The joint meetings of three conventions on chemicals and waste was held in Geneva, Switzerland, from 29 April to 10 May 2019. The theme of the meetings this year was “Clean Planet, Healthy People: Sound Management of Chemicals and Waste”.
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The 14th meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP) to Basel Convention was held along with the 9th meeting of the COP to Rotterdam Convention and the 9th meeting of the COP to Stockholm Convention in Geneva, Switzerland, from 29 April to 10 May 2019.
The theme of the meetings this year was “Clean Planet, Healthy People: Sound Management of Chemicals and Waste”.
Under the “Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movement of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal”, two important issues were discussed and decided, i.e. technical guidelines on e-waste and inclusion of plastic waste in the Prior Informed Consent (PIC) procedure.
Under the “Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants”, the COP decided to list “Dicofol” in Annex A without any exemption. The “PFOA” was also listed with some exemptions in the Annex A of the Stockholm Convention.
Under the “Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade”, two new chemicals (Phorate and HBCD) were added in the list for mandatory PIC procedure in international trade.
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