![The latest BRS Newsletter is now online: all the news for a Clean Planet, Healthy People](https://www.brsmeas.org/Portals/2/images/news/toxic-chemicals-dumped-into-a-canal-in-Dhaka.jpg) |
A must-read for all those interested in, or working towards, the sound management of chemicals and waste.
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![UN agencies in Geneva join forces to reduce, re-use, recycle & refuse](/Portals/5/images/news/photo%20cube%20place%20des%20nations.jpg) |
BRS Secretariat, UN Environment and the UN Office at Geneva urge international Geneva to minimize single-use plastics.
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![As preparation for the 2019 Triple COPs, the outcomes of the Joint Bureaux meeting are now online](/Portals/5/images/news/JointBureauxMtg_nov2018.jpg) |
The report of the joint meeting of the COPs bureaux, held in Geneva from 15 to 16 November 2018, is now available online.
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![BRS Secretariat marks International Day of Women & Girls in Science](/Portals/5/images/news/Women_in_ScienceDay_8Feb2019.jpg) |
Meet the BRS Science & Technical Assistance Branch, which has female staff from Africa, Asia-Pacific, Europe, & Latin America, all working for a Clean Planet & Healthy People.
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![The 2019 Triple COPs are coming!](/Portals/5/images/logos/COPS-logo-724x386.png) |
Read the new BRS Blog to find out how the COPs will contribute to a clean planet and healthy people.
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![First batch of pre-session documents, including budget documents for consideration by the COPs, now online](/Portals/5/images/news/cops-2017-rolph-speech-01.jpg) |
Pre-session documents for the 2019 COPs, including the proposed programmes of work and budgets for the conventions for 2020-2021, are now available.
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![Chemicals and waste “Information Fair” at the 2019 BRS Triple COPs](/Portals/5/images/news/1_brs%20cops%202017%20Tech%20Fair%20Egypt%20BCRC.jpg) |
Apply for space at the Information Fair, 2 to 4 May, to showcase products, processes or partnerships which improve implementation of the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions.
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![Four joint regional meetings to help Parties prepare for the 2019 Triple COPs](/Portals/5/images/news/m-cube-corner-geneva-2018.jpg) |
Regional preparatory meetings for the 2019 COPs will be held throughout March 2019, jointly with meetings on the Minamata Convention & SAICM. Invitation letters for the meetings have been sent out.
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![Outcomes online of the 14th meeting of the Chemical Review Committee](/Portals/5/images/news/crc-14-participants-01.jpg) |
The final version of the CRC-14 meeting report is now available in all United Nations languages.
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![PIC Circular XLVIII 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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![Regional workshop in Kyrgyzstan builds government capacities for implementing Rotterdam Convention](/Portals/5/images/news/capitals%20Kyrgyzstan%20Bishkek%20(ID%201668).jpg) |
Officials from 10 countries in Central Asia and the Caucasus were trained during an FAO workshop in Bishkek, 19 to 23 November.
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![Vanuatu the latest country to accede to the Rotterdam Convention, to protect human health and the environment](/Portals/5/images/news/Vanuatu_flag.jpg) |
Vanuatu has become the 161st Party to the Rotterdam Convention, with entry into force on 14 January 2019.
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![Joint meeting of the bureaux of the conferences of the Parties to the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions](/Portals/5/images/news/Switzerland-Geneva-003.jpg) |
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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![Outcomes of the 14th meeting of the Chemical Review Committee now online](/Portals/5/images/news/workers_spraying_pesticide.jpg) |
The advance English version of the CRC-14 meeting report is now available.
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![Compliance - Parties notified of a proposal to amend the Rotterdam Convention by adding a new annex](/Portals/5/images/news/Customs_officer_ship.jpg) |
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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![Parties notified of proposals for listing additional chemicals to Rotterdam Convention's Annex III](/Portals/5/images/news/hazardous-materials-barrels.jpg) |
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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![BRS Regional information sessions series concludes with Latin America and Caribbean meeting in Lima, Peru](/Portals/5/images/news/BRS_Logo.jpg) |
Regional information sessions, throughout October, are staged back-to-back with Minamata Convention COP-2 preparatory meetings.
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![BRS participates in the 21st Ministerial Forum for Latin America and the Caribbean in Buenos Aires, 11 to 12 October](/Portals/5/images/news/1_photo%20Rolph%20Payet%20better%20Argentina%2021%20Ministerial%20Forum%2011Oct2018.jpg) |
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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![News on actions to tackle marine plastic litter, chemicals & wastes, just a click away](https://www.brsmeas.org/Portals/2/images/SocialMedia/chemical-tanks-stockpiles.jpg) |
Read the BRS Newsletter, now online, to keep up with actions for a clean planet and healthy people.
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![BRS Regional information sessions series continues in Chisinau, Moldova](/Portals/5/images/news/2_BRS_Logo.jpg) |
Regional information sessions, throughout October, are staged back-to-back with Minamata Convention COP-2 preparatory meetings.
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