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The 16 New POPs - An introduction to the chemicals added to the Stockholm Convention as Persistent Organic Pollutants by the Conference of the Parties

… due account of the recommendations of the POPs Review Committee (POPRC), decided to list those chemicals in Annexes … A, B and/or C to the Convention. The results of the Committee’s review are documented in detail for each chemical … as of 2017 to the Stockholm Convention. POPs Review Committee (POPRC) The POPRC consists of 31 …
18 Jun 2026 Document

Ridding the world of POPs: a Guide to the Stockholm Convention Persitent Organic Polluants

… environmental degradation. • It establishes a POPs Review Committee that will regularly consider additional candidates … a new listing by stating the reasons for its concern. The Committee will then follow a structured evaluation process … properties warrant their inclusion in the treaty. The Committee will make recommendations to the Parties to the …
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UN Watercourses Convention User’s Guide

… Basin Comisión Administradora del Río Uruguay (Management Committee of the River Uruguay) Economic Community Of West … Rights International Court of Justice International Committee of the Red Cross International Humanitarian Law … 2011. 52 ILA Berlin Conference 2004 – Water Resources Committee Report Dissenting Opinion, 9 August 2004, …
18 Jun 2026 Document in Marine and Freshwater

Marine protected areas and climate change - Adaptation and mitigation synergies, opportunities and challenges

… Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions EU strategy on adaptation to climate … Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions, green …
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A guide to designing legal and institutional frameworks on alien invasive species

… Species Programme (GISP), coordinated by the Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment (SCOPE) in … of non-native species (Article 11(2)). The Standing Committee to the Bern Convention has ac- tively promoted the … non-governmental organisations. In 1999, the Standing Committee opened a case file concern- ing the failure by the …
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The Montreal Protocol's non-complance procedure

… 1998 (Decision X/10) •Managerial approach •Implementation Committee – 10 Parties, 2 from each UN region – Meets twice a … non-compliance procedure Trigger Preliminary clarification Committee consideration Recommendation & reporting MOP … •Self-trigger •Secretariat – Data reporting to Committee UEF // University of Eastern Finland …
18 Jun 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

Issues in water law reform

… on this issue and it is only recently that the Standing Committee on Land and Water Resources Management (SLWRMC … I would recommend that the plan be revised by a committee comprising shareholders, community representatives, … In practice, and faced by such a mechanism, no review committee is likely to force immediate transition to a new …
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Strengthening the World Heritage Convention

… relate to World Heritage; COMMENDING the World Heritage Committee, the State Parties to the Convention, and UNESCO … work to achieve this goal; 3. REQUESTS the World Heritage Committee and all signatory Parties to uphold the highest … is able to advise, influence and guide the World Heritage Committee, to monitor and report on its implementation, and …
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Legal frameworks for REDD: design and implementation at the national level

… put on hold the operation of the scheme and appointed a committee to review the legislation. The existing scheme … Even before the recent reform, however, the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination had … 51 CERD. (2007). “Concluding observations of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination: …
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Guidance for drafters of risk profiles on consideration of toxicological interactions when evaluating chemicals proposed for listing - Qualitative literature-based approach to assessing mixture toxicity under Annex E

… approach to how the Persistent Organic Pollutants Review Committee could consider toxicological interactions. The approach is adapted to the working procedures of the Committee and is based on the state-of-the art knowledge on … As with any other information to be considered by the Committee, it should be collected from already available …
18 Jun 2026 Document