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View the decisions adopted at the COP-12.
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Geneva, Switzerland, 9 May 2025 — Governments from 180 countries adopted a series of bold decisions to advance the sound management of chemicals and wastes, protect human health, safeguard the environment and biodiversity and contribute to tackling climate change.
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Renowned alpine ski legend joins global push to protect mountain ecosystems from plastic and chemical pollution.
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We invite you to be a part of the second day of the ministerial interactive discussions where outcomes on the sub-themes pollution, circularity, and implementation will be presented and discussed, available in six languages.
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Be part of the global conversation on pollution, circularity, and implementation. Watch the Opening Ceremony discussions on YouTube, available in six languages.
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The Conferences of the Parties to the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions are now underway from 28 April to 9 May. Join the global effort to make the invisible visible. Explore our daily video highlights and photo gallery in the BRS COPs 2025 Newsroom.
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Discover the inspiring topics that will be explored this year to Make Visible the Invisible in the environmentally sound management of chemicals and waste and join the discussions!
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All meeting documents for the 2025 BRS COPs are now available in the 6 UN languages.
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The proposed programmes of work and budgets for the biennium 2026-2027 to be considered by the 2025 BRS COPs are now available.
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60th edition of the Rotterdam Convention PIC Circular is now available! The PIC Circular is a key document in the implementation of the Rotterdam Convention for the operation of the Prior Informed Consent (PIC) procedure and for the exchange of information on hazardous chemicals in international tra...
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The Fair is an interactive event that will be held from 30 April to 2 May 2025, at the Geneva International Conference Centre and will focus on the theme selected for the 2025 meetings of the Conferences of the Parties to the three conventions “Make Visible the Invisible: sound management of c...
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Applications are now open to host a side event at the meetings of the Conferences of the Parties to the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions from 28 April to 9 May 2025. Don’t miss out, apply online now!
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The bureaux of the conferences of the Parties to the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions met at a joint meeting in Geneva on 5 November 2024 and agreed to the tentative schedule of work for the 2025 meetings of the Conferences of the Parties.
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National authorities from ministries, customs and the judiciary meet for three days in a Regional Workshop on legislative frameworks, illegal traffic and trade of hazardous chemicals and waste.
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The bureaux of the conferences of the Parties to the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions will discuss the organization of work for their upcoming 2025 COPs at a joint meeting in Geneva on 5 and 6 November 2024.
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The online briefings will provide an overview of the outcomes of the 20th meetings of the Chemical Review Committee (CRC) of the Rotterdam Convention and the Persistent Organic Pollutants Review Committee (POPRC) of the Stockholm Convention, held respectively on 17-20 September 2024 and 23-27 Septem...
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The recommendations from the Chemical Review Committee for amending Annex III to the Rotterdam Convention to be considered by the twelfth meeting of the Conference of the Parties have been circulated to Parties.
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Just before the start of the 20th meeting of the Chemical Review Committee (CRC), we talked to Christine Fuell, Senior Technical Officer and Team Leader in FAO’s Plant Production and Protection Division (NSP) and Executive Secretary ad interim of the Rotterdam Convention.
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The twentieth meeting of the Chemical Review Committee of the Rotterdam Convention will take place from 17 to 20 September 2024, at FAO Headquarters in Rome, Italy, back-to-back with the twentieth meeting of the Persistent Organic Pollutants Review Committee of the Stockholm Convention. Pre-meeting...
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The Rotterdam Convention COP 12 Bureau meeting took place in Geneva on 15 May 2024.
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