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Fifth Meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP5) to the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs)

25-29 April 2011 | Geneva, Switzerland

Highlights for Thursday, 28 April 2011
Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants
The fifth meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP5) to the Stockholm Convention convened for its fourth day in Geneva, Switzerland, on Thursday, 28 April 2011.

During the morning delegates convened in plenary and considered polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and DDT.

During the afternoon plenary, delegates considered and agreed draft decisions on information exchange, effectiveness evaluation, reporting and the operation of the POPRC. Decisions related to endosulfan were deferred until Friday.

Contact groups on budget, synergies, finance, and technical assistance met throughout the day.

POPs COP5 Continues - Day Four
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"POPs Stars" Awards ceremony held at the close of plenary

Delegates in a discussion group

Mario Vega, Costa Rica
Willem Brakel, US
Vincenza Gallatone, Canada
Simone Schiele, Germany

Contact group on Synergies

Osvaldo Álvarez, Chile
Segbedzi Norgbey, UNEP
Chen Jiang, China
David Azoulay, CIEL

Kateřina Šebková, EU
Jorge Corrales, Panama
Franz Xaver Perrez, Switzerland
Peter Kenmore, FAO

Joint Synergies and Budget meeting
Gillian Guthrie, Jamaica

Side Event - Safer PFC Alternatives: OECD efforts for management of Perfluorinated Compounds and the transition to safer alternatives


Side Event: POPs-free Products & POPs in Articles

Kei Ohno, UNEP, asking participants "Does a mobile phone contain POPs?"
Liselott Säll, Norway
Deborah Altschuler, NPA, displays POPs-free lice remover for children and pets

Contact group on Finance

Jozef Buys, Belgium
Henrik Eriksen, Norway, having a discussion with other delegates
Fengqiao Mei, in informal discussions.

Around the building

Delegates picking up their VIP lunches
A lunch encounter at another VIP lunch section

Delegates reading both English and French versions of the ENB
Swiss Chocolates, get your Swiss Chocolates!

Delegates using one of several free Internet access stations
Participants at the Annex A Café

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Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants resources
*POPs COP5 website
*POPs COP5 documents
*POPs COP5 annotated agenda
*POPs COP5 tentative schedule
*POPs COP5 scenario note

IISD RS resources
*IISD RS Summary and Analysis of the Sixth Meeting of the Persistent Organic Pollutants Review Committee (POPRC6) to the Stockholm Convention on POPs, 11-15 October 2010, Geneva, Switzerland (English: HTML - PDF) (Frech: HTML - PDF)
*IISD RS coverage of the Simultaneous Extraordinary Meetings of the Conferences of the Parties to the Basel, Rotterdam, and Stockholm Conventions (ExCOPs), and Eleventh Special Session of the UNEP Governing Council/ Global Ministerial Environment Forum (GCSS-11/GMEF), 22-26 February 2010, Bali, Indonesia
*IISD RS Summary and Analysis of POPs POPRC-5, 12-16 October 2009, Geneva, Switzerland (HTML - PDF)
*IISD RS coverage of POPs COP4, 4-8 May 2009, Geneva, Switzerland
*IISD RS archive of meetings on chemicals management, and backgrounder
*Chemicals-L - A news and announcement list on chemicals news and policy developments
*Sustainable Development Policy & Practice - A Knowledgebase of International Activities Preparing for the UN Conference on Sustainable Development
*SIDS Policy and Practice - A Knowledgebase on the Sustainable Development of Small Island Developing States
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*Climate Change Policy & Practice - A Knowledgebase of UN and Intergovernmental Activities Addressing Global Climate Change Policy
*Linkages Update - Bi-weekly international environment and sustainable development news
*MEA Bulletin - Newsletter on key MEAs and their secretariats
*African Regional Coverage
*Latin America and Caribbean Regional Coverage
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