| SC-1/1 | Rules of procedure |   |
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| Adopts the rules of procedure for the Conference of the Parties contained in the annex to the present decision, with the exception of the second sentence of paragraph 1 of rule 45. |
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| SC-1/2 | Settlement of disputes | |
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Adopts, as Annex G to the Convention, the following arbitration procedure for purposes of paragraph 2 (a) of Article 18 of the Convention and conciliation procedure for purposes of paragraph 6 of Article 18 of the Convention.
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| SC-1/3 | Financial rules for the Conference of the Parties, its subsidiary bodies and the Convention Secretariat | |
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Adopts the financial rules set out in the annex to the present decision for its operation and that of any subsidiary bodies.
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| SC-1/4 | Financing and budget for the biennium 2006–2007 | |
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3. Decides that the indicative budget figure for 2007 will be reconsidered at the second meeting of the Conference of the Parties on the basis of any recommendations made by the head of the Convention secretariat;
12. Decides to set the minimum working capital reserve for 2006–2007 at a level of 8.3 per cent of the estimated expenditure of the operational budget including programme support costs;
13. Decides further that designated contributions from the surplus of the General Trust Fund for the interim phase of the Convention should, and any contributions from non-Parties in accordance with paragraph 14 below shall, be added to the working capital reserve for 2006–2007 for the purpose of increasing its level to 15 per cent of the estimated expenditure of the operational budget, including programme support costs, for the year 2007;
14. Decides that a non-Party to the Convention may contribute to the General Trust Fund in 2006–2007 for the purpose of augmenting the working capital reserve;
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| SC-1/5 | Physical location of the Secretariat | |
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3. Decides to accept the offer of the Government of Switzerland to host the Secretariat in Geneva;
4. Invites the Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme to consult the authority of the host Government regarding the practical arrangements for hosting the Secretariat in Geneva;
5. Notes that the United Nations headquarters agreement already in force with Switzerland will continue to apply to the Secretariat and accepts the additional elements included in the offer of the Government of Switzerland for inclusion in the framework of tho practical arrangements set forth in the headquarters agreement;
6. Requests the Secretariat to report on the implementation of the present decision to the Conference of the Parties at its second meeting.
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| SC-1/6 | Expression of gratitude to the Government of Uruguay and the Government of Switzerland | |
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1. Expresses its profound gratitude to the Government of Uruguay for having made it possible for the first meeting of the Conference of the Parties to be held in Punta del Este;
2. Requests the Government of Uruguay to convey to the city and the people of Punta del Este the gratitude of the Conference of the Parties for the hospitality and warmth extended to the meeting participants;
3. Further expresses its profound gratitude to the Government of Switzerland for its generous financial support for the Conference.
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| SC-1/7 | Establishment of the Persistent Organic Pollutants Review Committee | |
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Decides to establish pursuant to paragraph 6 of Article 19 of the Convention a subsidiary body to be called the Persistent Organic Pollutants Review Committee for the purposes of performing the functions assigned to that Committee by the Convention;
Adopts the terms of reference of the Persistent Organic Pollutants Review Committee contained in the annex to the present decision.
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| SC-1/8 | Rules of procedure for preventing and dealing with conflicts of interest relating to activities of the Persistent Organic Pollutants Review Committee | |
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Decides that it is essential to safeguard confidence in the integrity of the process of work of the Persistent Organic Pollutants Review Committee while encouraging experienced and competent persons to accept membership in the Committee by:
(a) Establishing an appropriate code of conduct;
(b) Establishing clear rules with respect to conflicts of interest during and after service as a member;
(c) Minimizing the possibility of conflicts arising between the private interests and public duties of members;
(d) Establishing appropriate procedures for preventing and dealing with conflicts of interest relating to the activities of the Persistent Organic Pollutants Review Committee;
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| SC-1/9 | Guidance to the financial mechanism | |
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Requests the Secretariat to transmit the guidance to the financial mechanism contained in the annex to the present decision to the entity or entities entrusted with the operation of the financial mechanism pursuant to paragraph 6 of Article 13 of the Convention;
Further requests the Secretariat to transmit the guidance to the financial mechanism contained in the annex to the present decision to the Global Environment Facility, which is, on an interim basis, the principal entity entrusted with the operations of the financial mechanism in accordance with Article 14 of the Convention;
Requests the entity or entities entrusted with the operations of the financial mechanism of the Convention, including the Global Environment Facility, to incorporate on an ongoing basis guidance from the Conference of the Parties in the further development of their operational programmes to ensure that the objectives of the Convention are addressed;
Requests the Global Environment Facility to prepare and submit reports to each ordinary meeting of the Conference of the Parties on its operations in support of the Convention, as set out in the memorandum of understanding between the Conference of the Parties and the Council of the Global Environment Facility.
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| SC-1/10 | First review of the financial mechanism | |
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Recognizing that the period to be addressed by the review will cover activities from the date on which the Convention was open for signature until July 2005;
Recognizing further that during such period the Global Environment Facility will have been the principal entity entrusted with the operations of the financial mechanism of the Convention, on an interim basis, in accordance with Article 14;
Adopts the attached terms of reference for the first review of the financial mechanism of the Convention;
Agrees that future reviews of the financial mechanism of the Convention will address the principal entity referred to above until such time as the Conference of the Parties decides which institutional structure will be designated in accordance with Article 13 of the Convention. Thereafter, the review will address the entity or entities so entrusted.
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| SC-1/11 | Memorandum of understanding between the Conference of the Parties and the Council of the Global Environment Facility | |
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1. Adopts the memorandum of understanding between the Conference of the Parties and the Council of the Global Environment Facility, as contained in the annex to the present decision;
2. Requests the Secretariat to transmit the memorandum of understanding to the Council of the Global Environment Facility for its consideration and adoption.
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| SC-1/12 | National implementation plans | |
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Requests the Secretariat, in collaboration with other relevant organizations and subject to resource availability, to develop additional guidance on social and economic assessment, calculation of action plan costs, including incremental and total costs and action plans for specific persistent organic pollutants, and in doing so to take into consideration the particular circumstances of developing countries and countries with economies in transition;
Requests the Secretariat to develop a roster of experts whose assistance could be sought with respect to the development of action plans;
Adopts the guidance for the review and updating of national implementation plans contained in the annex to the present decision;
Requests the Secretariat to elaborate further the process of reviewing and updating national implementation plans for consideration by the Conference of the Parties at its second session;
Requests the financial mechanism of the Convention, recognizing the importance of national implementation plans to a Party’s ability to implement its obligations under the Convention, to support the regular review and updating of national implementation plans in accordance with the guidance adopted under paragraph 1 above.
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| SC-1/13 | Effectiveness evaluation | |
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The Conference of the Parties,
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1. Agrees to initiate arrangements to provide itself with comparable monitoring data on which to base its evaluation of the effectiveness of the Convention analysing among other possibilities the proposed annex II to the note by the Secretariat on effectiveness evaluation;
2. Requests the Secretariat to make use of existing monitoring programmes and datasets where possible in providing the Conference of the Parties with comparable monitoring data;
3. Invites relevant organizations to collaborate in the above arrangements with a view to making monitoring data available for evaluation of the effectiveness of the Convention;
4. Requests the Secretariat to field test the arrangements set out in paragraph 1 above on a national or regional basis subject to available funding, and report the results of the field test to the Conference of the Parties at its third meeting;
5. Requests the Secretariat to develop a background scoping paper for a global monitoring plan for consideration by the Conference of the Parties at its second meeting, which includes the following elements:
Assessment of existing human health and environmental datasets;
Identification of regional data gaps;
Assessment of the applicability of existing monitoring programmes within regions as a platform for the global programme;
Priorities to implement the plan;
Cost estimates for options to implement recommended priorities. |
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| SC-1/14 | Non-compliance | |
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3. Requests the Secretariat to prepare, for submission to the open-ended ad hoc working group, the following:
(a) A compilation of the views and proposals submitted to it pursuant to paragraph 2;
(b) A draft text of procedures and institutional mechanisms on non-compliance under Article 17, reflecting different options and alternatives, on the basis of the views and proposals above and bearing in mind recent developments concerning compliance within multilateral environmental agreements.
Those documents should be made available as soon as practicable but not later than 2 months before the second meeting the Conference of the Parties;
4. Requests the open-ended ad hoc working group to report on its work to the Conference of the Parties at its second meeting, including any recommendations, for consideration by the Conference of the Parties.
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| SC-1/15 | Technical assistance | |
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Requests the Secretariat to transmit the guidance on technical assistance to Parties, donors, relevant intergovernmental organizations and the entity or entities participating in the financial mechanism for consideration when developing and implementing their work programmes;
Further requests the Secretariat to report on progress in application of the guidance on technical assistance to each meeting of the Conference of the Parties.
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| SC-1/16 | Technical assistance: regional and subregional centres | |
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2. Requests the Secretariat to submit the draft terms of reference and the criteria for evaluating the performance of the regional and subregional centres and any proposal of strengthening existing regional centres for the consideration of the Conference of the Parties at its second meeting.
3. Further requests the Secretariat to pursue cooperation with Basel Convention regional and subregional centres and other relevant existing institutions in the implementation of regional projects and programmes concerning the implementation of the Stockholm Convention. This should be done in continuing the process of targeting the creation of Stockholm Convention centres. |
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| SC-1/17 | Preparation of draft terms of reference for work on modalities on the needs assessment for Parties that are developing countries or countries with economies in transition to implement the provisions of the Convention over the period 2006–2010 | |
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Requests the Secretariat to develop draft terms of reference for work on modalities on the needs assessment for Parties that are developing countries or countries with economies in transition to implement the provisions of the Convention over the period 2006–2010 for consideration by the Conference of the Parties at its second meeting.
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| SC-1/18 | Enhancing synergies within the chemicals and waste cluster | |
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4. Decides to consider the results of the study referred to in paragraph 3 at its second meeting;
5. Invites the Conference of the Parties to the Rotterdam Convention at its third meeting and the Conference of the Parties to the Basel Convention at its eighth meeting to consider the results of the study;
6. Invites the Governing Council of the United Nations Environment Programme at its twenty-fourth session to consider the results of the study as well as the considerations and decisions from the above-mentioned bodies;
7. Invites the Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme, when making arrangements for the performance of the Secretariat functions for the Stockholm Convention, to provide for the future adaptation of these arrangements to any decisions regarding this issue that might be taken by the Conference of the Parties at its second meeting;
8. Invites contributions from those Parties in a position to contribute to the voluntary trust fund to finance the study.
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| SC-1/19 | Guidelines on best available techniques and best environmental practices relevant to Article 5 | |
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The Conference of the Parties,
[...]1. Encourages Parties to take the draft guidelines and provisional guidance into consideration, where practicable and feasible, in the development of action plans and other activities related to unintentionally produced persistent organic pollutants;
2. Takes note of the need for further work to enhance or strengthen the draft document to address those priority areas which have been identified in the terms of reference for the expert group, so that guidelines and guidance may be adopted by the Conference of the Parties at its third session;
3. Decides hereby to establish an Expert Group on Best Available Techniques and Best Environmental Practices, with the terms of reference set forth in the annex to the present decision;
4. Invites the Parties and others to submit comments on the draft guidelines and provisional guidance to the Secretariat by 31 August 2005 for consideration by the Expert Group at its first meeting.
Annex to decision SC-1/19
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| SC-1/20 | Guidelines on best available techniques and best environmental practices and guidance on training and awareness-raising activities | |
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1. Requests the Secretariat to initiate activities to promote guidelines on best available techniques and best environmental practices through awareness raising, information dissemination and publicity at regional, subregional and national levels, subject to available funding;
2. Urges Parties and non-Parties and other donors in a position to do so to support such activities.
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| SC-1/21 | Technical guidelines for the environmentally sound management of persistent organic pollutants wastes | |
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3. Encourages Parties to the Stockholm Convention to participate actively in the continuing work under the Basel Convention referred to in paragraph 2 above;
4. Requests the Secretariat to further strengthen cooperation and synergies with the Secretariat of the Basel Convention with respect to the issues in paragraph 2 above.
5. Requests the Secretariat to keep Parties informed about the status and content of the technical guidelines being developed under the Basel Convention, with a view to the future consideration of a decision under Article 6, paragraph 2, of the Stockholm Convention regarding levels of destruction and irreversible transformation, methods that are considered to constitute environmentally sound disposal and the definition of low persistent organic pollutant content, in close cooperation with the appropriate bodies of the Basel Convention.
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| SC-1/22 | Party reporting, timing and format | |
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Decides that in accordance with Article 15 of the Convention, each Party shall submit its first report by 31 December 2006 for consideration by the Conference of the Parties at its third meeting, in 2007;
Decides that each Party shall submit its subsequent report every four years thereafter, for consideration during the meeting of the Conference of the Parties to be held the following year;
Adopts the revised format for reporting pursuant to Article 15 set forth in the annex to the present decision;
Requests the Secretariat to make available to Parties the above-mentioned format for reporting, both in electronic and hard copies;
Encourages each Party, when submitting its report pursuant to Article 15, to provide the Secretariat with an electronic version of its report;
Requests the Secretariat to prepare a cost estimate for developing an electronic system for reporting pursuant to Article 15 of the Convention for consideration by the Conference of the Parties at its second meeting;
Requests the Secretariat to develop a draft format for reporting on PCBs under the Convention, for consideration by the Conference of the Parties at its second meeting.
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| SC-1/23 | Format for the Register of Specific Exemptions | |
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Adopts, for the purposes of paragraphs 1 and 2 of Article 4 of the Convention, the format for the Register of Specific Exemptions as set out in annex I to the present decision;
Endorses the form for submission of registrations of specific exemptions by Parties set out in annex II to the present decision.
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| SC-1/24 | Review process for entries in the Register of Specific Exemptions | |
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Adopts, for the purposes of paragraph 5 of Article 4 of the Convention, the review process for the entries in the Register of Specific Exemptions set out in annex I to the present decision, with the exception of paragraphs 4 and 5, with a view to taking a decision on those paragraphs at a subsequent meeting of the Conference of the Parties;
Endorses the form for requesting an extension of a specific exemption set out in annex II to the present decision.
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| SC-1/25 | Decision on the format of the DDT register; the format and questionnaire contained in annex III; and the evaluation of the continued need for DDT for disease vector control set out in annex IV | |
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| Takes note of the report of the expert group contained in annex II to the note by the Secretariat on evaluation of the continued need for DDT for disease vector control, including the conclusions and recommendations contained therein, and based on them:
(a) Concludes that countries that are currently using DDT for disease vector control may need to continue such use until locally appropriate and cost-effective alternatives are available for sustainable transition away from DDT;
(b) Concludes that sufficient capacity at the national and subnational levels is necessary for effective implementation, monitoring and impact evaluation (including associated data management) of the use of DDT and its alternatives in disease vector control, and recommends that the financial mechanism of the Convention support activities to build and strengthen such capacity as well as measures to strengthen relevant public health systems;
(c) Requests the Secretariat, in cooperation with the World Health Organization, to elaborate further the reporting and evaluation process on DDT, as envisaged in the first recommendation of the expert group report on DDT, and to prepare cost estimates on such a process for consideration by the Conference of the Parties at its second meeting;
(d) Requests the Secretariat, in cooperation with the World Health Organization, to provide an overview of alternatives and their effectiveness to assist Parties in their goal of reducing and ultimately eliminating the use of DDT;
(e) Decides that adequate resources should be budgeted for 2006 to meet the needs specified for activities 2 and 3 of the work plan outlined in annex III to the note by the Secretariat on evaluation of the continued need for DDT for disease vector control, on immediate actions to support the preparations of Parties for reporting on DDT and the review and assessment process required for future evaluations of the continued need for DDT, and invites countries to provide in 2005 the resources necessary for activity 1;
(f) Requests the financial mechanism of the Convention, and invites other international financial institutions, to support ongoing processes to develop global partnerships on long-term strategies for developing and deploying cost-effective alternatives to DDT, including the development of insecticides for indoor residual spraying, long-lasting insecticide treated materials and non chemical alternatives;
(g) Requests the Secretariat to work closely with the World Health Organization on ongoing efforts to provide global leadership for the partnerships referred to in subparagraph 8 (f) above;
9. Invites States that are non-Parties to the Convention to participate in the activities outlined above. |
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