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L-R: Participants getting a copy of the daily
Bulletin; ENB writers Anne Roemer-Mahler and
Olivia Pasini handing out the daily Bulletin
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IMPLEMENTATION OF THE CONVENTION:
Delegates considered
possible procedures to ensure the continued effectiveness of the
Convention. |
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Peter Kenmore,
Co-Executive Secretary of the Rotterdam Convention (FAO);
Bill Murray,
Secretariat of the Rotterdam Convention;
Andrea Repetti, PIC COP 4 President;
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Cooper, Co-Executive Secretary of the Rotterdam
Convention (UNEP). |
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Fantozzi, United States |
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Kurlyandskiy, Russian Federation |
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COOPERATION AND COORDINATION BETWEEN THE
ROTTERDAM, BASEL AND STOCKHOLM CONVENTIONS: |
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The three co-chairs of the 45 member Ad-Hoc Joint
Working Group on Cooperation and Coordination among the Basel,
Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions (AHJWG), reported on the
group's work.
Above photo L-R: Osvaldo Alvarez, Chile; Kerstin
Stendahl, Finland; and Ruisheng Yue, China. |
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Arantes Ceolin, Brazil |
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Pornpimon Chareonsong, Thailand |
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CONSIDERATION OF CHEMICALS FOR INCLUSION
IN ANNEX III OF THE CONVENTION:
Delegates addressed the inclusion of new
chemicals in Annex III of the Rotterdam Convention. They agreed to
include tributyltin compounds but could not reach agreement on
chrysotile asbestos and endosulfan. |
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Above photos L-R: Rocio
Alatorre, Mexico; Nayef Al-Tayyar, Kuwait; Adama
Cham, the Gambia; Hubert Binga, Gabon. |
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CONTACT GROUPS: |
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COMPLIANCE:
The compliance contact group, chaired by Denis Langlois,
Canada, met early in the morning and addressed outstanding issues on
the draft mechanism for non-compliance. |
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morning session of the compliance contact group. |
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BUDGET:
The budget contact group, chaired by Ositadinma
Anaedu, Nigeria, and Paul Garnier, Switzerland, started the
consideration of the proposed triennium budget 2009-2011, with a
presentation by the Secretariat. |
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View of the budget
contact group in session. |
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Budget contact group
Co-Chairs Paul Garnier, Switzerland, and
Ositadinma Anaedu, Nigeria, with Donald Cooper,
Co-Executive Secretary of the Rotterdam Convention (UNEP). |
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IMPLEMENTATION:
The contact group on implementation and
effectiveness of the Rotterdam Convention, co-chaired by Kateřina
Šebková, Czech Republic, and Siti Ibrahim, Malaysia,
discussed several proposals on how to address chemicals that meet
the Convention’s criteria but for which consensus on their listing
in Annex III cannot be achieved. |
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L-R: Maria Cristina Cárdenas, Rotterdam
Convention Secretariat; Yun Zhou, Rotterdam
Convention Secretariat; Co-Chair Kateřina Šebková,
Czech Republic; Co-Chair Siti Ibrahim, Malaysia; and
Masa Nagai, Rotterdam Convention Secretariat. |
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ENB SNAPSHOTS: |
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Above photos: Members of the
Rotterdam Convention Alliance (ROCA) demonstrated at the FAO
rooftop to raise awareness on the banning of chrysotile asbestos
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