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BRS is contributing to GESAMP – the UN-wide, global scientific initiative on protecting the marine environment – reflecting the mandate to work on marine litter given at the last COPs.
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Read about the BRS regional centre for South-East Asia, in Jakarta, Indonesia.
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The BRS Secretariat contributed to the recent consultation on human rights and the environment, organised alongside the June session of the Human Rights Council.
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The joint clearing house mechanism’s searchable calendar now features key dates from the Minamata and SAICM processes
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Ten women and one man were honoured at the recent 2017 Triple COPs, recognising their outstanding contributions towards mainstreaming gender into the sound management of chemicals and wastes
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Part of the World Summit on Information Society (WSIS) process, the recent Geneva meeting highlighted challenges to data collection on electronic waste, a key focus area of the Basel Convention
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Browse and download the BRS photos of the chemical conventions Triple COPs, including side events, plenary, and high-level segment
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Speeches from UNHCHR, UN FAO, and the GEF are now online
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Naoko Ishii
CEO and Chairperson, Global Environment Facility
4 May 2017, Geneva Switzerland
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Ms. Maria Helena Semedo
FAO Deputy Director-General - Climate and Natural Resources
4 May 2017, Geneva Switzerland
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Ms. Kate Gilmore
United Nations Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights
4 May 2017, Geneva Switzerland
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At their 2017 meetings, the conferences of the parties to the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions elected new members of bureaux and subsidiary bodies under the conventions.
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Countries make important progress towards goal of a safer planet.
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From Thursday, 4 May 2017, to Friday, 5 May 2017, more than 140 Ministers, Deputy Ministers, and Ambassadors from over 100 countries gathered together for the High-Level Segment of the 2017 triple Conferences of the Parties, under the theme “A future detoxified: Sound management of chemicals ...
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Opening day speeches from BRS’ Rolph Payet and Bill Murray, and UN Environment’s Ibrahim Thiaw are now available online.
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Mr. Ibrahim Thiaw
Deputy Executive Director, UN Environment
24 April 2017, Geneva Switzerland
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Mr. William Murray
Executive Secretary of the Rotterdam Convention
Deputy Director, Plant Production and Protection Division, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Rome, Italy
24 April 2017, Geneva Switzerland
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Mr. Rolph Payet
Executive Secretary of the
Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions
24 April 2017, Geneva Switzerland
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1,500 participants, 180 countries, 3 conventions, 2 weeks, but just 1 goal: A Future Detoxified. Download the official Press Release here.
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Don't miss a thing from the 2017 Triple COPs: Get the new, improved, BRS mobile application.
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