Registration of representatives of Parties to the Conventions
The names and contact information of designated Party representatives for the meetings should be communicated to the Secretariat of the three conventions by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs or the Permanent Mission of your country to the United Nations in Geneva using the BRS online registration system accessible at: https://registration.brsmeas.org. Before being able to register, representatives will be asked to activate their personal account using an active e-mail address (unless already done so for another meeting on this registration platform). With their personal account, representatives will be able to self-register or to register several representatives from their delegation.
An official nomination letter from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs or a note verbale from the Permanent Mission in Geneva needs to be uploaded in the online registration system at the time of registration.
The deadline for Parties for registration in the online platform and for submitting the official nomination letter is Friday, 20 November 2026. The Secretariat highly encourages early registration, in particular for delegates requesting financial support and/or requiring a visa to enter Panama.
For further information on the requirements for a visa and the procedure to apply for a visa to enter Panama, please see the Quick Guide for participants requiring a visa to enter the Republic of Panama provided by the Government of Panama. At the time of registration, participants required to obtain a visa for Panama need to indicate this in the online registration system and provide the requested information in the corresponding fields.
If you have any questions on the registration process for the meetings, please contact the Secretariat at: registration@brsmeas.org.
Credentials of representatives of Parties to the conventions
In accordance with rule 18 of the rules of procedure for the Conference of the Parties to the Basel Convention, rule 19 of the rules of procedure for the Conference of the Parties to the Rotterdam Convention and rule 19 of the rules of procedure for the Conference of the Parties to the Stockholm Convention, Parties must submit the credentials of the representatives, as well as the names of the alternate representatives and advisers, who will constitute the delegation to the meetings of those of the three conventions to which their State or regional economic integration organization is a Party.
For your convenience, a model form of credentials is available in Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish:
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Model form of credentials
Credentials must be issued by the head of State or Government, by the Minister for Foreign Affairs or, in the case of a regional economic integration organization, by the competent authority of that organization. Information regarding any change in the composition of the delegation should be submitted using the same procedure. Moreover, credentials shall be submitted to the Secretariat if possible, no later than 24 hours after the opening of the meetings (therefore by 10 am on Tuesday, 20 April 2027).
Parties are invited to submit any electronic copy of credentials in advance of the meetings to Ms. Joanne Slotte (joanne.slotte@un.org) preferably by Thursday, 1 April 2027, as doing so will greatly facilitate the clearance process. The Secretariat also invites Parties to submit the original credentials of their representatives at the meeting venue itself in Panama at the time of the opening of the meetings.
The bureaux of the conferences of the Parties to the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions have agreed that when examining credentials received, they would accept original credentials in good order as well as copies of credentials in good order with the understanding that the original will be submitted as soon as possible.