Bureau of the Conference of the Parties

In accordance with Rule 22 of the rules of procedure of the Rotterdam Convention, as adopted in decision RC-1/1, the Conference of the Parties shall elect at each ordinary meeting a President and four Vice-Presidents, one of whom shall act as Rapporteur. These officers shall serve as the Bureau of the Conference of the Parties.

The members of the Bureau shall commence their terms of office at the closure of the meeting at which they are elected and remain in office until the closure of the following ordinary meeting of the Conference of the Parties, including for any intervening extraordinary meeting. Each of the five United Nations regional groups shall be represented by one Bureau member.

The offices of the President and Rapporteur shall normally be subject to rotation among the United Nations regional groups. No elected officer may serve on the Bureau for more than two consecutive terms.

Current members of the Bureau

The members of the Bureau, to serve until the closure of the twelfth meeting of the Conference of the Parties, are as follows:

President:

• Mr. Hammad Shamimi replacing Mr. Iftikhar-ul-Hassan Shah and Mr. Syed Mujtaba Hussain (Pakistan - Asia and Pacific group)

Vice-Presidents:

• Mr. Joseph C. Edmund (Ghana - Africa group)
• Ms. Kristine Kazerovska replacing Mr. Andrejs Burcevs (Latvia - Eastern Europe group)
• Mr. Osvaldo Patricio Álvarez-Pérez (Chile - Latin America and the Caribbean group)
• Ms. Mariska Wouters (New Zealand - Western European and Others group) (Rapporteur)

The Chair of the Chemical Review Committee and the Chair of the Compliance Committee are ex-officio members of the Bureau.

Bureau Members - May 2023 to May 2025 (COP-12)

Former members of the Bureau

Bureau Members - June 2022 to May 2023 (COP-11)
Bureau Members - May 2019 to June 2021 (COP-10)
Bureau Members - May 2017 to May 2019 (COP-9)
Bureau Members - May 2015 to May 2017 (COP-8)
Bureau Members - May 2013 to May 2015 (COP-7)
Bureau Members - May 2011 to May 2013 (COP-6)
Bureau Members - May 2008 to May 2011 (COP-5)

• Joint meeting of the bureaux of the conferences of the Parties to the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions, Geneva, Switzerland, 5 and 6 November 2024
• COP.12 Bureau - Geneva, Switzerland, 15 May 2024
• Joint meeting of the bureaux of the conferences of the Parties to the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions, Geneva, Switzerland, 18-19 January 2023
• COP.11 Bureau - Geneva, Switzerland, 25 to 26 October 2022
• Joint meeting of the bureaux of the conferences of the Parties to the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions, Geneva, Switzerland, 6 May 2022
• Joint meeting of the bureaux of the conferences of the Parties to the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions - Geneva, Switzerland, 1 and 2 February 2022
• Joint meeting of the bureaux of the conferences of the Parties to the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions - Geneva (online), 27-29 January and 26 February 2021
• COP.10 Bureau - Geneva, Switzerland, 9 June 2019
• Joint meeting of the bureaux of the conferences of the Parties to the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions - Geneva, Switzerland, 15 to 16 November 2018
• COP.9 Bureau - Geneva, Switzerland, 26 to 27 June 2018
• Joint meeting of the bureaux of the conferences of the Parties to the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions - Geneva, Switzerland, 3 to 4 November 2016
• COP.8 Bureau - Geneva, Switzerland, 14-15 June 2016
• Joint meeting of the bureaux of the conferences of the Parties to the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions - Geneva, Switzerland, 11 to 12 November 2014
• COP.7 Bureau - Rome, Italy, 4-5 June 2014
• Joint meeting of the bureaux of the conferences of the Parties to the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions - Geneva, Switzerland, 13-14 December 2012
• COP.6 Bureau - Rome, Italy, 13-14 September 2012
• Rotterdam Convention COP.6 Bureau teleconference -  23 May 2012
• Joint meeting of the bureaux of the conferences of the Parties to the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions - Geneva, Switzerland, 26 March 2011