A consultant is sought, with a deadline of 26 August 2020, to work with the Secretariat’s Scientific and Technical Assistance Branch on chemicals and waste management during public health emergencies, conflicts and disasters.
Key document on Prior Informed Consent issued for 52d time, sharing information to assist and inform Parties for better decision-making regarding pesticides and chemicals.
Also available are the draft Decision Guidance Documents (DGDs) on PFOA, its salts & PFOA-related compounds, and on decaBDE, as adopted at the meeting.
Read the new BRS interview illustrating how Small Island Developing States are sharing experiences on implementing the Rotterdam Convention.
The Theme for the next meetings of the Conferences of the Parties to the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions, and the associated High-Level Segment, from 19 to 31 July 2021, is “Global Agreements for a Healthy Planet; Sound Management of Chemicals & Waste”.
Provisions under Article 6 of the Rotterdam Convention will be discussed and experiences shared on the monitoring and reporting of poisoning incidents caused by Severely Hazardous Pesticide Formulations.
This Rotterdam Convention webinar, in French, takes place on 9 November 2020 at 11:00 Geneva time.
As established at the last Conference of Parties, the Convention’s Compliance Committee will assist individual Parties and review systemic issues of general compliance.