Assisting parties to protect human health and the environment
September/October 2020 - No. 32
Welcome
Dear Readers,
Welcome to the latest BRS Newsletter, which presents outcomes of the Basel Convention and Rotterdam Convention subsidiary body meetings, the announcement of the Theme for the 2021 Triple COPs, a new Party to the Rotterdam Convention, a postcard from the Caribbean, updates on forthcoming meetings and much, much more!
Originally scheduled to be staged back-to-back with the 5th UN Environment Assembly, OEWG-12 is now postponed until further notice. The meeting report of the online segment is now available.
Wednesday 14th October is International E-Waste Day. Developed by the WEEE Forum as a timely, much-needed reminder to address this huge issue and promote sustainable solutions to e-waste challenges, the E-Waste Day will feature all sorts of events across the world, carried out by a number of stakeholders, individuals, and organisations.
The 16th meeting of the Chemicals Review Committee concludes successfully online with two chemicals recommended for listing in Annex III of the Rotterdam Convention at the next COP.
The Stockholm Convention's scientific subsidiary body meeting, POPRC-16, will take place online 11-16 January 2021, with preparatory pre-meetings online 1-3 December 2020.
To rid the world of POPs, Solomon Islands updates its national plan for implementing the Stockholm Convention Teaser: Reflecting amendments made at COPs 4, 5, 6, & 7, Solomon Islands has transmitted its updated NIP.
The Theme for the next meetings of the Conferences of the Parties to the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions, and the associated High-Level Segment, from 19 to 31 July 2021, is “Global Agreements for a Healthy Planet; Sound Management of Chemicals & Waste”.
Representatives from the Barcelona Convention, CITES, Climate Change Convention, Convention on Biological Diversity, Minamata Convention, Montreal Protocol, and the Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions, join the Basel Convention’s Implementation and Compliance Committee online to discuss ways to better prevent and combat illegal traffic.
