The Secretariat communicates with an Official Contact Point (OCP) of a Party on official issues such as notices regarding participation in meetings of the Conference of the Parties, circulation of the reports of these meetings, proposals for the addition of chemicals to Annex III of the Convention and inclusion in the PIC procedure and the nominations of experts to subsidiary bodies such as the Chemical Review Committee.
The functions of an OCP are clearly distinguished from those of a DNA with whom the Secretariat regularly communicates on administrative matters as required by the Convention.