BRS NEWSLETTER

Assisting parties to protect human health and the environment

July / August 2017 - No. 14

Welcome

Dear Readers,

After the COPs is before the COPs! The important intersessional work of the three Conventions is well underway. Government representatives, experts from civil society and academia and the private sector, and of course the Secretariat staff work tirelessly between COPs to push forward the mechanisms and discussions which together make up the global community’s efforts to secure sound management of chemicals and waste. In this edition of our newsletter you will find details of that work, including news of the upcoming scientific subsidiary body meetings and much more. #Detox!

News
	BRS Secretariat contributes to system-wide approach on e-waste 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. Share:
	Nominations required for experts to contribute to intersessional work of the Basel Convention Various calls for information and comments, and nominations for experts, are now required from Parties and others, with deadlines ranging from July through to August 2017. Share:
	PIC Circular now available The latest version of the Rotterdam Convention PIC Circular is now available online. Share:
	China’s new chemical management actions pave the way towards a detoxified world Read how China is stepping up its actions to protect human health and the environment. Share:
	Nominations required for experts to contribute to intersessional work of the Rotterdam Convention Nominations for experts, are now required from Parties and others, with a deadline of 30 September 2017. Share:
	The booklet for the new 16 POPs added to the Stockholm Convention Newly developed booklet introduces basic information on the 16 chemicals added to the Stockholm Convention is now available online. Share:
	Nominations required for experts to contribute to intersessional work of the Stockholm Convention Nominations for experts, are now required from Parties and others, with a deadline of 31 July 2017. Share:

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Emerging issues

Rolph Payet: Outcomes of the 2017 COPs

After two busy and exciting weeks of constructive deliberations under the able leadership of our three COP presidents, the 2017 meetings of the Conferences of the Parties to the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions have concluded on a high note, adopting new commitments as well as reaffirming on-going ones, thus cementing the synergies amongst the three conventions and strengthening further the chemicals and wastes global framework!

Forthcoming meetings

Busy agenda for Rotterdam Convention’s scientific body (CRC) meeting in Rome, October 2017

Scientific experts of the Chemicals Review Committee will meet from 23 to 27 October to, inter alia, consider final regulatory actions for 13 chemicals.

Busy agenda for Stockholm Convention’s scientific body (POPRC) meeting in Rome, October 2017

Scientific experts of the Persistent Organic Pollutants Review Committee will meet from 17 to 20 October to discuss, inter alia, the toxic chemicals dicofol, PFOA, PFOS, and PFHxS.

Synergies in the spotlight

Info on Minamata and SAICM meetings now accessible through BRS clearing-house mechanism

The joint clearing-house mechanism’s searchable calendar now features key dates from the Minamata and SAICM processes.