Objectives
The eleventh meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Stockholm Convention (COP-11) will be held from 1 to 12 May 2023 in Geneva. The Conference of the Parties will consider, among other things, the recommendations of the POPs Review Committee on the listing of three new chemicals in Annex A to the Convention: Dechlorane Plus; UV-328; methoxychlor. To exchange information about the chemicals recommended for listing, in particular Dechlorane Plus and UV-328 for which the recommendations included specific exemptions, the Secretariat will organize a webinar on 26 April 2023, from 2 to 3:35 p.m. (UTC+2).
Content
1. Introduction
2. Presentations by experts from the POPs Review Committee, Government, NGO and industry on:
3. Questions and Answers
Background
Government representatives and observers will gather in Geneva, Switzerland from 1 to 12 May 2023 for the next back-to-back meetings of the conferences of the Parties to the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions. The provisional agendas, the tentative schedule of work of the meetings, thematic documents for the meetings can be found on the meetings webpage at: www.brsmeas.org/2023COPs.
Target Groups
- Party contact points of the Stockholm Convention, in particular Party representatives planning to attend the meeting;
- Observers planning to attend the meetings, or other stakeholders interested in the work of the Convention.