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Fifth meeting of the Persistent Organic Pollutants Review Committee (POPRC5) to the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs)

12-16 October 2009 | Geneva, Switzerland

Stockholm Convention on POPs

The fifth meeting of the Persistent Organic Pollutants Review Committee (POPRC-5) of the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) took place from 12-16 October 2009 in Geneva, Switzerland. Over 117 participants attended the meeting, including 29 of 31 Committee members, 52 government and party observers, one intergovernmental organization, 30 non-governmental organizations, and five invited experts.

POPRC-5 addressed several operational issues, including, inter alia: work programmes on new POPs; substitutions and alternatives; toxicological interactions; and activities undertaken for effective participation in the work of the Committee. The POPRC also considered the draft risk profiles for endosulfan and short-chained chlorinated paraffins (SCCPs), and discussed whether hexabromocyclododecane (HBCD) met the Annex D criteria for listing under the Stockholm Convention.

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Climate Change Policy & Practice

Monday PM plenary II

Observers from IPEN, the Environmental Health Fund, and Pesticides Action Network

Kyunghee Choi (Korea), Bettina Hitzfeld (Switzerland) and Maria Delvin (Sweden)

Plenary

David Ogden, Secretariat, and Chair Reiner Arndt (Germany)

Tuesday AM pre-plenary II
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