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In the last of our popular series on gender, read how Indian women are bringing added responsibility to e-waste re-cycling.
Gender Heroes 8: Women waste-pickers turn toxic to green
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Best wishes and thanks to all of our parties, partners, donors and stakeholders and looking forward to a fruitful 2016.
Season’s greetings from the BRS Secretariat
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Meet Emily Penn and Lucy Gilliam, leaders of Exxpedition, a team of inspiring women highlighting POPs and plastics in the world’s oceans.
Gender Heroes 7: Female explorers raise awareness of hazardous chemicals
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El Salvador recently deposited its instrument of ratification to the Ban Amendment, meaning only 10 more deposits of instruments are needed for entry into force of the amendment.
El Salvador the latest country to ratify BAN Amendment
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The meeting report of COP-12 is now available in languages.
Final report of BC COP-12
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Latest in the gender series shows how children are often more vulnerable to the risk of health impacts from hazardous wastes.
Gender Heroes 6: Reducing Risks to Children in Trinidad & Tobago
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The Secretariat hands over the signed BRS Geneva Gender Parity Pledge to Mr. Michael Moller, UNOG Director General.
Geneva Gender Parity Pledge
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Parties and stakeholders are invited to provide their views by 31 January 2016.
Questionnaires on transit issues
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Latest in the series highlights an inspirational artist leading an initiative to kick out waste and protect lives in Panama.
Gender Heroes 5: Children and art combine to reduce waste in Panama
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See the latest in our Gender Heroes series to find out how two inspiring women helped found and now lead a coalition aiming for environmentally sound shipbreaking.
Gender Heroes 4: Working to get shipbreaking off the beach
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The 3rd episode of the BRS Gender Heroes series examines the informal e-waste recycling sector in Africa.
Gender Heroes 3: Exposure to hazards from e-waste recycling
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Initiation of manuals on prevention and minimisation, EPR and financing systems for ESM were among the key results from a meeting held in San Francisco, USA, 10 to 12 November 2015.
Environmentally sound management of waste moves forward
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Follow BRS via twitter on @brsmeas to get latest postings on the sound management of chemicals and wastes.
Get the latest news on chemicals and wastes
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To access recognised experts in chemicals and waste, visit the new online Roster, the latest addition to the BRS clearing-house mechanism.
Global Roster of Experts now online!
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Jamaica became the latest party to deposit its instrument last week, meaning the Amendment will enter into force with an additional 11 ratifications.
BAN Amendment nearing entry into force as Jamaica ratifies
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The Implementation and Compliance Committee invites Parties to provide information by 10 September 2015 about their experiences in implementing paragraphs 3 and 4 of Article 9 of the Basel Convention. Please click here to view the Secretariat’s Communication and here to view the questionnaire in English, French and Spanish.
E-questionnaire on illegal traffic
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The Small Intersessional Working Group on legal clarity will meet for the third time on 21-22 September 2015 in Geneva, Switzerland
Glossary of terms set to be finalized
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A new summary video film captures the 2015 Triple COPs experience and summarises key data and outcomes
Re-live the COPs with the new BRS videos
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Call for information and follow-up to the twelfth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Basel Convention: second request letter now available.
Second Triple COPs Follow-up
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Representatives from Cote d’Ivoire, Jamaica, Kenya, Phillipines and Nigeria were the winners of the special BRS awards for practitioners who have benefitted from Secretariat training opportunities, and used that training for national implementation.
Awards at COPs honour outstanding practitioners
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View the 4 finalist E-waste photographs honoured at the COPs, including the winning entry from Kai Loeffelbein (Germany).
PACE E-waste award-winning photos now online
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The second week of the Triple COPs is underway as parties respond to calls, including from UNEP Chief Achim Steiner, for action on urgent waste and chemicals issues
Triple COPs on track amid calls for action
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Use the interactive BRS App for keeping up with the debates and events
BRS App: the COPs in the palm of your hand
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A look ahead to what to expect from the Triple COPs with Alain Wittig, Andrea Lechner, and Marylene Beau.
Last of our pre-COP Interviews: the three COP Coordinators
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The Presidents of the conferences of the parties to the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions met on 21 April 2015 to finalize arrangements for the preparation of the upcoming Triple COPs
Countdown to the Triple COPs – Presidents’ Joint Meeting takes place in Geneva
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