Summary
The BRS Conference of the Parties (COPs) convened on Thursday first as joint COPs to hear updates from the contact groups. Stockholm Convention (SC) COP8 then met in plenary to discuss matters related to the implementation of the Convention, including polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and national implementation plans (NIPs). Also in the morning, a Friends of the President group on SC compliance, the Basel Convention (BC) technical matters contact group and the SC listing group met, the last quickly closing to observers.
In the afternoon, the Rotterdam Convention COP8 convened to discuss listing of chemicals, and the BC technical matters and synergies and joint issues contact groups met. The Budget Group, the technical assistance and financial resources, and SC listing contact groups met in the evening.
During the day a technology fair was opened. Side events were also held to showcase regional demonstrations of chemicals and wastes-related Conventions' synergies; new tools and approaches to monitoring persistent organic pollutants (POPs) and emerging pollutants; and, setting up extended producer responsibility legislation in non-OECD countries for electric and electronic waste.
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Morning Plenary: Stockholm Convention
COP Presidents and the BRS Secretariat speak internally at the start of plenary
David Kapindula, Zambia, Co-Chair of the Contact Group on Stockholm Convention Listing
Niko Urho, Finland, Co-Chair of the Contact Group on Technical Assistance and Financial Resources
Jane Stratford, UK, Co-Chair of the Contact Group on Synergies and Joint Issues
Osvaldo Patricio Álvarez Pérez, Chile, Chair of the Budget Group
Jacinthe Séguin, Canada, Co-Chair of the Contact Group on Basel Convention Technical Matters
Stella Uchenna Mojekwu, Nigeria
César Murillo Juárez, Mexico
Amer Alkareem Nasser, Iraq
Aleksandar Mickovski, Macedonia
Shankar Prasad, Nepal
Peter Ayuk Enoh, Cameroon
Do Tien Doan, Viet Nam
Gloria Beatriz León Araujo, Paraguay
Eliezer Ndizeye Rusakana, Rwanda
Andrea Cararo, UN Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR)
Opening of the Technology Fair
Three ribbons are cut to open the Technology Fair
Rolph Payet, Executive Secretary, BRS Conventions
Mohammed Khashashneh, Basel Convention COP 13 President
Afternoon Plenary
View of the dais during the afternoon plenary
Andrew McNee, Australia
Bishwanath Sinha, India
Sobkika Tanka, Chad
Khidir Gibril Musa, Sudan
Alexandra Caterbow, International POPs Elimination Network (IPEN)
Nazem Thalaj, Syria
A.Z. Matiza, Zimbabwe
Andrew Dettmer, IndustriALL
Zhamalkan Kadoeva, Kyrgyzstan
Sarojeni Rengam, Pesticide Action Network (PAN) Asia and the Pacific
Contact Groups Throughout the Day
Contact Group on Basel Convention Technical Matters
Contact Group on Synergies and Joint Issues
Around the Venue
Delegates gather at the start of plenary
Delegates speak informally
Delegates from Honduras
Delegates from Turkey
Delegates from Saudi Arabia
The youngest delegate attending the meeting
Around the Technology Fair
