Geneva, Switzerland from 1-12 May 2023
Venue: Geneva International Conference Centre (CICG), 17 rue de Varembé, Geneva, Switzerland
Highlights: The sixteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Basel Convention (BC COP-16), the eleventh meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Rotterdam Convention (RC COP-11) and the eleventh meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Stockholm Convention (SC COP-11) will be held in Geneva, Switzerland from 1-12 May 2023. The 2023 meetings of the Conferences of the Parties to the three conventions will be held under the theme “Accelerating action: Targets for the sound management of chemicals and waste”.
The meetings will be organized back-to-back and will include joint sessions on joint issues.
Working languages: Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish.
Please see the information for participants page for practical information about the meetings.
Financial support for the participation of developing country Parties and Parties that are countries with economies in transition in the 2023 meetings of the conferences of the Parties is provided thanks to the generous financial support provided by the Governments of China, Denmark, Germany, Japan, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland and the Netherlands.
Meeting documents
Meetings documents can be accessed from the meetings documents page.