Summary
On Monday morning, INC7 delegates convened in plenary to hear reports from the contact groups on rules, reporting, finance and technical issues. Delegates then considered issues related to Article 24 on the functions and hosting of the permanent secretariat.
Plenary was suspended in the afternoon to allow contact groups to meet throughout the rest of the day on issues including finance, rules, reporting and effectiveness evaluation, and technical issues.
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Morning Plenary
View of the dais during the morning plenary
Fernando Lugris, Uruguay, INC Chair
Technical Matters Contact Group
Co-Chair Leticia Reis de Carvalho, Brazil
Finance Contact Group Co-Chair
Gregor Filyk, Canada
Reporting Contact Group Co-Chair
Silvija Kalniņš, Latvia
Rules Contact Group Co-Chair
Andrew McNee, Australia
John Roberts, UK, Co-Facilitator of the Best Available Technologies/ Best Environmental Practices (BAT/BEP) Informal Group
Rolph Payet, Executive Secretary, Basel, Rotterdam
and Stockholm (BRS) Conventions
Francis Kihumba, Kenya
Franz Perrez, Switzerland
Mariano Castro, Peru
Vladimir Lenev, Russian Federation
Luay Al Mukhtar, Iraq
Reginald Hernaus, EU
Genoveva Campos Gil, Venezuela
Haddijatou Jallow, Sierra Leone
Andrea Jones Bennett, Jamaica
Martha Sentí Darías, Cuba
Mohammed Khashashneh, Jordan
Jianhong Meng, China
Issam Qasem, Palestine
Contact Group on Finance
Contact Group on Finance
Contact Group Co-Chair Gillian Guthrie, Jamaica
Gabi Eigenmann, Switzerland
Sun Yangzhao, China
Jorge Peydro Aznar, EU
Obed Baloyi, South Africa
Contact Group on Technical Matters
Contact Group on Technical Matters
Marianne Bailey, US
Comfort Sako, Nigeria
Bettina Hitzfeld, Switzerland
Abdullah K. Tawlah, Saudi Arabia
Contact Group on Rules
Contact Group on Rules
Christopher Taylor, UNEP
Jill Hanna, EU
Frankie Everitt, New Zealand
Heidar Ali Balouji, Iran
Contact Group on Reporting
Contact Group on Reporting
Paul Almodovar, US
Contact Group Co-Chair David Kapindula, Zambia
Paulina Riquelme Pallamar, Chile
Lee Eeles, Australia
Contact Group Co-Chair
Silvija Kalniņš, Latvia
Around the Venue
Delegates gather for the start of plenary
The Secretariat discusses matters
Delegates meet informally
UNEP conference staff
Delegates from Switzerland
Delegates between sessions
Gregory Bailey, Antigua and Barbuda
Cristina Briel and Juan Simonelli, Argentina
Displays around the venue
Traditional Jordanian art on display
