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
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COMMUNICATION
2023 MEETINGS OF THE CONFERENCES OF THE PARTIES
TO THE BASEL, ROTTERDAM AND STOCKHOLM CONVENTIONS
The sixteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Basel Convention, the eleventh meeting of the
Conference of the Parties to the Rotterdam Convention and the eleventh meeting of the Conference of the Parties to
the Stockholm Convention will be held back to back at the International Conference Centre Geneva (CICG) in
Geneva, Switzerland, from 1 to 12 May 2023, with preparatory meetings to take place on 30 April 2023. The
meetings will not include a high-level segment.
The purpose of this communication is to notify Parties well in advance of the meetings so as to provide preliminary
information on organizational matters that delegates may wish to take into account in their preparation for the
meetings.
The organization of work for the two weeks of meetings is likely to provide for joint sessions of the meetings of the
conferences of the Parties in the first week and towards the end of the meetings. Specific sessions of the Stockholm
Convention Conference of the Parties are likely to be scheduled in the first week of the meetings; sessions of the
Rotterdam Convention Conference of the Parties in the second week of the meetings; and sessions of the Basel
Convention Conference of the Parties over most of the two-week period. The bureaux of the conferences of the
Parties to the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions will agree on a tentative schedule of work for the
meetings at their joint meeting, to be held on 18 and 19 January 2023. For further information, delegates will be
invited to consult the tentative schedule of work for the meetings which will be posted on the conventions’ websites
shortly after the joint meeting of the bureaux. 1
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 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. Eligible Parties requesting financial assistance will be invited to inform the
Secretariat of their representatives, through their Ministry of Foreign Affairs or their Permanent Mission to
the United Nations Office at Geneva with an official nomination letter or a note verbale from the Permanent
Mission in Geneva, no later than Friday, 20 January 2023.
To: Permanent Missions to the United Nations Office at Geneva
Basel Convention Focal Points
Rotterdam Convention Official Contact Points
Stockholm Convention Official Contact Points
Cc: Basel Convention Competent Authorities
Rotterdam Convention Designated National Authorities
Stockholm Convention National Focal Points
Permanent Representatives to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations in Rome and
Permanent Missions to the United Nations Environment Programme.
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See at: http://www.brsmeas.org/2023COPs.
Secretariat of the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions Page | 2
To that effect, official invitation letters will be sent by email to the Ministers of Foreign Affairs, Permanent
Missions to the United Nations Office at Geneva, Basel Convention Focal Points, Rotterdam Convention Official
Contact Points and Stockholm Convention Official Contact Points in November 2022, with a copy to other contact
points under the three conventions, Permanent Representatives to the Food Agriculture Organization of the United
Nations in Rome and Permanent Representatives to the United Nations Environment Programme.
Parties are encouraged to consider their official nominations to the meetings as early as possible. In particular
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, 20 January 2023 deadline.
Invitation letters will contain the provisional agendas of the meetings, as well as information on credentials and
registration. Further information on the meetings will also be made available on the conventions’ websites.
Secretariat of the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions
Geneva and Rome, 10 October 2022
Saatja: BRS Secretariat (No-Reply) <
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Saadetud: 26.10.2022 13:28
Teema: BRS communication - 2023 meetings of the Conferences of the
Parties to the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions
Dear Sir/Madam,
Please find attached herewith a communication from the Secretariat of the
Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions on the meetings of the
conferences of the Parties to the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm
conventions to take place in Geneva, Switzerland, from 1 to 12 May 2023.
Wishing you good receipt.
Best regards,
Secretariat of the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions