![Nominations required for experts to contribute to intersessional work of the Rotterdam Convention](/Portals/5/images/news/2_COPs%20logo%20plain%20web.png) |
Nominations for experts, are now required from Parties and others, with a deadline of 30 September 2017.
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![Connecting the sound management of chemicals and waste, children’s rights, and the environment](/Portals/5/images/news/photo%20child%20%20and%20cherry.jpg) |
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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![Busy agenda for Rotterdam Convention’s scientific body (CRC) meeting in Rome, October 2017](/Portals/5/images/news/Rome240x240.jpg) |
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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![11 individuals honoured recently as #Detox Gender Pioneers](/Portals/5/images/news/Gender.png) |
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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![China’s new chemical management actions pave the way towards a detoxified world](/Portals/5/images/news/ChinaBRS2017COPs_YunZhou.jpg) |
Read how China is stepping up its actions to protect human health and the environment.
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![PIC Circular now available](/Portals/5/images/logos/Rotterdam-logo.jpg) |
The latest version of the Rotterdam Convention PIC Circular is now available online.
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![Now online: all photos of the 2017 Triple COPs](/Portals/5/images/news/brs%20cops%202017%20photo%20Eli%20camera.jpg) |
Browse and download the BRS photos of the chemical conventions Triple COPs, including side events, plenary, and high-level segment
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![Human rights, agriculture, environment emphasised at COPs High-Level Segment](/Portals/5/images/news/BRS%20COPs%202017%20HLS%20opening%20photo%20GEF%20Naoko%20Ishii%204May.jpg) |
Speeches from UNHCHR, UN FAO, and the GEF are now online
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![#DETOX Outcomes: Additional chemicals listed, new partnership on household waste established, mandate given to tackle marine plastics](/Portals/5/images/news/2015cops-b-240x160.png) |
Countries make important progress towards goal of a safer planet.
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![The 2017 Triple COPs have begun. Read the opening day speeches here](/Portals/5/images/news/3_Rotterdam-transparent240-160.jpg) |
Opening day speeches from BRS’ Rolph Payet and Bill Murray, and UN Environment’s Ibrahim Thiaw are now available online.
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![Nine Asian countries at Indonesia workshop share best practices for implementing Rotterdam Convention](/Portals/5/images/news/photo%20agriculture%20Asia%20rice%20cow%20FAO_240x160.jpg) |
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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![Field interviews confirm ongoing exposure to hazardous chemicals and pesticides amongst island rural families](/Portals/5/images/news/Agriculture_CaboVerde_FAO.jpg) |
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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![The sound management of chemicals and waste as a human right](https://synergies.pops.int/Portals/2/images/news/photo%20child%20%20and%20cherry_240x160.jpg) |
Ahead of the 2017 Triple COPs, recent meetings in Geneva have emphasised that freedom from a polluted environment is a human right.
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![Latest information on the 2017 Triple COPs](/Portals/5/images/news/4_COPS%20opening%20view%20may2015.jpg) |
All the latest information, including the schedule for Bureaux and Regional meetings for Sunday 23rd April, for the 2017 Triple COPs is available online
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![More than 40 side events scheduled for chemical conventions’ COPs](/Portals/5/images/news/COP2017_SideEvent.jpg) |
Browse the newly published list of planned side events, including two film screenings, for the forthcoming 2017 Triple COPs.
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![How does the Rotterdam Convention work to protect human health and environment?](/Portals/5/images/news/Aleksandar_Mihajlovski_240x160.jpg) |
Our latest interview, with FAO’s Aleksandar Mihajlovski, explains all.
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![Keep well informed with the BRS clearing house mechanism, now with new, user-friendly, web section](/Portals/5/images/news/logo-chm-240x160.png) |
Discover the information, tools and communities that make the joint clearing house mechanism a reality to support the conventions.
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![Ten Gender Pioneers to be honoured at the 2017 Triple COPs](/Portals/5/images/news/photo%20group%20RCs%20mtg%20240x160.jpg) |
Nominations are sought for outstanding women and men who have pioneered the integration of gender into the sound management of chemicals and wastes
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![Investigating how to integrate gender into implementation of the chemicals conventions](/Portals/5/images/news/^60D99EDB094F172093304ADA27783C0C2092781E3EC32AF926^pimgpsh_fullsize_distr.png) |
Highlights from the scoping studies on integrating gender issues into the implementation of the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions in Nigeria and Indonesia are now available
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![Feature article: Reducing risks from pesticides by empowering rural women](/Portals/5/images/news/1_photo%20woman%20rice%20field.jpg) |
Women are vulnerable to the harmful effects of chemicals when working in agriculture: are they also the solution?
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