The Secretariat has been made aware that emails were recently sent using abusively for instance the name of the Executive Secretary of the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions or other staff as its author, a misleading sender’s name, or a misleading email address. Please read the Secretariat’s communication about this issue.

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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.

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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

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Seychelles deposited its instrument of acceptance of the Ban Amendment on 15 July 2015, bringing the total number of ratifications to 82 Parties.

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The objectives of the webinar are to enhance understanding of the uses of PFOS, its related chemicals and their alternatives and to raise awareness about the recommendations of POPRC on these alternatives.

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The objectives of the webinar are to raise awareness of the candidate persistent organic pollutants (POPs) currently under review by the POPs Review Committee and to share information on decabromodiphenyl ether, dicofol and short-chained chlorinated paraffins. This webinar also aims to promote participation of Parties and observers in the work of POPRC.

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The objective of the webinar is to share information on the intersessional work of the CRC between the tenth and eleventh meeting. This includes new notifications of final regulatory action for chemicals under review of to be reviewed and new proposals for the inclusion of SHPFs in Annex III of the Convention.

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