Amendment of the Stockholm Convention (Article 21)
There is currently one proposal under consideration for amendment of the Convention. The proposal was transmitted along with a proposal to amend Annex D to the Convention.
On 27 July 2018, the Secretariat received from the Russian Federation proposals to amend Article 8 of and Annex D to the Stockholm Convention. The proposals are set out in annex I to document UNEP/POPS/COP.9/15 insert link, while annex II to the document shows in tracked changes the proposed amendments to the current text of Article 8 and Annex D. An explanatory note, in English only, provided by the Russian Federation, is set out in document UNEP/POPS /COP.9/INF/9.
Pursuant to paragraph 2 of Article 21, paragraph 3 (a) of Article 22 and paragraph 5 (a) of Article 22 of the Convention, on 26 October 2018, more than six months before the ninth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Stockholm Convention, the Secretariat communicated to the Parties and signatories to the Convention the proposals to amend Article 8 of and Annex D to the Convention. The proposals were also communicated to the depositary for information. The table below sets out comments received from Parties and observers on the proposals. A compilation of comments received from Parties relating to the proposals is set out in document UNEP/POPS/COP.9/INF/24.
The proposal is expected to be considered by the Conference of the Parties during its ninth meeting (29 April-10 May 2019).