Online, on 11, 13 and 14 December 2023; online on 26-28 March 2024; and in Geneva on 7-8 October 2024
Venue: Online and face-to-face
Highlights: The small intersessional working group on the strategic framework for the implementation of the Basel Convention held its fourth meeting in three parts: online on 11, 13 and 14 December 2023; online on 26-28 March 2024 and in Geneva on 7-8 October 2024.
During the first part of its fourth meeting, held online on Monday, 11 December 2023, Wednesday, 13 December 2023, and Thursday, 14 December 2023, the small intersessional working group revised a draft renewed strategic framework for the implementation of the Basel Convention prepared by the lead country, Canada. The outcome of the first part of the meeting is available in document UNEP/CHW/SF_SIWG.4/2/Rev.1 below. The agreed work plan for the small intersessional working group is set out in document UNEP/CHW/SF_SIWG.4/3/Rev.1 below.
During the second part of the meeting, held online on 26-28 March 2024, the small intersessional working group continued its review of a draft renewed strategic framework for the implementation of the Basel Convention and agreed on the version to be submitted to the Open-ended Working Group at its fourteenth meeting (UNEP/CHW/SF_SIWG.4/2/Rev.3). The working group also revised its work plan leading up to the seventeenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties (UNEP/CHW/SF_SIWG.4/3/Rev.2) and agreed to hold the third part of its meeting face to face in the week of 7 October 2024 in Geneva.
The third part of the meeting took place on 7 and 8 October 2024 in Geneva, Switzerland, thanks to the generous financial support provided by the Government of Japan, and back to back with the second part of the first meeting of the small intersessional working group on improving the functioning of the prior informed consent procedure. At the last part of its fourth meeting, the small intersessional working group prepared a revised renewed strategic framework, for consideration and possible adoption by the Conference of the Parties at its seventeenth meeting, taking into account the outcome of the fourteenth meeting of the Open-ended Working Group. The revised renewed strategic framework will be available shortly as document UNEP/CHW/SF_SIWG.4/2/Rev.5.
Working languages: The working language of the meeting was English.