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UNEA-7: Advancing sustainable solutions for a resilient planet
The seventh session of UNEA, to be held from 8-12 December 2025, provides a key platform to deepen global cooperation and advance sustainable solutions to address global environmental challenges for a safer, more resilient planet. 

UNEA-7: Advancing sustainable solutions for a resilient planet

UNEA-7: Advancing sustainable solutions for a resilient planet
 
Regional Training Workshop on Environmental Risk Assessment for Pesticides
A five-day workshop organized by the Rotterdam Convention and Mexico’s SEMARNAT to train national authorities and Latin American officers on pesticide evaluation, regulatory updates, Pesticide risk evaluation successes, EU methods, and practical environmental risk evaluation exercises.

Regional Training Workshop on Environmental Risk Assessment for Pesticides

Regional Training Workshop on Environmental Risk Assessment for Pesticides
 
Join us at the webinar on “Embedding the implementation of the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions in United Nations Cooperation Frameworks: status, developments and perspectives on the way forward”.
The event which is organized in cooperation with UNEP will present findings and approaches to strengthen the integration of pollution action and the implementation of the BRS conventions in United Nations Cooperation Frameworks, in particular highlighting the work of the compliance committees under ...

Join us at the webinar on “Embedding the implementation of the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions in United Nations Cooperation Frameworks: status, developments and perspectives on the way forward”.

Join us at the webinar on “Embedding the implementation of the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions in United Nations Cooperation Frameworks: status, developments and perspectives on the way forward”.
 
Join us at the Minamata Convention COP-6 Knowledge Lab on Informing Integrated Chemicals Management: Data Needs and Experience from Mercury
Explore the power of data to support integrated chemicals management, learn from mercury success stories, and in science-policy collaborations including with the Stockholm Convention’s Global Monitoring Plan.

Join us at the Minamata Convention COP-6 Knowledge Lab on Informing Integrated Chemicals Management: Data Needs and Experience from Mercury

Join us at the Minamata Convention COP-6 Knowledge Lab on Informing Integrated Chemicals Management: Data Needs and Experience from Mercury
 
Listing of carbosulfan and fenthion formulations in Annex III of the Rotterdam Convention
The amendments to list carbosulfan and fenthion in Annex III enter into force on 22 October 2025. Parties are invited to provide their import responses.

Listing of carbosulfan and fenthion formulations in Annex III of the Rotterdam Convention

Listing of carbosulfan and fenthion formulations in Annex III of the Rotterdam Convention

The amendments to the Convention to list carbosulfan and fenthion (ultra-low-volume formulations at or above 640 g active ingredient/L) in Annex III enter into force on 22 October 2025. Parties are invited to provide import responses by 21 July 2026.

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Letter dispatching the Decision Guidance Documents and request for submission of import responses on on carbosulfan and fenthion (ultra-low-volume formulations at or above 640 g active ingredient/L)      
Decision Guidance Document for carbosulfan      
Decision Guidance Document for fenthion (ultra-low-volume formulations at or above 640 g active ingredient/L)      
Depositary notification with text of the amendments in the six official United Nations languages  

Import response form
Instructions on completing the import response form      
Reflections from the outgoing Chair of the Chemical Review Committee (CRC)
At the end of her tenure as Chair of the Chemical Review Committee (CRC) of the Rotterdam Convention, Noluzuko “Zukie” Gwayi shares her reflections on the achievements, challenges, and lessons learned over the past eight years.

Reflections from the outgoing Chair of the Chemical Review Committee (CRC)

Reflections from the outgoing Chair of the Chemical Review Committee (CRC)
 
Final preparations for CRC-21
The 21st meeting of the Chemical Review Committee will open on 23 September 2025 in Rome.

Final preparations for CRC-21

Final preparations for CRC-21
 
COP-12 meeting report now available
Read the advance English version of the report of the twelfth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Rotterdam Convention.

COP-12 meeting report now available

COP-12 meeting report now available
 
The  61st  edition of the Rotterdam Convention PIC Circular is now available
The PIC Circular is a key document in the implementation of the Rotterdam Convention, both for the operation of the Prior Informed Consent (PIC) procedure and as a mechanism for the exchange of information on hazardous chemicals.

The 61st edition of the Rotterdam Convention PIC Circular is now available

The  61st  edition of the Rotterdam Convention PIC Circular is now available

The PIC Circular is a key document in the implementation of the Rotterdam Convention, both for the operation of the Prior Informed Consent (PIC) procedure and as a mechanism for the exchange of information on hazardous chemicals.

Follow-up to Rotterdam Convention COP-12
Check out the various calls for information set out in decisions of the twelfth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Rotterdam Convention.

Follow-up to Rotterdam Convention COP-12

Follow-up to Rotterdam Convention COP-12
 
Outcomes of the COP-12 to the Rotterdam Convention are now available
View the decisions adopted at the COP-12.

Outcomes of the COP-12 to the Rotterdam Convention are now available

Outcomes of the COP-12 to the Rotterdam Convention are now available
 
Watch the Ministerial Interactive Plenary of the High-Level Segment - 1 May at 10:00 - 13:00 CET
We invite you to be a part of the second day of the ministerial interactive discussions where outcomes on the sub-themes pollution, circularity, and implementation will be presented and discussed, available in six languages.

Watch the Ministerial Interactive Plenary of the High-Level Segment - 1 May at 10:00 - 13:00 CET

Watch the Ministerial Interactive Plenary of the High-Level Segment - 1 May at 10:00 - 13:00 CET
 
Watch the Opening Plenary of the High-Level Segment - 30 April at 15:00 - 16:00 CET
Be part of the global conversation on pollution, circularity, and implementation. Watch the Opening Ceremony discussions on YouTube, available in six languages.

Watch the Opening Plenary of the High-Level Segment - 30 April at 15:00 - 16:00 CET

Watch the Opening Plenary of the High-Level Segment - 30 April at 15:00 - 16:00 CET
 
The 2025 BRS COPs Have Officially Begun!
The Conferences of the Parties to the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions are now underway from 28 April to 9 May. Join the global effort to make the invisible visible. Explore our daily video highlights and photo gallery in the BRS COPs 2025 Newsroom.

The 2025 BRS COPs Have Officially Begun!

The 2025 BRS COPs Have Officially Begun!
 
The schedule of side events during the 2025 BRS COPs is now available!
Discover the inspiring topics that will be explored this year to Make Visible the Invisible in the environmentally sound management of chemicals and waste and join the discussions!

The schedule of side events during the 2025 BRS COPs is now available!

The schedule of side events during the 2025 BRS COPs is now available!
 
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