The latest round of applications is now open with a deadline for all applications to be submitted to the Special Programme secretariat by 21 June 2018.
Job opportunity: consultant sought by UN Environment to assist with national implementation plans & reporting, please see and apply by 25 March through the online UN recruitment system https://inspira.un.org.
A list of concept notes for voluntary financial contributions for the biennium 2018/19 is now available on the BRS websites.
The report of the first meeting of the new informal Basel Convention partnership on household waste, held in Montevideo, Uruguay, from 2 to 4 August 2016, is now available online.
Read the BRS Newsletter, now online, to keep up with actions for a clean planet and healthy people.
BRS Executive Secretary moderates the “Ministerial Dialogue on Innovative Solutions to Detoxify our Environment” on marine plastic litter and sound management of chemicals & waste.
Regional information sessions, throughout October, are staged back-to-back with Minamata Convention COP-2 preparatory meetings.
This year for the first time, 13 October is designated International E-waste Day, to raise awareness of the possible hazards to health and environment of recycling mobile phones, computers, and other electronic devices.
The BRS press release on Basel Convention partnerships is online, marking World Habitat Day 2018 and its focus on solid waste.
The press release of the 14th meeting of the POPs Review Committee is available online.
The BRS Secretariat is pleased to announce the theme for the 2019 Triple COPs.
A new report by the UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights and Toxics states that one worker dies every 30 seconds from toxic exposure in the workplace.
The 39th Session of the UN Human Rights Council features the launch of the report of the UN Special Rapporteur on Toxics on “Workers Rights and Toxic Exposures” and a relevant side event focussing on the need to beat pollution.
The Press Release of the 11th Meeting of the Basel Convention’s Open-ended Working Group is now online.
Thanks to funding from the UK, an art installation in the heart of international Geneva became the focus of public awareness activity as part of the Basel Convention High Level Event on 4 September.
More than 70 ambassadors gathered in Geneva on 4 September to discuss ways forward to tackle marine plastic litter and microplastics.
International Geneva will mobilise for action on marine litter, waste, and microplastics from 2 to 6 September.
Erik Solheim, Head of UN Environment, and Rolph Payet, BRS Executive Secretary, shared a platform in Arendal, Norway on 15 August 2018 to raise awareness on toxic chemicals and their impacts on human health.