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October 2016 - No. 7

Welcome

Dear readers,

please click below for a multitude of news including outcomes from the recent Rotterdam and Stockholm scientific review meetings CRC/POPRC in Rome; a postcard from the South Pacific; articles exploring the links between human rights, children, and the sound management of chemicals and waste; Kuwait in the spotlight and, not least of all: news of the forthcoming 2017 triple COPs, which will make decisions to further protect human health and the environment - For a Future Detoxified - for us all. Follow us on twitter @brsmeas and keep up-to-the-minute with progress!

News
Press Release: UN chemical experts pave way for more sustainable management of chemicals

Press Release: UN chemical experts pave way for more sustainable management of chemicals

The outcomes of the recent Rotterdam Convention CRC-12 and Stockholm Convention POPRC-12 meetings are now available online, featuring proposed new chemicals listings at the COPs in Geneva in 2017.

Report now online from Montevideo meeting on household waste

Report now online from Montevideo meeting on household waste

The report of the first meeting of the new informal Basel Convention partnership on household waste, held in Montevideo, Uruguay, from 2 to 4 August 2016, is now available online.

Promoting sustainable agriculture: unique challenges in the SIDs

Promoting sustainable agriculture: unique challenges in the SIDs

The Rotterdam Convention team works with stakeholders in Sao Tome and Principe and Cabo Verde to minimise the potential impacts of harmful pesticides.

Science in action: the work of the Stockholm Convention Regional Centre in Brazil

Science in action: the work of the Stockholm Convention Regional Centre in Brazil

Our popular series continues with an interview with Otavio Okano and Lady Virginia from CETESB in Sao Paolo, Brazil.

Preparations intensify for 2017 triple conferences of the parties (COPs): Geneva, Switzerland

Preparations intensify for 2017 triple conferences of the parties (COPs): Geneva, Switzerland

Parties have been officially informed of the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions COPs, featuring a high-level segment, to be held in Geneva from 24 April to 5 May 2017.

Linkages between children, human rights, and chemicals and wastes

Linkages between children, human rights, and chemicals and wastes

BRS contributed to the UN Human Rights Day of General Discussion on chemicals and the rights of the child, held in Geneva on 23 September 2016. Read Rolph Payet’s speech here.

 

Technical Assistance
Technical Assistance

Upcoming webinars

 

Upcoming workshops

First ever MOOC on E-waste - now underway

First ever MOOC on E-waste - still underway

You can still register for, and since 4 April 2016 join, the first ever Massive Open Online Course on the E-waste Challenge, still underway.

 
Emerging issues
The Silent Pandemic - UN Human Rights Council discusses hazardous substances and wastes

“The Silent Pandemic” - UN Human Rights Council discusses hazardous substances and wastes

The Human Rights Council has considered the latest Report by the Special Rapporteur on human rights and hazardous substances & wastes.

 

Forthcoming meetings
Is the Stockholm Convention effective in protecting human health and environment from POPs?

Is the Stockholm Convention effective in protecting human health and environment from POPs?

From 4 to 7 October, Geneva hosts the 2nd meeting of the effectiveness evaluation committee, whose work is helping answer this important question.

Joint meeting of the bureaux of the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions to discuss COPs

Joint meeting of the bureaux of the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions to discuss COPs

The bureaux will meet from 3 to 4 November 2016 in Geneva, Switzerland to discuss preparations for the 2017 triple COPs.

 

Postcard from the Cooks Islands
Pacific countries make progress on pesticides at Rotterdam Convention workshop

Pacific countries make progress on pesticides at Rotterdam Convention workshop

The Cook Islands recently hosted a workshop for 35 participants from 11 countries, who agreed 25 recommendations for making more sustainable the Pacific nations’ use of pesticides.

 

Synergies in the spotlight
Updated BRS Gender Action Plan now online

Updated BRS Gender Action Plan now online

Reflecting the Secretariat’s commitment to taking action to reduce gender inequalities, the updated BRS Gender Action Plan is now available.

 

Our Regional Centres
Regional focus switches to Kuwait

Regional focus switches to Kuwait

This month we highlight the work of the Stockholm Convention Regional Centre for Kuwait.

 

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