In decision SC-12/19, the COP emphasized the need for Parties to intensify their efforts to ensure the timely submission of national reports. COP-12 decided that each Party shall submit its sixth national report to the Secretariat by 31 August 2026, for consideration by the Conference of the Parties at its thirteenth meeting.
As per paragraph 7 of decision SC-12/19, the Secretariat is requested to:
- continue to maintain the electronic reporting system, to support Parties in using it and to update, subject to the availability of resources, the existing system to enhance its compatibility with current standards of information technology;
- further revising, updating and improving the electronic reporting system as requested in previous decisions , and in particular the section on polychlorinated biphenyls, and to continue to improve the reporting dashboards in order to be able to extract the information from national reports;
- update the electronic reporting system to include the chemicals listed in Annex A to the Convention pursuant to decisions SC-11/16 and SC-12/19, for consideration by the Conference of the Parties at its thirteenth meeting
According to paragraph 8, if resources are available, the Secretariat is also requested to:
- provide feedback to Parties regarding the submission of their national reports, with a view to improving the quality and completeness of the reported data and information
- continue to undertake capacity-building and training activities to support Parties, in particular developing-country Parties and Parties with economies in transition, in submitting their national, in cooperation with the Stockholm Convention regional centres or other partners.