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BRS NEWSLETTER

Assisting parties to protect human health and the environment

May/June 2021 - No. 36

Welcome

Dear Readers,

In this edition we present to you all you need to know about the 2021 Triple BRS COPs, the online segment of which runs from 26 to 30 July. We also share news of two ground-breaking publications, one global photographic exhibition and the twentieth anniversary of the Stockholm Convention!

#GlobalAgreements for a #HealthyPlanet

COPs Info
	Triple COPs 2021: Working documents, including budget documents for consideration by the COPs, available online in the 6 UN languages Pre-session documents for the online segment of the Triple COPs, including the proposed interim programmes of work & proposed budgets for the conventions for 2022, now available. Share:
	Triple COPs 2021: Working documents, including budget documents for consideration by the COPs, available online in the 6 UN languages Pre-session documents for the online segment of the Triple COPs, including the proposed interim programmes of work & proposed budgets for the conventions for 2022, now available. Share:
	Triple COPs 2021: Working documents, including budget documents for consideration by the COPs, available online in the 6 UN languages Pre-session documents for the online segment of the Triple COPs, including the proposed interim programmes of work & proposed budgets for the conventions for 2022, now available. Share:
	Journalists: Cover the 2021 Triple COPs on the sound management of chemicals and waste Accreditation process now open for correspondents seeking to attend the meetings of the Conferences of Parties to the Basel, Rotterdam & Stockholm conventions, (online segment) from 26 to 30 July 2021. Share:

Other News
	Second meeting of the Basel Convention Plastic Waste Partnership held online, 14 to 16 June 2021 Key online meeting of PWP pushes ahead actions to implement the plastic waste amendments and promote environmentally sound management of plastic waste globally. Share:
	Photo exhibition on plastic waste open on Geneva waterfront and online Photos from around the world showcased through live and virtual exhibitions, organised by the Basel Convention’s Plastic Waste Partnership, Geneva Environment Network, UNEP, Norway, and the City of Geneva. Share:
	53d edition of the Rotterdam Convention PIC Circular now online Key document on Prior Informed Consent issued for 53d time, sharing information to assist and inform Parties for better decision-making regarding pesticides and chemicals. Share:
	Twenty years after the Stockholm Convention was adopted, new monitoring reports confirm decreasing levels of certain POPs worldwide The latest round of regional monitoring reports, which have greater data and geographical coverage than before, and which again confirm decreasing levels of certain POPs worldwide, are now online. Share:
	Norway updates its national plan for implementing the Stockholm Convention To help rid the world of persistent organic pollutants or POPs, Norway has transmitted its updated National Implementation Plan addressing amendments made at COP-8 & COP-9. Share:
	Seventeenth meeting of the Persistent Organic Pollutants Review Committee (POPRC.17) postponed Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic situation and following consultations with POPRC members, the Bureau of the Committee decided to postpone the POPRC-17 meeting to January 2022. Share:

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Triple COPs 2021: Working documents, including budget documents for consideration by the COPs, available online in the 6 UN languages

Triple COPs 2021: Working documents, including budget documents for consideration by the COPs, available online in the 6 UN languages

Triple COPs 2021: Working documents, including budget documents for consideration by the COPs, available online in the 6 UN languages

Journalists: Cover the 2021 Triple COPs on the sound management of chemicals and waste

Second meeting of the Basel Convention Plastic Waste Partnership held online, 14 to 16 June 2021

Photo exhibition on plastic waste open on Geneva waterfront and online

53d edition of the Rotterdam Convention PIC Circular now online

Twenty years after the Stockholm Convention was adopted, new monitoring reports confirm decreasing levels of certain POPs worldwide

Norway updates its national plan for implementing the Stockholm Convention

Seventeenth meeting of the Persistent Organic Pollutants Review Committee (POPRC.17) postponed

Upcoming webinars

Upcoming workshops

Meetings calendar

Impact of COVID-19 on BRS meetings (Updated 17 June 2021)

Climate change and chemicals & waste combine to threaten biodiversity

BRS and Minamata convention secretariats release “Key Insights” from joint study linking chemicals and waste and biodiversity

Happy Birthday: The Stockholm Convention is 20 years young!