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UNITAR, the UN’s training and research institute, and the BRS Secretariat, together offer a range of online training modules of relevance for implementing the conventions.
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Turkey has ratified to the Rotterdam Convention, with an entry into force of 20 December 2017.
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The amendments to list carbofuran, trichlorfon, short-chain chlorinated paraffins and tributyltin compounds enter into force on 15 September 2017. Parties are invited to provide import responses by 15 June 2018.
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Iraq recently acceded to the Rotterdam Convention, increasing the number of Parties to 158.
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Secretariat staff from FAO are assisting the Government of Cabo Verde protect rural communities and the environment from the potentially harmful effects of pesticides.
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The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has developed a Pesticide Registration Toolkit, which can be used as a decision support system.
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The Advance English version of the report of the eighth meeting of the COP to the Rotterdam Convention is now available online.
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Parties are invited to respond to the online survey, available in English, French and Spanish, by 31 October 2017.
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Nominations for experts, are now required from Parties and others, with a deadline of 30 September 2017.
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The BRS Secretariat contributed to the recent consultation on human rights and the environment, organised alongside the June session of the Human Rights Council.
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Scientific experts of the Chemicals Review Committee will meet from 23 to 27 October to, inter alia, consider final regulatory actions for 13 chemicals
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Ten women and one man were honoured at the recent 2017 Triple COPs, recognising their outstanding contributions towards mainstreaming gender into the sound management of chemicals and wastes
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Read how China is stepping up its actions to protect human health and the environment.
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The latest version of the Rotterdam Convention PIC Circular is now available online.
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Browse and download the BRS photos of the chemical conventions Triple COPs, including side events, plenary, and high-level segment
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Speeches from UNHCHR, UN FAO, and the GEF are now online
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Countries make important progress towards goal of a safer planet.
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Opening day speeches from BRS’ Rolph Payet and Bill Murray, and UN Environment’s Ibrahim Thiaw are now available online.
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Hosted by the Indonesian government and the Asia-Pacific Plant Protection Commission, participants set their sights on increasing notifications of hazardous pesticides and chemicals, to better protect human health and the environment
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A new Rotterdam Convention study in small island developing states (SIDs) found that whilst the use of organic alternatives is increasing, threats posed by the misues of toxic chemicals still persist.
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