Summary
Plenary convened in a joint session of the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Convention COPs on Monday morning to hear reports from contact groups. In the morning, Basel Convention (BC) COP 13 convened to consider issues related to the BC Partnership Programme. The Stockholm Convention (SC) COP 8 convened in the late morning to take several decisions, including on the listing of HCBD, decaBDE and SCCPs.
In the afternoon, BC COP 13 convened briefly to adopt two decisions, including on the Cartagena Declaration. This was followed by a short session of the SC COP 8, during which delegates adopted a decision on PCBs.
Contact groups met throughout the day to address: budget, BC compliance, BC technical matters, BC strategic matters, and Rotterdam Convention effectiveness. In addition, informal groups met on financial resources and on PCBs.
Side events were held during the lunch break and in the evening to address a range of topics, including: improving national reporting under the BC; the roadmap for activities under the Environmental Network for Optimizing Regulatory Compliance on Illegal Traffic (ENFORCE); a synergetic approach to the BRS and Minamata Conventions; development of tools to counter illegal management and trade of waste; using the Bamako and Basel Conventions to stop the export to Africa of toxic substances and waste; and the e-trash transparency project.
IISD Reporting Services, through its ENB Meeting Coverage, provided digital coverage, daily reports and a summary and analysis report from the 2017 Meetings of the Conferences of the Parties to the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions.
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Morning Plenary
COP Presidents and the BRS Secretariat speak before the start of plenary
Yorg Aerts, Belgium, Co-Chair of the Contact Group on Basel Convention Strategic Matters
Juan Ignacio Simonelli, Argentina, Co-Chair of the Contact Group on Basel Convention Compliance
Magda Gosk, Poland, Co-Chair of Contact Group on Basel Convention Technical Matters
Marco Buletti, Switzerland, Co-Chair of the Partnership for Action on Computing Equipment (PACE)
Jane Stratford, UK, Co-Chair of the Contact Group on Synergies and Joint Issues
David Ogden, BRS Secretariat
Henry Williams, Liberia
Leila Devia, Argentina, Chair of ENFORCE
Yingxian Xia, China
Anil Kumar Rai, India
Motsamai Stanley Damane, Lesotho
Amina Beibitova, Kazakhstan
Satryo Bramono Brotodiningrat, Indonesia
Joe DiGangi, International POPs Elimination Network (IPEN)
Gabriela Nair Medina Amarante, Uruguay, Co-Chair of the Informal Group on Household Waste
Peter Ayuk Enoh, Cameroon
Contact Groups Throughout the Day
Contact Group on Basel Convention Technical Matters
Contact Group on Basel Convention Compliance
Contact Group on Basel Convention Strategic Matters
Afternoon Plenary
View of the dais during afternoon plenary
Sam Adu-Kumi, Stockholm Convention COP 8 President
Kei Ohno, BRS Secretariat
Mohammed Khashashneh, Basel Convention COP 13 President
Informal consultation takes place with the EU and Iran to finalise the negotiating text
Decisions specific to the Stockholm Convention are adopted
Side Events Throughout the Day
Panel speakers for the side event titled 'Synergetic approach to BRS and Minamata Conventions' hosted by the UN Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR), Switzerland, BRS and Minamata Secretariats
Side event titled 'Roadmap for activities under the ENFORCE' hosted by members of ENFORCE and the Green Customs Initiative
Around the Venue
Delegates from Indonesia
Delegates from Norway
Delegates from Sao Tome and Principe
Delegates from Morocco
Delegates from Mongolia
Delegates from Turkey
Mark Trewhitt, CropLife International
Layla Hughes, Center for International Environmental Law
Delegates between sessions
Delegates exchange contact details
James Mulolo, Basel Convention Regional Centre (BCRC)-South Africa, shares a message of what needs to be 'detoxed' in the world
Swiss chocolates on display
