Meeting of the Bureau of the Conference of the Parties to the Basel Convention

Online, from 25 to 26 June 2020

Venue: Online

Organizer: Secretariat of the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions

Outcomes: 
Due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic situation, the meeting of the Bureau of the Conference of the Parties to the Basel Convention was held online. The Bureau discussed, among other things, preparations for the fifteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Basel Convention to be held from 19 to 30 July 2021, in Geneva, Switzerland.

Meeting participants
Mr. Osvaldo Patricio Álvarez-Pérez, President of the Conference of the Parties to the Basel Convention, chaired the meeting, which was attended by the nine Vice-Presidents and the members ex-officio of Bureau, i.e. the Chair of the Implementation and Compliance Committee and the co-Chairs of the Open-ended Working Group.

List of participants

Next meeting
The Bureau of the Conference of the Parties to the Basel Convention is schedule to meet again in November 2020 or January 2021, depending on the development of the COVID-19 situation, together with the bureaux of the conferences of the Parties to the Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions. During their joint meeting, the three bureaux will further discuss and agree on, among other things, the organization of work of the meetings of the conferences of the Parties to be held from 19 to 30 July 2021.


Meeting documents

  • Report
  • Working documents
  • Reference documents

Information for Participants

Further information related to the online meeting, e.g. connection details, will be emailed to the participants.