The text of the Stockholm Convention was adopted by the Conference of the Plenipotentiaries (Stockholm, 22 May 2001) and entered into force on 17 May 2004. Since its adoption, the Stockholm Convention has seen a number of significant developments, including amendments thereto.
The text on this website is published for information purposes only. It does not substitute the original authentic texts of the Stockholm Convention and amendments thereto as deposited with the Secretary-General of the United Nations acting as the Depository of the Convention. Certified true copies of the Convention, or more generally, access to amendments and modifications of certified true copies, rectifications of authentic texts or any other relevant formalities circulated under the cover of depositary notifications are available through the Treaty Section and on the web site of the Treaty Section of the United Nations at the following URL address: https://treaties.un.org/.
Additional Annex
In 2005, the first meeting of the Conference of the Parties adopted Annex G, setting out the arbitration and conciliation procedures for the purposes of Article 18 of the Convention on settlement of disputes.
Amendments to Annexes
Since the adoption of the Convention, the Conference of the Parties has adopted a series of decisions to amend Annexes A, B and C to the Convention to list additional POPs. Further information on all the chemicals listed in the Annexes to the Stockholm Convention is available here.
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Stockholm Convention on persistent organic pollutants (POPs)
Text and Annexes
(revised in 2025)
The 2025 revised text of the Convention includes the decisions adopted by the twelfth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to amend Part I of Annex A to the Convention to list chlorpyrifos, medium-chain chlorinated paraffins, long-chain perfluorocarboxylic acids, their salts and related compounds and to amend the listing of UV-328.
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The Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian and Spanish language texts of the amendments adopted in 2025 at the twelfth meeting of the Conference of the Parties are currently being finalized and will be made available on the Convention website shortly. The 2019 and 2023 revised texts are available while the updates are being finalized.