Bureau of the Conference of the Parties

In accordance with Rule 22 of the rules of procedure of the Stockholm Convention, as adopted in decision SC-1/1, and amended by decision SC-5/1, the Conference of the Parties shall elect at each ordinary meeting a President and nine Vice-Presidents, one of whom shall act as Rapporteur. These officers shall serve as the Bureau of the Conference of the Parties.

The members of the Bureau shall commence their terms of office at the closure of the meeting at which they are elected and remain in office until the closure of the following ordinary meeting of the Conference of the Parties, including for any intervening extraordinary meeting.

Each of the five United Nations regional groups shall be represented by two Bureau members. The offices of the President and Rapporteur shall normally be subject to rotation among the United Nations regional groups. No elected officer may serve on the Bureau for more than two consecutive terms.

Members of the Bureau

Current members of the Bureau

The members of the Bureau, to serve until the closure of the thirteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties, are as follows:

President:

  • Mr. Joswa Aoudou (Cameroon - African group)

Vice-Presidents:

  • Mr. Christopher Kanema (Zambia - African group)
  • Mr. Khodayar Rouzbahani (Islamic Republic of Iran – Asia-Pacific group)
  • Ms. Samira Aldosari (Qatar - Asia-Pacific group)
  • Mr. Osvaldo Patricio Álvarez-Pérez (Chile - Latin American and Caribbean group) (Rapporteur)
  • H.E. Mr. Leslie Ramsammy (Guyana - Latin American and Caribbean group)
  • Mr. Guy Jones-Message (Australia - Western European and Others group)
  • Ms. Nicoletta Bouman (Kingdom of the Netherlands - Western European and Others group)

No decision was taken at the Conference of the Parties on the election of members from the Eastern European group.

The Chair of the Persistent Organic Pollutants Review Committee and the Compliance Committee are ex-officio members of the Bureau.

Bureau Members, May 2025 - May 2027 (COP.13)

Former members of the Bureau


Bureau Members, May 2023 - May 2025 (COP.12)
Bureau Members, May 2022 - June 2023 (COP.11)
Bureau Members, May 2019 - June 2022 (COP.10)
Bureau Members, May 2017 - May 2019 (COP.9)
Bureau Members, May 2015 - May 2017 (COP.8)
Bureau Members, May 2013 - May 2015 (COP.7)

Meetings of the Bureau