● portfotolio ● albums of The Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions

2nd meeting of the small intersessional working group on waste batteries technical guidelines, Geneva, Switzerland, 18-22 November 2025

10th meeting of the DDT Expert Group under the Stockholm Convention, Geneva, Switzerland, 5-7 November 2024

Joint meeting of the Bureaux of the Conferences of the Parties to the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions, Geneva, Switzerland, 5-6 November 2024

Meeting of the Presidents of the Conferences of the Parties to the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions, Geneva, Switzerland, 4 November 2024

Capacity-building for transboundary movements and prevention of illegal traffic and trade in hazardous chemicals and waste for customs and other stakeholders in the Latin American and Caribbean region, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, 29-31 October 2022

4th Meeting of the Basel Convention Plastic Waste Partnership, Barcelona, Spain, 24-26 October 2024

Joint meeting of the Basel Convention Household Waste and Plastic Waste Partnerships, Barcelona, Spain, 24 October 2024

3rd Meeting of the Basel Convention Household Waste Partnership, Barcelona, Spain, 22-24 October 2024

9th meeting of the PCB small intersessional working group, Geneva, Switzerland, 15 to 17 October 2024

Regional Workshop on the Implementation of the Basel Convention for African countries, Johannesburg, South Africa, 14 to 18 October 2024

Expert meeting on Best Available Techniques and Best Environmental Practices under the Stockholm Convention, Geneva, Switzerland, 08-10 October 2024

4th meeting of the small intersessional working group on the strategic framework for the implementation of the Basel Convention, Geneva, Switzerland, 7-8 October 2024

Technical meeting: ‘Stockholm Convention industrial chemicals’, Hanoi, Viet Nam, 7 October 2024

20th Meeting of the Persistent Organic Pollutant Review Committee, Rome, Italy, 23-27 September 2024

20th meeting of the Chemical Review Committee, Rome, Italy 17-20 September 2024

20th meeting of the Chemical Review Committee, Rome, Italy 17-20 September 2024- Day 0

Latin American and Caribbean Forum of Ministers, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 12-13 September 2024

2024 ONE Planet Network, 12-13 September 2024, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

6th Meeting of the EWG on the Review of Annexes to the Basel Convention, 3-6 September 2024, Geneva, Switzerland

Meeting of the Bureau of the Conference of the Parties to the Basel Convention Bureau, Geneva-Switzerland, 29 June 2024

Basel Convention OEWG 14, Geneva-Switzerland, 25-28 June 2024 | DAY 4 SIDE ...

Basel Convention OEWG 14, Geneva-Switzerland, 25-28 June 2024 | DAY 4

Basel Convention OEWG 14, Geneva-Switzerland, 25-28 June 2024 | DAY 3 SIDE EVENTS

Basel Convention OEWG 14, Geneva-Switzerland, 25-28 June 2024 | DAY 3

Basel Convention OEWG 14, Geneva-Switzerland, 25-28 June 2024 | DAY 2

BC OEWG14 Side-events Day 2

14th meeting of the Open-ended Working Group of the Basel Convention, Geneva, Switzerland, June 2024| Day 1 -Side events

Basel Convention OEWG 14, Geneva-Switzerland, 25-28 June 2024 | DAY 1

16th meeting of the Basel Convention Implementation and Compliance Committee , Geneva-Switzerland, 23-24 June & 29 June-2 July 2024

13th Annual Joint meeting to enhance cooperation and coordination between the regional centres under the Basel and Stockholm conventions, Geneva, Switzerland, 21-22 June 2024

Sub-regional training for negotiators under the BRS conventions for Western Asia, Dead Sea, Jordan 28-30 May 2024

Meeting of the Bureau of the Conference of the Parties to the Stockholm Convention, Geneva 16 May 2024

Meeting of the Bureau of the Conference of the Parties to the Rotterdam Convention, Geneva 15 May 2024

Plastics INC 4 Event:“Driving a coordinated approach on addressing trade as part of global efforts to tackle plastic pollution”, Ottawa-Canada, 20 April 2024

2nd regional workshop on PCB for countries in the Latin America & Caribbean region, Panama City-Panama, 16-18 April 2024

Rotterdam Convention Compliance Committee, 19-21 March 2024, FAO Headquarters, Rome, Italy

Chemicals in plastics forum, 6-7 March, Santiago, Chile

1st Meeting of the SIWG on Improving the Functioning of the PIC Procedure under the Basel Convention, Geneva, Switzerland 7-8 March and 9-11 October 2024

UNEA-6: BRS Statement during High Level Segment

UNEA-6: Montreal Protocol and synergies with other MEAs

UNEA-6: Greening Customs for People, Planet and Prosperity: The Case of Waste Management

UNEA-6: Decarbonization and Detoxification: Opportunities for Integrated Actions

UNEA-6: Catalyzing Environmental Impact and Visibility through Digital Transformation: MEAs Embracing Knowledge-Driven Capacity

UNEA-6: Better addressing the triple planetary crisis through the cooperation between the MEAs implementation and compliance committees

UNEA-6: Effective Multilateral Actions for Responsible Mining

UNEA-6: Side event Tackling the triple planetary crisis: building linkages from Science to Action

UNEA-6: Press Conference for Launch of the Global Waste Outlook

UNEA-6: High Level Dialogue on Strengthening the Science Policy Interface for Effective Implementation of Environmental Commitments

UNEA-6

COP-28: Side event: Connecting climate mitigation to depolluting oceans through concrete solutions in the Pacific Islands

COP-28: Side event How sustainable trade and waste management can support climate mitigation through addressing plastic pollution

COP-28: Side event: Connecting climate mitigation to depolluting oceans through concrete sound waste management solutions in Seychelles

COP-28: Side event: Decarbonizing supply chains and embracing circularity: engaging public and private stakeholders

COP-28: Side event: The vital role of ship recycling-reducing global GHG emissions and contributing to circular economy

COP-28: Side event: Accelerating integration of low-carbon waste management in Nationally Determined Contributions to Reach Climate Commitments

COP-28: High-level event under the Together for Transparency Initiative

COP-28: Side event: International regulations and national policies driving waste management and circularity

COP-28: High-Level Dialogue on Strengthening UN System Climate Actions

COP-28: Side event: Decarbonization and Detoxification: Linkages and Opportunities for Integrated Actions

2023 UN Climate Change Conference (UNFCCC COP 28) 30 November - 12 December 2023

Expert meeting on BAT/BEP, 7-9 November, Geneva

(POPRC-19) 9 to15 October 2023 in Rome, Italy

(CRC.19) 3 to 6 October 2023, Rome, Italy

BRS COPs 2023 – Day 11 – Evening plenary and closing ceremony – 12 May 2023

BRS COPs 2023 – Day 11 – Afternoon plenary – 12 May 2023

BRS COPs 2023 – Day 11 – Side events – 12 May 2023

BRS COPs 2023 – Day 11 – Morning plenary – 12 May 2023

BRS COPs 2023 – Day 11 – Bureau meeting – 12 May 2023

BRS COPs 2023 – Day 10 – Evening side events – 11 May 2023

BRS COPs 2023 – Day 10 – BRS Regional Centres reception – 11 May 2023

BRS COPs 2023 – Day 10 – Afternoon plenary – 11 May 2023

BRS COPs 2023 – Day 10 – Midday side events – 11 May 2023

BRS COPs 2023 – Day 10 – Morning plenary – 11 May 2023

BRS COPs 2023 – Day 10 – Secretariat team photos – 11 May 2023

BRS COPs 2023 – Day 9 – Evening side events – 10 May 2023

BRS COPs 2023 – Day 9 – GRULAC reception – 10 May 2023

BRS COPs 2023 – Day 9 – Signing of MoU between the Basel and Stockholm Conventions regional centre in Iran and the Basel and Stockholm Conventions regional centres in Indonesia – 10 May 2023

BRS COPs 2023 – Day 9 – Afternoon plenary – 10 May 2023

BRS COPs 2023 – Day 9 – Midday side events – 10 May 2023

BRS COPs 2023 – Day 9 – Morning plenary – 10 May 2023

BRS COPs 2023 – Day 8 – Evening side events – 09 May 2023

BRS COPs 2023 – Day 8 – Afternoon plenary – 09 May 2023

BRS COPs 2023 – Day 8 – Midday side events – 09 May 2023

BRS COPs 2023 – Day 8 – Morning plenary – 09 May 2023

BRS COPs 2023 – Day 7 – Evening side events – 08 May 2023

BRS COPs 2023 – Day 7 – Afternoon plenary – 08 May 2023

BRS COPs 2023 – Day 7 – Midday side events – 08 May 2023

BRS COPs 2023 – Day 7 – Secretariat senior staff group photos – 08 May 2023

BRS COPs 2023 – Day 7 – Bureau meeting – 08 May 2023

BRS COPs 2023 – Day 6 – Evening side events – 07 May 2023

BRS COPs 2023 – Day 6 – Asian group reception – 07 May 2023

BRS COPs 2023 – Day 6 – Afternoon plenary – 07 May 2023

BRS COPs 2023 – Day 6 – Afternoon contact groups – 07 May 2023

BRS COPs 2023 – Day 6 – Midday side events – 07 May 2023

BRS COPs 2023 – Day 6 – Morning plenary – 07 May 2023

BRS COPs 2023 – Day 5 – Evening side events and PCB fair closing ceremony – 05 May 2023

BRS COPs 2023 – Day 5 – Afternoon plenary – 05 May 2023

BRS COPs 2023 – Day 5 – Midday side events and Rotterdam Convention amendment Q&A – 05 May 2023

BRS COPs 2023 – Day 5 – Morning plenary – 05 May 2023

BRS COPs 2023 – Day 4 – Evening side events – 04 May 2023

BRS COPs 2023 – Day 4 – Afternoon plenary – 04 May 2023

BRS COPs 2023 – Day 4 – Midday side events & PCB fair booths – 04 May 2023

BRS COPs 2023 – Day 4 – Morning plenary – 04 May 2023

BRS COPs 2023 – Day 3 – Evening side events – 03 May 2023

BRS COPs 2023 – Day 3 – Afternoon plenary – 03 May 2023

BRS COPs 2023 – Day 3 – Midday side events – 03 May 2023

BRS COPs 2023 – Day 3 – Morning plenary – 03 May 2023

BRS COPs 2023 – Day 2 – African group reception – 02 May 2023

BRS COPs 2023 – Day 2 – Evening side events - 02 May 2023

BRS COPs 2023 – Day 2 – Afternoon plenary – 02 May 2023

BRS COPs 2023 – Day 2 – Midday side events – 02 May 2023

BRS COPs 2023 – Day 2 – Booths and morning contact groups – 02 May 2023

BRS COPs 2023 – Day 2 – Morning plenary – 02 May 2023

BRS COPs 2023 – Day 1 – Evening contact groups – 01 May 2023

BRS COPs 2023 – Day 1 – Evening side events – 01 May 2023

BRS COPs 2023 – Day 1 – Afternoon plenary – 01 May 2023

BRS COPs 2023 – Day 1 – Midday side events – 01 May 2023

BRS COPs 2023 – Day 1 – Opening press conference – 01 May 2023

BRS COPs 2023 – Day 1 – Opening ceremony – 01 May 2023

BRS COPs 2023 – Day 1 – Morning – 01 May 2023

BRS COPs 2023 preparations day 2 – 30 April 2023

BRS COPs 2023 preparations day 1 – 29 April 2023

Regional workshop on national reporting under the Basel and Stockholm Conventions and inventory of plastic waste, Montevideo, Uruguay 18-21 April 2023

Workshop on “From Science to Action” for the BRS conventions and industrial chemicals guidance for the Stockholm Convention, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 12 to 14 April 2023

Eastern Europe Regional Preparatory meeting for the 2023 Meetings of the Conferences of the Parties to the Basel, Rotterdam & Stockholm Conventions, 28-30 March 2023, Zagreb, Croatia

Latin America and Caribbean Regional Preparatory meeting for the 2023 meetings of the Conferences of the Parties to the Basel, Rotterdam & Stockholm conventions, Panama-City, Panama

Africa Regional Preparatory Meeting for the 2023 Conferences of the Parties, Dakar-Senegal, 21-23 March 2023

Asia-Pacific Regional Preparatory Meeting for the 2023 Meetings of the Conferences of the Parties to the Basel, Rotterdam & Stockholm Conventions, Bangkok , Thailand 14-16 March 2023

3rd meeting of the Small Intersessional Working Group on the Strategic Framework for the Implementation of the Basel Convention for 2012-2021, Geneva, Switzerland 24-25 February 2023

13th Meeting of the Basel Convention Open-ended Working Group, Geneva- Switzerland, 21-23 February 2023

Training of Potential Chairs of the meetings of the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions, Geneva, Switzerland February 2023

7th Meeting of the Environmental Network for Optimizing Regulatory Compliance on Illegal Traffic (ENFORCE)

Launch of natural packaging pilot project

Joint meeting of the bureaux of the conferences of the Parties to the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions

Preparatory meeting with the 2023 BRS COPs Presidents

Sixth meeting of the PCB small intersessional working group - December 5-8, 2022, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago

Fifth meeting of the expert working group on the review of Annexes to the Basel Convention - December 5-7, 2022, Geneva, Switzerland

3rd meeting of the small intersessional working group on the technical guidelines on plastic wastes

6th meeting of the PCB small intersessional working group

Workshop on “From Science to Action” for the BRS and industrial chemicals guidance for the Stockholm Convention,October 17- 20 2022, Barcelona, Spain

INC 1 Plastic Pollution - November 28 to December 2, 2022, Punta del Este, Maldonado, Uruguay

Sub-regional workshop for English-speaking countries in West Africa on legislative frameworks, illegal traffic and trade of hazardous chemicals and waste - November 17-18, 2022, Lagos, Nigeria

Third meeting of the Basel Convention Plastic Waste Partnership working group - November 23-25, 2022, Punta del Este, Uruguay

Joint BC ICC15 / RC CC1 Meeting - November 17, 2022, Geneva, Switzerland

First meeting of the Rotterdam Convention Compliance Committee (CC.1) - November 16-18, 2022, Geneva, Switzerland

Fifteenth meeting of the Basel Convention Implementation and Compliance Committee (ICC-15) - November 14-17, 2022, Geneva, Switzerland

How combatting plastic pollution and illegal traffic in plastic waste can help reduce carbon emissions

New York Times Climate Forward Conversations: Stopping the Global Waste Cycle

Unmanaged Waste - a hidden cause of climate change

Annual joint meeting to enhance cooperation and coordination between the regional centres under the Basel and Stockholm conventions - November 7-9, 2022, Geneva, Switzerland

Ninth Expert Group Meeting on DDT - November 7-9, 2022, Geneva, Switzerland

Second 2022 Meeting of the Effectiveness Evaluation Committee under the Stockholm Convention - November 1 to 4, 2022, Geneva, Switzerland

Meeting of the global coordination group for the global monitoring plan under the Stockholm Convention - October 30 to 31 2022, Geneva, Switzerland

Meeting of the Bureau of the Conference of the Parties to the Stockholm Convention

Meeting of the Bureau of the Conference of the Parties to the Rotterdam Convention

ISLANDS PSC Meeting

GEF ISLANDS Inauguration

Regional activities on legal frameworks and international trade control measures for the Pacific region

Expert meeting on Best Available Techniques and Best Environmental Practices under the Stockholm Convention - October 11-13, 2022, Geneva, Switzerland

Meeting of the Bureau of the Conference of the Parties to the Basel Convention - October 11, 2022, Geneva, Switzerland

(CRC.18) Eighteenth meeting of the Chemical Review Committee

Plastic Is Forever - The Plastic Waste Partnership: photography contest

BRS COPs 2022 - Day 10

BRS COPs 2022 - DAY 9

BRS COPs 2022 - DAY 8

BRS COPs 2022 - DAY 7

BRS COPs 2022 - DAY 6

Plastic is Forever illuminations phase 2: BRS COPs Plastics Forum

BRS COPs 2022 - DAY 5

BRS COPs 2022 - DAY 4

BRS COPs 2022 - DAY 3

Plastics Forum

BRS COPs 2022 - DAY 2

BRS COPs 2022 - DAY 1

High-level Segment (HLS) of the meetings of the Conferences of the Parties (COPs) to the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions - June 1, 2022, Stockholm, Sweden

Regional preparatory meeting for the face-to-face segment of the 2021/2022 COPs for the Eastern Europe region Prague, Czech Republic from 9 to 11 May 2022

GRULAC Regional Preparatory Meeting, Montevideo, Uruguay from 3 to 5 May 2022

Norwegian Retailers' Environment Fund- April 27, 28 2022

First 2022 Meeting of the Effectiveness Evaluation Committee under the Stockholm Convention, Geneva, Switzerland - April 12-14, 2022

Regional preparatory meeting for the face-to-face segment of the 2021/2022 COPs for the Africa region, Nairobi, Kenya, April 7-9, 2022

(OEWG-12) Twelfth meeting of the Open-ended Working Group of the Basel Convention - April 4 to 6, 2022 (face-to-face segment)

Regional preparatory meeting for the face-to-face segment of the 2021/2022 COPs for the Asia-Pacific region

Joint meeting of the bureaux of the conferences of the Parties to the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions - Geneva, Switzerland, February 1-2, 2022

(POPRC.17) Seventeenth meeting of the Persistent Organic Pollutants Review Committee - January 24-28, 2022, Geneva, Switzerland

Plastic is Forever illuminations phase 1: COP26

HRC48 Side Event | Plastics and Human Rights - September 23, 2021

(CRC.17) Seventeenth meeting of the Chemical Review Committee - September 20-24, 2021 Online

Opening of the outdoor photo exhibition ‘From Geneva to the World - #MultilateralismMatters’

BRS COPs 2021 - DAY 5 - Plenary Session

BRS COPs 2021 - DAY 4 - "Marine litter and plastic waste story: a landscape and life cycle journey"

BRS COPs 2021 - Day 4 - Side Event "Finding alternatives to highly hazardous pesticides - Experiences from African, Caribbean and Pacific countries"

BRS COPs 2021 - DAY 4 - "Launching of Plastic Innovation Programme of GEF Small Grants Programme, UNDP"

BRS COPs 2021 - DAY 3 - Side Event "Tracing POPs in the environment - strategic partnerships, knowledge management and capacity building at the global scale"

BRS COPs 2021 - Day 3 - Side Event "Exploring strategies to boost new POPs prevention. The case of PFAs"

BRS COPs 2021 - DAY 3 - Side Event "Catalysing solutions for the ESM for waste mobile phones and computing equipment: Follow up Partnership to PACE"

BRS COPs 2021 - DAY 3 - Side Event "Basel Convention Plastic Waste Partnership (PWP) "

BRS COPs 2021 - DAY 3 - Side Event "Time to ENFORCE: Combatting an illegal traffic of hazardous and other wastes"

BRS COPs 2021 - DAY 2 - "Review of Annexes to the Basel Convention: recommendations for possible amendment proposals to Annex IV, A1180 and B1110"

BRS COPs 2021 - DAY 2 - Side Event "E-waste Basel Convention Amendment Proposal by Ghana and Switzerland"

BRS COPs 2021 - DAY 2 - Side Event "Celebrating 20 years of the Stockholm Convention: looking into the next 20 years"

BRS COPs 2021 - DAY 2 - Online Contact Group on Budget, July 27, 2021

BRS COPs 2021 - DAY 1 - Plenary Session, July 26, 2021 Online

Plastic Waste Partnership Photography Exhibition “Plastic is Forever”

Geneva Beat Plastic Pollution Dialogues: High-level Dialogue on Plastic Governance (Online event) - March 11, 2021

UNEA 5 Side-event: Tackling plastic waste through the Basel Convention (Online event) - February 18, 2021

Signing of Partnership Agreement for BC Centre in Panama - January 15, 2021

Geneva Beat Plastic Pollution Dialogues : Plastics and Human Rights (Online event) - January 14, 2021

Sixteenth meeting of the Persistent Organic Pollutants Review Committee (POPRC.16) - January 11-16, 2021, ONLINE

Field Trip & Beach Clean-up: 1st mtg. of the Basel Convention Plastic Waste Partnership working group - March 4, 2020, Beau Vallon, Seychelles

First meeting of the Basel Convention Plastic Waste Partnership working group - March 2-5, 2020, Beau Vallon, Seychelles

United Nations Long Service Awardees of the BRS Secretariat

Briefing on Marine & Microplastics - January 21, 2020, Geneva, Switzerland

Celebration of International Mountain Day 2019: Plastic in mountainous and remote areas - December 11, 2019, Geneva, Switzerland

Celebration of the Entry into force of the Basel Convention BAN Amendment - December 5, 2019, Geneva, Switzerland

Side Event MC COP3 ¦ Knowledge lab: Experience with electronic tools in support of the effectiveness evaluation - November 27, 2019, Geneva, Switzerland

High-Level Discussion & Reception - The Role of Geneva in Placing Environment on the Highest Political Agenda - November 26, 2019, Geneva, Switzerland

Side Event MC COP 3 ¦ Delivering on the 2030 Agenda through Environmental Governance - November 25, 2019, Geneva, Switzerland

DAY 1 - Minamata Convention on Mercury COP 3 - November 25-29, 2019, Geneva, Switzerland

SEA of Solutions 2019 Forum on plastic pollution solutions - November 14, 2019, United Nations Confererence Centre, Bangkok, Thailand

Children are the Future Day at International Environment House (IEH) - November 14, 2019, Geneva, S

Launch of the Basel Convention Plastic Waste Partnership - November 12, 2019, Palais Eynard, Geneva Switzerland

European Forest Week 2019: Circular Economy and Alternatives to Plastic - November 5-8, 2019, UNECE Geneva

Meeting of the global coordination group for the global monitoring plan - October 15-17, 2019, Geneva, Switzerland

Fifteenth meeting of the Chemical Review Committee (CRC.15) - October 8-10, 2019, Rome, Italy

Fifteenth meeting of the Persistent Organic Pollutants Review Committee (POPRC.15) - October 1-4, 2019, Rome, Italy

Sixth Global Environment Outlook (GEO-6): 'Healthy Planet, Healthy People' - October 3, 2019, Geneva, Switzerland

BCRC-Caribbean Logo Launch - August 26, 2019, Trinidad and Tobago

Rome: Meeting between BRS Executive Secretary and the new FAO Director General, Mr Qu Dongyu - October 1, 2019

4th Meeting of the Environmental Network for Optimizing Regulatory Compliance on Illegal Traffic (ENFORCE) - September 30-October 1, 2019, Geneva, Switzerland

29th SPREP Meeting 2019 - August 29 -September, 2019, Samoa

Annual joint meeting to enhance cooperation and coordination between the regional centres under the Basel and Stockholm conventions - September 24-25, 2019, Geneva, Switzerland

CITES Eighteenth meeting of the Conferences of the Parties - August 17-28, 2019, Palexpo, Geneva, Switzerland

Meeting with Ms. Inger Andersen, Executive Director of UNEP, and staff members of the Secretariat of the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm (BRS) Conventions in Geneva - August 16, 2019

National training on the implementation of the Rotterdam Convention in the Maldives - July 22-24, 2019, Malé, Maldives

Chemicals and Waste Briefing - July 4, 2019, Geneva, Switzerland

High Level Dialogue - Beat Air Pollution: Need for a multi-level response - June 3, 2019, Geneva, Switzerland

UNEP Symposium on Plastic Waste Problems - Reducing Ocean Plastic Waste - May 22, 2019, Osaka, Japan

GESAMP International Workshop in plastics and microplastics - May 21 - 23 2019, IEH2, Geneva, Switzerland

BRS COPs 2019 DAY 11 Press Conference - May 11, 2019, Geneva, Switzerland

BRS COPs 2019 DAY 11 - May 10, 2019, Geneva, Switzerland

BRS COPs 2019 DAY 11 Bureau Meeting - May 10, 2019, Geneva. Switzerland

BRS COPs 2019 DAY 10 Side Event - May 9, 2019, Geneva, Switzerland

BRS COPs 2019 DAY 10 Side Event - May 9, 2019, Geneva, Switzerland

BRS COPs 2019 DAY 10 Contact Group on Plastics - May 9, 2019, Geneva,, Switzerland

BRS COPs 2019 DAY 9 - May 8, 2019, Geneva, Switzerland

BRS COPs 2019 DAY 9 Side Event - May 8, 2019, Geneva, Switzerland

BRS COPs 2019 DAY 9, Rolph Payet interview with CCTV, Geneva Switzerland

BRS COPs 2019 DAY 8 Side Event - May 7, 2019, Geneva, Switzerland

BRS COPs 2019 DAY 8 Side Event - May 7, 2019, Geneva, Switzerland

BRS COPs 2019 DAY 8 Side Event - May 7, 2019

BRS COPs 2019 DAY 8 - May 7, 2019, Geneva, Swizerland

BRS COPs 2019 DAY 7 Side Event - May 6, 2019, Geneva, Switzerland

BRS COPs 2019 DAY 7 Side Event - May 6, 2019, Geneva, Switzerland

BRS COPs 2019 DAY 7 Side Event - May 6, 2019, Geneva,, Switzerland

BRS COPs 2019 DAY 6 Information Fair - May 4, 2019, Geneva Switzerland

BRS COPs 2019 DAY 6 - May 4, 2019, Geneva, Switzerland

BRS COPs 2019 DAY 6 Side Event - May 4, 2019, Geneva, Switzerland

BRS COPs 2019 DAY 6 Side Event - May 4, 2019, Geneva, Switzerland

BRS COPs 2019 DAY 4 Side Event - May 2, 2019

BRS COPs 2019 DAY 5 Information Fair Events - May 3, 2019, Geneva Switzerland

BRS COPs 2019 DAY 5 Side Event - May 3, 2019, Geneva, Switzerland

BRS COPs 2019 DAY 5 - May 3, 2019, Geneva, Switzerland

BRS COPs 2019 Day 4 Opening of Information Fair - May 2, 2019, Geneva Switzerland

BRS COPs 2019 DAY 4 - May 2, 2019, Geneva, Switzerlnad

BRS COPs 2019 DAY 3 Side Event - May 1, 2019, Geneva, Switzerland

BRS COPs 2019 DAY 3 Side Event - May 1, 2019, Geneva, Switzerland

BRS COPs 2019 DAY 3 Side Event - May 1 2019, Geneva, Switzerland

BRS COPs 2019 DAY 3 - May 1, 2019, Geneva Switzerland

BRS COPs 2019 DAY 2 Signing Ceremony - April 30 2019, Geneva, Switzerland

BRS COPs 2019 Day 2 Side Event - April 30, 2019, Geneva, Switzerlalnd

BRS COPs 2019 DAY 2 Side Event - April 30, 2019, Geneva, Switzerland

BRS COPs 2019 DAY 2 - April 30, 2019, Geneva, Switzerland

BRS COPs 2019 DAY 1 - April 29, 2019, Geneva, Switzerland

BRS COPs 2019 DAY 1- Press Conference - April 29, 2019, UN Palais des Nations, Geneva

Chemicals and Waste Briefing - April 16, 2019, Geneva, Switzerland

Regional preparatory meeting for the 2019 COPs for the Asia Pacific region - March 4-6, 2019, Suzhou, China

Workshop on the Environmentally Sound Management of Plastic Wastes for the prevention of marine litter and plastic pollution - April 3-5, 2019, Barcelona, Spain

Our Plastic Future - Can the Oceans Survive - April 2, 2019, The Graduate Institute (IHEID) Geneva, Switzerland

GRULAC Region Gender Training - March 30, 2019, Montevideo, Uruguay

Regional preparatory meeting for the 2019 COPs for the Latin American and Caribbean region - March 27-29, 2019, Montevideo, Uruguay

Regional preparatory meeting for the 2019 COPs for the Central and Eastern Europe region - March 26-28, 2019, Brno, Czech republic

African Region Gender Trainining - March 21, 2019, Nairobi, Kenya

Regional preparatory meeting for the 2017 COPs for the African region - March 18-20, 2019, Nairobi, Kenya

30th Anniversary of the Basel Convention - March 22, 2019, Palais des Nations

Read the invisible news - helping to make the invisible, visible!

Fourth Session of the UN Environment Assembly (UNEA-4) - March 11-15, 2019, Nairobi, Kenya

Chemicals & Waste Briefing - Ahead of the 3rd meeting of the OEWG for the SAICM - February 26, 2019, MIE II

Training of potential chairs for meetings of Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions - February 12-14, 2019, Bratislave, Slovakia

Plastic in the Mountains (International Mountain Day) - December 11, 2018, Geneva, Switzerland

Signing Ceremony of MOU Barcelona Convention and BRS Convention secretariats - December 7, 2018, Palais des nations

2nd Meeting of the Ad Hoc Open Ended Expert Group on Marine Litter and Microplastics - December 3-7, 2018, Palais des Nations. Geneva, Switzerland

Brainstorming session for the implementation of priority activities in the context of the Stockholm Convention from 2018-2022 - November 17, 2018, CICG, Geneva, Switzerland

Panel debate on Marine Plastics Litter, co-hosted by Norway and New Zealand: a Need for Better Governance? - November 21, 2018, Palais des Nations, Geneva

Second meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Minamata Convention on Mercury (COP2) - November 19-23, 2018, Geneva, Switzerland

Annual joint meeting to enhance cooperation and coordination between the regional centres under the Basel and Stockholm conventions - November 15-16, 2018

Joint meeting of the bureaux of the conferences of the Parties to the Basel, Rotterdam & Stockholm conventions - November 15-16, 2018

Joint meeting of the Presidents of the Conference of the Parties to the Basel, Rotterdam & Stockholm conventions

Seventh Expert Group Meeting on DDT - November 13-15, 2018, Geneva, Switzerland

Chemicals & Waste Briefing (Ahead of the Second meeting of the COP to the Minamata Convention on Mercury- November 5, 2018, Geneva, Switzerland

Information Session in the Central and Eastern Europe and Central Asia regions- October 16-17, 2018, Chisinau, Moldova

Information session in the Asia and the Pacific regions - October 23-24, 2018, Bangkok, Thailand

Rolph Payet's interview with UN Special magazine - October 5, 2018

Meeting of the small intersessional working group on technical guidelines on persistent organic pollutants - October 4-5, 2018, Geneva, Switzerland

Fourteenth meeting of the Persistent Organic Pollutants Review Committee (POPRC.14) - September 17-21, 2018, Rome, Italy

OEWG 11 - Side event on the strategic framework for the implementation of the Basel Convention, September 6, 2018, Geneva Switzerland

Fourteenth meeting of the Chemical Review Committee (CRC.14) - September 11-14, 2018, Rome, Italy

Thirteenth meeting of the Basel Convention Implementation and Compliance Committee - September 7-10, 2018, Geneva, Switzerland

OEWG 11 - Photo Exhibition "PLASTO LEMANO" by artist Emilie CRITTIN

DAY 4 - Eleventh meeting of the Open-ended Working Group of the Basel Convention (OEWG.11)

BC OEWG 11 - In and around CICG

BC OEWG 11 - Behind the scene of Rolph Payet's interview with French TV correspondence

BC OEWG 11 - Signing of MOU between Egypt and Senegal

BC OEWG 11 - Side Event: Global Recycling Day-a worldwide initiative to celebrate recycling sustainability

BC OEWG 11 - Side Event: How can the effective implementation of the Bamako be accelerated?

High-level Event on Marine Plastic Litter and Microplastics, September 4, 2018, Palais des Nations

DAY 2 - Eleventh meeting of the Open-ended Working Group of the Basel Convention (OEWG.11), September 4, 2018, Geneva, Switzerland

High-Level Event :Launch of "M-Cube" - September 4, 2018, Place des Nations

BC OEWG 11 - Side Event - Expert working group on the review of the annexes, September 3, 2018, Geneva, Switzerland

BC OEWG 11 - Side Event on Marine plastic litter and Microplastics - September 3, 2018, Geneva, Switzerland

DAY 1 - Eleventh meeting of the Open-ended Working Group of the Basel Convention (OEWG.11), September 3, 2018, Geneva, Switzerland

Body Burden Norwegian Event - August 15, 2018, Arendal, Norway

Meeting of the Bureau of the Conference of the Parties to the Stockholm Convention - 3-4 July, 2018

Meeting of the Bureau of the Conference of the Parties to the Rotterdam Convention - June 26-27, 2018, Geneva, Switzerland

Meeting of the Bureau of the Conference of the Parties to the Basel Convention - June 19-20, 2018, Geneva, Switzerland

Chemicals & Waste Briefing - June 12, 2018, Geneva

World Environment Day 2018 "Beat Plastic Pollution-The Solutions!" - June 5,2018, Palais des Nations, Geneva

Meeting of the intersessional working group on enhancing the effectiveness of the Rotterdam Convention - June 4-6, 2018, Riga, Latvia

Minamata Convention - Specific International Programme Governing Board Meeting - May 15-16, Geneva, Switzerland

3rd Meeting of the Environmental Network for Optimizing Regulatory Compliance on Illegal Traffic (ENFORCE) - May 15-16, 2018, Geneva, Switzerland

Guatemala-Bonn Challenge 2018

Second Meeting of the expert working group on the e-waste technical guidelines - April 17-19, 2018, Geneva, Switzerland

WSIS 2018 (World Summit Information Society), 19-23 March, Geneva

First meeting of the expert working group on the review of annexes of the Basel Convention - March 20-23, 2018, Geneva, Switzerland

Basel Convention Ban Amendment workshop, Antigua and Barbuda, 13-14 March, 2018

Chemicals and waste briefing, 26 February, 2018, Geneva

UNEA3, 3-5 December, 2017, Nairobi, Kenya

UNEA3 Gender Dimensions Event - December 5, 2017, Nairobi, Kenya

UNEA3 BRS side event - December 4, 2017, Nairobi, Kenya

UNEA 3 #Detox #BeatPollution Campaign

Chemicals, Waste & Pollution impacts on Environment & Human Health

Towards a Pollution-Free Planet - Briefing on the Third Session of the UN Environment Assembly - October 30, 2017

CRC 13 - October 23-27, 2017

POPRC13 - October 17-20, 2017

MC COP1 side event "Launch of the Local to Global Coalitions on Chemicals, Waste and Mercury management under the GEF Small Grants Programme" - September 29, 2017

MC COP1-#Detox campaign - September 24-29, 2017

Strengthening Cooperation - Signing Ceremony BCCC for Latin America & Caribbean Region in Uruguay | BCRC/SCRC for Asia and the Pacific Region in China - September 28, 2017

Opening of the High-Level Segment Minamata Convention COP1 - September 28, 2017

High-Level Breakfast with UN Environment Executive Director Erik Solheim "Towards the UN Environment Assembly - Roadmap from Geneva to Nairobi" - September 28, 2017

Chemicals & Waste Briefing - September 12, 2017

The 52nd GEF Council Meeting - May 22 - 25, 2017

BRS COPs 2017 Side Event with UNEP, FAO, OHCHR and BRS Secretariat - May 5, 2017

BRS COPs 2017 HLS Panel Discussion - May 5, 2017

BRS COPs 2017 HLS Ministerial Round Tables - May 4, 2017

BRS COPs 2017 HLS Opening Ceremony - May 4, 2017

BRS COPs 2017 UN Environment Ban Lead Painting - May 4, 2017

BRS COPs 2017 Minister Meeting with the African Group - May 4, 2017

BRS COPs 2017 Morning Plenary (Session of RC COP-8) - May 4, 2017

BRS COPs 2017 Side Event with UNEP, co-organized by BRS Secretariat - May 3, 2017

BRS COPs 2017 Gender Pioneer Award Ceremony - May 3, 2017

BRS COPs 2017 Side Event with WECF and BaliFokus Foundation Indonesia - May 3, 2017

BRS COPs 2017 Side Event with FAO, co-organized with RC Secretariat - May 3, 2017

BRS COPs 2017 Morning Plenary (Session of RC COP-8) - May 3, 2017

BRS COPs 2017 Franz Perrez, President of Rotterdam Convention COP 2017 receives petitions from civil society - May 2, 2017

BRS COPs 2017 Franz Perrez, President of Rotterdam Convention COP 2017 interviews with Belgian media - May 2, 2017

BRS COPs 2017 Side Event with UNEP, co-organized with BRS Secretariat - May 2, 2017

BRS COPs 2017 Side Event with UNEP, Secretariats of the Bamako and Waigani conventions, BCRC-AI/Senegal, BCCC-Nigeria, BRS Secretariat - May 2, 2017

BRS COPs 2017 Afternoon Plenary (Session of BC COP-13) - May 2, 2017

BRS COPs 2017 Morning Plenary (Session of RC COP-8) - May 2, 2017

BRS COPs 2017 Afternoon Plenary (Session of BC COP-13) - May 1, 2017

BRS COPs 2017 Bilateral Meeting - 23 April - 1 May, 2017

BRS COPs 2017 Side Event with Members of ENFORCE and the Green Customs Initiative - May 1, 2017

BRS COPs 2017 Side Event with Members of ICC - May 1, 2017

BRS COPs 2017 Morning Plenary (Session of BC COP-13) - May 1, 2017

BRS COPs 2017 Side Event with Members of PACE - April 29, 2017

BRS COPs 2017 Side Event with IPEN - April 28, 2017

BRS COPs 2017 Side Event with Expert Working Group on ESM - April 28, 2017

BRS COPs 2017 GENeva Canton truck awareness campaign - April 28, 2017

BRS COPs 2017 Side Event with World Resources Forum - April 28, 2017

BRS COPs 2017 Side Event with Members of the informal group on household wastes - April 28, 2017

BRS COPs 2017 Morning Plenary (Session of RC COP-8 & BC COP-13) - April 28, 2017

BRS COPs 2017 EU Contact Group Meeting - April 27, 2017

BRS COPs 2017 Side Event with SCRC-Czech Republic - April 27, 2017

BRS COPs 2017 Side Event with Germany - April 27, 2017

BRS COPs 2017 Afternoon Plenary (Session of SC COP-8 & RC COP-8) - April 27, 2017

BRS COPs 2017 Side Event with BCRC - China, China and Switzerland - April 27, 2017

BRS COPs 2017 Technology Fair - April 27 - 29

BRS COPs 2017 Morning Plenary (Session of SC COP-8) - April 27, 2017

BRS COPs 2017 Side Event with UNEP, Ghana, Germany and BRS Secretariat - April 26, 2017

BRS COPs 2017 Side Event with IITC and ACAT - April 26, 2017

BRS COPs 2017 Afternoon Plenary (Session of SC COP-8) - April 26, 2017

BRS COPs 2017 Side Event with Sweden - April 26, 2017

BRS COPs 2017 Side Event with Effectiveness evaluation committee - April 26, 2017

BRS COPs 2017 Morning Plenary (Session of SC COP-8) - April 26, 2017

BRS COPs 2017_#Detox My - 24 April - 5 May

Basel Convention Regional Center(BCRC)-Egypt Special Event - April 25, 2017

BRS COPs 2017 Side Event with SAICM secretariat and Germany - April 25, 2017

BRS COPs 2017 Side Event with Nigeria, STAP/GEF and BRS Secretariat - April 25, 2017

BRS COPs 2017 Afternoon Plenary (Session of SC COP-8) - April 25, 2017

BRS COPs 2017 Morning Plenary (Session of SC COP-8) - April 25, 2017

BRS COPs 2017 Reception hosted by Switzerland - April 24, 2017

BRS COPs 2017 Afternoon Plenary (Joint Session) - April 24, 2017

BRS COPs 2017 Side Event with GEF – April 24, 2017

BRS COPs 2017 Morning Plenary (Joint session of the three COPs) - April 24, 2017

BRS COPs 2017 Opening Ceremony - April 24, 2017

BRS COPs 2017 Selected Photos - April 24- May 5, 2017

BRS COPs 2017 Side Events - 24 April-5 May 2017

Rolph Payet meeting with IndustriALL Global Union - April 10, 2017

Chemicals and Waste Briefing - April 5, 2017

Executive Secretary official visit to Panama - March 30, 2017

Regional preparatory meeting for the 2017 COPs for the Central and Eastern Europe and Central Asian region, Riga, Latvia - March 21 - 23, 2017

Regional preparatory meeting for the 2017 COPs for the African region, Dakar, Senegal - March 14-16 2017

Regional preparatory meeting for the 2017 COPs for the Asia-Pacific region, Bangkok, Thailand - March 6-8, 2017

International Women's Day - March 8, 2017

Meeting with IMPEL: signature & working level meeting - December 15, 2016

Scientific Branch breakfast on Basel Convention related topics - December 6, 2016

Zero Waste Home - December 1, 2016

2016 Technical Coordination Group meeting on the Stockholm Convention Implementation in China - November 11-12, 2016

Chemicals & Waste Briefing - November 30, 2016

Sixth Expert Group Meeting on DDT - November 7-9, 2016

BRS Joint meeting of the Bureaux - November 3-4, 2016

Signing Ceremony for the Framework Agreement with Argentina - November 2, 2016

Annual Joint Regional Centres meeting - October 31-November 2, 2016

Emergency Assistance - BRS Conventions & OCHA signing event - October 17, 2016

Mission to Iran on waste management and renewable energy, 2016

Second meeting of the effectiveness evaluation committee under the Stockholm Convention - October 4-7, 2016

#GVAWomen4envt Networking Lunch - September 30, 2016

How can human rights contribute to the protection of the environment? - September 22, 2016

POPRC 12 - September 19-23,2016

WASTES (random pix)

BC Bureau Meeting - July 11-12, 2016

SC Bureau meeting - June 28-29 2016

BRS Conventions: 10 Years of Synergies - 20 June 2016

Global WS on enhancing national cooperation & coordination for the implementation of the BRS - June 21-23, 2016

RC Bureau Meeting - 14 June 2016

E-waste inforgraphics

BRS SDG graphics #chemwasteSDGs

Chemicals and Wastes Briefing - April 29, 2016

A Decade in UNEP under Achim Steiner's Leadership - April 26, 2016

2016 Long Service Medal Awardees - April 12, 2016

11th meeting of the GCI partners in Geneva - April 14-15, 2016

Joint UNEP Chemicals/BRS/UNITAR workshop on chemicals & wastes & SDGs - April 11-13, 2016

International Women's Day - March 8, 2016

First meeting of the effectiveness evaluation committee - Feb. 16-18, 2016

UNEP Special Programme Meeting - Feb 2-3, 2016

Chemicals and Wastes Briefing - Jan 26, 2016

Global workshop on developing and updating NIPs under the Stockholm Convention - Dec 8-10, 2015

POPRC 11 - October 19-23, 2015

UN70 - October 24, 2015

Annual Meeting of the Regional Centres - October 5-9, 2015

ICCM4 HLS Event (organized by ICCA) - October 1, 2015

ICCM4 HLS - October 1-2, 2015

ICCM4 Swiss Reception - September 28-October 2, 2015

ICCM4 - September 28-October 2, 2015

ICCM4 Side Event SDGs Make It Happen - September 28, 2015

UN Human Rights Council 30th_side event on RIGHT TO INFORMATION ON HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES AND WASTES - September 18, 2015

Small Intersessional Working Group on Legal Clarity of the Basel Convention - September 21-22, 2015

Briefing on Chemicals & Waste - September 08, 2015

Chemical Safety, Health and Gender - Informal meeting, - August 28, 2015

Briefing to the Permanent Missions in Geneva on the outcomes of the 2015 COPs - July 7, 2015

Honduras Ceremony - May 13, 2015

Awards Ceremony - May 13, 2015

Side Event: Movie "E-waste Tragedy" - May 13, 2015

Side Event: Labour Unions and Chrysotile - International experience - May 13, 2015

RC COP-7: Consideration of the outcomes of the contact groups and draft decisions - May 14, 2015

Side Event: Asbestos - Who pays the cost ? Testimonies and Dialogue - May 13, 2015

Side Event: Considering Socio-economic impacts of chemicals and waste management; protecting vulnerable groups from hazardous pesticides and waste - May 13, 2015

Side Event : Gender Heroes - May 12, 2015

Side Event : PACE outcomes and outlook - May 11, 2015

Combating illegal traffic under BC: the work of ENFORCE - May 11, 2015

Science Fair Discussion Panel - May 08, 2015

Science Fair Booth Events - May 08, 2015

Behind the scenes -May 3-15, 2015

Science Fair - May 09, 2015

Science Fair Closure - May 09, 2015

Science Fair Booth Events - May 09, 2015

Science Fair Opening - May 07, 2015

Science Fair Booth Events - May 07, 2015

BC RC - China - May 07, 2015

SC Plenary COP 7 - May 3-15, 2015

Side Event - Waste and Synergies between BC and SC: Understanding the Links and Implications - May 06, 2015

Side Event - Global Monitoring Plan of POPs: Updates for new and initial POPs - May 06, 2015

Side Event: Developing alternatives to DDT - May 5, 2015

Side Event - Linkages between Human Rights and Hazardous Subsatnces and Wastes - May 05, 2015

Side Event: The links: "POPs & EDCs" - May 5, 2015

Swiss Reception - May 4, 2015

BRS Joint Sessions - May 3-15, 2015

BRS Staff - Aug. 7, 2017

Illegal Traffic Workshop - Colombia - December 10-12, 2014

Compliance under RC and SC: Luncheon Briefing in Geneva - February 11, 2015

BRS Conventions Secretariat Briefing to Permanent Missions - January 29, 2015

15th Anniversary of the GEN - January 20, 2015

BRS Regional Centres Meeting - November 27-28, 2014

BAT & BEP Expert Group - November 24-25, 2014

BRS Joint Meetings of the Bureaux - May 3-15, 2015

Global Coordination Group, Geneva - November 10-12, 2014

DDT Expert Group Meeting - November 10-12, 2014

BC ICC 11 - September 22-24, 2014

BC OEWG 9 - September 16-19, 2014

Missions Briefing - September 05, 2014

WSIS - June 9-13, 2014