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Fifth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants

Geneva, 25-29 April 2011

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UNEP/POPS/COP.5/1 Provisional agenda

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1. Opening of the meeting.

2. Organizational matters:

UNEP/POPS/COP.5/1/Add.1 Annotations to the provisional agenda

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Item 1: Opening of the meeting

1. The fifth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants will be held from 25 to 29 April 2011 at the Geneva International Conference Centre, 15 rue de Varembé, Geneva. The meeting will be opened at 10 a.m. on Monday, 25 April 2011.

UNEP/POPS/COP.5/2 Election of officers of the Conference of the Parties at its fifth meeting

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Note by the Secretariat

1. Paragraphs 2 and 3 of rule 22 of the rules of procedure for the Conference of the Parties, adopted by the Conference of the Parties at its first meeting in its decision SC 1/1, state as follows regarding the election of officers:

Rule 22

UNEP/POPS/COP.5/3 Rules of procedure for the Conference of the Parties

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Note by the Secretariat

1. At its first meeting, the Conference of the Parties adopted, in decision SC-1/1, the rules of procedure for the Conference of the Parties as contained in the annex to that decision, with the exception of the second sentence of paragraph 1 of rule 45, which it agreed to maintain in square brackets to indicate that it had not been agreed and was of no effect.

UNEP/POPS/COP.5/4 Evaluation of the continued need for DDT for disease vector control and promotion of alternatives to DDT

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Note by the Secretariat

Introduction

1. Paragraph 6 of part II of Annex B to the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants states that, “commencing at its first meeting, and at least every three years thereafter, the Conference of the Parties shall, in consultation with the World Health Organization [WHO], evaluate the continued need for DDT for disease vector control on the basis of available scientific, technical, environmental and economic information”. Given that the Conference of the Parties now holds ordinary meetings every two years, it stated in paragraph 2 of the revised process for DDT reporting, assessment and evaluation set out in annex I to decision SC-3/2 that an evaluation of the continued need for DDT for disease vector control would be undertaken at each ordinary meeting.

UNEP/POPS/COP.5/5 Report of the expert group on the assessment of the production and use of DDT and its alternatives for disease vector control

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Note by the Secretariat

As referred to in paragraph 7 of document UNEP/POPS/COP.5/4, the report of the expert group on the assessment of the production and use of DDT and its alternatives for disease vector control is set out in the annex to the present note. The report is presented without formal editing.

UNEP/POPS/COP.5/6 Procedures and institutional mechanisms for determining non compliance with the provisions of the Stockholm Convention and for the treatment of parties found to be in non compliance

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Note by the Secretariat

1. Article 17 of the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants states:

The Conference of the Parties shall, as soon as practicable, develop and approve procedures and institutional mechanisms for determining non compliance with the provisions of this Convention and for the treatment of Parties found to be in non-compliance.

UNEP/POPS/COP.5/7 Register of Specific Exemptions and Register of Acceptable Purposes

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Note by the Secretariat

I. Chemicals listed in Annex A to the Convention

1. The Conference of the Parties to the Stockholm Convention at its fourth meeting listed the following chemicals in Annex A to the Convention with specific exemptions:
(a) Lindane, in accordance with decision SC-4/15;

UNEP/POPS/COP.5/8 Evaluation of the continued need for the procedure under paragraph 2 (b) of Article 3

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Note by the Secretariat

1. Paragraph 7 of Article 19 of the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants states the Conference of the Parties is to, at its third meeting, evaluate the continued need for the procedure contained in paragraph 2 (b) of Article 3, including consideration of its effectiveness.

UNEP/POPS/COP.5/9 Report on progress in establishing the polychlorinated biphenyls elimination network and other activities to eliminate polychlorinated biphenyls through environmentally sound management and disposal

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Note by the Secretariat

I. Report on polychlorinated biphenyls pursuant to paragraph (g) of part II of Annex A to the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants

1. According to part II of Annex A to the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants, each party to the Convention is to eliminate the use of polychlorinated biphenyls in equipment by 2025 and make determined efforts designed to lead, as soon as possible but no later than 2028, to environmentally sound waste management of liquids containing, and equipment contaminated with, polychlorinated biphenyls.

UNEP/POPS/COP.5/10 Guidelines on best available techniques and provisional guidance on best environmental practices

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Note by the Secretariat

1. By its decision SC-4/6 on best available techniques and best environmental practices, the Conference of the Parties to the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants, among other things:
(a) Reminded parties, in accordance with Article 5 of the Convention, to take into consideration the guidelines on best available techniques and provisional guidance on best environmental practices when applying such techniques and practices and when implementing action plans and other actions related to the obligations under Article 5 of and Annex C to the Convention;

UNEP/POPS/COP.5/11 Review and updating of the Standardized Toolkit for Identification and Quantification of Dioxin and Furan Releases

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Note by the Secretariat

1. At its second, third and fourth meetings, the Conference of the Parties to the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants adopted decisions requesting the Secretariat to undertake various actions with regard to the Standardized Toolkit for Identification and Quantification of Dioxin and Furan Releases.
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Annex
Conclusions and recommendations relating to the revision of the Standardized Toolkit for Identification and Quantification of Dioxin and Furan Releases
Report of the Toolkit experts

UNEP/POPS/COP.5/12 Measures to reduce or eliminate releases from wastes

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Note by the Secretariat

1. By its decision SC-4/8, the Conference of the Parties to the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants:
(a) Noted the development of an interactive electronic training tool by the Secretariat and the work being undertaken regionally to support parties in implementing environmentally sound management of persistent organic pollutant wastes and polychlorinated biphenyls;

UNEP/POPS/COP.5/13 Implementation plans under Article 7 of the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants

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Note by the Secretariat

I. Transmission of national implementation plans

1. Paragraphs 1 (a) and (b) of Article 7 of the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants require each party to develop and endeavour to implement a plan for the implementation of its obligations under the Convention and to transmit its implementation plan to the Conference of the Parties within two years of the date on which the Convention enters into force for it. Furthermore, paragraph 1 (c) requires each party to review and update, as appropriate, its implementation plan on a periodic basis and in a manner to be specified by a decision of the Conference of the Parties.

UNEP/POPS/COP.5/14 Entry into force of the amendments to Annexes A, B and C to the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants to list nine new chemicals

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Note by the Secretariat

1. By its decisions SC-4/10–SC-4/18, the Conference of the Parties amended Annexes A, B and C to the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants to include nine additional chemicals: alpha hexachlorocyclohexane; beta hexachlorocyclohexane; chlordecone; hexabromobiphenyl; hexabromodiphenyl ether and heptabromodiphenyl ether (commercial octabromodiphenyl ether); lindane; pentachlorobenzene; perfluorooctane sulfonic acid, its salts and perfluorooctane sulfonyl fluoride; and tetrabromodiphenyl ether and pentabromodiphenyl ether (commercial pentabromodiphenyl ether).

UNEP/POPS/COP.5/15 Work programmes on new persistent organic pollutants

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Note by the Secretariat

1. Having amended the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants by decisions SC 4/10–SC-4/18 to list nine new chemicals in Annexes A, B and C to the Convention, the Conference of the Parties decided, by its decision SC-4/19, to undertake a work programme to provide guidance to parties on how best to restrict and eliminate brominated diphenyl ethers, perfluorooctane sulfonic acid (PFOS) and its salts, perfluorooctane sulfonyl fluoride (PFOSF) and the other newly listed chemicals.

UNEP/POPS/COP.5/16 Persistent Organic Pollutants Review Committee: developments for action by the Conference of the Parties

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Note by the Secretariat

1. The Persistent Organic Pollutants Review Committee held its fifth and sixth meetings in Geneva from 12 to 16 October 2009 and 11 to 15 October 2010, respectively. The reports of those meetings are available as documents UNEP/POPS/POPRC.5/10 and UNEP/POPS/POPRC.6/13, respectively.

UNEP/POPS/COP.5/17 Recommendation by the Persistent Organic Pollutants Review Committee of the Stockholm Convention to amend Annex A to the Convention and draft amendment text

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Note by the Secretariat

1. By its decision POPRC-6/8 the Persistent Organic Pollutants Review Committee decided to recommend to the Conference of the Parties to the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants that it should consider listing technical endosulfan, its related isomers and endosulfan sulfate in Annex A to the Convention, with specific exemptions, in accordance with paragraph 9 of Article 8 of the Convention.

UNEP/POPS/COP.5/18 Development of reporting and reviewing requirements for the use of lindane in cooperation with the World Health Organization

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Note by the Secretariat

1. By its decision SC-4/15, the Conference of the Parties to the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants amended part I of Annex A to the Convention to list lindane therein with a specific exemption for the use of lindane as a human health pharmaceutical for the control of head lice and scabies as a second line treatment.

UNEP/POPS/COP.5/19 Clearing-house mechanism for information exchange on persistent organic pollutants

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Introduction

1. Paragraph 4 of Article 9 of the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants states that the “Secretariat shall serve as a clearing-house mechanism for information on persistent organic pollutants, including information provided by Parties, intergovernmental organizations and non governmental organizations”.

UNEP/POPS/COP.5/20 Guidance on technical assistance

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Note by the Secretariat

1. Paragraph 3 of Article 12 of the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants states:
Technical assistance to be provided by developed country Parties, and other Parties in accordance with their capabilities, shall include, as appropriate and as mutually agreed, technical assistance for capacity-building relating to implementation of the obligations under this Convention. Further guidance in this regard shall be provided by the Conference of the Parties.

UNEP/POPS/COP.5/21 Report on activities of the regional and subregional centres for capacity-building and transfer of environmentally sound technologies and considerations regarding the selection of new centres

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Note by the Secretariat

Introduction

1. Paragraph 4 of Article 12 of the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants states:
The parties shall establish, as appropriate, arrangements for the purpose of providing technical assistance and promoting the transfer of technology to developing country Parties and Parties with economies in transition relating to the implementation of this Convention.

UNEP/POPS/COP.5/22 Needs assessment

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Note by the Secretariat

1. Paragraph 6 of Article 13 of the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants defines a financial mechanism for the provision of adequate and sustainable financial resources to developing-country parties and parties with economies in transition on a grant or concessional basis to assist in their implementation of the Convention. The financial mechanism is to function under the authority, as appropriate, and guidance of, and be accountable to, the Conference of the Parties for the purposes of the Convention.

UNEP/POPS/COP.5/22/Corr.1 Needs assessment - Corrigendum

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Note by the Secretariat

1. Page 14, annex III, table 3, footnote

For the existing text substitute

* As amended at the fourth meeting by decisions of the Conference of the Parties, which entered into force for some parties on 26 August 2010.

UNEP/POPS/COP.5/23 Report on the effectiveness of the implementation of the memorandum of understanding between the Conference of the Parties and the Council of the Global Environment Facility

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Note by the Secretariat

1. Paragraph 6 of Article 13 of the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants defines a mechanism for the provision of adequate and sustainable financial resources to developing country parties and parties with economies in transition on a grant or concessional basis to assist in their implementation of the Convention. The financial mechanism is to function under the authority, as appropriate, and guidance of, and be accountable to, the Conference of the Parties for the purposes of the Convention.

UNEP/POPS/COP.5/24 Report of the Global Environment Facility to the Conference of the Parties to the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants at its fifth meeting

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Note by the Secretariat

1. As referred to in paragraph 6 of document UNEP/POPS/COP.5/23, set out in the annex to the present note is the report of the Global Environment Facility to the Conference of the Parties to the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants at its fifth meeting. The report has been reproduced without formal editing by the Secretariat.

UNEP/POPS/COP.5/25 Draft terms of reference for the third review of the financial mechanism

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Note by the Secretariat
1. Paragraph 6 of Article 13 of the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants defines a mechanism for the provision of adequate and sustainable financial resources to developing country parties and parties with economies in transition on a grant or concessional basis to assist in their implementation of the Convention. The financial mechanism is to function under the authority, as appropriate, and guidance of, and be accountable to, the Conference of the Parties for the purposes of the Convention.

UNEP/POPS/COP.5/26 Consolidated guidance to the financial mechanism

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Note by the Secretariat

1. Paragraph 6 of Article 13 of the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants defines a mechanism for the provision of adequate and sustainable financial resources to developing country parties and parties with economies in transition on a grant or concessional basis to assist in their implementation of the Convention.

UNEP/POPS/COP.5/27 Facilitating work with regard to financial resources and mechanisms

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Note by the Secretariat

1. Paragraph 6 of Article 13 of the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants defines a mechanism for the provision of adequate and sustainable financial resources to developing country parties and parties with economies in transition on a grant or concessional basis to assist in their implementation of the Convention. The financial mechanism is to function under the authority, as appropriate, and guidance of, and be accountable to the Conference of the Parties for the purposes of the Convention.

UNEP/POPS/COP.5/28 Official communications with parties and observers

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Note by the Secretariat

1. Information on the provisions of the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants and the rules of procedure of its Conference of the Parties pertaining to official communications with parties and communication with and representation of observers is provided in document UNEP/POPS/COP.2/26.

UNEP/POPS/COP.5/29 Reporting pursuant to Article 15 of the Stockholm Convention

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Introduction

1. Paragraph 1 of Article 15 of the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants requires each party to report to the Conference of the Parties on the measures that it has taken to implement the provisions of the Convention and on the effectiveness of such measures in meeting the objectives of the Convention.

UNEP/POPS/COP.5/30 Global monitoring plan for effectiveness evaluation

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Note by the Secretariat

1. By its decision SC-4/31 the Conference of the Parties to the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants:
(a) Adopted the global monitoring plan for persistent organic pollutants that it had provisionally adopted at its third meeting;

UNEP/POPS/COP.5/31 Effectiveness evaluation

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Note by the Secretariat

1. By its decision SC-4/32, on effectiveness evaluation, the Conference of the Parties to the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants:
(a) Acknowledged that a first evaluation of the effectiveness of the Convention had been completed as described in document UNEP/POPS/COP.4/30;

UNEP/POPS/COP.5/32 Enhancing cooperation and coordination among the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions

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Note by the Secretariat

1. Decision IX/10 of the Conference of the Parties to the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal, decision RC-4/11 of the Conference of the Parties to the Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade and decision SC-4/34 of the Conference of the Parties to the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (the “synergies decisions”) are substantially identical decisions by which the conferences of the parties to the three conventions called for greater cooperation and coordination among the three conventions.

UNEP/POPS/COP.5/32/Add.1 Enhancing cooperation and coordination among the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions - Addendum - Joint activities

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Introduction

1. Decisions BC.Ex-1/1 of the Conference of the Parties to the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal, RC.Ex-1/1 of the Conference of the Parties to the Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade and SC.Ex 1/1 of the Conference of the Parties to the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (the “omnibus decisions”) were adopted by the conferences of the parties to the three conventions at their simultaneous extraordinary meetings, in February 2010.

UNEP/POPS/COP.5/32/Add.2 Enhancing cooperation and coordination among the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions - Addendum - Joint managerial functions

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Note by the Secretariat

Introduction

1. Decisions BC.Ex-1/1 of the Conference of the Parties to the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal, RC.Ex-1/1 of the Conference of the Parties to the Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade and SC.Ex 1/1 of the Conference of the Parties to the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (the “omnibus decisions”) are substantially identical decisions on the subject of enhancing cooperation and coordination between the three conventions, which were adopted by the conferences of the parties to the three conventions, respectively, at their simultaneous extraordinary meetings in February 2010.

UNEP/POPS/COP.5/32/Add.3 Enhancing cooperation and coordination among the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions - Addendum - Joint services

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Introduction

1. Decisions BC.Ex-1/1 of the Conference of the Parties to the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal, RC.Ex-1/1 of the Conference of the Parties to the Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade and SC.Ex 1/1 of the Conference of the Parties to the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants were adopted by the conferences of the parties to the three conventions at their simultaneous extraordinary meetings, in February 2010.

UNEP/POPS/COP.5/32/Add.4 Enhancing cooperation and coordination among the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions - Addendum - Synchronization of budget cycles

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Note by the Secretariat

1. By decisions IX/31 of the Conference of the Parties to the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal and RC 4/12 of the Conference of the Parties to the Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade, the two conferences of the parties adopted as an extraordinary one-time measure a three-year budget cycle for the period 2009–2011 to facilitate the synchronization of their budget cycles with those of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants.

UNEP/POPS/COP.5/32/Add.5 Enhancing cooperation and coordination among the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions - Addendum - Joint audits

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Note by the Secretariat

1. Decisions BC.Ex-1/1 of the Conference of the Parties to the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal, RC.Ex-1/1 of the Conference of the Parties to the Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade and SC.Ex 1/1 of the Conference of the Parties to the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants were adopted by the conferences of the parties to three conventions at their simultaneous extraordinary meetings, in February 2010.

UNEP/POPS/COP.5/32/Add.6 Enhancing cooperation and coordination among the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions - Addendum - Review arrangements

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Note by the Secretariat

1. At their simultaneous extraordinary meetings, held from 22 to 24 February 2010 in Bali, Indonesia, the conferences of the parties to the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal, the Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade and the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants adopted substantively identical omnibus decisions (BC.Ex-1/1, RC.Ex-1/1 and SC.Ex-1/1, respectively).

UNEP/POPS/COP.5/33 Secretariat activities from 1 January 2009 to 31 December 2010

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Note by the Secretariat

Introduction

1. Except as otherwise noted or where apparent from the context, the present note describes activities undertaken by the Secretariat of the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants from 1 January 2009 to 31 December 2010.

UNEP/POPS/COP.5/34 Financial report and review of the staffing situation in the Secretariat

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Note by the Secretariat

Introduction

1. By its decision SC-4/1 on financing and budget arrangements for the biennium 2009¬–2010, the Conference of the Parties to the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants requested, among other things:
(a) The head of the Convention Secretariat to write to parties that had not paid their contributions on time, impressing upon them the importance of paying their respective arrears for prior periods, and to report to the Conference of the Parties at its fifth meeting on his or her consultations with such parties;

UNEP/POPS/COP.5/35 Programme of work and proposed budget for the biennium 2012–2013

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Note by the Secretariat

Introduction

1. At its fourth meeting, the Conference of the Parties to the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants adopted decision SC-4/1 on financing and budget for the biennium 2010–2011

UNEP/POPS/COP.5/35/Add.1 Programme of work and proposed budget for the biennium 2012–2013 - Addendum - Budget scenarios

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Note by the Secretariat

1. In its decision SC-4/1 the Conference of the Parties requested the secretariat to present for consideration by the Conference of the Parties proposed operational budgets for 2012–2013 corresponding to three different budget scenarios.

UNEP/POPS/COP.5/36 Report of the Conference of the Parties to the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants on the work of its fifth meeting

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I. Opening of the meeting
1. The fifth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants was held at the Geneva International Conference Centre from 25 to 29 April 2011. 2. The meeting was opened at 10.15 a.m. on Monday, 25 April 2011, by Mr. Gholamhossein Dehghani (Islamic Republic of Iran), President of the fourth meeting of the Conference of the Parties, who welcomed the representatives. Noting that the tenth anniversary of the adoption of the Stockholm Convention in 2011 coincided with the International Year of Chemistry, he said that the slogan for the current meeting was “Stockholm at 10: Chemical Challenges, Sustainable Solutions”. Major efforts had been made over the past decade towards eliminating the risk of persistent organic pollutants, but an even greater effort was required to ensure the full implementation of the Convention at the national, regional and global levels. A further important goal was the achievement of universal accession to the Convention in the foreseeable future.

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UNEP/POPS/COP.5/INF/1 Scenario note for the fifth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Stockholm Convention

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Note by the Secretariat

1. The present scenario note is intended to assist representatives in preparing for the fifth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants by communicating information regarding initial planning activity and expectations for the meeting.

UNEP/POPS/COP.5/INF/2 Global alliance for the development and deployment of products, methods and strategies as alternatives to DDT for disease vector control

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Note by the Secretariat

As referred to in paragraph 10 of the note by the Secretariat on an evaluation of the continued need for DDT for disease vector control and promotion of alternatives to DDT (UNEP/POPS/COP.5/4), reports and related reference materials regarding the activities conducted for the establishment and implementation of a global alliance for the development and deployment of products, methods and strategies as alternatives to DDT for disease vector control are provided in the annexes to the present note.

UNEP/POPS/COP.5/INF/2/Add.1 Global alliance for the development and deployment of products, methods and strategies as alternatives to DDT for disease vector control - Addendum - Report of the third meeting of the interim steering committee

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Note by the Secretariat

The annex to the present addendum provides the report of the third meeting of the interim steering committee of the global alliance for the development and deployment of products, methods and strategies as alternatives to DDT for disease vector control, which was held on 15 and 16 March 2011 in Bonn, Germany. It has not been formally edited.

UNEP/POPS/COP.5/INF/3 Report of the meeting of the expert group on the assessment of the production and use of DDT and its alternatives for disease vector control

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Note by the Secretariat

As referred to in paragraph 8 of document UNEP/POPS/COP.5/4, the report of the meeting of the expert group on the assessment of the production and use of DDT and its alternatives for disease vector control, held from 10 to 12 November 2010 in Geneva, is set out in the annex to the present note. It has not been formally edited.

UNEP/POPS/COP.5/INF/4 Reports of the meetings of the advisory committee of the polychlorinated biphenyls elimination network

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Note by the Secretariat

1. Document UNEP/POPS/COP.5/9 contains a report on progress in establishing the polychlorinated biphenyls elimination network in accordance with the proposal by the Secretariat endorsed by decision SC-4/5 of the Conference of the Parties to the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants.

UNEP/POPS/COP.5/INF/5 Compilation of comments on the guidelines on best available techniques and provisional guidance on best environmental practices

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Note by the Secretariat

1. By its decision SC-4/6 on best available techniques and best environmental practices, the Conference of the Parties to the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants, among other things:
(a) Invited parties to provide the Secretariat with their comments on their experience in using the guidelines on best available techniques and provisional guidance on best environmental practices and requested the Secretariat to compile any comments received;

UNEP/POPS/COP.5/INF/6 Expert meetings to further develop the Standardized Toolkit for Identification and Quantification of Dioxin and Furan Releases

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Note by the Secretariat

1. By its decision SC-3/6, the Conference of the Parties to the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants adopted a process for the ongoing review and updating of the Standardized Toolkit for Identification and Quantification of Dioxin and Furan Releases, which it subsequently reinforced by its decision SC-4/7.
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Annex I
Report of the expert meeting to further develop the Standardized Toolkit for Identification and Quantification of Dioxin and Furan Releases, Geneva, Switzerland, 1-3 December 2009

UNEP/POPS/COP.5/INF/7/Rev.1 Implementation plans transmitted to the Conference of the Parties

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Note by the Secretariat

1. Paragraph 1 of Article 7 of the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants requires each party: (a) To develop and endeavour to implement a plan for the implementation of its obligations under the Convention;

UNEP/POPS/COP.5/INF/8 Compilation of comments on the draft guidance on social and economic assessment for national implementation plan development and implementation under the Stockholm Convention and on the draft guidance on calculation of action plan costs, including incremental costs, and action plans for specific persistent organic pollutants

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Note by the Secretariat

1. By paragraph 5 (c) of decision SC-4/9, the Conference of the Parties to the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants invited parties to provide comments on how to improve the usefulness of the draft guidance on social and economic assessment for national implementation plan development and implementation under the Stockholm Convention and on the draft guidance on calculation of action plan costs, including incremental costs and action plans for specific persistent organic pollutants based on their experience in using those two sets of guidance.

UNEP/POPS/COP.5/INF/9 Updated compilation of information relevant to the implementation of paragraphs 3 and 4 of Article 3 of the Convention

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Note by the Secretariat

1. Paragraph 3 of Article 3 of the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants requires those parties that have one or more regulatory and assessment schemes for new pesticides or new industrial chemicals to take measures to regulate with the aim of preventing the production and use of new pesticides or new industrial chemicals which, taking into consideration the criteria contained in paragraph 1 of Annex D to the Convention, exhibit the characteristics of persistent organic pollutants.

UNEP/POPS/COP.5/INF/10 Updated compilation of information related to quantities of a chemical occurring as unintentional trace contaminants in products and articles

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1. The Secretariat of the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants received a letter on 25 February 2010 from the European Commission enquiring how the notion of “unintentional trace contaminants” in note (i) of part I of Annexes A and B to the Convention should be applied to the persistent organic pollutants listed in the annexes to the Convention by the Conference of the Parties at its fourth meeting.

UNEP/POPS/COP.5/INF/11 Report on activities to support parties’ effective participation in the Persistent Organic Pollutants Review Committee’s work

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Note by the Secretariat

1. By its decision SC-3/9, the Conference of the Parties to the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants established a programme for the effective participation of parties in the work of the Persistent Organic Pollutants Review Committee. By its decision SC-4/20, the Conference of the Parties requested the Secretariat to continue activities in view of the positive feedback received and to report on the results to it at its fifth meeting.

UNEP/POPS/COP.5/INF/12 Compilation of comments for consideration by the Conference of the Parties on the Persistent Organic Pollutants Review Committee’s recommendation to list endosulfan in Annex A to the Convention

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Note by the Secretariat

1. By its decision POPRC-6/8, the Persistent Organic Pollutants Review Committee of the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants decided to recommend to the Conference of the Parties that it should consider listing technical endosulfan, its related isomers and endosulfan sulfate in Annex A to the Convention, with specific exemptions, in accordance with paragraph 9 of Article 8 of the Convention.

UNEP/POPS/COP.5/INF/13/Rev.1 Additional information to supplement the report on the development of reporting and reviewing requirements for the use of lindane

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Note by the Secretariat

1. As referred to in paragraph 3 of document UNEP/POPS/COP.5/18, the Secretariat of the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants, in collaboration with the World Health Organization, conducted a preliminary evaluation of the use of lindane based on information received from parties by 31 December 2010.

UNEP/POPS/COP.5/INF/14 Report on joint activities carried out by the secretariats of the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions during 2009 and 2010

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Note by the Secretariat

1. Decision IX/10 of the Conference of the Parties to the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal, decision RC-4/11 of the Conference of the Parties to the Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade and decision SC-4/34 of the Conference of the Parties to the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (the “synergies decisions”) are substantially identical decisions by which the conferences of the parties to the three conventions called for greater cooperation and coordination among the three conventions.

UNEP/POPS/COP.5/INF/15 Submissions from parties, regional centres and other stakeholders on activities carried out to implement the synergies decisions

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Background

1. Decision IX/10 of the Conference of the Parties to the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal, decision RC-4/11 of the Conference of the Parties to the Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade and decision SC-4/34 of the Conference of the Parties to the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (the “synergies decisions”) are substantially identical decisions by which the conferences of the parties to the three conventions called for greater cooperation and coordination among the three conventions. In those decisions, the conferences of the parties agreed, among other things, to convene simultaneous extraordinary meetings of the three conferences, at which the parties would discuss the matters listed in paragraph 3 of part V of the synergies decisions, relating to cooperation and coordination among the conventions.

UNEP/POPS/COP.5/INF/16 Information submitted by the United Nations Environment Programme and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations on progress on programmatic cooperation in the field to support the implementation of the three conventions in areas of common concern and the inclusion of such cooperation in their biennial work programmes

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Note by the Secretariat

Decision BC.Ex-1/1 of the Conference of Parties to the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal, decision RC.Ex-1/1 of the Conference of the Parties to the Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade and decision SC.Ex-1/1 of the Conference of the Parties to the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (hereinafter referred to as the “omnibus decisions”) are substantially identical decisions on enhancing cooperation and coordination between the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions.

UNEP/POPS/COP.5/INF/17 Report on clearing house mechanisms and similar mechanisms in the area of chemicals and wastes

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Note by the Secretariat

The annex to the present note contains a report on clearing house mechanisms and similar mechanisms in the area of chemicals and wastes.

UNEP/POPS/COP.5/INF/18 Compilation of submissions received by the Secretariat regarding ways in which to support the Stockholm Convention

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Note by the Secretariat

1. By paragraph 3 of its decision SC-4/24, the Conference of the Parties to the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants invited, in accordance with paragraphs 2 and 3 of Article 13 of the Convention, developed-country parties, other parties and other sources, including relevant funding institutions and the private sector, to provide information to the Secretariat on ways in which they could support the Convention.

UNEP/POPS/COP.5/INF/19 Background information on and summary of results of the implementation of the brokering tool

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Background

1. Paragraph 6 of Article 13 of the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants defines a mechanism for the provision of adequate and sustainable financial resources to developing country parties and parties with economies in transition on a grant or concessional basis to assist in their implementation of the Convention.

UNEP/POPS/COP.5/INF/20 Annexes to the report submitted by the Global Environment Facility

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Note by the Secretariat

1. The report of the Global Environment Facility to the Conference of the Parties to the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants at its fifth meeting is provided in the annex to document UNEP/POPS/COP.5/24.

UNEP/POPS/COP.5/INF/21 Summary table of additional guidance to the financial mechanism

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Note by the Secretariat

A table summarizing the additional guidance to the financial mechanism of the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants given by the Conference of the Parties in a number of decisions at its previous meetings is set out in the annex to the present note. It has been presented without formal editing.

UNEP/POPS/COP.5/INF/22 Information submitted by parties and others relevant to facilitating work with regard to financial resources and mechanisms

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Note by the Secretariat

1. Paragraph 6 of Article 13 of the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants defines a mechanism for the provision of adequate and sustainable financial resources to developing country parties and parties with economies in transition on a grant or concessional basis to assist in their implementation of the Convention.

UNEP/POPS/COP.5/INF/23 Reporting pursuant to Article 15 of the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants

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Note by the Secretariat

1. By its decision SC-4/30, the Conference of the Parties to the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants decided that parties were to submit their second report pursuant to Article 15 of the Convention to the Secretariat by 31 October 2010 for consideration by the Conference of the Parties at its fifth meeting.

UNEP/POPS/COP.5/INF/24 Users’ manual for the electronic system for reporting pursuant to Article 15 of the Stockholm Convention

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Note by the Secretariat

The annex to the present note contains the users’ manual for the electronic system for reporting pursuant to Article 15 of the Stockholm Convention, developed by the Secretariat in response to the request made by the Conference of the Parties in paragraph 4 (c) of decision SC-4/30.

UNEP/POPS/COP.5/INF/25 Report of the meeting of the global coordination group for the global monitoring plan for persistent organic pollutants

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Note by the Secretariat

1. By its decision SC-4/31 the Conference of the Parties to the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants adopted the terms of reference and mandate of the regional organization groups and the global coordination group and requested the Secretariat to support the global coordination group in updating the guidance document for the global monitoring plan with additional chapters on long-range transport, specimen banking and the impact of listing new chemicals in the Convention.

UNEP/POPS/COP.5/INF/26 Technical report on climate change and persistent organic pollutants

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Note by the Secretariat

1. By its decision SC-4/31, the Conference of the Parties to the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants adopted the global monitoring plan for persistent organic pollutants that was provisionally adopted at its third meeting and the terms of reference and mandate of the regional organization groups and the global coordination group for the global monitoring plan set forth in the annex to the decision.

UNEP/POPS/COP.5/INF/27 Draft revised guidance on the global monitoring plan for persistent organic pollutants

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Note by the Secretariat

1. By its decision SC-4/31 the Conference of the Parties to the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants adopted the terms of reference and mandate of the regional organization groups and the global coordination group and requested the Secretariat to support the global coordination group in updating the guidance document for the global monitoring plan with additional chapters on long-range transport, specimen banking and the impact of listing new chemicals in the Convention.

UNEP/POPS/COP.5/INF/28 Regional monitoring reports under the global monitoring plan for effectiveness evaluation: additional human tissue data from the human milk survey

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Note by the Secretariat

1. By its decision SC-4/31, the Conference of the Parties to the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants adopted the global monitoring plan for persistent organic pollutants that it had provisionally adopted at its third meeting, welcomed the regional monitoring reports and the global monitoring report that had been prepared pursuant to decision SC-3/19 and concluded that there were data on air and human milk or blood available in all five United Nations regions that could be used as a baseline for future evaluations, noting that not all data were available in time to be included in the monitoring reports. It also acknowledged the additional information on human tissue data presented at the fourth meeting of the Conference of the Parties and requested the Secretariat in cooperation with the regional organization groups to include those data in annexes to the first regional monitoring reports.

UNEP/POPS/COP.5/INF/29 Regional monitoring reports under the global monitoring plan for effectiveness evaluation: additional human tissue data from the Western Europe and others region

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Note by the Secretariat

1. By its decision SC-4/31, on the global monitoring plan for effectiveness evaluation, the Conference of the Parties to the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants welcomed the regional monitoring reports (UNEP/POPS/COP.4/INF/19) and the global monitoring report (UNEP/POPS/COP.4/33) that had been prepared pursuant to decision SC-3/19 and concluded that there were data on air and human milk or blood available in all five United Nations regions that could be used as a baseline for future evaluations, noting that not all data had been available in time to be included in the monitoring reports. It also acknowledged the additional information on human tissue data that had been presented and requested the Secretariat in cooperation with the regional organization groups to include those data in annexes to the regional monitoring reports.

UNEP/POPS/COP.5/INF/30 Reports of the 2009 and 2010 meetings of the ad hoc working group on effectiveness evaluation

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Note by the Secretariat

As referenced in document UNEP/POPS/COP.5/31, annexes I and II to the present note contain the reports of the two meetings of the ad hoc working group established by decision SC-4/32 of the Conference of the Parties to the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants. They have been reproduced as received, without formal editing.

UNEP/POPS/COP.5/INF/31/Rev.1 Non-governmental organizations seeking accreditation to meetings of the Conference of the Parties

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Note by the Secretariat

As referred to in paragraph 7 of document UNEP/POPS/COP.5/28, on official communications with parties and observers, a list of non-governmental organizations that are currently seeking accreditation to meetings of the Conference of the Parties to the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants and that have pre-registered to participate as observers in the fifth meeting of the Conference of the Parties as at 20 April 2011 are listed in the annex to the present note. The list has not been formally edited.

UNEP/POPS/COP.5/INF/32 Status of ratification of the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants

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Note by the Secretariat

1. The text of the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants was adopted at the meeting of the Conference of Plenipotentiaries on 22 May 2001 in Stockholm. In accordance with its Article 26, the Convention entered into force on 17 May 2004, on the ninetieth day after the date of deposit of the fiftieth instrument of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession.

UNEP/POPS/COP.5/INF/33 Update on funding and staffing situation

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Note by the Secretariat

As referenced in paragraph 10 of document UNEP/POPS/COP.5/34 on the financial report and review of the staffing situation in the Secretariat, the annexes to the present note set forth updated information on expenditure and on contributions pledged or received. The annexes, which have not been formally edited, are organized as follows:
(a) Annex I: Staffing of the Stockholm Convention Secretariat for the biennium 2010–2011 as at 15 March 2011;

UNEP/POPS/COP.5/INF/34 Outcomes of the initial phase of a pilot project to gather information on products free of persistent organic pollutants and to promote the use of available substitutes and alternatives

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Note by the Secretariat

1. Paragraph 1 (b) of Article 9 of the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants requests parties to facilitate or undertake the exchange of information relevant to alternatives to persistent organic pollutants, including information relating to their risks and their economic and social costs. Paragraph 4 of Article 10 encourages parties, in providing information on persistent organic pollutants and their alternatives, to use a broad range of means of communication.

UNEP/POPS/COP.5/INF/35 List of pre-session documents organized by agenda item (reissued for technical reasons)

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Item 2: Organizational matters

(a) Election of officers

UNEP/POPS/COP.5/2 Election of officers of the Conference of the Parties at its fifth meeting

UNEP/POPS/COP.5/INF/36 DDT in indoor residual spraying: human health aspects: consensus statement of the expert consultation conducted by the World Health Organization to assess risks arising from DDT

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Note by the Secretariat

As referred to in paragraph 9 of the note by the Secretariat on an evaluation of the continued need for DDT for disease vector control and promotion of alternatives to DDT (UNEP/POPS/COP.5/4), the World Health Organization (WHO) has conducted an expert consultation to assess the risks arising from DDT use in indoor residual spraying. WHO has published a consensus statement resulting from the assessment that forms part A of the full report.

UNEP/POPS/COP.5/INF/37 Activity reports provided by the regional and subregional centres for capacity-building and the transfer of technology and the nominated Stockholm Convention centres

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Note by the Secretariat

1. Document UNEP/POPS/COP.5/21 refers to the activity reports submitted by the regional and subregional centres for capacity-building and the transfer of technology for the period from 1 January 2009 to 31 December 2010, which have reproduced, as submitted by the regional centres and without formal editing by the Secretariat, in the annexes to the present note.

UNEP/POPS/COP.5/INF/38 Compilation of information provided by the nominated Stockholm Convention centres on their efforts to seek support to comply with the criteria set out in decision SC-2/9

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Note by the Secretariat
1. Paragraph 4 of Article 12 of the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants calls for the establishment, as appropriate, of arrangements for the purpose of providing technical assistance and promoting the transfer of technology to developing-country parties and parties with economies in transition relating to the implementation of the Convention. These arrangements are to include regional and subregional centres for capacity-building and transfer of technology to assist developing country-parties and parties with economies in transition to fulfil their obligations under the Convention.

UNEP/POPS/COP.5/INF/39 Small grants programme for the Stockholm Convention regional and subregional centres for capacity-building and the transfer of technology

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1. A small grants programme for the regional and subregional centres for capacity-building and the transfer of technology under the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants has been established to channel donor funds to those centres to enable them to undertake activities and projects that assist eligible parties to meet their obligations under the Convention.

UNEP/POPS/COP.5/INF/40 Capacity-building activities planned for the period from May 2011 to December 2012

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Note by the Secretariat

Tables listing the capacity-building and training activities planned by the Secretariat for the period from May 2011 to December 2012 are set out in the annex to the present note. The annex has not been formally edited.

UNEP/POPS/COP.5/INF/41 Summary of responses received regarding needs of developing country parties and parties with economies in transition for technical assistance

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Note by the Secretariat

1. By its decision SC-4/24, the Conference of the Parties to the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants requested the Secretariat to develop a simple and consistent format that would facilitate parties’ assessment and reporting of the funding used during the period 2010–2014 and their funding needs for 2015–2019 for the implementation of the Convention, based on the recommendations included in the report on needs assessment referred to in paragraph 1 of the decision.

UNEP/POPS/COP.5/INF/42 Programme for the delivery of technical assistance for the implementation of the Convention

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Note by the Secretariat

1. By paragraph 2 of its decision SC-4/22, the Conference of the Parties to the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants requested the Secretariat to continue to implement its technical assistance programme upon request while making full use of regional centres as an integral part of its work to facilitate technical assistance and the promotion of transfer of technology, taking into account the guidance on technical assistance and transfer of environmentally sound technologies adopted by the Conference of the Parties, in addition to the priorities and needs identified in the report on the priorities identified by parties in their implementation plans (UNEP/POPS/COP.4/13) and the report on the assessment of funding needs of developing-country parties or parties with economies in transition (UNEP/POPS/COP.4/27).

UNEP/POPS/COP.5/INF/43 Analysis of the lessons learned from the technical assistance activities implemented by the Secretariat

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Note by the Secretariat

1. By paragraph 2 of its decision SC-4/22, the Conference of the Parties to the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants requested the Secretariat to continue to implement its technical assistance programme upon request while making full use of the regional centres as an integral part of its work to facilitate technical assistance and the promotion of transfer of technology, taking into account the guidance on technical assistance and the transfer of environmentally sound technologies adopted by the Conference of the Parties in decision SC 1/15, in addition to the priorities and needs identified in the report of priorities identified by parties in their implementation plans and the report on the assessment of funding needs of developing-country parties and parties with economies in transition.

UNEP/POPS/COP.5/INF/44 Revised spreadsheet file for the quantification of dioxin and furan releases

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Note by the Secretariat

1. By its decision SC-3/6, the Conference of the Parties to the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants adopted a process for the ongoing review and updating of the Standardized Toolkit for Identification and Quantification of Dioxin and Furan Releases, which it subsequently reinforced by its decision SC-4/7.

UNEP/POPS/COP.5/INF/45 Nomination letters and information submitted by the nominated Stockholm Convention centres pursuant to paragraph 6 of decision SC-3/12

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Note by the Secretariat

1. Paragraph 4 of Article 12 of the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants states:
The parties shall establish, as appropriate, arrangements for the purpose of providing technical assistance and promoting the transfer of technology to developing country Parties and Parties with economies in transition relating to the implementation of this Convention.

UNEP/POPS/COP.5/INF/46 Additional information on Safe Planet: the United Nations Campaign for Responsibility on Hazardous Chemicals and Wastes

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Note by the Secretariat

Document UNEP/POPS/COP.5/32/Add.1 sets out 21 proposed cross-cutting and joint activities for possible inclusion in the programmes of work of the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal, the Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade and the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants for the period 2012–2013.

UNEP/POPS/COP.5/INF/47 Regional capacity-building and training workshops organized by the Secretariat between June 2009 and April 2011

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Note by the Secretariat

The annex to the present note sets out two tables: regional-level (table 1) and global-level (table 2) capacity building and training workshops organized by the Secretariat of the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants between June 2009 and April 2011. The annex has not been formally edited.

UNEP/POPS/COP.5/INF/48 Progress report on the implementation of Governing Council decision SS.XI/8 on the consultative process on financing options for chemicals and wastes

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Note by the Secretariat

A progress report of the Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme on the implementation of Governing Council decision SS.XI/8 on the consultative process on financing options for chemicals and wastes is set out in the annex to the present note. It has been reproduced without formal editing.

UNEP/POPS/COP.5/INF/49/Rev.1 Information submitted by the Inter-Organization Programme for the Sound Management of Chemicals on efforts to promote programmatic cooperation and coordination and on activities to implement the synergies decisions

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Note by the Secretariat

1. Decision IX/10 of the Conference of the Parties to the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal, decision RC-4/11 of the Conference of the Parties to the Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade and decision SC-4/34 of the Conference of the Parties to the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (the “synergies decisions”) are substantially identical decisions by which the conferences of the parties to the three conventions called for greater cooperation and coordination among the three conventions. In those decisions, the conferences of the parties agreed, among other things, to convene simultaneous extraordinary meetings of the three conferences, at which the parties would discuss the matters listed in paragraph 3 of part V of the synergies decisions, relating to cooperation and coordination among the conventions.

UNEP/POPS/COP.5/INF/50 Guidance document for parties and other stakeholders to facilitate the implementation of the clearing-house mechanism at the national and regional levels

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Note by the Secretariat

1. By its decision SC-4/21, on information exchange, the Conference of the Parties to the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants endorsed a proposal prepared by the Secretariat in its note on the possible role of the clearing house mechanism at the national and regional levels and invited parties, regional centres, national Governments and any other interested stakeholders to build clearing house mechanism nodes as described in the proposal.

UNEP/POPS/COP.5/INF/51/Rev.1 List of participants

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UNEP/POPS/COP.5/36 Report of the Conference of the Parties to the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants on the work of its fifth meeting

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SC-5/1 Amendment to rule 22 of the rules of procedure

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The Conference of the Parties

Recalling decision SC-1/1,
Recognizing the benefits of electing the President of the Conference of the Parties so that it will be possible for the Secretariat to work during the intersessional period with the President chairing the next meeting of the Conference of the Parties,
1. Decides to amend rule 22 of the rules of procedure to read as follows:

SC-5/2 Amendments to the financial rules for the Conference of the Parties, its subsidiary bodies and the Convention Secretariat

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The Conference of the Parties

Decides to amend the financial rules for its operation, its subsidiary bodies and the Convention Secretariat set out in the annex to decision SC-1/3 to read as follows:
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The present rules shall govern the financial administration of the Conference of the Parties to the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants, its subsidiary bodies and the Convention Secretariat. In respect of matters not specifically provided for by the present rules, the Financial Regulations and Rules of the United Nations shall apply.

SC-5/3 Listing of technical endosulfan and its related isomers

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The Conference of the Parties

Having considered the risk profile and risk management evaluation for endosulfan (technical endosulfan, its related isomers and endosulfan sulfate) as transmitted by the Persistent Organic Pollutants Review Committee,
Taking note of the recommendation by the Persistent Organic Pollutants Review Committee to list technical endosulfan, its related isomers and endosulfan sulfate in Annex A to the Convention, with specific exemptions,

SC-5/4 Work programme on endosulfan

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The Conference of the Parties

Having amended the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants to list endosulfan in Annex A to the Convention with specific exemptions,
Taking into account that many countries have banned or are phasing out the use and production of endosulfan,
Recognizing that suitable, cost-effective and safe alternatives need to be identified to facilitate the replacement of the use of endosulfan,

SC-5/5 Work programme on brominated diphenyl ethers and perfluorooctane sulfonic acid, its salts and perfluorooctane sulfonyl fluoride

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The Conference of the Parties

Taking note of decision SC-4/19, the recommendations of the Persistent Organic Pollutants Review Committee on the elimination of brominated diphenyl ethers from the waste stream and on risk reduction for perfluorooctane sulfonic acid, its salts and perfluorooctane sulfonyl fluoride and the key findings and gaps identified by the Committee in the submissions by parties and observers,

SC-5/6 DDT

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The Conference of the Parties

1. Emphasizes the importance of finding safe and effective alternatives to DDT for disease vector control;
2. Takes note of the report by the DDT expert group on the assessment of the continued need for DDT for disease vector control;
3. Concludes that countries that are relying on DDT for disease vector control may need to continue such use until locally appropriate and cost-effective alternatives are available for a sustainable transition away from DDT;

SC-5/7 Polychlorinated biphenyls

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The Conference of the Parties

1. Takes note of the Secretariat’s report on progress in establishing the polychlorinated biphenyls elimination network;
2. Welcomes the publication of the first issue of the network magazine and the establishment of awards by the network;
3. Takes note of the information relevant to polychlorinated biphenyls in the reports provided by parties pursuant to paragraph (g) of part II of Annex A to the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants;

SC-5/8 Exemptions

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The Conference of the Parties

1. Approves the forms for notification of specific exemptions, acceptable purposes and chemicals occurring as constituents of articles manufactured or already in use set out in annexes I–IV to the present decision and requests the Secretariat to continue to make them publicly available on the website of the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants;

SC-5/9 Measures to reduce or eliminate releases from wastes

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The Conference of the Parties

1. Takes note of the work by the Secretariat to support parties in implementing the technical guidelines for the environmentally sound management of wastes consisting of, containing or contaminated with persistent organic pollutants, in collaboration with the Secretariat of the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal;

SC-5/10 Evaluation of the continued need for the procedure under paragraph 2 (b) of Article 3

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The Conference of the Parties

1. Takes note of the report by the Secretariat on information to be taken into account in the evaluation of the continued need for the procedure under paragraph 2 (b) of Article 3 of the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants;

SC-5/11 Operation of the Persistent Organic Pollutants Review Committee

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The Conference of the Parties

1. Welcomes the entry into force of the amendments to Annexes A, B and C to the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants stemming from decisions SC-4/10–SC-4/18, by which the Conference of the Parties listed nine new chemicals in those annexes, subject to paragraph 3 (b) of Article 22 and paragraph 4 of Article 25;

SC-5/12 Guidelines on best available techniques and provisional guidance on best environmental practices

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The Conference of the Parties

1. Takes note of the comments provided by parties and others on the guidelines on best available techniques and the provisional guidance on best environmental practices;
2. Reminds parties, in accordance with Article 5 of the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants, to take into consideration the guidelines and guidance when applying best available techniques and best environmental practices and to assist decision-making in the implementation of action plans and other actions related to their obligations under Article 5, and invites them to share their experiences, such as in the form of case studies, via the Convention clearing-house mechanism;
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Annex to decision SC-5/12
Procedure for the review and updating of the guidelines on best available techniques and provisional guidance on best environmental practices

SC-5/13 Review and updating of the Standardized Toolkit for Identification and Quantification of Dioxin and Furan Releases

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The Conference of the Parties

1. Takes note of the reports of the Toolkit expert meetings;
2. Welcomes the conclusions and recommendations of the Toolkit experts presented in the annex to the note by the Secretariat on the ongoing review and updating of the Standardized Toolkit for Identification and Quantification of Dioxin and Furan Releases and endorses their inclusion in the revision of the Toolkit;

SC-5/14 Implementation plans

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The Conference of the Parties

1. Welcomes the additional implementations plans transmitted by parties pursuant to Article 7 of the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants;
2. Takes note of the deadline for the transmission of each party’s implementation plan, in addition to the deadlines for revised and updated implementation plans;

SC-5/15 Information exchange

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The Conference of the Parties

Takes note of the progress made in the implementation of the clearing-house mechanism of the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants and requests the Secretariat to complete an evaluation of its first phase, covering the period 2008–2011, by the end of 2011, and to make it available on the Convention website;

SC-5/16 Reporting

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The Conference of the Parties

1. Welcomes the reports submitted by parties pursuant to Article 15 of the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants using the enhanced version of the electronic system for reporting;
2. Takes note of the Secretariat’s report pursuant to paragraph 2 (d) of Article 20 based on the national reports submitted by parties under Article 15;

SC-5/17 Effectiveness evaluation

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The Conference of the Parties

1. Takes note of the reports of the meetings of the ad hoc working group on effectiveness evaluation;
2. Also takes note of the proposed framework for effectiveness evaluation;
3. Requests the Secretariat to collect and compile the information outlined in the proposed framework and to use the elements and indicators set forth therein to prepare a report for consideration by the Conference of the Parties at its sixth meeting;

SC-5/18 Global monitoring plan for effectiveness evaluation

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The Conference of the Parties

1. Takes note of the report of the meeting of the global coordination group and encourages parties, when implementing activities under the global monitoring plan, to consider the recommendations put forward in the report of the co-chairs of the coordination group;
2. Welcomes the revisions made to the guidance on the global monitoring plan;
3. Requests the Secretariat to continue to support the continuing process of revising and updating that guidance, subject to the availability of resources;

SC-5/19 Procedures and mechanisms on compliance with the Stockholm Convention

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The Conference of the Parties

1. Decides to consider further at its sixth meeting for adoption the procedures and institutional mechanisms on non compliance required under Article 17 of the Convention;
2. Decides also that the draft text set out in the annex to decision SC-4/33, bearing in mind the proposal of the chair of the contact group set out in the appendix to that annex, shall be the basis for its further work on the procedures and institutional mechanisms at its sixth meeting;

SC-5/20 Guidance on technical assistance

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The Conference of the Parties

1. Takes note of the information provided in the note by the Secretariat on guidance on technical assistance;
2. Invites developing-country parties and parties with economies in transition to provide information to the Secretariat on their technical assistance and technology transfer needs and the barriers and obstacles in that regard;

SC-5/21 Regional and subregional centres for capacity-building and transfer of technology

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The Conference of the Parties

1. Welcomes the institutions newly nominated in accordance with decision SC-3/12 to become Stockholm Convention centres;
2. Takes note of the Secretariat’s report on the activities of the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants regional and subregional centres for capacity building and the transfer of technology and the nominated Stockholm Convention centres;

SC-5/22 Needs assessment

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The Conference of the Parties

1. Takes note of the report by the Secretariat on information regarding the availability of financial resources additional to those provided through the Global Environment Facility and ways and means of mobilizing and channelling those resources in support of the objectives of the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants over the period 2015–2019;
2. Takes note of the information provided by developed-country parties, other parties and other sources, including relevant funding institutions and the private sector, on ways in which they can support the Convention;

SC-5/23 Additional guidance to the financial mechanism

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The Conference of the Parties

Requests the Secretariat to prepare consolidated guidance to the financial mechanism of the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants for consideration by the Conference of the Parties at its sixth meeting;
2. Decides to update the consolidated guidance every four years starting from the sixth meeting of the Conference of the Parties as an input of the Conference of the Parties to the negotiations on the replenishment of the Trust Fund of the Global Environment Facility;

SC-5/24 Effectiveness of the implementation of the memorandum of understanding between the Conference of the Parties and the Council of the Global Environment Facility

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The Conference of the Parties

1. Takes note of the report of the Secretariat on the effectiveness of the implementation of the memorandum of understanding between the Conference of the Parties and the Council of the Global Environment Facility;
2. Welcomes the report of the Global Environment Facility to the Conference of the Parties at its fifth meeting;
3. Recalls that the Council of the Global Environment Facility is to provide regular reports to the Conference of the Parties, including information pursuant to paragraph 9 (d) of the memorandum of understanding between the Conference of the Parties and the Council of the Global Environment Facility;

SC-5/25 Review of the financial mechanism

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The Conference of the Parties

1. Adopts the terms of reference for the third review of the financial mechanism set out in the annex to the present decision;
2. Requests the Secretariat to compile information relevant to the third review of the financial mechanism and submit it to the Conference of the Parties for consideration at its sixth meeting.

SC-5/26 Facilitating work with regard to financial resources and mechanisms

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The Conference of the Parties

1. Recognizes the importance of the need to improve the efficiency of the work of the Conference of the Parties with regard to financial resources and mechanisms;
2. Recalls decision SC-4/29 on facilitating work with regard to financial resources and mechanisms;
3. Decides to continue the discussion on exploring options for facilitating work with regard to financial resources and mechanisms, including the option of a financial mechanism committee;

SC-5/27 Enhancing cooperation and coordination among the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions

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The Conference of the Parties

Mindful of the legal autonomy of each of the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal, the Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade and the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants,
Recognizing the broad scope of the three conventions,

SC-5/28 Financing and budget for the biennium 2012–2013

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The Conference of the Parties

1. Approves the programme of activities and operational budget for the biennium 2012–2013 of 5,779,576 United States dollars for 2012 and 6,066,761 dollars for 2013 for the purposes set out in table 1 of the present decision, which are presented by budget code line in table 2;

SC-5/29 Official communications

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The Conference of the Parties

Urges parties that have not already done so to nominate official contact points to perform administrative functions and to handle all formal communication under the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants;
2. Invites parties and States not party to the Convention that have not already done so to confirm their existing national focal points for information exchange or to nominate new such national focal points;

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