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The proposed programmes of work and budgets for the biennium 2026-2027 to be considered by the 2025 BRS COPs are now available.
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On 1 January 2025 the E-Waste amendments to the Basel Convention became effective, thus making all transboundary movements of
e-wastes, whether hazardous or not, subject to the prior informed consent (PIC) procedure.
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The BRS Secretariat is proud to share with you some of the key highlights in the year of 2024.
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The online registration system for the meetings is now available.
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The GEF Council has approved a groundbreaking global programme dedicated to the elimination PCBs. This ambitious initiative combines USD 43.8 million in GEF grant funding with USD 163 million in partner co-financing and represents a major milestone towards meeting the Stockholm Convention’s 2...
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The invitation letters for the 2025 meetings of the conferences of the Parties, as well as the high-level segment have been sent out to Parties. Information is available on the 2025 COPs webpages.
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On International Mountain Day, we celebrate the vital role mountains play in our lives and renew our commitment to protecting these precious ecosystems. Over the past year, we have made progress in tackling plastics waste in mountain areas in the context of our project "plastic waste in the remote a...
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The second meeting of the small intersessional working group on the on the electronic approaches to the notification and movement documents of the Basel Convention is taking place in Geneva, Switzerland, 3 – 4 December 2024. The outcomes of the meeting will be submitted for consideration by CO...
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The Fair is an interactive event that will be held from 30 April to 2 May 2025, at the Geneva International Conference Centre and will focus on the theme selected for the 2025 meetings of the Conferences of the Parties to the three conventions “Make Visible the Invisible: sound management of c...
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Applications are now open to host a side event at the meetings of the Conferences of the Parties to the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions from 28 April to 9 May 2025. Don’t miss out, apply online now!
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The bureaux of the conferences of the Parties to the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions met at a joint meeting in Geneva on 5 November 2024 and agreed to the tentative schedule of work for the 2025 meetings of the Conferences of the Parties
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The bureaux of the conferences of the Parties to the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions will discuss the organization of work for their upcoming 2025 COPs at a joint meeting in Geneva on 5 and 6 November 2024.
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The Stockholm Convention Expert group on DDT will focus on finalizing the assessment report on the continued need for DDT for disease vector control and conclusions and recommendations to be submitted for consideration by the next meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Stockholm Convention ...
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The recommendations from the Persistent Organic Pollutants Review Committee for amending Annexes A,B and C to the Stockholm Convention to be considered by the twelfth meeting of the Conference of the Parties have been circulated to Parties.
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The recommendations from the Chemical Review Committee for amending Annex III to the Rotterdam Convention to be considered by the twelfth meeting of the Conference of the Parties have been circulated to Parties.
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On 3rd October 2024 G20 Environment and Climate Ministers, convened in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, adopted a landmark Declaration reaffirming their commitment to address some of the world's most pressing environmental challenges.
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The Expert meeting on Best Available Technologies and Best Environmental Practices under the Stockholm Convention will focus on the review and finalization of the guidance documents under review during the current intersessional period, on the identification of guidance documents that need to be rev...
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The Chemical Review Committee finalises draft decision guidance documents for chemicals recommended to be listed under Annex III to the Convention at the next Conference of the Parties.
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Just before the start of the 20th meeting of the Chemical Review Committee (CRC), we talked to Christine Fuell, Senior Technical Officer and Team Leader in FAO’s Plant Production and Protection Division (NSP) and Executive Secretary ad interim of the Rotterdam Convention.
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