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Daily Web Updates/
Summary & Analysis Reports
IISD Reporting Services (IISD RS) has produced daily web updates and a summary and analysis of the POPRC-9 meeting. To download our report, kindly click the HTML or PDF icons below. In addition, IISD RS has produced web updates from the POPRC9/CRC Joint Session and CRC-9 meeting. A summary and analysis of CRC9/CRC-POPRC9 Joint Session will be available on this site on Monday, 28 October 2013. |
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Ninth meeting of the Persistent Organic Pollutants Review Committee (POPRC9) of the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants
14-25 October 2013, UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) headquarters, Rome, Italy
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Highlights for Tuesday, 15 October 2013
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POPRC-9 convened for its second day on Tuesday, 15 October 2013. In the morning, the Committee heard reports from the contact groups that had met on Monday evening. Svitlana Sukhorebra (Ukraine) said that the drafting group on CNs had produced two conference room papers for consideration by the POPRC that contained, respectively, a draft decision on CNs with some bracketed text and the draft risk management evaluation for CNs. Floria Roa Gutiérrez (Costa Rica) said the Friends of Chair group on HCBD had agreed on issues associated with Annex A, while text on a possible listing in Annex C remained in brackets. She noted that the group would reconvene on Tuesday to revise sections of the document, including paragraphs 55 to 66 (alternatives to CNs) and Annex C listing. Estefânia Gastaldello Moreira (Brazil) reported that the contact group on PCP had reviewed most of the draft risk profile and expected to start drafting text in the evening. Robert Chénier (Canada) indicated that the drafting group on the evaluation of chemicals according to Annex E had converted sections 1 and 2 of the paper (on Background of the evaluation of chemicals in accordance with Annex E and Examples of POPRC practices and decisions made in the evaluation of chemicals in accordance with Annex E) into a standalone document, and would continue its work to complete the paper to allow for discussion in plenary.
Following these reports, POPRC-9 began consideration of the two chemicals newly proposed for inclusion in Annexes A, B and/or C to the Convention: decabromodiphenyl ether (decaBDE), a brominated flame retardant, and dicofol, a pesticide.
In the afternoon, the Committee addressed technical work on the process for evaluation of PFOS, its salts and PFOSF, pursuant to paragraphs 5 and 6 of part III of Annex B to the Convention, as well as guidance on alternatives to PFOS, its salts, PFOSF and their related chemicals. The Committee also considered the report on activities for effective participation in the work of the Committee.
Contact groups on HCBD and PCP met during the lunch break. In the evening, contact groups on decaBDE and dicofol met to compare each of these proposals to the Annex D screening criteria. Drafting groups also convened to work on PCP and on the format and process for evaluation of PFOS, its salts and PFOSF.
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Daily web highlights (click on the following links to see our daily web pages)
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POPRC 9 resources
 Meeting website
Meeting provisional agenda
Meeting documents
Provisional agenda of the POPRC-9 pre-meeting, 13 October 2013
POPRC Members
CRC 9 resources
Meeting website
Meeting documents
Meeting provisional agenda
CRC overview and mandate
PIC CRC 9 Members
CRC and POPRC Joint meeting resources
Meeting website
Meeting documents
IISD RS resources
IISD RS coverage of the Eleventh meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Basel Convention (BC COP11), Sixth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Rotterdam Convention (RC COP6), Sixth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Stockholm Convention (SC COP6) and Second simultaneous extraordinary meetings of the three Conferences of the Parties to the three conventions (ExCOPs2), 28 April - 10 May 2013, Geneva, Switzerland
IISD RS summary and analysis of POPRC-8, 15-19 October 2012, Geneva, Switzerland (English: HTML - PDF) (French: HTML - PDF)
IISD RS summary and analysis of CRC 8, 19-23 March 2012, Geneva, Switzerland (English: HTML - PDF) (French: HTML - PDF)
IISD RS coverage of RC COP-5, 20-24 June 2011, Geneva, Switzerland
IISD RS summary and analysis of POPRC-7, 10-14 October 2011, Geneva, Switzerland (English: HTML - PDF) (French: HTML - PDF) (Spanish: HTML - PDF)
IISD RS coverage of SC COP-5, 25-29 April 2011, Geneva, Switzerland
IISD RS summary and analysis of POPRC-6, 11-15 October 2010, Geneva, Switzerland (English: HTML - PDF) (French: HTML - PDF)
IISD RS coverage of ExCOPs-1 and Eleventh Special Session of the UNEP Governing Council/ Global Ministerial Environment Forum (GCSS-11/GMEF), 22-26 February 2010, Bali, Indonesia
IISD RS briefing note of the POPRC-5, 12-16 October 2009, Geneva, Switzerland (HTML - PDF)
IISD RS coverage of SC COP4, 4-8 May 2009, Geneva, Switzerland
IISD RS coverage of RC COP-4, 27-31 October 2008, Rome, Italy
IISD RS coverage of BC COP-9, 23-27 June 2008, Bali, Indonesia
IISD RS coverage of BC COP-8, 27 November - 1 December 2006, Nairobi, Kenya
IISD RS archive of meetings on chemicals management
Chemicals-L - A news and announcement list on chemicals and wastes news and policy developments
Chemicals and Wastes Policy & Practice - A Knowledgebase of International Activities Addressing Chemicals and Wastes Policy
Linkages Update - Bi-weekly international environment and sustainable development news |
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