from COP-4, COP-5, COP-6 and COP-7, Iceland has transmitted its updated National Implementation Plan.

Iceland transmits updated Stockholm Convention NIP

Iceland transmits updated Stockholm Convention NIP

 

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