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View the decisions adopted at the COP-12.
Outcomes of the COP-12 to the Rotterdam Convention are now available
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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.
Watch the Ministerial Interactive Plenary of the High-Level Segment - 1 May at 10:00 - 13:00 CET
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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.
Watch the Opening Plenary of the High-Level Segment - 30 April at 15:00 - 16:00 CET
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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.
The 2025 BRS COPs Have Officially Begun!
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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!
The schedule of side events during the 2025 BRS COPs is now available!
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All meeting documents for the 2025 BRS COPs are now available in the 6 UN languages.
Rotterdam Convention COP 12 meeting documents available
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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.
Proposed budgets for the biennium 2026-2027 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...
Publication of the 60th edition of the Rotterdam Convention PIC Circular
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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...
Applications for requesting exhibition booths for the “Make Visible the Invisible Fair” during the 2025 BRS COPs are now open!
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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!
Host a side event during the forthcoming meetings of the conferences of the Parties in 2025!
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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.
Tentative schedule of work of the 2025 BRS COPs now available!
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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.
10 Spanish-speaking Parties from the Latin American and Caribbean region meet in Dominican Republic
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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.
Preparations for the 2025 BRS COPs are in full swing now!
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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...
Outcomes of the twentieth meetings the Chemical Review Committee and the Persistent Organic Pollutants Review Committee
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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.
Recommendations from the CRC for amending Annex III to the Rotterdam Convention have been circulated to Parties
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