Elections

The Secretariat of the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions draws the attention of Parties to the fact that the 2023 meetings of the Conferences of the Parties (COPs) to the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions are expected to undertake a number of elections of officers and members of subsidiary bodies, as follows:

Basel Convention

  • Bureau of the Conference of the Parties
  • Bureau of the Open-ended Working Group (OEWG)
  • Implementation and Compliance Committee (ICC)
  • Environmental Network for Optimizing Regulatory Compliance on Illegal Traffic (ENFORCE)

Rotterdam Convention

  • Bureau of the Conference of the Parties
  • Compliance Committee
  • Chemical Review Committee (CRC)

Stockholm Convention

  • Bureau of the Conference of the Parties
  • POPs Review Committee
  • DDT expert group

Please see here for an overview of all elections to take place during the meetings.

Facilitation of the process for nominating candidates for election

During their 2022 meetings, the COPs to the three conventions agreed to entrust their respective Bureau, with the support of the Secretariat, with facilitating during the intersessional period preceding the 2023 meetings of the COPs the process for nominating candidates for election.

During their respective meetings held in October 2022, the bureaux of the conferences of the Parties to the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions received an information package from the Secretariat on the elections to take place during the 2023 meetings of the conferences of the Parties as well as a proposal on the steps that could be taken by each Bureau, with the support of the Secretariat, to facilitate the process for nominating candidates for election. Following the consideration of this matter, each Bureau agreed for the Secretariat to send an invitation to Parties on behalf of the bureaux to submit nominations by 1 March 2023, so that Parties could consult in their regions on these nominations in advance of and during the regional preparatory meetings with a view to facilitating decision-making on elections during the 2023 meetings of the conferences of the Parties.

Further information on bureaux and subsidiary bodies under the conventions can be found under other sections of the conventions’ websites.