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The 22nd meeting of the Persistent Organic Pollutants Review Committee will take place in Rome, Italy, from 21 to 25 September 2026, back-to-back with the 22nd meeting of the Rotterdam Convention Chemical Review Committee. The advance provisional agenda is now available!
Preparations for the 22nd meeting of the Persistent Organic Pollutant Review Committee are underway!
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During the 17th meeting of the PCB Small Intersessional Working Group (PCB SIWG) ,among others, members will continue the work on the development of the report on the progress towards the elimination of PCBs.
The PCB Small Intersessional Working Group will meet online on 12 June 2026
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The COP Bureau met online on 18-19 May 2026 to review key preparations, including the provisional agenda, for COP-13 scheduled for 19-30 April 2027 in Panama City.
Stockholm Convention Bureau advances COP-13 preparations
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Now available in a web-based format and pdf for downloading
Guidance on best available techniques and best environmental practices (BAT/BEP) for the management of POPs contaminated sites
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The 4th meeting of the Intersessional Process of Consultations on DDT will be held from 5 to 7 May 2026 in Geneva, Switzerland. The meeting will support Parties in the DDT register in strengthening their efforts to phase-out reliance on DDT for malaria vector control, with an emphasis on sharing inf...
Parties fighting malaria will gather in Geneva to discuss possible phase-out plans on DDT for malaria vector control and to share information.
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The workshop to be held from 21 to 22 April in Johannesburg, South Africa will support countries in strengthening the science–policy–stakeholder interface, with a focus on newly listed and emerging chemicals under the BRS Conventions, including chemicals associated with plastics.
Sub-regional Workshop on Science to Action for Anglophone Africa
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The report of the Stockholm Convention COP-12, as well as the compilation of decisions adopted, are now available in all the official UN languages.
COP-12 report now available in the six official UN languages
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This World Meteorological Day, we highlight how scientific observation, monitoring, and data sharing guide global efforts to safeguard human health and the environment.
Observing today, protecting tomorrow: How the BRS Conventions works with the Montreal Protocol to protect the environment
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A new technical brief developed jointly by the BRS Conventions Secretariat and the Secretariat for the 10-Year Framework of Programmes on Sustainable Consumption and Production (10YFP) explores the co-benefits between circular economy and life-cycle approaches and the objectives of the Conventions.
Discover how the objectives of the Basel, Rotterdam, and Stockholm Conventions support circularity and life-cycle approaches
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The workshop provided training on how Parties can collect data across the life cycle of POPs to complete their national reports under the Basel and Stockholm Conventions.
Regional workshop on national reporting under the Basel and Stockholm Conventions
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The new Manual for National Reports under Article 15 of the Stockholm Convention, is available in English
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This workshop provides training on how Parties can collect data across the life cycle of POPs to complete their national reports under the Basel and Stockholm Conventions.
Regional workshop on national reporting under the Basel and Stockholm Conventions is underway
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The new updated edition of the brochure on “Procedures and Mechanisms on Implementation and Compliance with the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions” is now available in English
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The report presents the environmental performance of the UN system and its continuing progress toward environmental sustainability.
The New GreeningtheBlue Annual Report 2025 is out
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The Government of Fiji transmitted on 16 January 2025 its revised and updated national implementation plan under Article 7, addressing the amendments adopted by COPs 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8.
Norway has transmitted its updated national implementation plan
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Watch our greetings video for 2026
Our warmest wishes from the BRS family
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Parties are requested to submit their sixth national report by 31 August 2026, with the Electronic Reporting System available now.
Sixth National Report Due 31 August 2026
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Read the advance English version of the report of the twelfth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Stockholm Convention.
COP-12 meeting report now available
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UNEA-7 ended with decisions that show multilateralism remains a cornerstone for addressing global challenges towards tackling the interlinked crises of climate change, biodiversity loss, and pollution.
UNEA-7 commits to multilateral solutions for a more resilient planet
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In 2027, environmental leaders from around the world will meet in Panama for the Conferences of Parties to the Basel Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions to strengthen global governance on hazardous chemicals and waste and advancing coordinated action to protect human health and the environment.
Panama to host the BRS COPs in 2027
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