Assisting parties to protect human health and the environment
November 2016 - No. 8
Welcome
With six months to go before the COPs, in this edition we bring you news of a new online course on children & pesticides, new ratifications on Basel and Stockholm Conventions amendments, new inter-agency cooperation on emergencies and a MUSICAL postcard from Canada.
Antigua and Barbuda becomes the latest to deposit its instrument of ratification with the Depository, bringing Parties another step closer to entry into force of the Basel Convention Ban Amendment.
Social dimensions of pesticide use in agriculture are addressed through this new online course, which aims to reduce the exposure of children to pesticides.
The 2nd meeting of the effectiveness evaluation committee finds the Convention an effective framework for regulating POPs, but key implementation challenges remain.
China is working towards elimination of the flame retardant HBCD after its government ratified the amendment listing it in Annex A to the Convention, as adopted by the Conference of the Parties in 2013.
The BRS Secretariat has been collaborating with the United Nations mechanism for coordination of international environmental emergency response – the Joint UNEP/OCHA Environment Unit (JEU) - in the area of emergency assistance for more than 10 years now.
Canadian Karen Quinto felt the sustainable management of chemicals so important, she wrote a rap to communicate it. Listen to her song and tell us if you agree.
Ministers have been officially informed of the high-level segment of the meetings of the triple BRS COPs, which will be held in Geneva from 24 April to 5 May 2017.
Our regional focus switches to Latin America and the role of The Uruguayan Technological Laboratory (LATU) in Montevideo, which assists parties implement the Basel and Stockholm Conventions.
