Elections of officers

The Secretariat of the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions draws the attention of Parties to the fact that the 2019 meetings of the Conferences of the Parties (COPs) to the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions are expected to undertake a number of elections of officers and members of subsidiary bodies, as follows:

Basel Convention

  • Bureau of the Conference of the Parties
  • Bureau of the Open-ended Working Group (OEWG)
  • Implementation and Compliance Committee (ICC)
  • Environmental Network for Optimizing Regulatory Compliance on Illegal Traffic (ENFORCE)

Officers / members elected at BC COP-14

Information as at 31 October 2018 on arrears of relevance to the election of officers is available here.

Rotterdam Convention

  • Bureau of the Conference of the Parties
  • Chemical Review Committee (CRC)

Officers / members elected at RC COP-9

Information as at 31 October 2018 on arrears of relevance to the election of officers is available here.

Stockholm Convention

  • Bureau of the Conference of the Parties
  • Persistent Organic Pollutants Review Committee (POPRC)
  • DDT expert group

Officers / members elected at SC COP-9

Information as at 31 October 2018 on arrears of relevance to the election of officers is available here.

Further information on bureaux and subsidiary bodies under the conventions can be found under other sections of the conventions’ websites.