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Georgia has recently submitted import responses for all pesticides listed in Annex III of the Rotterdam Convention.
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Orientation workshop attended by 24 CRC members took place from 19 to 21 May 2014 in Rome, Italy.
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Since April 2014, Kerstin has served as Executive Secretary ad interim of the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions.
Kerstin joined the Secretariat as Deputy Executive Secretary of the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions in November 2012.
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A list of concept notes for voluntary financial contributions for the biennium 2014/15 is now available.
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Interactive tools make reading of long documents online a breeze.
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Featured Guest Article by Clayton Campanhola and Christine Fuell (FAO).
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Rotterdam Convention’s Chemical Review Committee held its 9th meeting in Rome from 22 to 24 October 2013, back to back with the joint meeting of the conventions’ scientific review committees.
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Progress on sound chemicals management advanced at well-attended strategic meeting, 17 to 19 September 2013 in Mbabane.
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Stockholm and Rotterdam conventions’ scientific review committees hold the ninth meetings back-to-back and their first joint meeting in Rome, 14–25 October 2013.
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The ninth meeting of the Chemical Review Committee (CRC 9) will be held from 22 to 25 October 2013 at FAO Headquarters in Rome, Italy.
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At its sixth meeting, the Conferences of the Parties to the Rotterdam Convention elected a new Bureau and nominated new members of the Chemical Review Committee (CRC). An update on the election of officers and new CRC members is now available.
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The number of Parties to the Convention has increased to 153.
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UNEP and FAO team up to promote synergies between the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions in two-week chemicals and waste meeting.
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The webinar will provide parties and others with an overview of the main decisions adopted during the COPs to the Stockholm, Basel and Rotterdam Conventions that close their respective meetings on 10 May 2013.
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Selection of branch chiefs to fill the technical assistance, convention operations and scientific support branches has been announced by the Secretariat.
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The Secretariat is calling for information relevant to a proposal for inclusion in Annex III of a severely hazardous pesticide formulation.
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The number of Parties to the Convention rises to 152.
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The number of Parties to the Convention rises to 151.
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Albania has recently submitted import responses for all the 43 chemicals listed in Annex III of the convention. These import responses provide Albania with a first line of defence on the import the hazardous chemicals listed under the Rotterdam Convention.
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A GEF project addressing Integrated Pest Management will be presented by ECOWAS members in Dakar workshop, 16 to 18 January 2013.
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