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Entries for February 2017
Julien Hortoneda posted on February 28, 2017 07:26
The BRS Clearing House Mechanism takes another step forward with joint country profiles now bringing all national information on chemicals governance into one place.
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Le Gong (sa) posted on February 28, 2017 07:00
Parties and observers, including from the private sector are invited to exhibit solutions at the BRS Technology Fair, which will be held on the margins of the COPs from 27 to 29 April 2017.
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Julien Hortoneda posted on February 20, 2017 12:11
Angola deposited its instrument of accession, meaning that the Convention will enter into force for Angola on 7 May 2017, immediately following the thirteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties.
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Le Gong (sa) posted on February 17, 2017 12:00
Come and learn from two producers of significant alternatives to HBCD containing products, commercially available, how viable these solutions have been so far. The objective of this webinar is also to discuss the availability and effectiveness of these solutions, four years after the listing of HBCD in Annex A to the Stockholm Convention, in 2013.
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Le Gong (sa) posted on February 15, 2017 08:00
The Director of the Basel and Stockholm Regional Centre for anglophone Africa, Taeolo Letsela, shares his thoughts ahead of the 2017 Triple COPs.
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Le Gong (sa) posted on February 13, 2017 10:49
Maria-Cristina Cardenas is the second in our “Countdown to the COPs” series as UNEP’s expert-of-the-day.
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posted on February 06, 2017 08:52
The objective of this webinar is to share the experience on how to effectively and safely treat (pre-treatment and main treatment) and eventually dispose of PCB containing wastes, gained in the implementation of a PCB destruction project in the Mediterranean Region. The project was implemented by the Stockholm Regional Centre in Barcelona (SCRC and SCP/RAC) and the UN Environment Mediterranean Assessment and Pollution Control Programme (MED POL).
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posted on February 03, 2017 08:56
The online briefings will provide Parties representatives, observers and other stakeholders with an overview of the issues that will be considered by the next meetings of the conferences of the Parties to the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions to promote the “Sound Management of Chemicals and Wastes” for a “Detoxified Future”. Ministers will gather during the high-level segment to provide overall policy guidance and political leadership for renewed commitment to the implementation of the conventions.
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