The webinar aims at: 

• Raising awareness of the obligations pertaining to endosulfan under the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions 
• Sharing information available on possible chemical and non chemical alternatives to endosulfan 
• Presenting Parties to the Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions with a proposed methodology to assess the continued need of endosulfan at national level

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Parties and others are invited to provide comments on 1st draft glossary of terms prepared by the small intersessional working group on legal clarity

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Dear friends and colleagues,

As presaged during the 2013 Conferences of the Parties, I will be retiring from UNEP effective the end of March, 2014. I would like to express my sincere appreciation to all of you for the support you have given to me and the secretariat these past three years.

The UNEP Executive Director has issued a vacancy announcement  to recruit a new Executive Secretary.

Best regards,

Jim Willis

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Call for applications by Monday 10 February 2014.

Download the communication and application form. 

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Call for applications by Tuesday 4 February 2014.

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The objective of this webinar is to present tools, including the model legislation and other legal instruments or tools as adopted by Parties to implement the Basel Convention, and to see how these could be linked or integrated with the provisions of overarching national legal frameworks that regulate hazardous chemicals and wastes, looking at the benefits of an integrated approach to hazardous chemicals and wastes legislation.

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The objective of this webinar is to assist Parties to the Basel Convention in the submission of their national reports using the new electronic reporting system.

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The webinar aims to provide information on how to become a Party to multilateral environmental agreements, in particular the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions. This will also cover processes for amendments and protocols to such agreements.

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The objective of this webinar is to inform Parties to the Basel Convention and observers on the outcomes of the first meeting of the Expert Working Group to facilitate the negotiations during the ninth meeting of the Open-ended Working Group of the Basel Convention and share information on progress in the EWG activities.

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The objective of this webinar is to assist Parties to the Basel Convention in the submission of their national reports using the new electronic reporting system.

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The Ministry of the Environment, Government of Japan, is to host the first meeting of the technical expert group to complete the development of a framework for the environmentally sound management of hazardous and other wastes.

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ITU, SBC and UNU in collaboration with StEP and CEDARE have launched a joint global survey to collect detailed data on e-waste management, policies and standards. The deadline for submission of  replies to the survey has been extended until 29 February 2012. Parties and stakeholders are kindly invited to provide input.

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This leaflet provides concise information about the obligations under the Basel Convention related to the notifications of national definitions of hazardous wastes as well as restrictions on imports and/or exports of hazardous wastes and other wastes.

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Parties, signatories and interested stakeholders are invited to take part in a joint survey on e-waste of the ITU, UNEP/SBC and UNU

Invitation Letter

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