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Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions Briefing to Permanent Missions
A briefing on the organization of the triple COPs of the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions took place at the International Conference Centre Geneva (room 4) on Wednesday 22 April.
The twelfth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Basel Convention (BC COP-12), the seventh meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Rotterdam Convention (RC COP-7) and the seventh meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Stockholm Convention (SC COP-7) will be held back-to-back in Geneva from 4 to 15 May 2015. The theme of the triple COPs will be ‘From Science to Action, Working for a Safer Tomorrow’. To highlight the crucial role that science plays in the policy-making of the conventions, a three day science fair will be organized from 7 to 9 May 2015.
AGENDA
10:00
Coffee & Tea
10:15
Welcome and introduction
Rolph PAYET, Executive Secretary, Secretariat of the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions
10:35
Remarks by the COPs Presidents
Mohammed Oglah Hussein KHASHASHNEH (Jordan), Rotterdam Convention COP President
10:55
Count-down to the 2015 COPs
David OGDEN, Secretariat of the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions
11:10
Science fair at the 2015 COPs
Abiola OLANIPEKUN, Secretariat of the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions
11:20
Question-and-answer session
12:00
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Discussion
Following questions and remarks from Bolivia, France, Iran, Panama and Uruguay, the Secretariat provided additional information on various topics.
https://www.genevaenvironmentnetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/invitation_22_april_2015.pdf
https://www.genevaenvironmentnetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/pm_briefing_22_apr_final.pdf
https://www.genevaenvironmentnetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/biographies_22_april_2015.pdf