Rules of procedure

Financial rules

The rules of procedure for the Conference of the Parties to the Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade, were adopted by the first meeting of the Conference of the Parties (decision RC-1/1, with the exception of the second sentence of paragraph 1 of rule 45). The rules of procedure apply to any meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention convened in accordance with Article 18 of the Convention.

Save as provided in rules 28–31, the rules shall apply, mutatis mutandis, to the proceedings of any subsidiary bodies, subject to any modifications decided by the Conference of the Parties.

In addition, the attention of meeting participants is drawn to two guidelines for rules of conduct developed by the Secretariat:

• Guidelines on the use of cameras and audio/video recording devices by participants at meetings of the conferences of the Parties to the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions (BRS) and their subsidiary bodies
• Guidelines for the participation of representatives of observers at meetings of the conferences of the Parties to the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions (BRS) and their subsidiary bodies
• Guidelines on preventing and addressing all forms of harassment at meetings of the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions.

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The financial rules for the Conference of the Parties, its subsidiary bodies and the Secretariat of the Rotterdam Convention were adopted by the first meeting of the Conference of the Parties (decision RC-1/4 and amended by the fifth meeting of the Conference of the Parties in decision RC-5/1).

The financial rules provide, among other things, for the development of budgets, the establishment of trust funds under the Convention, the contributions to be provided by parties, the management of accounts and audits, etc.