COP Bureau Meeting 2012

Title: Meeting of The Bureau of the Conference of the Parties to the Stockholm Convention
Location: Geneva, Switzerland
Date: from 10 to 11 May 2012

Description:  

The Bureau of the Conference of the Parties to the Stockholm Convention met on 10-11 May 2012 in Geneva, Switzerland. Bureau members have, among other things, reviewed progress in the implementation of decisions taken by the Conference at its previous meeting and discussed the preparation of the upcoming ordinary and extraordinary meetings of the Conference of the Parties.

Highlights

The Bureau reviewed progress made to-date to implement the decisions taken by the Stockholm Convention COP at its fifth meeting in 2011. This included a review of the synergies decisions, which were respectively adopted by the COPs to the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions in 2011.

Furthermore, the Bureau discussed arrangements to prepare for the next meeting of the Stockholm Convention COP and considered a draft proposal of the Executive Secretary to hold the ordinary and extraordinary COPs of the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions, in a coordinated manner, in 2013.

More information on the Executive Secretary’s proposal to hold the ordinary and extraordinary meetings of the COPs to the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions back-to-back in 2013 is available on the synergies portal.

Documents

Meeting participants

Ten members of the Bureau (or replacement of Bureau members) participated in this meeting. The POPRC Chair attended the meeting, as an ex-officio member. On the Secretariat side, Jim Willis and David Ogden along with several other staff members were present.

List of participants

 

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