Event
Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions Briefing to the Permanent Missions in Geneva
10 Jul 2012
10:00–12:00
Venue: International Environment House 2
Organization: Geneva Environment Network
The ordinary and extraordinary meetings of the conferences of the Parties to the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal, the Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade and the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants are scheduled to be held, back-to-back, from 28 April to 10 May 2013 in Geneva, Switzerland.
A briefing on the organization of the 2013 ordinary and extraordinary meetings of the conferences of the Parties was held at thte International Environment House. A brief update on key issues to be discussed at the upcoming eighth meeting of the Open-ended Working Group of the Basel Convention, to be held from 25 to 28 September 2012 in Geneva and, the eighth meeting of the Persistent Organic Pollutants Review Committee of the Stockholm Convention, to be held from 15 to 19 October 2012 in Geneva (Conference Centre Varembé) , will also be provided.
Agenda
10:00
Coffee & Tea
10:15
Welcome and introduction
Jan Dusik, Acting Director and Regional Representative, UNEP
10:20
Organization of the ordinary and extraordinary meetings of the conferences of the Parties to the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions back-to-back from 28 April to 10 May 2013 in Geneva, Switzerland
Jim Willis, Executive Secretary, Secretariat of the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions
10:50
Question-and-answer session on the 2013 meetings of the conferences of the Parties
11:10
Eighth meeting of the Open-ended Working Group of the Basel Convention, 25-28 September 2012, Geneva, Switzerland
David Ogden, Acting Chief, Convention Operations Branch, Secretariat of the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions
11:25
Eighth meeting of the Persistent Organic Pollutants Review Committee of the Stockholm Convention, 15-19 October 2012, Geneva, Switzerland
Kei Ohno, Programme Officer, Convention Operations Branch, Secretariat of the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions
11:40
Question-and-answer session on the Open-ended Working Group and the Persistent Organic Pollutants Review Committee
12:00
End
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