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All working documents for the 2019 COPs, and most information documents, are now available online.
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A must-read for all those interested in, or working towards, the sound management of chemicals and waste.
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BRS Secretariat, UN Environment and the UN Office at Geneva urge international Geneva to minimize single-use plastics.
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The report of the joint meeting of the COPs bureaux, held in Geneva from 15 to 16 November 2018, is now available online.
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Meet the BRS Science & Technical Assistance Branch, which has female staff from Africa, Asia-Pacific, Europe, & Latin America, all working for a Clean Planet & Healthy People.
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Read the new BRS Blog to find out how the COPs will contribute to a clean planet and healthy people.
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Pre-session documents for the 2019 COPs, including the proposed programmes of work and budgets for the conventions for 2020-2021, are now available.
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Apply for space at the Information Fair, 2 to 4 May, to showcase products, processes or partnerships which improve implementation of the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions.
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Regional preparatory meetings for the 2019 COPs will be held throughout March 2019, jointly with meetings on the Minamata Convention & SAICM. Invitation letters for the meetings have been sent out.
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The final version of the CRC-14 meeting report is now available in all United Nations languages.
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The latest version of the Rotterdam Convention PIC Circular is now available online.
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Officials from 10 countries in Central Asia and the Caucasus were trained during an FAO workshop in Bishkek, 19 to 23 November.
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Vanuatu has become the 161st Party to the Rotterdam Convention, with entry into force on 14 January 2019.
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The bureaux will meet on 15 and 16 November 2018 in Geneva, Switzerland to discuss preparations for the 2019 triple COPs.
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The advance English version of the CRC-14 meeting report is now available.
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Written comments are invited by 31 December 2018, on a proposal for COP-9 to add a new Annex VII to the Convention covering compliance procedures and mechanisms.
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Written comments are invited by 31 December 2018, on proposals for the next COP to amend Annex III to bring additional chemicals under prior informed consent procedure.
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Regional information sessions, throughout October, are staged back-to-back with Minamata Convention COP-2 preparatory meetings.
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BRS Executive Secretary moderates the “Ministerial Dialogue on Innovative Solutions to Detoxify our Environment” on marine plastic litter and sound management of chemicals & waste.
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Read the BRS Newsletter, now online, to keep up with actions for a clean planet and healthy people.
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