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All the latest information, including the schedule for Bureaux and Regional meetings for Sunday 23rd April, for the 2017 Triple COPs is available online
Latest information on the 2017 Triple COPs
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Capacity building is an integral part of the support to parties provided by the BRS Secretariat, read about it here ahead of the Triple COPs.
How does technical assistance support implementation of the three chemicals conventions?
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Browse the newly published list of planned side events, including two film screenings, for the forthcoming 2017 Triple COPs.
More than 40 side events scheduled for chemical conventions’ COPs
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Discover the information, tools and communities that make the joint clearing house mechanism a reality to support the conventions.
Keep well informed with the BRS clearing house mechanism, now with new, user-friendly, web section
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Guinea’s deposit of its instrument of ratification of the Ban Amendment on 6 February 2017 was made possible with assistance from the BRS Secretariat and UNITAR.
Guinea ratifies the Ban Amendment to bring the total number of ratifications to 89 Parties
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Nominations are sought for outstanding women and men who have pioneered the integration of gender into the sound management of chemicals and wastes
Ten Gender Pioneers to be honoured at the 2017 Triple COPs
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Highlights from the scoping studies on integrating gender issues into the implementation of the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions in Nigeria and Indonesia are now available
Investigating how to integrate gender into implementation of the chemicals conventions
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Women are vulnerable to the harmful effects of chemicals when working in agriculture: are they also the solution?
Feature article: Reducing risks from pesticides by empowering rural women
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The BRS Clearing House Mechanism takes another step forward with joint country profiles now bringing all national information on chemicals governance into one place.
New joint information profiles now online for 193 countries
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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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.
Technology Fair to showcase solutions at 2017 Triple COPs
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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.
Angola accedes to the Basel Convention, becoming the 186th Party
Angola deposited its instrument of accession with the Secretary-General of the United Nations on 6 February 2017, 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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The Director of the Basel and Stockholm Regional Centre for anglophone Africa, Taeolo Letsela, shares his thoughts ahead of the 2017 Triple COPs.
Latest regional focus takes us to Pretoria, South Africa
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Maria-Cristina Cardenas is the second in our “Countdown to the COPs” series as UNEP’s expert-of-the-day.
What role for the private sector in implementing the chemicals conventions?
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With financial support from Switzerland, parties will consult regionally at preparatory meetings organised in March in Bangkok, Dakar, Riga and Sao Paolo.
Regional BRS Preparatory Meetings scheduled to ensure efficient COPs
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The BRS Secretariat welcomes Carlos Martin-Novella as Deputy Executive Secretary. Mr Martin-Novella, previously at the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), replaces Kerstin Stendahl, who joins IPCC, as of 1 January 2017.
New Deputy Executive Secretary for the BRS Secretariat
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Expert Group finalizes practical manuals on Extended Producer Responsibility, financing systems, and guidance on the prevention and minimization of waste.
Basel Convention workshop on environmentally sound management delivers tools for hazardous waste management
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Pre-session documents for the three COPs, including the proposed programmes of work and budgets for the conventions for 2018-2019, are now available.
Now online: pre-session documents, including budget documents for consideration by the COPs
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With funding from Switzerland, a national consultation on the Basel Convention and facilitation of entry into force of the Ban Amendment in the Maldives was held 9-10 January 2017.
Strengthening Basel implementation and supporting Ban Amendment ratification in the Maldives
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Find out more about the work of the Basel and Stockholm Regional centre in Pretoria, South Africa.
Focus on regional implementation switches to Africa
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The Executive Secretary and staff wish all parties, observers, collaborators, partners and donors a peaceful and successful (Triple COPs) 2017.
Seasons Greetings and a Happy New Year
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