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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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Regional information sessions, throughout October, are staged back-to-back with Minamata Convention COP-2 preparatory meetings.
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The Press Release of the 14th Meeting of the Chemical Review Committee, which closed on 13 September in Rome, is available online.
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Updated information, meeting documents and draft task group reports are now online for the forthcoming, 14th meeting of the Chemical Review Committee.
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Scientific, legal and policy experts from across the world converge on Geneva and Rome to prepare decisions for the sound management of chemicals and waste.
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The report of the meeting of the intersessional working group that met in Riga, Latvia, on 4-6 June 2018, is now available online.
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Charged with considering Draft Decision Guidance Documents for three chemicals and Final Regulatory Actions for 3 chemicals, CRC scientific experts meet in Rome 11-14 September, 2018.
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BRS chief Rolph Payet participated in discussions at the High-Level Political Forum in New York, at which Sweden announced the launch of the High Ambition Alliance on Chemicals and Waste.
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Officials from 5 southern African countries meet in Maputo, Mozambique, for training on notification of final regulatory actions.
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Now online: Secretariat report on the implementation of the programmes of work & budgets of the Basel, Rotterdam & Stockholm conventions for the biennium 2016-2017
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The Bureau of the Conference of the Parties to the Rotterdam Convention met from 26 to 27 June 2018 in Geneva, to discuss preparations for the RC COP-9 in 2019. The meeting report is now online.
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Hans Dreyer, Director of the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation’s Plant Production and Protection Division, has joined the Rotterdam Convention Secretariat, ad interim and effective 1 May 2018.
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Designated National Authorities (DNAs) and experts in pesticide registration from Latin America come together to share experiences in support of the development and notification of Final Regulatory Actions.
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