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Third Conference of the Parties (COP-3) to the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs)
30 April - 4 May 2007 | Dakar, Senegal
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4 May & Summary
Web coverage:
Monday, 30 April - Tuesday, 1 May - Wednesday, 2 May - Thursday, 3 May - Friday, 4 May

POPs COP-3 Highlights: Friday 4 May 2007

The Committee of the Whole met throughout the day to discuss oustanding issues, including the budget, technical assistance, non-compliance and effectiveness evaluation. Plenary met in the afternoon to consider the remaining draft decisions.

COP-3 considered several reports on activities within the Convention's mandate and adopted all decisions in the agenda on, inter alia: effectiveness evaluation; the budget; financial resources; DDT; synergies; technical assistance; POPs waste; infomation exchange; toolkit for the identification and quantification of dioxin and furan releases; listing chemicals in Annexes A, B or C of the Convention; reporting; and national implementation plans.

The Secretariat announced that COP-4 will be held from 4-8 May 2009 in Geneva, Switzerland.

COP-3 President closed the plenary at 8:55 pm.
Morning COW Session
L-R: Karel Blaha, COW Chair; David Ogden, Secretariat; Maged Younes, Acting Executive Secretary; Katarina Mugolova, Secretariat; and Masa Nagai, Secretariat.
Karel Blaha, COW Chair, noted the importance of non-compliance discussions.
Maged Younes, Acting Executive Secretary
David Ogden, Secretariat, noted a number of side-events over lunch.
Contact Group Co-Chair Jozef Buys, Belgium, noted the group had cleared the draft decisions on the second review of the financial mechanism and the needs assessment.
Linroy Christian, Antigua and Barbuda, discussed the draft decision on effectiveness evaluation.
Nik Kiddle, New Zealand
Thérèse Yarde, Barbados, noted her country favoured three members from each region for the coordination group on effectiveness evaluation.
Yue Ruisheng, China, discussed the size, mandate and tasks of the coordination group for effectiveness evaluation.
Mark Trewhitt, BASF
Ibrahim Shafii, Basel Convention Secretariat
Désiré Ouédraogo, Burkina Faso
Stella Mojekwu, Nigeria
Robert Campbell, Chemtura; Mark Trewhitt, BASF and Bernhard Johnen, CropLife International.
UNITAR-Swiss Side Event - Integrated National Chemicals Programmes to Support Implementation
of the Stockholm Convention: Examining SAICM-Stockholm Linkages
Delegates during the UNITAR-Swiss side event.
Matthew Gubb, SAICM Secretariat
Brandon Turner, UNITAR
David Brown, US
L-R: Matthew Gubb, SAICM Secretariat, and Brandon Turner, UNITAR, introduced participants to the Strategic Approach to International Chemicals Management (SAICM), a policy framework for international action on chemical hazards.
Afternoon Plenary and COW Sessions
Delegates during the afternoon COW session
Thierno Lô, Minister for the Environment and Protection of Nature, Senegal and COP-3 President, thanked all participants for their hard work.
Jan-Karel B.H. Kwisthout, Netherlands, POPS COP-3 Rapporteur presented the COP-3 report for adoption.
POPs COP-3 Closing Ceremony
Fatoumata Ouane, Secretariat; Thierno Lô, COP-3 President, Maged Younes, Acting Executive Secretary; and David Ogden, Secretariat.
Maged Younes, Acting Executive Secretary, congratulates Bakary Kante, Director of the Division of Environmental Law and Conventions, UNEP and Thierno Lô, POPS COP-3 President at the end of COP-3 meeting.
Around the Conference
Jan-Karel B.H. Kwisthout, POPS COP-3 Rapporteur.
Chinese delegation during the COW morning session.
Technical assistance Contact Group Co-Chair Jozef Buys, Belgium.
L-R: Joyce Isiaho and Rosalind Githinji, both from Kenya.
L-R: Xie Fei, China; Kunbao Xia, IISD Reporting Services; and Zhoh Hong, China.
Jessica Templeton, London School of Economics and Political Sciences.
Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) delegation.
Your Earth Negotiations Bulletin team. L-R: Joe Nyangon, Kenya; Melanie Ashton, Australia; Kunbao Xia, China; Karen Alvarenga de Oliveira, Ph.D., Brazil; Olivia Pasini, Italy; Sikina Jinnah, United States of America; and Tallash Kantai, Kenya.
Web coverage:
Monday, 30 April - Tuesday, 1 May - Wednesday, 2 May - Thursday, 3 May - Friday, 4 May
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 Second Meeting of the Conference of the Parties of the Stockholm Convention, 1-5 May 2006,Geneva, Switzerland
 First Meeting of the Conference of the Parties of the Stockholm Convention, 2-6 May 2005, Punta del Este, Uruguay
 ENB Summary report of the Second Conference of the Parties of the Stockholm Convention, COP-2
 ENB Summary report of the Rotterdam Convention PIC COP-3
 ENB Summary report of the Eighth Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Basel Convention
 A brief introduction to the Stockholm POPs Convention
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