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BASEL, ROTTERDAM AND STOCKHOLM CONVENTIONS Secretariats of the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions Secretariat of the Rotterdam Convention United Nations Environment Programme Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Office Address: International Environment House 1 Viale delle Terme di Caracalla, 00153 Rome, Italy 11–13, chemin des Anémones, 1219 Châtelaine, Geneva, Switzerland Tel.: +39 06 5705 2061 ¦ Fax: +39 06 5705 3224 ¦ E-mail: [email protected] Postal Address: c/o Palais des Nations, 8-14, avenue de la Paix, 1211 Geneva 10, Switzerland Tel.: +41 (0) 22 917 8271 ¦ Fax: +41 (0) 22 917 8098 ¦ E-mail: [email protected] 8 November 2024 Subject: Invitation to the meetings of the conferences of the Parties to the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions, Geneva, Switzerland, 28 April - 9 May 2025 Excellency, We have the honour to refer to the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal, the Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade and the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants. The seventeenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Basel Convention, the twelfth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Rotterdam Convention and the twelfth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Stockholm Convention will be held back to back from 28 April to 9 May 2025, at the Geneva International Conference Centre (CICG), 17, rue de Varembé, Geneva, Switzerland. Preparatory meetings, including regional and bureaux meetings, will be held on Sunday, 27 April 2025. As decided by the conferences of the Parties at their previous meetings, the meetings will include joint sessions covering matters of relevance to at least two of the three conventions and convention- specific sessions of the meetings of each of the three conferences of the Parties. The meetings will also feature a high-level segment on the afternoon of Wednesday, 30 April 2025 and the morning of Thursday, 1 May 2025. The theme of the meetings and the high-level segment will be “Make visible the invisible: sound management of chemicals and wastes”. The working languages of the meetings of the conferences of the Parties will be Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish. The provisional agendas and tentative schedule for the meetings are enclosed. Other documents and additional information on the arrangements for the meetings will be made available online on the conventions’ website: http://www.brsmeas.org/2025COPs. Addressee by e-mail (to be disseminated by Addressees by e-mail: the respective Permanent Mission to the United Nations Office at Geneva): Permanent Missions to the United Nations Office at Geneva Minister for Foreign Affairs Basel Convention Focal Points H.E. Mr. Margus Tsahkna Rotterdam Convention Official Contact Points Ministry for Foreign Affairs Stockholm Convention Official Contact Points Tallinn, Estonia Cc: Contact points for the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions Permanent Representatives to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations in Rome and Permanent Representatives to the United Nations Environment Programme. Secretariat of the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions Page | 2 Registration of representatives We have the honour to invite your Government to designate one or more representative(s) to participate in the meetings of the conferences of the Parties to the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions. The names and contact information of the designated representatives must be communicated to the Secretariat using the BRS online registration system using the following link: https://registration.brsmeas.org. Before being able to register, you will be asked to activate your personal account using an active e-mail address. With your personal account, you will be able to self-register or to register several participants from your Government. An official nomination letter from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs or a note verbale from the Permanent Mission in Geneva will need to be uploaded by delegates in the online registration system at the time of registration. The deadline for registration in the online platform and for submitting the official nomination letter is Friday, 24 January 2025. The Secretariat highly encourages early registration. Please note that registrations will not be processed by the Secretariat if they are not accompanied by an official nomination letter from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs or a note verbale from the Permanent Mission of your country to the United Nations Office at Geneva. Pursuant to its Gender Action Plan, the Secretariat promotes active gender-balanced participation in meetings of the bodies of the conventions. Accordingly, the Secretariat encourages a balanced gender representation within your delegation. Subject to the availability of resources, regional preparatory meetings for the 2025 meetings of the conferences of the Parties will be held for the Africa, Asia-Pacific, Eastern Europe and Latin America and the Caribbean regions. Parties are invited to consider ensuring continuity among the delegates attending these preparatory meetings and the meetings of the conferences of the Parties. Parties are furthermore invited to consider nominating current members of the bureaux of the three conferences of the Parties to the meetings. Credentials of representatives of Parties to the conventions In accordance with rule 18 of the rules of procedure for the Conference of the Parties to the Basel Convention, rule 19 of the rules of procedure for the Conference of the Parties to the Rotterdam Convention and rule 19 of the rules of procedure for the Conference of the Parties to the Stockholm Convention, the Secretariat invites Parties to submit the credentials of the representatives, as well as the names of the alternate representatives and advisers, who will constitute the delegation for your State or regional economic integration organization to the meetings of those of the three conventions to which your State or regional economic integration organization is a Party. A model form of credentials is attached for your convenience and is available in Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish on the conventions’ website. Please note that, in accordance with the respective rules of procedure, credentials must be issued by the head of State or Government, by the Minister for Foreign Affairs or, in the case of a regional economic integration organization, by the competent authority of that organization. Information regarding any change in the composition of the delegation should be submitted using the same procedure. Moreover, credentials shall be submitted if possible, no later than 24 hours after the opening of the meetings (therefore by 10 am on Tuesday, 29 April 2025). The Secretariat invites Parties to submit any electronic copy of credentials in advance of the meetings preferably by Friday, 11 April 2025 to [email protected], as doing so will greatly facilitate the clearance process. The Secretariat also invites Parties to hand over the original credentials of their representatives at the meeting venue itself, at the time of the opening of the meetings. Secretariat of the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions Page | 3 Please also note that the bureaux of the conferences of the Parties to the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions agreed on the approach they will follow when preparing the reports on credentials for the meetings of the conferences of the Parties to the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions in 2025. The bureaux agreed that when examining credentials received, they would accept original credentials in good order as well as copies of credentials in good order with the understanding that the original will be submitted as soon as possible. Assistance to developing-country Parties and Parties with economies in transition Depending on the availability of funds, financial assistance to help defray the cost of attending the meetings will be made available to developing-country Parties and Parties that are countries with economies in transition for one representative per State per convention to which the State is a Party, to a maximum of three representatives per State, for up to the full two-week duration of the meetings. The request for financial assistance for the designated representative of your Government should be indicated in the official nomination letter or the note verbale from the Permanent Mission in Geneva. Since funds may be limited, Parties that are eligible to receive such support should indicate, in order of priority, the designated representatives for whom assistance is being requested. Please also note that requests for financial assistance must be processed by the Secretariat with sufficient time in advance of the meetings to ensure the timely issuance of air tickets and to allow time for representatives to apply for visas. For this reason, it will not be possible for the Secretariat to consider requests for financial assistance or replacements of designated representatives after the Friday, 24 January 2025 deadline. Due to the high number of travellers, the Secretariat will not be in a position to accommodate requests for private deviations from the official itinerary provided by the travel agent, including selecting a specific route or airline, or extending the stay in Geneva. When allocating funding to facilitate the participation of Parties in the meetings, the Secretariat will apply the procedure adopted by the conferences of the Parties for that purpose (decisions BC-10/28, RC-5/1 and SC-5/2, respectively), taking into account decisions BC-16/28, RC-12/15 and SC-11/27 on programmes of work and budgets for the conventions for the biennium 2024-2025, and act in accordance with United Nations rules and procedures. If you have any questions on the registration process for the meetings, please do not hesitate to contact the Secretariat at: [email protected]. Please accept, Excellency, the assurances of our highest consideration. Rolph Payet Christine Fuell Executive Secretary of the Basel, Rotterdam Executive Secretary ad interim and Stockholm Conventions of the Rotterdam Convention Encl. UNITED NATIONS UNEP/CHW.17/INF/2 UNEP/FAO/RC/COP.12/INF/2 UNEP/POPS/COP.12/INF/2 Basel Convention on the Control of Distr.: General Transboundary Movements of 7 November 2024 Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal English only Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants Conference of the Parties Conference of the Parties Conference of the Parties to the Basel Convention to the Rotterdam Convention to the Stockholm Convention on the Control of Transboundary on the Prior Informed Consent on Persistent Organic Pollutants Movements of Hazardous Wastes Procedure for Certain Hazardous Twelfth meeting and Their Disposal Chemicals and Pesticides Geneva, 28 April–9 May 2025 Seventeenth meeting in International Trade Item 3 (b) of the provisional Geneva, 28 April–9 May 2025 Twelfth meeting agenda*** Item 3 (b) of the provisional agenda* Geneva, 28 April–9 May 2025 Organizational matters: Item 3 (b) of the provisional agenda** Organizational matters: organization of work organization of work Organizational matters: organization of work Tentative schedule of work of the meetings of the conferences of the Parties to the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions Note by the Secretariat The annexes to the present note contain a tentative schedule of work for the meetings of the conferences of the Parties to the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions (annex I) and a list of possible contact and other groups (annex II). The tentative schedule of work, which was agreed to by the bureaux of the conferences of the Parties to the three conventions at their joint meeting on 5 November 2024, is provisional and could be subject to changes before or during the two weeks of the meetings.1 The present note, including its annexes, has not been formally edited. * UNEP/CHW.17/1. ** UNEP/FAO/RC/COP.12/1 *** UNEP/POPS/COP.12/1. 1 Participants may wish to take into account that each of the sessions of the conferences of the Parties may last longer or begin earlier, subject to the decisions taken by the bureaux, which would be expected to meet each morning from 8 a.m. to 9 a.m. to agree on the order of business for the day, and by the conferences of the Parties. Delegates are therefore advised to allow for a certain level of flexibility when making travel arrangements. 081124  UNEP/CHW.17/INF/2–UNEP/FAO/RC/COP.12/INF/2–UNEP/POPS/COP.12/INF/2 Annex I Tentative schedule of work of the 2025 meetings of the conferences of the Parties1 Sat, 3 May Mon, 28 April 2025 Tue, 29 April 2025 Wed, 30 April 2025 Thu, 1 May 2025 Fri, 2 May 2025 2025 BC Item 1: Opening of the meeting Joint sessions of the COPs: Joint sessions of the COPs: Joint sessions of the COPs: Joint sessions of the COPs: BC Item 2: Adoption of the agenda Reports of contact groups Reports of contact groups Reports of contact groups Reports of contact groups Joint sessions of the COPs: Session of SC COP-12: High-level segment Session of BC COP-17: RC Item 1: Opening of the meeting BC Item 4 (cont.) Item 5 (cont.) Item 4 (cont.) RC Item 2: Adoption of the agenda (f) Financial resources; (a) Measures to reduce or eliminate releases (a) Strategic issues: SC Item 1: Opening of the meeting RC Item 5 Matters related to the from intentional production and use (cont.): (i) Strategic framework; No formal meetings SC Item 2: Adoption of the agenda implementation of the Convention (iii) Polychlorinated biphenyls; (ii) Improving the functioning of the (f) Financial resources; (b) Measures to reduce or eliminate releases PIC procedure; Morning Joint sessions of the COPs: BC Item 3; RC Item 3; SC Item 5 (cont.) (g) Financial from unintentional production; (c) Legal, compliance and governance session SC Item 3: Organizational matters resources and mechanisms; (d) Implementation plans; matters (cont.): 10 a.m.– (b) Organization of work; (h) Reporting pursuant to Article 15; (iii) National legislation, notifications, 1 p.m. (a) Election of officers; BC Item 4 (c) (cont.) (i) Mechanism Item 4: Rules of procedure. enforcement of the Convention and (c) Credentials;4 for Promoting Implementation and efforts to combat illegal traffic; Compliance of the Basel Convention; Session of SC COP-12: (b) Scientific and technical matters RC Item 5 (cont.) (d) Compliance; Item 5: Matters related to the implementation of the (cont.): SC Item 5 (cont.) (j) Compliance;3 (i) Technical guidelines (cont.) Convention (e) Listing of chemicals in Annex A, B or C to the BC Item 7; RC Item 8; SC Item 8: (except POPs wastes);2 Convention; Programme of work and budget. (v) Further consideration of plastic waste; Joint sessions of the COPs: Session of SC COP-12: Item 5 Session of SC COP-12: Joint sessions of the COPs: BC Item 4: Matters related to the implementation (cont.) Opening of the high-level segment Consideration of the outcomes Adoption of the reports on credentials. of the Convention (j) Compliance (cont.); of the contact groups and (b) Scientific and technical matters: (i) Effectiveness evaluation; Ministerial Joint sessions of the COPs: draft decisions Session of SC COP-12: (i) Technical guidelines (POPs wastes); (a) Measures to reduce or eliminate round-tables BC Item 5; RC Item 6; SC Item 10: Other matters Consideration of the outcomes of the SC Item 5 (cont.) releases from intentional production Item 6: International (cont.). contact groups and draft decisions No formal meetings (c) Measures to reduce or eliminate releases from and use: cooperation and coordination Item 11: Adoption of the report. wastes; (i) Exemptions; (a) Cooperation and Afternoon (iv) Brominated diphenyl ethers; Session of BC COP-17: Item 4 (cont.) coordination with the Minamata session (ii) DDT; (c) Legal, compliance and governance matters: Convention on Mercury; Session of BC COP-17: 3–6 p.m. (ii) Providing further legal clarity;5 (b) Cooperation and Item 4 (cont.) (b) Scientific and technical matters (cont.): coordination with other (c) Legal, compliance and (i) Technical guidelines (cont.) (except POPs organizations. governance matters (cont.): wastes); BC Item 9; RC Item 10; SC (i) Implementation and Item 10: Other matters Compliance of the Basel (admission of observers). Convention (cont.); 1 Items listed in the draft tentative schedule are from the provisional agendas of the meetings (UNEP/CHW.17/1; UNEP/FAO/RC/COP.12/1; UNEP/POPS/COP.12/1). 2 To take up the remaining technical guidelines whose consideration could not be completed on Monday, 28 April 2025. 3 Consideration of the agenda items on compliance in joint session would be limited to an introduction by the Secretariat of the agenda items, as well as a report by each respective Chair on the work of the Basel and Rotterdam convention committees. Discussions and conclusions on the way forward would take place during the convention-specific sessions later in the weeks. 4 The bureaux of the conferences of the Parties have agreed that, when examining credentials, they would accept, in addition to original credentials in good order, copies of credentials on the understanding that original credentials would be submitted as soon as possible. Each Bureau would present its report to the respective Conference of the Parties for its consideration in the afternoon of Friday, 2 May 2025. Any updates to the credentials report may be considered by the respective Conference of the Parties in the afternoon of Thursday, 8 May 2025. 5 This includes the revised amendment proposals for Annex IV and the draft recommendations on the review of Annexes I and III developed by the expert working group on the review of Annexes. 2  UNEP/CHW.17/INF/2–UNEP/FAO/RC/COP.12/INF/2–UNEP/POPS/COP.12/INF/2 Sun, 4 May 2025 Mon, 5 May 2025 Tue, 6 May 2025 Wed, 7 May 2025 Thu, 8 May 2025 Fri, 9 May 2025 Joint sessions of the COPs: Joint sessions of the COPs: Joint sessions of the COPs: Joint sessions of the COPs: Joint sessions of the COPs: Joint sessions of the COPs: Reports of contact groups Reports of contact groups Reports of contact groups Reports of contact groups Reports of contact groups Reports of contact groups Session of RC COP-12: Session of BC COP-17: Session of BC COP-17: Joint sessions of the COPs: Session of RC COP-12: Session of RC COP-12: Item 5 (cont.) Consideration of the outcomes Consideration of the outcomes of the contact BC Item 6; RC Item 7; SC Consideration of the outcomes of Consideration of the (b) Listing of chemicals in Annex III to the of the contact groups and draft groups and draft decisions Item 7 (cont.) the contact groups and draft outcomes of the contact Convention; decisions (d) From science to action. decisions groups and draft decisions Morning Joint sessions of the COPs: (a) Clearing-house mechanism Item 4 (cont.) Item 11: Adoption of the session (g) Work programme of the BC Item 4 (cont.) (d) Technical assistance for information exchange; report. 10 a.m.– OEWG for 2026–2027. RC Item 5 (cont.) (e) Technical assistance; 1 p.m. (b) Mainstreaming gender; SC Item 5 (cont.) (f) Technical assistance; Item 9: Other matters (cont.). BC Item 8; RC Item 9; SC BC Item 6; RC Item 7; SC Item 7: Enhancing cooperation and coordination Item 9: Venue and date of the among the Basel, Rotterdam and next COPs. Stockholm conventions (c) Synergies in preventing and combating illegal traffic and trade in hazardous chemicals and wastes; Session of BC COP-17: Session of RC COP-12: Session of RC COP-12: Session of BC COP-17: Joint and Convention-specific Adoption of RC budget Consideration of the outcomes sessions of the COPs: decision Item 4 (cont.) Item 5 (cont.) Item 5 (cont.) (c) Legal, compliance and governance matters of the contact groups and draft Consideration of the outcomes of (d) Compliance (cont.); (b) Listing of chemicals in Annex III to the the joint contact groups, Adoption of BC budget (cont.): decisions decision (c) Enhancing the effectiveness Convention (cont.); adoption of the reports on (iv) Proposal by the Russian Federation to Item 10: Adoption of the amend paragraph 2 of Article 6 of the of the Convention;6 (a) Status of implementation; credentials (possible updates), Adoption of SC budget report. adoption of outstanding decision Convention; Item 4: Rules of procedure for the (b) Listing of chemicals in decisions and adoption of the Afternoon (e) Basel Convention Partnership Programme; Conference of the Parties. Annex III to the Convention sections of the reports on the session (b) Scientific and technical matters (cont.): (cont); Item 10: Other matters (cont.). joint sessions of the meetings of 3–6 p.m. (ii) Classification and hazard characterization of wastes; the COPs.7 (iii) National reporting; BC Item 11; RC Item 12; (iv) Electronic approaches to the SC Item 12: Closure of the notification and movement documents; meetings (vi) Amendments to Annexes II, VIII and IX on e-waste; (vii) Waste containing nanomaterials; Stockholm Convention Conference of the Parties (SC COP) Basel Convention Conference of the Parties (BC COP) Rotterdam Convention Conference of the Parties (RC COP) Joint sessions and Convention-specific sessions as necessary of the meetings of the conferences of the Parties High-level segment 6 This includes the proposal to amend Article 16 of the Rotterdam Convention which was submitted prior to the eighth meeting of the Conference of the Parties by Botswana, Cameroon, Ghana, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe. 7 The conferences of the Parties are scheduled to meet in joint sessions to adopt the section of their report covering the joint sessions held from Monday, 28 April 2025, to Tuesday, 6 May 2025. 3 UNEP/CHW.17/INF/2–UNEP/FAO/RC/COP.12/INF/2–UNEP/POPS/COP.12/INF/2 Annex II Possible contact and other groups at the 2025 meetings of the conferences of the Parties The contact and other groups listed below have been tentatively identified and may be established during the two-week period of the meetings, and meet during a set amount of time, as needed. The total number of groups meeting at any one time would need to be limited to ensure that there is adequate opportunity for the interests of all delegations to be factored into the discussions. The groups are expected to complete their work by the day before the last convention-specific session in order to allow for adoption of decisions as much as possible by the end of convention-specific sessions they relate to. Joint contact and other groups: - Group on programmes of work and budgets - Group on technical assistance/financial resources and mechanisms - Group on joint issues Stockholm Convention-specific contact and other groups: - Group on listing of chemicals - Group on compliance Basel Convention-specific contact and other groups: - Group on technical matters - Group on compliance and legal matters - Group on strategic matters Rotterdam Convention-specific contact and other groups: - Group on enhancing the effectiveness of the Convention - Group on compliance - Group on the listing of chemicals in Annex III 4 UNITED NATIONS UNEP/FAO/RC/COP.12/1 Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Distr.: General 15 August 2024 Informed Consent Procedure for Original: English Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade Conference of the Parties to the Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade Twelfth meeting Geneva, 28 April–9 May 2025 Provisional agenda 1. Opening of the meeting. 2. Adoption of the agenda. 3. Organizational matters: (a) Election of officers; (b) Organization of work; (c) Report on the credentials of representatives to the twelfth meeting of the Conference of the Parties. 4. Rules of procedure for the Conference of the Parties. 5. Matters related to the implementation of the Convention: (a) Status of implementation; (b) Listing of chemicals in Annex III to the Convention; (c) Enhancing the effectiveness of the Convention; (d) Compliance; (e) Technical assistance; (f) Financial resources. 6. International cooperation and coordination: (a) Cooperation and coordination with the Minamata Convention on Mercury; (b) Cooperation and coordination with other organizations. 7. Enhancing cooperation and coordination among the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions: (a) Clearing-house mechanism for information exchange; (b) Mainstreaming gender; (c) Synergies in preventing and combating illegal traffic and trade in hazardous chemicals and wastes; (d) From science to action. 8. Programme of work and budget. 9. Venue and dates of the thirteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties. K2414682[E] 260824 UNEP/FAO/RC/COP.12/1 10. Other matters. 11. Adoption of the report of the meeting. 12. Closure of the meeting. 2 CREDENTIALS (Model) [Name of P arty] THE MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF [PARTY] , Considering that it is desirable that [ P arty ] be represented at : [ P lease tick the box(es) to which the credentials pertain] FORMCHECKBOX T he seventeenth me eting of the Conference of the Parties to the Basel Convention, FORMCHECKBOX T he twelfth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Rotterdam Convention , FORMCHECKBOX T he twelfth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Stockholm Convention , to be convened in Geneva (Switzerland) from 28 April to 9 May 202 5 , HAS DECIDED: To appoint a delegation which shall be entitled to take part in the above-mentioned meeting ( s ) and to designate as: Head of delegation [Name] - [ P osition] Other r epresentative(s): [Name] - [ P osition] Alternate representative(s): [Name] - [ P osition] Adviser(s): [Name] - [ P osition] … Signed and sealed at [place and date] THE MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS Saatja: "BRS Secretariat (No-Reply)" <[email protected]> Saaja: "Aive Telling", [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected] Teema: ESTONIA / PARTY (NF) – Invitation to the meetings of the conferences of the Parties to the BRS conventions (BC COP-17, RC COP-12, SC COP-12), Geneva, 28 April - 9 May 2025. Kuupäev: 2024-11-15 20:03 Tähelepanu! Tegemist on välisvõrgust saabunud kirjaga. Tundmatu saatja korral palume linke ja faile mitte avada. Dear Madam/Sir, Please find attached the invitation letter and attachments regarding the seventeenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Basel Convention, the twelfth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Rotterdam Convention and the twelfth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Stockholm Convention to be held back to back from 28 April – to 9 May 2025, in Geneva, Switzerland. The names and contact information of the designated representatives must be communicated to the Secretariat by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs or the Permanent Mission of your country to the United Nations in Geneva using the BRS online registration system available as of 16 December 2024, together with an official nomination letter from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs or a note verbale from the Permanent Mission in Geneva. The required information must be communicated to the Secretariat at the latest by Friday, 24 January 2025. Please note that registration forms will not be processed by the Secretariat if they are not accompanied by an official nomination letter from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs or a note verbale from the Permanent Mission of your country to the United Nations Office at Geneva. Do not hesitate to contact the Secretariat at [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> if you have any questions on the registration process. We take the opportunity to invite you to verify your designated contacts for the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions and, if applicable, inform the Secretariat of any updates. For ease of reference, the current contact details are available under the conventions’ <https://www.brsmeas.org/Decisionmaking/PartiestotheConventions/CountryCon tacts/tabid/5380/language/en-GB/Default.aspx> contacts database and the forms for notification of designation of contacts are available under the Procedures section of each Convention’s website. Yours sincerely, Secretariat of the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions UNITED NATIONS UNEP/CHW.17/1 Distr.: General 15 August 2024 Original: English Conference of the Parties to the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal Seventeenth meeting Geneva, 28 April–9 May 2025 Provisional agenda 1. Opening of the meeting. 2. Adoption of the agenda. 3. Organizational matters: (a) Election of officers; (b) Organization of work; (c) Report on the credentials of representatives to the seventeenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties. 4. Matters related to the implementation of the Convention: (a) Strategic issues: (i) Strategic framework; (ii) Improving the functioning of the prior informed consent procedure; (b) Scientific and technical matters: (i) Technical guidelines; (ii) Classification and hazard characterization of wastes; (iii) National reporting; (iv) Electronic approaches to the notification and movement documents; (v) Further consideration of plastic waste; (vi) Amendments to Annexes II, VIII and IX on e-waste; (vii) Waste containing nanomaterials; (c) Legal, compliance and governance matters: (i) Committee Administering the Mechanism for Promoting Implementation and Compliance; (ii) Providing further legal clarity; (iii) National legislation, notifications, enforcement of the Convention and efforts to combat illegal traffic; (iv) Proposal by the Russian Federation to amend paragraph 2 of Article 6 of the Convention; K2414681[E] 260824 UNEP/CHW.17/1 (d) Technical assistance; (e) Basel Convention Partnership Programme; (f) Financial resources; (g) Work programme of the Open-ended Working Group for the period 2026–2027. 5. International cooperation and coordination: (a) Cooperation and coordination with the Minamata Convention on Mercury; (b) Cooperation and coordination with other organizations. 6. Enhancing cooperation and coordination among the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions: (a) Clearing-house mechanism for information exchange; (b) Mainstreaming gender; (c) Synergies in preventing and combating illegal traffic and trade in hazardous chemicals and wastes; (d) From science to action. 7. Programme of work and budget. 8. Venue and dates of the eighteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties. 9. Other matters. 10. Adoption of the report of the meeting. 11. Closure of the meeting. 2 UNITED NATIONS UNEP/POPS/COP.12/1 Stockholm Convention Distr.: General 15 August 2024 on Persistent Organic Original: English Pollutants Conference of the Parties to the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants Twelfth meeting Geneva, 28 April–9 May 2025 Provisional agenda 1. Opening of the meeting. 2. Adoption of the agenda. 3. Organizational matters: (a) Election of officers; (b) Organization of work; (c) Report on the credentials of representatives to the twelfth meeting of the Conference of the Parties. 4. Rules of procedure for the Conference of the Parties. 5. Matters related to the implementation of the Convention: (a) Measures to reduce or eliminate releases from intentional production and use: (i) Exemptions; (ii) DDT; (iii) Polychlorinated biphenyls; (iv) Brominated diphenyl ethers; (b) Measures to reduce or eliminate releases from unintentional production; (c) Measures to reduce or eliminate releases from wastes; (d) Implementation plans; (e) Listing of chemicals in Annex A, B or C to the Convention; (f) Technical assistance; (g) Financial resources and mechanisms; (h) Reporting pursuant to Article 15; (i) Effectiveness evaluation; (j) Compliance. 6. International cooperation and coordination: (a) Cooperation and coordination with the Minamata Convention on Mercury; (b) Cooperation and coordination with other organizations. K2414683[E] 260824 UNEP/POPS/COP.12/1 7. Enhancing cooperation and coordination among the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions: (a) Clearing-house mechanism for information exchange; (b) Mainstreaming gender; (c) Synergies in preventing and combating illegal traffic and trade in hazardous chemicals and wastes; (d) From science to action. 8. Programme of work and budget. 9. Venue and dates of the thirteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties. 10. Other matters. 11. Adoption of the report of the meeting. 12. Closure of the meeting. 2