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We invite you to be a part of the second day of the ministerial interactive discussions where outcomes on the sub-themes pollution, circularity, and implementation will be presented and discussed, available in six languages.
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Be part of the global conversation on pollution, circularity, and implementation.
Watch the Opening Ceremony discussions on YouTube in 6 languages :
Watch in Arabic
Watch in Chinese
Watch in English
Watch in French
Watch in Spanish
Watch in Russian
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The 2025 BRS COPs side events officially kicked off yesterday, bringing together bold ideas and technical solutions for sound chemicals and waste management.
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The Thought Starter document containing background information on the theme of the high-level segment and guiding questions to facilitate the ministerial roundtable discussions and the interactive panel discussions is now available in the six UN languages.
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The online registration system for the 2025 BRS COPs will close on 20 April 2025. Register now!
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Preparations intensify for the BRS COPs with the regional preparatory meeting for the Eastern Europea region
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Representatives from Latin America and the Caribbean met in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago from 18 to 20 March 2025 in preparation for the upcoming meetings of the Conferences of the Parties to the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions
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Representatives from Africa met in Lusaka, Zambia from 18 to 20 March 2025 in preparation for the upcoming meetings of the Conferences of the Parties to the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions.
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All meeting documents for the 2025 BRS COPs are now available in the 6 UN languages.
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Two training sessions of potential chairs for meetings of the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions were held in Geneva from 3 to 7 February 2025.
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The third call to submit proposals for pilot projects under the Plastic Waste Partnership is now open, with a submission deadline of 30 April 2025. Project proposals can receive funding ranging from USD 50,000 to USD 500,000.
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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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