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UNEP/POPS/COP.1/31 Report of the Conference of the Parties of the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants on the work of its first meeting
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Opening of the meeting
The first meeting of the Conference of the Parties of the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants was held at the Conrad Resort and Casino, Punta del Este, Uruguay, from 2 to 6 May 2005
Mr. John Buccini, acting Executive Secretary of the Convention, declared the meeting open at 10.15 a.m. on Monday, 2 May 2005
UNEP/POPS/COP.2/30 Report of the Conference of the Parties of the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants on the work of its second meeting
The second meeting of the Conference of the Parties of the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants was held at the Geneva International Conference Centre, Geneva, from 1 to 5 May 2006
Acting on behalf of Mr. Mariano Arana (Uruguay), outgoing President of the Conference, Ms. Therese Yarde (Barbados), Vice-President and Rapporteur of the Conference, declared the meeting open at 10.15 a.m. on Monday, 1 May 2006
UNEP/POPS/COP.3/30 Report of the Conference of the Parties of the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants on the work of its third meeting
The third meeting of the Conference of the Parties of the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants was held at the Méridien President Hotel, Dakar, Senegal, from 30 April to 4 May 2007
The meeting commenced at 10.45 a.m. on Monday, 30 April 2007, with welcoming comments by Mr. Abdoulaye Wade, President of Senegal, whose entry to the conference hall was marked by a rousing performance of traditional drumming. Mr. Wade introduced Mr. Nicholas Kiddle (New Zealand), outgoing President of the Conference of the Parties, who delivered an opening address and formally declared the meeting open
UNEP/POPS/COP.4/38 Report of the Conference of the Parties of the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants on the work of its fourth meeting
1.	The fourth meeting of the Conference of the Parties of the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants was held at the Geneva International Conference Centre, Geneva, from 4 to 8 May 2009.
2.	The meeting began at 10.15 a.m. on Monday, 4 May 2009, with opening statements by Mr. Donald Cooper, Executive Secretary of the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants; Mr. Bakary Kante, Director, Division of Environmental Law and Conventions, United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), who read a statement by Mr. Achim Steiner, Executive Director of UNEP; and Mr. Cheikh Ndiaye Sylla (Senegal), who replaced Mr. Djibo Leïty Kâ, as outgoing President of the Conference, who had replaced the President elected at the third meeting of the Conference, Mr. Thierno Lo (Senegal).
UNEP/POPS/COP.5/36 Report of the Conference of the Parties to the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants on the work of its fifth meeting
I. Opening of the meeting
1.	The fifth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants was held at the Geneva International Conference Centre from 25 to 29 April 2011. 2.	The meeting was opened at 10.15 a.m. on Monday, 25 April 2011, by Mr. Gholamhossein Dehghani (Islamic Republic of Iran), President of the fourth meeting of the Conference of the Parties, who welcomed the representatives. Noting that the tenth anniversary of the adoption of the Stockholm Convention in 2011 coincided with the International Year of Chemistry, he said that the slogan for the current meeting was "Stockholm at 10: Chemical Challenges, Sustainable Solutions". Major efforts had been made over the past decade towards eliminating the risk of persistent organic pollutants, but an even greater effort was required to ensure the full implementation of the Convention at the national, regional and global levels. A further important goal was the achievement of universal accession to the Convention in the foreseeable future.
UNEP/POPS/COP.6/33 Report of the Conference of the Parties to the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants on the work of its sixth meeting
1. The sixth ordinary meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants was held at the Geneva International Conference Centre from 28 April to 10 May 2013.
UNEP/POPS/COP.7/36 Report of the Conference of the Parties to the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants on the work of its seventh meeting
1. By decisions BC-11/20, RC-6/12 and SC-6/25, the conferences of the parties to the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal,the Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade and the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants, respectively, decided to hold the twelfth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Basel Convention, the seventh meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Rotterdam Convention and the seventh meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Stockholm Convention back to back in 2015 (hereinafter, "the 2015 meetings"). The conferences of the parties also decided that their 2015 meetings would "include joint sessions, where appropriate, on joint issues" and would "prioritize an agenda and schedule that focus on substantive matters related to implementation of the conventions and provide sufficient time for their consideration".
UNEP/POPS/COP.8/32 Report of the Conference of the Parties to the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants on the work of its eighth meeting
UNEP/POPS/COP.9/30 Report of the Conference of the Parties to the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants on the work of its ninth meeting
1.	At their 2017 meetings, the conferences of the Parties to the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal, the Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade and the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants, respectively, decided to hold the fourteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Basel Convention, the ninth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Rotterdam Convention and the ninth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Stockholm Convention (hereinafter, "the 2019 meetings") in Geneva from 29 April to 10 May 2019 in a format similar to that of the 2017 meetings, with joint sessions covering matters of relevance to at least two of the three conventions and separate sessions of the meetings of each of the three conferences of the Parties. They also decided that the 2019 meetings would not feature a high-level segment and that such segments would occur only at every second set of meetings of the conferences of the Parties.
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Decisions adopted by the eighth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Stockholm Convention are currently available in annex I to the report of the meeting (UNEP/POPS/COP.8/32 – Advance English).
COP.9
SC-9/4 Perfluorooctane sulfonic acid, its salts and perfluorooctane sulfonyl fluoride
SC-9/11 Listing of dicofol
SC-9/12 Listing of perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA), its salts and PFOA-related compounds
SC-9/14 Technical assistance (advance)
SC-9/27 Programme of work and budget for the Stockholm Convention for the biennium 2020-2021
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SC-8/1 Exemptions
SC-8/2 DDT
SC-8/3 Polychlorinated biphenyls
SC-8/4 Evaluation and review of brominated diphenyl ethers pursuant to paragraph 2 of parts IV and V of Annex A to the Stockholm Convention
SC-8/6 Toolkit for Identification and Quantification of Releases of Dioxins, Furans and Other Unintentional Persistent Organic Pollutants and guidelines and guidance on best available techniques and best environmental practices
SC-8/7 Measures to reduce or eliminate releases from wastes
SC-8/8 Implementation plans
SC-8/9 Operation of the Persistent Organic Pollutants Review Committee
SC-8/10 Listing of decabromodiphenyl ether (commercial mixture, c-decaBDE)
SC-8/11 Listing of short-chain chlorinated paraffins
SC-8/12 Listing of hexachlorobutadiene
SC-8/13 Review of information related to specific exemptions for decabromodiphenyl ether
SC-8/14 Review of information related to specific exemptions for short-chain chlorinated paraffins
SC-8/15 Technical assistance
SC-8/16 Financial mechanism
SC-8/17 Reporting pursuant to Article 15 of the Stockholm Convention
SC-8/18 Effectiveness evaluation of the Stockholm Convention
SC-8/19 Global monitoring plan for effectiveness evaluation
SC-8/20 International cooperation and coordination
SC-8/21 Enhancing cooperation and coordination among the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions
SC-8/22 Clearing-house mechanism for information exchange
SC-8/23 Mainstreaming gender
SC-8/24 Synergies in preventing and combating illegal traffic and trade in hazardous chemicals and wastes
SC-8/25 From science to action
SC-8/26 Draft memorandum of understanding between the United Nations Environment Programme and the Conference of the Parties to the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants
The Conference of the Parties
1.	Agrees to amend paragraph 6 of the review process for entries in the Register of Specific Exemptions to read as follows:
"6. This review process will be open-ended. It will continue to be reviewed, as necessary, by the Conference of the Parties as part of its consideration of specific exemptions and amended as the Conference of the Parties deems appropriate.";
1.	Takes note of the report by the DDT expert group on the assessment of the continued need for DDT for disease vector control, including the conclusions and recommendations contained therein;
2.	Concludes that countries that are relying on indoor residual spraying for disease vector control may need DDT for such uses in specific settings where locally safe, effective and affordable alternatives are still lacking for a sustainable transition away from DDT;
1.	Takes note of:
(a)	The information relevant to polychlorinated biphenyls from the reports provided by parties pursuant to Article 15 in accordance with paragraph (g) of part II of Annex A to the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants;
SC-7/4 Revised format for the submission of information for the evaluation and review of brominated diphenyl ethers pursuant to paragraph 2 of parts IV and V of Annex A to the Stockholm Convention
1.	Adopts the format for the submission of information for the evaluation and review of brominated diphenyl ethers pursuant to paragraph 2 of parts IV and V of Annex A to the Convention set out in the annex to the present decision and decides to use it for the evaluation and review at its eighth meeting and at every second ordinary meeting thereafter in accordance with the process set out in decision SC-6/3;
SC-7/5 Evaluation of perfluorooctane sulfonic acid, its salts and perfluorooctane sulfonyl fluoride pursuant to paragraphs 5 and 6 of part III of Annex B to the Convention
Recalling its decision SC-7/1, in which it notes, pursuant to paragraph 9 of Article 4 of the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants, that as there are no longer any parties registered for the specific exemptions for the production and use of perfluorooctane sulfonic acid, its salts and perfluorooctane sulfonyl fluoride for carpets, leather and apparel, textiles and upholstery, paper and packaging, coatings and coating additives and rubber and plastics, no new registrations may be made with regard to them,
SC-7/6 Evaluation of the continued need for the procedure under paragraph 2 (b) of Article 3
1.	Takes note of the report set out in the annex to the note by the Secretariat on the evaluation of the continued need for the procedure under paragraph 2 (b) of Article 3, and of the conclusions contained therein;
2.	Concludes that there is a continued need for the procedure under paragraph 2 (b) of Article 3;
SC-7/7 Toolkit for Identification and Quantification of Releases of Dioxins, Furans and Other Unintentional Persistent Organic Pollutants
1.	Takes note of the report of the expert meeting on best available techniques and best environmental practices and the Toolkit for Identification and Quantification of Releases of Dioxins, Furans and Other Unintentional Persistent Organic Pollutants under the Stockholm Convention and the conclusions and recommendations of the Toolkit experts;
2.	Recognizes that the listing of new substances in Annexes A, B and/or C to the Convention will trigger the need to further update existing guidance and/or develop new guidance to support parties in implementing new obligations, requiring specific expertise;
SC-7/8 Guidelines on best available techniques and provisional guidance on best environmental practices
1.	Takes note of the nominations to the joint Toolkit and best available techniques and best environmental practices expert roster, the report of the second expert meeting on best available techniques and best environmental practices and the conclusions and recommendations of the experts on best available techniques and best environmental practices;
2.	Adopts the workplan set out in the annex to the present decision;
1.	Welcomes with appreciation decision BC-12/3 on technical guidelines on persistent organic pollutants, by which the Conference of the Parties to the Basel Convention on the Control of the Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal, at its twelfth meeting, adopted updated general technical guidelines for the environmentally sound management of wastes consisting of, containing or contaminated with persistent organic pollutants and other technical guidelines specific to persistent organic pollutants listed in that decision;
SC-7/10 Implementation plans
1.	Welcomes the additional implementation plans transmitted by parties pursuant to Article 7 of the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants including the revised and updated plans;
2.	Takes note of the deadlines for the transmission of revised and updated implementation plans;
SC-7/11 Further consideration of hexachlorobutadiene
Having considered the recommendation by the Persistent Organic Pollutants Review Committee to list hexachlorobutadiene in Annexes A and C to the Convention,
Recalling its decision SC-7/12, by which it lists hexachlorobutadiene in Annex A to the Convention,
Having considered the risk profile and the risk management evaluation for hexachlorobutadiene as transmitted by the Persistent Organic Pollutants Review Committee,
Taking note of the recommendation by the Persistent Organic Pollutants Review Committee to list hexachlorobutadiene in Annexes A and C to the Convention,
SC-7/13 Listing of pentachlorophenol and its salts and esters
Having considered the risk profile and the risk management evaluation for pentachlorophenol and its salts and esters as transmitted by the Persistent Organic Pollutants Review Committee,
Taking note of the recommendation by the Persistent Organic Pollutants Review Committee to list pentachlorophenol and its salts and esters in Annex A to the Convention with specific exemptions for the production and use of pentachlorophenol for utility poles and cross-arms,
SC-7/14 Listing of polychlorinated naphthalenes
Having considered the risk profile and the risk management evaluation for chlorinated naphthalenes as transmitted by the Persistent Organic Pollutants Review Committee,
Taking note of the recommendation by the Persistent Organic Pollutants Review Committee to list dichlorinated naphthalenes, trichlorinated naphthalenes, tetrachlorinated naphthalenes, pentachlorinated naphthalenes, hexachlorinated naphthalenes, heptachlorinated naphthalenes and octachlorinated naphthalene in Annexes A and C to the Convention,
SC-7/15 Operation of the Persistent Organic Pollutants Review Committee
1.	Takes note of the information provided in the reports of the Persistent Organic Pollutants Review Committee on the work of its ninth and tenth meetings and documents forwarded by the Committee to the Conference of the Parties;
2.	Appoints the 17 designated experts to serve as members of the Committee;
1.	Takes note of the information provided by the Secretariat on technical assistance for the implementation of the Convention;
2.	Welcomes the development of a database for the collection of information pertaining to the needs of parties for the implementation of the Convention, as well as information on available assistance;
SC-7/17 Stockholm Convention regional and subregional centres for capacity-building and the transfer of technology
1.	Emphasizes the role of the regional and subregional centres in enhancing the provision of technical assistance for capacity-building to support the national efforts of developing countries and countries with economies in transition for the implementation of the chemicals and waste conventions in accordance with their terms of reference;
SC-7/18 Assessment of funding needs
1.	Takes note of the report by the Secretariat reviewing the availability of financial resources additional to those provided through the Global Environment Facility and the ways and means of mobilizing and channelling those resources in support of the objectives of the Convention, as requested by the Conference of Plenipotentiaries of the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants in resolution 2;
SC-7/19 Effectiveness of the implementation of the memorandum of understanding between the Conference of the Parties and the Council of the Global Environment Facility
1.	Takes note of the information provided in the note by the Secretariat on the report on the effectiveness of the implementation of the memorandum of understanding between the Conference of the Parties and the Council of the Global Environment Facility;
2.	Welcomes the report of the Global Environment Facility to the Conference of the Parties to the Stockholm Convention, takes note of the leveraging ratio of 1:3 between the Facility project grant and other resources, and also takes note of the concerns raised by some parties in this regard;
SC-7/20 Fourth review of the financial mechanism
1.	Adopts the terms of reference for the fourth review of the financial mechanism set out in the annex to the present decision;
2.	Requests the Secretariat to compile information relevant to the fourth review of the financial mechanism and submit it to the Conference of the Parties for consideration at its eighth meeting.
SC-7/21 Additional guidance to the financial mechanism
1.	Stresses that the sound management of chemicals and wastes has a global environmental benefit and emphasizes that the sound management of chemicals and wastes is an essential element of sustainable development;
2. Reaffirms the guidance to the financial mechanism that it adopted in previous decisions, as reflected in the note by the Secretariat;
SC-7/22 Implementation of the integrated approach to financing
1.	Takes note of the information presented in the note by the Secretariat;
2.	Joins the United Nations Environment Assembly of the United Nations Environment Programme in welcoming an integrated approach to addressing the financing of the sound management of chemicals and wastes, underscoring that the three components of an integrated approach, mainstreaming, industry involvement and dedicated external finance, are mutually reinforcing and are all important for the financing of the sound management of chemicals and waste at all levels and emphasizing the importance of implementing the three components, as agreed in decision 27/12 of the United Nations Environment Programme Governing Council, requests the Secretariat to assist parties in that respect, subject to the availability of resources, and recognizes the importance of the joint programme of work to that end;
1.	Takes note of the information provided in the report prepared by the Secretariat pursuant to paragraph 2 (d) of Article 20 based on the reports submitted by parties under Article 15 and of the summary of the report set out in the note by the Secretariat on reporting pursuant to Article 15;
2.	Takes note with concern of the low level of reporting and requests the Secretariat to further refine the draft strategy to enhance reporting under the Stockholm Convention;
SC-7/24 Effectiveness evaluation
1.	Elects, in accordance with the terms of reference set out in the appendix to the framework for effectiveness evaluation, the following members to serve on the effectiveness evaluation committee until the close of the eighth meeting of the Conference of the Parties:
From African States: Ms. Elham Refaat Abdel Aziz (Egypt)
1.	Takes note of the reports of the meetings of the global coordination group and regional organization groups and welcomes the conclusions and recommendations of the global coordination group;
2.	Welcomes the updated guidance on the global monitoring plan and encourages parties to use it and provide comments on their experience in doing so to the Secretariat through the regional organization groups;
SC-7/26 Procedures and mechanisms on compliance with the Stockholm Convention
Recalling Article 17 of the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants,
Mindful that the procedures and institutional mechanisms called for under Article 17 will help address compliance,
1. Takes note of the report by the Secretariat on international cooperation and coordination;
2. Joins with the United Nations Environment Assembly of the United Nations Environment Programme in emphasizing that the sound management of chemicals and wastes is an essential and cross-cutting element of sustainable development and is of great relevance to the sustainable development agenda;
Mindful of the legal autonomy of, respectively, the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal, the Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade and the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants,
1.	Notes the progress made in the implementation of the joint clearing-house mechanism, which should serve as a platform for the exchange and dissemination of information;
2.	Takes note of the proposed joint clearing-house mechanism strategy and invites parties and others to provide comments on the strategy, in particular its scope, on national and regional priorities and needs in respect of the clearing-house mechanism and on the goals described in section IV of the strategy, to the Secretariat by 31 October 2015;
1.	Recognizes the importance of the science-policy interface for the effectiveness of the conventions;
2.	Stresses the need for scientific underpinning for decision-making and policy-making in the sound management of hazardous chemicals and wastes at the national and regional levels;
SC-7/31 Venue and date of the next meetings of the conferences of the parties to the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions
1.	Decides to convene its eighth meeting in Geneva from 24 April to 5 May 2017, back to back with the thirteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Basel Convention on the Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal and the eighth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade; that will include joint sessions, where appropriate, on joint issues;
Noting the legal autonomy of the Conference of the Parties and noting that the United Nations Environment Assembly of the United Nations Environment Programme and the conferences of the parties to the Basel Convention on the Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal, the Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade and the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants have equal decision-making authority within their respective mandates,
SC-7/33 Programme of work and budget for the Stockholm Convention for the biennium 2016–2017
Taking note of the financial reports on the Stockholm Convention trust funds for 2014 and estimated expenditures for 2015 from the Trust Fund for the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (Stockholm Convention Trust Fund),
Also taking note of the Office of Internal Oversight Services audit report (number 2014/024) entitled "Provision of efficient and effective Secretariat support to the conventions" and of the efforts made by the Secretariat to quantify the results achieved in implementing joint activities in accordance with the recommendation of the report,
1.	Approves the form for notification of specific exemption(s) for production and use of technical endosulfan and its related isomers set out in the annex to the present decision;
SC-6/3 Process for the evaluation of progress parties have made towards eliminating brominated diphenyl ethers contained in articles and the review of the continued need for specific exemptions for those chemicals
1.	Takes notes of the information submitted by parties for the evaluation and review of brominated diphenyl ethers listed in Annex A to the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants pursuant to paragraph 2 of parts IV and V of that Annex and on their experiences in implementing the recommendations on the elimination from the waste stream of brominated diphenyl ethers set out in the annex to decision POPRC-6/2;
SC-6/4 Process for the evaluation of the continued need for perfluorooctane sulfonic acid, its salts and perfluorooctane sulfonyl fluoride for the various acceptable purposes and specific exemptions
1.	Adopts the process set out in the annex to the present decision to enable the Conference of the Parties to undertake the evaluation of perfluorooctane sulfonic acid, its salts and perfluorooctane sulfonyl fluoride in accordance with paragraphs 5 and 6 of part III of Annex B to the Convention;
1.	Takes note of the report set out in annex I to the note by the Secretariat on the evaluation of the continued need for the procedure under paragraph 2 (b) of Article 3 of the Stockholm Convention;
1.	Recalls decision SC-5/7, by which the Conference of the Parties decided to undertake, at its seventh meeting, a review of progress towards the elimination of polychlorinated biphenyls in accordance with paragraph (h) of part II of Annex A to the Convention;
SC-6/7 Work programme on brominated diphenyl ethers and perfluorooctane sulfonic acid, its salts and perfluorooctane sulfonyl fluoride
1.	Takes note of the information provided by parties on their experiences in implementing the recommendations set out in the annex to decision POPRC-6/2 and of the low rate of response from parties;
SC-6/8 Work programme on endosulfan
Recognizing that the assessment of chemical and non-chemical alternatives to endosulfan carried out by the Persistent Organic Pollutants Review Committee should not be seen as a comprehensive and detailed assessment of all available information and that failure to meet the thresholds of the persistent organic pollutant characteristics should not be taken as evidence that any of the chemicals assessed is not a persistent organic pollutant,
SC-6/9 Toolkit for Identification and Quantification of Releases of Dioxin, Furans and Other Unintentional Persistent Organic Pollutants
1.	Takes note of the reports of the Toolkit expert meetings;
2.	Welcomes the conclusions and recommendations of the Toolkit experts set out in the annex to the note by the Secretariat on the review and updating of the Standardized Toolkit for Identification and Quantification of Dioxin and Furan Releases and welcomes the revised Toolkit for Identification and Quantification of Releases of Dioxins, Furans, and Other Unintentional Persistent Organic Pollutants;
SC-6/10 Guidelines on best available techniques and provisional guidance on best environmental practices
1.	Takes note of the nominations to the joint Toolkit and best available techniques and best environmental practices expert roster and of the report of the first meeting of the expert group on best available techniques and best environmental practices;
SC-6/11 Measures to reduce or eliminate releases from wastes
1.	Takes note of the work undertaken under the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal to update the technical guidelines for the environmentally sound management of wastes consisting of, containing or contaminated with persistent organic pollutants;
1.	Welcomes the additional implementation plans transmitted by parties pursuant to Article 7, including the revised and updated plans;
SC-6/13 Listing of hexabromocyclododecane
Having considered the risk profile and the risk management evaluation and its addendum for hexabromocyclododecane as transmitted by the Persistent Organic Pollutants Review Committee,
1.	Welcomes the reports of the Persistent Organic Pollutants Review Committee on the work of its seventh and eighth meetings;
1.	Takes note of the information provided by the Secretariat on technical assistance for the implementation of the Stockholm Convention;
SC-6/16 Regional and subregional centres for capacity-building and the transfer of technology
1.	Takes note of the information provided by the Secretariat on regional centres;
2.	Also takes note of the workplans for the biennium 2012–2013 and activity reports for the period 2011–2012 submitted by the Stockholm Convention regional and subregional centres and the nominated Stockholm Convention centre;
SC-6/17 Needs assessment
1.	Takes note of the report by the Secretariat on the assessment of funding needs of parties that are developing countries or countries with economies in transition to implement the provisions of the Convention over the period 2015–2019;
SC-6/19 Third review of the financial mechanism
1.	Welcomes the report on the third review of the financial mechanism;
2.	Requests the Secretariat to transmit that report to the Global Environment Facility for consideration during the sixth replenishment process of the Global Environment Facility and for action as appropriate;
SC-6/20 Consolidated guidance to the financial mechanism
1.	Takes note of the information provided in the note by the Secretariat on consolidated guidance to the financial mechanism;
2.	Reaffirms the guidance to the financial mechanism that it adopted in decisions SC 1/9 and SC-4/27 and the additional guidance that it adopted in decisions SC-2/11, SC 3/16, SC 4/28 and SC 5/23;
SC-6/21 National reporting
1.	Adopts the revised reporting format set out in the note by the Secretariat;
2.	Takes note of the progress made by the Secretariat in further improving the online electronic system for reporting based on the revised reporting format and the comments received from parties on their experiences in using the system and in view of the use of the national reports as one element in undertaking an evaluation of the effectiveness of the Convention pursuant to Article 16;
1.	Takes note of the comments submitted by parties on the proposed framework for effectiveness evaluation and of the report prepared by the Secretariat on the availability of information outlined in the revised framework for effectiveness evaluation and on the use of the elements and indicators set forth therein;
SC-6/23 Global monitoring plan for the effectiveness evaluation
1.	Takes note of the report of the meeting of the global coordination group and regional organization groups and welcomes the conclusions and recommendations of the global coordination group;
The Conference of the Parties,
Recalling Article 17 of the Stockholm Convention,
Mindful that the procedures and mechanisms called for under Article 17 will help address issues of non-compliance, including by facilitating assistance and providing advice to parties facing compliance issues,
1.	Decides to consider further at its seventh meeting for adoption the procedures and mechanisms on non-compliance required under Article 17 of the Convention;
1.	Decides to convene in 2015 back-to-back ordinary meetings of the conferences of the parties to the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions (without a high-level segment or simultaneous extraordinary meetings) in Geneva that include joint sessions, where appropriate, on joint issues and that prioritize an agenda and schedule that focus on substantive matters related to implementation of the conventions and provide sufficient time for their consideration;
SC-6/26 Official communications
1.	Adopts the revised harmonized form for notification of contacts, as set out in the annex to the present decision;
2.	Urges parties to nominate official contact points and national focal points, if they have not already done so, using the revised form, as well as to confirm and provide the Secretariat with updated contact details for existing official contact points and national focal points;
SC-6/27 Development of a draft memorandum of understanding between the United Nations Environment Programme and the Conference of the Parties to the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants
1.	Takes note of the proposal for the development of a memorandum of understanding between the Conference of the Parties to the Stockholm Convention and the Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme concerning the provision of secretariat functions;
SC-6/28 Admission of observers
1.	Approves the application form for admission as an observer at meetings of the Conference of the Parties to the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants, set out in the annex to the present decision;
SC-6/29 Institutional arrangements
Decides that five members of the Bureau may participate in joint meetings of the bureaux of the conferences of the parties to the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions, having due regard for the principle of equitable geographical representation of the five regions of the United Nations.
SC-6/30 Financing and budget for the biennium 2014–2015
1.	Approves the programme budget for the biennium 2014–2015 of 5,732,172 United States dollars for 2014 and 6,048,917 United States dollars for 2015 for the purposes set out in table 1 of the present decision, which are presented by budget code line in table 2 of the present decision;
SC-5/1 Amendment to rule 22 of the rules of procedure
Recalling decision SC-1/1,
Recognizing the benefits of electing the President of the Conference of the Parties so that it will be possible for the Secretariat to work during the intersessional period with the President chairing the next meeting of the Conference of the Parties,
1.	Decides to amend rule 22 of the rules of procedure to read as follows:
SC-5/2 Amendments to the financial rules for the Conference of the Parties, its subsidiary bodies and the Convention Secretariat
Decides to amend the financial rules for its operation, its subsidiary bodies and the Convention Secretariat set out in the annex to decision SC-1/3 to read as follows:
The present rules shall govern the financial administration of the Conference of the Parties to the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants, its subsidiary bodies and the Convention Secretariat. In respect of matters not specifically provided for by the present rules, the Financial Regulations and Rules of the United Nations shall apply.
SC-5/3 Listing of technical endosulfan and its related isomers
Having considered the risk profile and risk management evaluation for endosulfan (technical endosulfan, its related isomers and endosulfan sulfate) as transmitted by the Persistent Organic Pollutants Review Committee,
Taking note of the recommendation by the Persistent Organic Pollutants Review Committee to list technical endosulfan, its related isomers and endosulfan sulfate in Annex A to the Convention, with specific exemptions,
Having amended the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants to list endosulfan in Annex A to the Convention with specific exemptions,
Taking into account that many countries have banned or are phasing out the use and production of endosulfan,
Recognizing that suitable, cost-effective and safe alternatives need to be identified to facilitate the replacement of the use of endosulfan,
Taking note of decision SC-4/19, the recommendations of the Persistent Organic Pollutants Review Committee on the elimination of brominated diphenyl ethers from the waste stream and on risk reduction for perfluorooctane sulfonic acid, its salts and perfluorooctane sulfonyl fluoride and the key findings and gaps identified by the Committee in the submissions by parties and observers,
1.	Emphasizes the importance of finding safe and effective alternatives to DDT for disease vector control;
2.	Takes note of the report by the DDT expert group on the assessment of the continued need for DDT for disease vector control;
3.	Concludes that countries that are relying on DDT for disease vector control may need to continue such use until locally appropriate and cost-effective alternatives are available for a sustainable transition away from DDT;
1.	Takes note of the Secretariat's report on progress in establishing the polychlorinated biphenyls elimination network;
2.	Welcomes the publication of the first issue of the network magazine and the establishment of awards by the network;
3.	Takes note of the information relevant to polychlorinated biphenyls in the reports provided by parties pursuant to paragraph (g) of part II of Annex A to the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants;
1.	Approves the forms for notification of specific exemptions, acceptable purposes and chemicals occurring as constituents of articles manufactured or already in use set out in annexes I–IV to the present decision and requests the Secretariat to continue to make them publicly available on the website of the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants;
1.	Takes note of the work by the Secretariat to support parties in implementing the technical guidelines for the environmentally sound management of wastes consisting of, containing or contaminated with persistent organic pollutants, in collaboration with the Secretariat of the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal;
SC-5/10 Evaluation of the continued need for the procedure under paragraph 2 (b) of Article 3
1.	Takes note of the report by the Secretariat on information to be taken into account in the evaluation of the continued need for the procedure under paragraph 2 (b) of Article 3 of the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants;
1.	Welcomes the entry into force of the amendments to Annexes A, B and C to the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants stemming from decisions SC-4/10–SC-4/18, by which the Conference of the Parties listed nine new chemicals in those annexes, subject to paragraph 3 (b) of Article 22 and paragraph 4 of Article 25;
1.	Takes note of the comments provided by parties and others on the guidelines on best available techniques and the provisional guidance on best environmental practices;
2.	Reminds parties, in accordance with Article 5 of the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants, to take into consideration the guidelines and guidance when applying best available techniques and best environmental practices and to assist decision-making in the implementation of action plans and other actions related to their obligations under Article 5, and invites them to share their experiences, such as in the form of case studies, via the Convention clearing-house mechanism;
Annex to decision SC-5/12
Procedure for the review and updating of the guidelines on best available techniques and provisional guidance on best environmental practices
SC-5/13 Review and updating of the Standardized Toolkit for Identification and Quantification of Dioxin and Furan Releases
2.	Welcomes the conclusions and recommendations of the Toolkit experts presented in the annex to the note by the Secretariat on the ongoing review and updating of the Standardized Toolkit for Identification and Quantification of Dioxin and Furan Releases and endorses their inclusion in the revision of the Toolkit;
1.	Welcomes the additional implementations plans transmitted by parties pursuant to Article 7 of the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants;
2.	Takes note of the deadline for the transmission of each party's implementation plan, in addition to the deadlines for revised and updated implementation plans;
SC-5/15 Information exchange
Takes note of the progress made in the implementation of the clearing-house mechanism of the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants and requests the Secretariat to complete an evaluation of its first phase, covering the period 2008–2011, by the end of 2011, and to make it available on the Convention website;
SC-5/16 Reporting
1.	Welcomes the reports submitted by parties pursuant to Article 15 of the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants using the enhanced version of the electronic system for reporting;
2.	Takes note of the Secretariat's report pursuant to paragraph 2 (d) of Article 20 based on the national reports submitted by parties under Article 15;
1. Takes note of the reports of the meetings of the ad hoc working group on effectiveness evaluation;
2.	Also takes note of the proposed framework for effectiveness evaluation;
3.	Requests the Secretariat to collect and compile the information outlined in the proposed framework and to use the elements and indicators set forth therein to prepare a report for consideration by the Conference of the Parties at its sixth meeting;
1. Takes note of the report of the meeting of the global coordination group and encourages parties, when implementing activities under the global monitoring plan, to consider the recommendations put forward in the report of the co-chairs of the coordination group;
2.	Welcomes the revisions made to the guidance on the global monitoring plan;
3.	Requests the Secretariat to continue to support the continuing process of revising and updating that guidance, subject to the availability of resources;
1.	Decides to consider further at its sixth meeting for adoption the procedures and institutional mechanisms on non compliance required under Article 17 of the Convention;
2.	Decides also that the draft text set out in the annex to decision SC-4/33, bearing in mind the proposal of the chair of the contact group set out in the appendix to that annex, shall be the basis for its further work on the procedures and institutional mechanisms at its sixth meeting;
SC-5/20 Guidance on technical assistance
1.	Takes note of the information provided in the note by the Secretariat on guidance on technical assistance;
2.	Invites developing-country parties and parties with economies in transition to provide information to the Secretariat on their technical assistance and technology transfer needs and the barriers and obstacles in that regard;
SC-5/21 Regional and subregional centres for capacity-building and transfer of technology
1.	Welcomes the institutions newly nominated in accordance with decision SC-3/12 to become Stockholm Convention centres;
2.	Takes note of the Secretariat's report on the activities of the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants regional and subregional centres for capacity building and the transfer of technology and the nominated Stockholm Convention centres;
1.	Takes note of the report by the Secretariat on information regarding the availability of financial resources additional to those provided through the Global Environment Facility and ways and means of mobilizing and channelling those resources in support of the objectives of the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants over the period 2015–2019;
2.	Takes note of the information provided by developed-country parties, other parties and other sources, including relevant funding institutions and the private sector, on ways in which they can support the Convention;
Requests the Secretariat to prepare consolidated guidance to the financial mechanism of the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants for consideration by the Conference of the Parties at its sixth meeting;
2. Decides to update the consolidated guidance every four years starting from the sixth meeting of the Conference of the Parties as an input of the Conference of the Parties to the negotiations on the replenishment of the Trust Fund of the Global Environment Facility;
1.	Takes note of the report of the Secretariat on the effectiveness of the implementation of the memorandum of understanding between the Conference of the Parties and the Council of the Global Environment Facility;
2.	Welcomes the report of the Global Environment Facility to the Conference of the Parties at its fifth meeting;
3.	Recalls that the Council of the Global Environment Facility is to provide regular reports to the Conference of the Parties, including information pursuant to paragraph 9 (d) of the memorandum of understanding between the Conference of the Parties and the Council of the Global Environment Facility;
SC-5/25 Review of the financial mechanism
1.	Adopts the terms of reference for the third review of the financial mechanism set out in the annex to the present decision;
2.	Requests the Secretariat to compile information relevant to the third review of the financial mechanism and submit it to the Conference of the Parties for consideration at its sixth meeting.
SC-5/26 Facilitating work with regard to financial resources and mechanisms
1. Recognizes the importance of the need to improve the efficiency of the work of the Conference of the Parties with regard to financial resources and mechanisms;
2.	Recalls decision SC-4/29 on facilitating work with regard to financial resources and mechanisms;
3. Decides to continue the discussion on exploring options for facilitating work with regard to financial resources and mechanisms, including the option of a financial mechanism committee;
Mindful of the legal autonomy of each of the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal, the Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade and the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants,
Recognizing the broad scope of the three conventions,
1.	Approves the programme of activities and operational budget for the biennium 2012–2013 of 5,779,576 United States dollars for 2012 and 6,066,761 dollars for 2013 for the purposes set out in table 1 of the present decision, which are presented by budget code line in table 2;
Urges parties that have not already done so to nominate official contact points to perform administrative functions and to handle all formal communication under the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants;
2.	Invites parties and States not party to the Convention that have not already done so to confirm their existing national focal points for information exchange or to nominate new such national focal points;
SC-4/1 Financing and budget for the biennium 2010–2011
Recalling the financial rules of the Conference of the Parties, its subsidiary bodies and the Convention Secretariat adopted in decision SC-1/3,
Recalling also decision SC-1/4 on financing and budget for the biennium 2006–2007, in particular paragraphs 20 and 23, decision SC-2/1 on amending the financing and budget for the biennium 2006–2007 and decision SC-3/1 on financing and budget for the biennium 2008–2009,
1. Takes note of the report of the expert group on the assessment of the production and use of DDT and its alternatives for disease vector control; 2. Concludes that countries that are currently using DDT for disease vector control may need to continue such use until locally appropriate and cost-effective alternatives are available for sustainable transition away from DDT;
1.	Notes the cancellation of all specific exemptions that were recorded in the Register of Specific Exemptions for the persistent organic pollutant chemicals listed in Annexes A or B of the Convention at the time of its adoption;
2.	Also notes that, with the exception of polychlorinated biphenyls, all current exemptions listed in Annex A and Annex B of the Convention will be unavailable to Parties after 17 May 2009;
4.	Agrees to extend the expiration date in paragraph 6 of the review process for entries in the Register of Specific Exemptions to 2015;
SC-4/4 Evaluation of the continued need for the procedure under paragraph 2(b) of Article 3
1.	Takes note of the report by the Secretariat on information to be taken into account in the evaluation of the continued need for the procedure under paragraph 2 (b) of Article 3 of the Convention;
Concludes that the information currently available on the experience of using the procedure under paragraph 2 (b) of Article 3 is insufficient as a basis for evaluating the continued need for the procedure;
1.	Endorses the proposal by the Secretariat for the establishment of a polychlorinated biphenyls elimination network, as described in the annex to the note by the secretariat on the initiation of a cooperative framework to support Parties in their efforts to eliminate polychlorinated biphenyls through environmentally sound management and disposal, and urges Parties to become members of the partnership;
SC-4/6 Best available techniques/best environmental practices
1.	Takes note of the comments submitted by Parties and others on the guidelines on best available techniques and provisional guidance on best environmental practices;
SC-4/7 Standardized Toolkit for the Identification and Quantification of Dioxin and Furan Releases
1.	Takes note of the progress report set out in the annex to the note by the Secretariat on the ongoing review and updating of the Standardized Toolkit for the Identification and Quantification of Dioxin and Furan Releases and of the reports of the Toolkit expert meetings contained in annexes I and II to the note by the Secretariat on those meetings;
SC-4/8 Wastes
1.	Notes the development of an interactive electronic training tool by the Secretariat and the work being undertaken regionally to support Parties in implementing environmentally sound management of persistent organic pollutant wastes and polychlorinated biphenyls;
SC-4/9 National implementation plans
1.	Welcomes the implementation plans transmitted by Parties pursuant to Article 7 of the Stockholm Convention;
2.	Takes note of the deadline for transmission of each Party's implementation plan;
SC-4/10 Listing of alpha hexachlorocyclohexane
Having considered the risk profile and risk management evaluation for alpha hexachlorocyclohexane as transmitted by the Persistent Organic Pollutants Review Committee,
Taking note of the recommendation by the Persistent Organic Pollutants Review Committee to list alpha hexachlorocyclohexane in Annex A of the Convention,
SC-4/11 Listing of beta hexachlorocyclohexane
Having considered the risk profile and risk management evaluation for beta hexachlorocyclohexane transmitted by the Persistent Organic Pollutants Review Committee,
Taking note of the recommendation by the Persistent Organic Pollutants Review Committee to list beta hexachlorocyclohexane in Annex A of the Convention,
SC-4/12 Listing of chlordecone
Having considered the risk profile and risk management evaluation for chlordecone transmitted by the Persistent Organic Pollutants Review Committee,
Taking note of the recommendation by the Persistent Organic Pollutants Review Committee to list chlordecone in Annex A of the Convention without specific exemptions,
SC-4/13 Listing of hexabromobiphenyl
Having considered the risk profile and risk management evaluation for hexabromobiphenyl transmitted by the Persistent Organic Pollutants Review Committee,
Taking note of the recommendation by the Persistent Organic Pollutants Review Committee to list hexabromobiphenyl in Annex A of the Convention without specific exemptions,
SC-4/14 Listing of hexabromodiphenyl ether and heptabromodiphenyl ether
Having considered the risk profile and risk management evaluation for commercial octabromodiphenyl ether transmitted by the Persistent Organic Pollutants Review Committee,
Taking note of the recommendation by the Persistent Organic Pollutants Review Committee to list hexabromodiphenyl ether and heptabromodiphenyl ether in Annex A of the Convention,
SC-4/15 Listing of lindane
Having considered the risk profile and risk management evaluation for lindane transmitted by the Persistent Organic Pollutants Review Committee,
Taking note of the recommendation by the Persistent Organic Pollutants Review Committee to list lindane in Annex A of the Convention,
SC-4/16 Listing of pentachlorobenzene
Having considered the risk profile, addendum to the risk profile and risk management evaluation for pentachlorobenzene transmitted by the Persistent Organic Pollutants Review Committee,
Taking note of the recommendation by the Persistent Organic Pollutants Review Committee to list pentachlorobenzene in Annex A of the Convention without specific exemptions and in Annex C of the Convention,
SC-4/17 Listing of perfluorooctane sulfonic acid, its salts and perfluorooctane sulfonyl fluoride
Having considered the risk profile, risk management evaluation and addendum to the risk management evaluation for perfluorooctane sulfonate transmitted by the Persistent Organic Pollutants Review Committee,
Taking note of the recommendation by the Persistent Organic Pollutants Review Committee to list perfluorooctane sulfonic acid, its salts and perfluorooctane sulfonyl fluoride in Annex A or Annex B of the Convention,
SC-4/18 Listing of tetrabromodiphenyl ether and pentabromodiphenyl ether
Having considered the risk profile and risk management evaluation for commercial pentabromodiphenyl ether transmitted by the Persistent Organic Pollutants Review Committee,
Taking note of the recommendation by the Persistent Organic Pollutants Review Committee to list tetrabromodiphenyl ether and pentabromodiphenyl ether in Annex A of the Convention,
SC-4/19 Establishing indicative elements of a work programme to facilitate the elimination of listed brominated diphenyl ethers and the restriction or elimination of perfluorooctane sulfonic acid and its salts, perfluorooctane sulfonyl fluoride and other chemicals listed in Annexes A or B of the Convention at the fourth meeting of the Conference of the Parties
Having amended the Stockholm Convention to list new chemicals in Annexes A or B of the Convention,
Taking note of the obligations of Parties, including among others the measures listed in Article 6 of the Convention to reduce or eliminate releases from stockpiles and wastes,
SC-4/20 Operating procedures of the Persistent Organic Pollutants Review Committee
Welcomes the report of the Persistent Organic Pollutants Review Committee on its third and fourth meetings and the report of the Chair of the Committee;
1.	Takes note of the information in those reports on developments in the Committee, including in respect of its procedures;
Takes note of the progress made in the implementation of the clearing-house mechanism and invites Parties and other stakeholders to continue their support for the Secretariat in its development;
2.	Invites Parties and other stakeholders that are undertaking information exchange activities and projects pursuant to Article 9 of the Convention to use the strategic plan developed by the Secretariat and endorsed by the Conference of the Parties at its third meeting with the aim of guaranteeing compatibility between various activities and initiatives;
1.	Takes note of the information contained in the note by the Secretariat on guidance on technical assistance;
2.	Requests the Secretariat to continue to implement its technical assistance programme upon request while making full use of regional centres as an integral part of its work to facilitate technical assistance and the promotion of transfer of technology
1. Takes note of the report prepared by the Secretariat on how the nominated Stockholm Convention centres meet the criteria contained in decisions SC-1/15 and SC-2/9; 2. Welcomes the workplans and reports submitted by the nominated Stockholm Convention centres in accordance with decision SC-2/9;
Takes note of the report by the Secretariat on the assessment of funding needs of Parties that are developing countries or countries with economies in transition to implement the provisions of the Convention over the period 2010–2014;
2.	Requests the Secretariat to transmit that report to the Global Environment Facility for consideration during the fifth replenishment process of the Global Environment Facility and action as appropriate;
Welcomes the report of the Global Environment Facility to the Conference of the Parties of the Stockholm Convention at its fourth meeting;
2.	Also welcomes the continuing cooperation between the Secretariat of the Stockholm Convention and the secretariat of the Global Environment Facility;
1.	Welcomes the positive report on the second review of the financial mechanism, noting in particular the significant contribution of the Global Environment Facility of 360 million dollars for persistent organic pollutant projects since the Convention was adopted in 2001;
SC-4/27 Guidance to the financial mechanism
Reaffirms its decisions SC-1/9, SC-2/11 and SC-3/16;
2.	Calls on developed countries, in the context of the fifth replenishment of the Global Environment Facility, being aware of the funding needs assessment and in the light of the current and possible future listing of new persistent organic pollutants, to make all efforts to make adequate financial resources available in accordance with their obligations under Article 13 of the Convention to enable developing country Parties and Parties with economies in transition to fulfil their obligations under the Convention;
Requests the Global Environment Facility to provide the necessary financial and technical assistance to developing country Parties and Parties with economies in transition in accordance with Articles 13 and 14 of the Convention, especially least developed countries and small island developing States, to help them to prepare or update their national implementation plans and to comply with the requirements of the Stockholm Convention;
Requests the Secretariat to seek the views of Parties and explore options for facilitating the work of the Conference of the Parties with regard to financial resources and mechanisms, including the option of a financial mechanism committee, and to prepare a report for consideration by the Conference of the Parties at its fifth meeting.
1.	Welcomes the report based on information received pursuant to Article 15 of the Convention prepared by the Secretariat;
2.	Decides that, in accordance with Article 15, each Party shall submit its second report pursuant to Article 15 to the Secretariat by 31 October 2010 for consideration by the Conference of the Parties at its fifth meeting;
1.	Takes note of the report of the meeting of the coordination group and encourages Parties when implementing activities under the global monitoring plan to consider the recommendations put forward in the report of the co-chairs of the coordination group;
2.	Welcomes the regional monitoring reports and the global monitoring report and concludes that there are data on air and human milk or blood available in all five United Nations regions that can be used as a baseline for future evaluations, noting that not all data were available in time to be included in the monitoring reports;
3.	Acknowledges the additional information on human tissue data presented at the fourth meeting of the Conference of the Parties and requests the Secretariat in cooperation with the regional organization groups to include those data in annexes to the first regional monitoring reports;
4.	Adopts the global monitoring plan for persistent organic pollutants that was provisionally adopted at its third meeting and requests the Secretariat to make non substantive changes as necessary;
5.	Also adopts the terms of reference and mandate of the regional organization groups and the global coordination group set forth in the annex to the present decision;
[...]Annex to decision SC-4/31
Terms of reference and mandate of the regional organization groups and the global coordination group
Having considered the note by the Secretariat on effectiveness evaluation,
Recognizing that the work required for each effectiveness evaluation is conducted in two stages,
Mindful that the procedures and mechanisms called for under Article 17 will help address issues of non compliance, including by facilitating assistance and providing advice to Parties facing compliance issues,
SC-4/34 Enhancing cooperation and coordination among the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions (synergies decision)
Recalling decision SC-2/15 adopted by the Conference of the Parties of the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants at its second meeting, decision RC-3/8 adopted by the Conference of the Parties to the Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade at its third meeting and decision VIII/8 adopted by the Conference of the Parties to the Basel Convention
Urges Parties that have not already done so to nominate official contact points to perform administrative functions and handle all formal communication under the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants for Parties;
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Assessed Contributions to the General Trust Fund for the 2008–2009 biennium(in United States dollars)
3. Adopts the revised process for DDT reporting, assessment and evaluation contained in annex I to the present decision;
4. Also adopts the revised format and questionnaire for Parties to report on the production and use of DDT and its alternatives for disease vector control that is contained in annex II to the present decision and requests the Secretariat to undertake the translation of the electronic format of the questionnaire into the six official United Nations languages;[...]
Annex I to decision SC-3/2
Process for the reporting on and assessment and evaluation of the continued need for DDT for disease vector control
SC-3/3 Revised process for the review of entries in the Register of Specific Exemptions
Adopts the revised process for the review of entries in the Register of Specific Exemptions contained in the annex to the present decision and agrees to review paragraph 4 of the process at its next meeting; Requests the Secretariat to undertake the activities in the review process regarding the specific exemptions in the Register that are due for review at the fourth meeting of the Conference of the Parties; Reminds each Party that has a specific exemption in the Register and is seeking an extension of that exemption to submit a report to the Secretariat at least twelve months prior to the fourth meeting of the Conference of the Parties, in 2009, justifying its continued need for registration of that exemption and providing the information requested in the review process.
1.	Concludes that the information that has been gathered to date on the experience of using the procedure under paragraph 2 (b) of Article 3 of the Convention is insufficient to complete an evaluation of the continued need for the procedure; 2.	Requests the Secretariat to provide a report, based on Party reports submitted pursuant to Article 15, certifications from exporting Parties pursuant to paragraph 2 (b) (iii) of Article 3 and other relevant information, for consideration by the Conference at its fourth meeting; 3.	Decides to evaluate the procedure further at its fourth meeting.
Requests the Secretariat, within available resources, to compile the information provided under paragraph 3 above and to collect information (e.g., make use of a questionnaire) on experiences gained in using the revised guidelines and guidance through field tests and other means by 31 December 2008 in order to report such information to the Conference of the Parties at its fourth meeting; Encourages Parties and observers to exchange information on their experiences in implementing the guidelines and guidance by electronic means such as electronic discussion groups facilitated, as appropriate, through the Secretariat; Invites Parties and others in a position to do so: (a)	To fund awareness-raising and training workshops on the guidelines on best available techniques and best environmental practices; (b)	To fund awareness-raising and training activities pursuant to decision SC-1/20; Invites the appropriate bodies of the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal to consider the waste-related contents of the revised guidelines and guidance and to report any outcome of their doing so to the Secretariat of the Stockholm Convention; Requests the Secretariat to transmit annex II of the report of the Expert Group on the work of its second meeting to the appropriate bodies of the Basel Convention through the secretariat of the Basel Convention in response to a request by the Conference of the Parties to the Basel Convention at its seventh meeting.
SC-3/6 Ongoing review and updating of the Standardized Toolkit for Identification and Quantification of Dioxin and Furan Releases
[...]3.	Requests the Secretariat, when implementing the Toolkit review and updating process, to place adequate emphasis on the key sources for which limited monitoring data is available, including sources of hexachlorobenzene and polychlorinated biphenyls, and to support developing countries in their efforts to further verify their emission factors;
4.	Invites Parties, States not party to the Convention, intergovernmental organizations and non-governmental organizations and industry: (a)	To generate relevant data and information on Annex C chemicals, as identified in the Toolkit review and updating process, and provide such data and information to the Secretariat; (b)	To participate actively in the Toolkit review and updating process; (c)	To provide funding to support the work outlined in the present paragraph and in paragraph 1 above, if they are in a position to do so.
Annex to decision SC-3/6
Process for the ongoing review and updating of the Standardized Toolkit for Identification and Quantification of Dioxin and Furan Releases
4.	Encourages the introduction and demonstration of cost-effective methods, selected from the methods contained in section IV G of the above-mentioned updated general technical guidelines, in developing countries and countries with economies in transition; 5.	Welcomes the continuing work of the relevant bodies of the Basel Convention related to reviewing and updating the technical guidelines regarding persistent organic pollutants; 6.	Encourages Parties to the Stockholm Convention to ensure the participation of experts in the ongoing work under the Basel Convention referred to in paragraph 5 above and invites them to submit comments to the Secretariat of the Basel Convention; 7.	Welcomes the cooperation between the Secretariat of the Stockholm Convention and the Secretariat of the Basel Convention and requests the Secretariat, in cooperation with the Secretariat of the Basel Convention, to undertake, within available resources, training and other capacity-building activities, including those contained in the note by the Secretariat, to assist developing countries and countries with economies in transition in implementing the present decision.
5.	Requests the Secretariat, taking into account the information received from Parties in accordance with the preceding paragraph, to prepare a report on the priorities identified by Parties in implementing their national implementation plans, which should, among other things, identify possible areas of technical assistance needs; 6.	Takes note of the draft guidance on social and economic assessment for the development and implementation of persistent organic pollutant national implementation plans set forth in the note by the Secretariat, and requests the Secretariat to develop the guidelines further, resources permitting, to take into account the particular circumstances of developing countries and countries with economies in transition; 7.	Encourages Parties to use, as appropriate, the draft guidance on social and economic assessment in the development and implementation of their national implementation plans; 8.	Invites Parties and others to provide comments to the Secretariat, based on their experience in using the guidance on social and economic assessment, on how to improve its usefulness; 9.	Requests the Secretariat to complete the draft of the additional guidance called for in paragraph 5 of decision SC-1/12, for consideration by the Conference at its fourth meeting, provided that the resources needed to do so are made available; 10.	Invites Parties and others in a position to do so to provide the additional funding required for developing the additional guidance.
SC-3/9 Listing chemicals in Annexes A, B or C of the Convention
2.	Adopts the code of practice for the treatment of confidential information by the Persistent Organic Pollutants Review Committee set out in decision POPRC-2/12 of the Committee; 3.	Endorses the recommended approach for considering isomers or groups of isomers of chemicals proposed by Parties for inclusion in Annexes A, B or C of the Convention set out in the annex to decision POPRC-2/11 of the Committee; 4.	Takes note of the workplan for the preparation of a draft risk profile (2006–2007) and the workplan for the preparation of a draft risk management evaluation (2006-2007), which were adopted by the Committee at its second meeting; 5.	Requests the Secretariat to undertake activities to assist Parties which are developing countries or countries with economies in transition, as listed in paragraph 19 of document UNEP/POPS/COP.3/12; 6.	Confirms the nomination of Ms. Liselotte Säll to replace Ms. Janneche Utne Skare as a member of the Committee, to serve for the remainder of the latter's term; 7.	Adopts the list of Parties to be invited to nominate Committee members for terms of office commencing on 5 May 2008 set out in the annex to the present decision.
The Conference of the Partie
Takes note of the progress made in implementing the pilot phase of the clearing-house mechanism and invites Parties and other stakeholders to continue to support the Secretariat in developing it further
1.	Invites Parties, relevant international organizations and non-governmental organizations to provide information to the Secretariat on their experiences in implementing the guidance on technical assistance and transfer of technology adopted by the Conference of the Parties in decision SC1/15; 2.	Requests the Secretariat to submit, at each meeting of the Conference of the Parties, a report based on the information provided pursuant to paragraph 1 above and any other pertinent information on the application of the guidance on technical assistance and transfer of environmentally sound technology, in order to facilitate periodic reviews of the implementation of the guidance on technical assistance and transfer of technology by the Conference of the Parties.
SC-3/12 Terms of reference for the selection of regional and subregional centres for capacity building and the transfer of environmentally sound technologies under the Stockholm Convention
2.	Underlines the importance of increased cooperation and coordination between conventions in the chemicals and waste cluster in promoting the effective regional delivery of capacitybuilding and the transfer of technology to developing countries and countries with economies in transition;
3.	Affirms that such regional or subregional centres should be capable of meeting the technical assistance and technology transfer needs and priorities identified in the annex to decision SC1/15 and fulfilling the terms of reference for such centres set out in annex I of decision SC-2/9; 4.	Requests regional representatives on the bureau to submit to the secretariat, as soon as practicable after the third meeting of the Conference of the Parties, nominations for institutions to become Stockholm Convention regional centres or subregional centres in accordance with the terms of reference for the selection of such centres set forth in the annex to the present decision; 5.	Decides that institutions nominated by regions will be formally recognized as "nominated Stockholm Convention centres" until the Conference of the Parties at its next meeting decides whether to confirm their endorsement
SC-3/13 Implementation of the memorandum of understanding between the Conference of the Parties and the Council of the Global Environment Facility
1. Welcomes the report of the Global Environment Facility to the Conference of the Parties of the Stockholm Convention at its third meeting1 and takes note of the information contained therein; 2. Requests the Secretariat, in consultation with the Global Environment Facility, to prepare a report on the effectiveness of the implementation of the memorandum of understanding between the Conference of the Parties and the Council of the Global Environment Facility, for consideration by the Conference of the Parties at its fourth meeting.
SC-3/14 Resource mobilization
2.	Invites, in accordance with paragraphs 2 and 3 of Article 13 of the Convention, developed country Parties, other Parties and other possible sources, including relevant funding institutions and the private sector, to provide information to the Secretariat on ways in which they can support the Convention; 3.	Requests the Secretariat, based on the information provided pursuant to the invitation in paragraph 2 above, to develop further the report on other possible sources of funding and to submit it for consideration by the Conference of the Parties at its fourth meeting.
2.	Adopts the revised terms of reference for work on the assessment of funding needs for Parties that are developing countries or countries with economies in transition to implement the Convention over the period 2010–2014 set forth in the annex to the present decision; 3.	Invites Parties and others to provide the relevant information required to undertake the assessment of funding needs mentioned in the preceding paragraph.
4.	Invites Governments, non-governmental organizations, industry and intergovernmental organizations to participate in the development of the business plan for promoting a global partnership on the development and deployment of alternative products, methods and strategies to DDT for disease vector control and encourages the Global Environment Facility, donors and other funding agencies to provide financial and other resources to support the creation and implementation of the business plan; 5.	Urges the Global Environment Facility to incorporate best available techniques and best environmental practices and demonstration as one of its priorities for providing financial support; 6.	Invites the Global Environment Facility to incorporate activities related to the global monitoring plan and capacity-building in developing countries, small island developing States and countries with economies in transition as priorities for providing financial support; 7.	Decides that the outcomes of the periodic assessments of the funding necessary and available for the implementation of the convention shall be an input of the Conference of the Parties to the negotiations on the replenishment of the Trust Fund of the Global Environment Facility;
SC-3/17 Second review of the financial mechanism
Adopts the terms of reference for the second review of the financial mechanism set out in the annex to the present decision; Requests the Secretariat to compile information relevant to the second review of the financial mechanism and submit it to the Conference of the Parties for consideration at its fourth meeting.
2.	Invites Parties to provide comments on their experience in using the electronic system for reporting to the Secretariat by 31 December 2007; 3.	Encourages Parties that have not used the electronic system for reporting to do so; 4.	Requests the Secretariat: (a)	To prepare a report pursuant to paragraph 2 (d) of Article 20 of the Convention by 30 July 2008 in time to be used in the effectiveness evaluation under Article 16 of the Convention; (b)	To develop a users manual for the electronic system for reporting and distribute it widely in order to facilitate the process for reporting pursuant to Article 15; (c)	To provide training, upon request and subject to the availability of funds, to enable Parties to use the electronic system for reporting effectively; (d)	To make non-substantive modifications to the reporting forms in order to make the electronic system for reporting more user friendly, including by enhancing its flexibility; (e)	To develop, resources permitting, an enhanced version of the electronic system for reporting that takes into account such modifications.
[...] 2. Adopts on a provisional basis the amended global monitoring plan for persistent organic pollutants;
3. Adopts the amended implementation plan for the global monitoring plan for persistent organic pollutants for the first effectiveness evaluation;
4. Establishes "regional organization groups" with the mandate and terms of reference specified in the annex to the present decision, invites Parties to nominate members of those groups with expertise in monitoring and data evaluation through their respective Bureau members to the Secretariat and decides that the members of the groups shall include members who serve on the coordination group established in the following paragraph plus up to three additional members, as well as invited experts in relevant fields, as necessary;
5. Establishes a "coordination group" with the mandate and terms of reference specified in the annex to the present decision and invites regional organization groups to nominate members of the group through their respective bureau members to the Secretariat;
6. Agrees that the amended preliminary version of the guidance on the global monitoring plan for persistent organic pollutants provides an appropriate basis for the Parties to implement the global monitoring plan and requests the Secretariat to arrange for updating the guidance, taking into consideration any comments received from Parties;
7. Requests the Secretariat to bring the work undertaken in accordance with the present decision to the attention of the Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting and to request its assistance in the provision of relevant information;
8. Invites Parties and others who are members of the Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting to provide data on persistent organic pollutants in the Antarctic through their respective regional organization groups;
9. Requests the Secretariat, within available resources, to support training and capacity building activities to assist countries in implementing the global monitoring plan for the first effectiveness evaluation;
10. Also requests the Secretariat to work with partners and other relevant organizations to undertake the implementation activities;
11. Invites Parties that are in a position to do so to support the establishment and the long-term implementation of the global monitoring plan.
Terms of reference and mandate of the regional organization groups and the coordination group
SC-3/20 Non-compliance
1.	Decides to negotiate further and to consider for adoption at its fourth meeting the procedures and institutional mechanisms on noncompliance required under article 17 of the Convention; 2.	Decides also that the draft text contained in the annex to the present decision, bearing in mind the proposal of the Chair of the contact group contained in the appendix to the draft text, shall be the basis for its further work on the procedures and institutional mechanisms at its fourth meeting.
SC-3/21 Synergies
Takes note of the supplementary report on cooperation and coordination among the Basel Convention of the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal, the Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade and Stockholm Convention prepared by the out-going President of the Conference; Welcomes the establishment of the ad hoc joint working group on enhancing cooperation and coordination among the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions and takes note of the report of its first meeting; Notes that the ad hoc joint working group will make joint recommendations to the Conference of the Parties of all three conventions, including the Conference of the Parties of the Stockholm Convention at it fourth meeting.
SC-3/22 Official communication with Parties and observers
1.	Urges Parties that have not already done so to nominate, in accordance with decision SC-2/16, official contact points to perform administrative functions and undertake all formal communication under the Convention for Parties; 2.	Invites Parties and States not party to the Convention to confirm their existing focal points or nominate new national focal points for information exchange.
SC-2/1 Amendment to the financing and budget for the biennium 2006–2007
2.	Authorizes the revised allocations of funds within the 2006 approved budget for the purposes set out in table 1 of the present decision;
3.	Approves the operational budget of 5,608,250 United States dollars for 2007 for the purposes set out in table 1 of the present decision;
4.	Welcomes the annual contribution of 2 million Swiss francs, including assessed contributions, pledged for 2007 by the host Government of the Convention Secretariat to offset planned expenditures;
5.	Adopts the indicative scale of assessments for the apportionment of expenses for 2007 as contained in table 3 of the present decision and authorizes the head of the Convention Secretariat, consistent with the financial rules, to adjust the scale to include all Parties for which the Convention enters into force before 1 January 2007 for 2007;
1.	Notes the report of the study undertaken by the World Health Organization on possible mechanisms for active information collection to provide an adequate information base for the evaluation of the continued need for DDT;
SC-2/3 Review process for entries in the Register of Specific Exemptions
1.	Adopts, for the purposes of paragraphs 5, 6 and 7 of Article 4 of the Convention, the criteria to be applied in the review process for entries in the Register of Specific Exemptions established under Article 4 of the Convention set out in the annex to the present decision;
2.	Decides to resume consideration of the unresolved issues in the review process for entries in the Register of Specific Exemptions, as adopted by the Conference in decision SC-1/24, at its next ordinary meeting;
3.	Notes that the criteria set out in the annex to the present decision shall be taken into account by the Conference when it considers the review process referred to in paragraph 2 above.
1. Welcomes the report of the first meeting of the Expert Group on Best Available Techniques and Best Environmental Practices and expresses its gratitude to the members of the group for their work; 2. Observes that the guidelines on best available techniques and best environmental practices under development by the Expert Group together form a living document which will be continually updated to take into consideration scientific and related advances or changes; 3. Invites Parties and other donors in a position to do so to support awarenessraising activities pursuant to decision SC-1/20, including awarenessraising workshops on the guidelines on best available techniques and best environmental practices, as requested by the Expert Group at its first meeting; 4. Also invites Parties and other donors in a position to do so to support informal consultations on the guidelines between the second meeting of the Expert Group and the third meeting of the Conference of the Parties.
4.	Requests the Secretariat to initiate an open, transparent process, in cooperation with the Chemicals Branch of the United Nations Environment Programme's Division of Technology, Industry and Economics and in consultation with users and specialized experts in the field of emission factors and measurements related to releases of Annex C persistent organic pollutants, to develop further the Toolkit;
5.	Invites Parties and others to provide data and information to assist in the process for review and further development of the Toolkit;
6.	Also invites Parties and others to include in their measurement and monitoring programmes the determination of mass concentrations of not only PCDD/PCDF but also of hexachlorobenzene (HCB) and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB) and to provide that information to the Secretariat;
7.	Further invites Parties and other donors to provide funding for supporting the work outlined in paragraphs 3, 4 and 6 above.
1.	Welcomes the further progress made by the Open-ended Working Group of the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal in finalizing technical guidelines on the environmentally sound management of persistent organic pollutant wastes and affirms the high priority attached by the Conference of the Parties to the guidelines, particularly as they relate directly to the issues outlined in paragraph 2 of Article 6 of the Stockholm Convention;
2.	Also welcomes the strengthened cooperation between the Secretariat of the Stockholm Convention and the Secretariat of the Basel Convention;
3.	Requests the Secretariat to prepare a report on the guidelines relating to persistent organic pollutants if they are adopted by the Conference of the Parties to the Basel Convention at its eighth meeting. The report shall assess the guidelines to identify contents that are relevant for the purposes of the requirements of the Stockholm Convention and highlight the elements that are suitable for consideration at the third meeting of the Conference of the Parties for possible action under paragraph 2 of Article 6 of the Convention.
Requests the Secretariat to complete a draft of the additional guidance for consideration by the Conference of the Parties at its third meeting, provided that resources are made available for this activity;
3.	Invites Parties and others in a position to do so to provide additional funding required for developing the additional guidance;
4.	Adopts the process for the review and updating of national implementation plans set forth in the annex to the present decision;
5.	Requests the Secretariat to prepare an analysis of the national implementation plans submitted pursuant to Article 7, paragraph 1 (b), of the Convention, to be submitted to the Conference of the Parties for consideration at its third meeting. This analysis should focus on frequently identified national priority actions and best practices for controlling persistent organic pollutants.
SC-2/8 Listing of chemicals in Annexes A, B and/or C of the Convention
3. Approves the criteria established by the Committee to be taken into consideration when selecting experts from the roster as set forth in paragraph 1 of decision POPRC-1/2; 4. Takes note of the standard work plan adopted by the Committee; 5. Confirms the understanding of the Committee that the risk management evaluation required under paragraph 8 of Article 8 of the Convention is to be prepared in accordance with the procedure set out in paragraph 7 (a) of Article 8 of the Convention; 6. Takes note of the provisional confidentiality arrangements of the Committee contained in decision POPRC-1/1 and requests the Committee to continue its deliberation of confidentiality issues based on the guidance provided by the Conference of the Parties at its second meeting and to provide its final proposal for confidentiality arrangements for consideration by the Conference at its third meeting; 7. Also takes note of the technical nature of the issue of how to consider isomers or groups of isomers of chemicals proposed by Parties for inclusion in Annexes A, B and/or C of the Convention pursuant to Article 8 and requests the Committee to provide its recommendations for an approach for addressing this issue for consideration by the Conference at its third meeting.
SC-2/9 Technical assistance
Adopts the terms of reference for regional and subregional centres for capacity-building and transfer of technology under the Stockholm Convention set forth in annex I to the present decision;
Requests the Secretariat to develop draft terms of reference for the process of selecting regional and subregional centres for capacity-building and transfer of technology for consideration by the Conference of the Parties at its third meeting. In undertaking this task, the Secretariat should consult with Convention focal points and with existing regional and subregional centres and their host organizations providing technical assistance and technology transfer for chemicals and chemical waste issues;
Adopts the criteria for evaluating the performance of regional and subregional centres for capacity-building and technology transfer set forth in annex II to the present decision.
SC-2/10 Financial resources and mechanism
2.	Requests the Secretariat, in consultation with the Global Environment Facility, to report to the Conference at its future meetings on the effectiveness of the implementation of the memorandum of understanding between the Conference of the Parties and the Council of the Global Environment Facility;
3.	Welcomes the report on the first review of the financial mechanism and notes its recommendations, the relevant ones of which are included, as appropriate, either in the present decision or in decision SC-2/11 on additional guidance to the financial mechanism;
4.	Decides to include all its requests and recommendations to the Global Environment Facility in a single decision on additional guidance to the financial mechanism;
5.	Welcomes the achievements of the Global Environment Facility in support of the Convention and notes that the report of the first review of the financial mechanism is in general appreciative of the role of the Global Environment Facility as the principal entity of the financial mechanism of the Convention;
6.	Urges donor Parties and invites other Governments to contribute to the Global Environment Facility in order to achieve a timely and successful fourth replenishment and the resources necessary for advancing the implementation of the Convention;
Requests the Global Environment Facility to continue to work with the Secretariat of the Convention to finalize Operational Programme 14 incorporating the guidance by the Conference of the Parties as soon as possible; Also requests the Global Environment Facility to exercise any necessary flexibility in applying its criteria for access in order to ensure compatibility with the country eligibility criteria established by the Conference of the Parties in decision SC-1/9 in accordance with the specific priorities and needs of eligible countries; Further requests the Global Environment Facility to include in its regular reports to the Conference of the Parties a more indepth analysis of its financing, including cofinancing, in its persistent organic pollutants portfolio, which includes sources, mechanisms, arrangements and trends;
SC-2/12 Terms of reference for work on modalities on the needs assessment for Parties that are developing countries or Parties with economies in transition to implement the provisions of the Convention over the period 2006–2010
Adopts the terms of reference set forth in the annex to the present decision for work on modalities on the needs assessment for Parties that are developing countries or Parties with economies in transition to implement the provisions of the Convention over the period 2006–2010; Requests the Secretariat to make the necessary arrangements to initiate the preliminary assessment of funding needs; Invites the Parties, other Governments, the principal entity of the financial mechanism, other financial institutions, intergovernmental organizations, non-governmental organizations, including the private sector, and secretariats of other multilateral environmental agreements to provide to the Secretariat by 31 December 2006 the information needed for the work on preliminary assessment of funding needs for developing country Parties and Parties with economies in transition to implement the provisions of the Convention over the period 20062010; Requests the Secretariat to provide the report of the preliminary assessment of funding needs for consideration by the Conference of the Parties at its third meeting;
[...] 1. Agrees to complete the first effectiveness evaluation at its fourth meeting, in 2009;
2. Decides to implement the elements for a global monitoring plan as proposed in the annex to the present decision and urges implementation. The field test requested by the Conference of the Parties at its first meeting, necessary to this implementation, should be carried out according to the elements of the annex to the present decision, subject to the availability of funds;
3. Also decides to establish a provisional ad hoc technical working group of 15 representatives of Parties of the five United Nations regions to coordinate and oversee implementation of the global monitoring plan as provided in the annex to the present decision;
4. Requests the provisional ad hoc technical working group to report on progress in the implementation of the global monitoring plan to the Conference of the Parties at its third meeting;
5. Decides to review the progress of the provisional ad hoc technical working group at its third meeting and to decide whether or not the group should continue;
[...] Annex to decision SC-2/13
Elements for establishing and implementing a global monitoring plan
1. Welcomes the report of the meeting of the open-ended ad hoc working group to consider procedures and institutional mechanisms on non-compliance which was held on 28 and 29 April 2006 in Geneva, 2. Decides, in view of the recommendation contained in the report of the openended ad hoc working group, to convene for a duration of three days immediately prior to the third meeting of the Conference of the Parties a second meeting of the openended ad hoc working group to consider procedures and institutional mechanisms on non-compliance under article 17 of the Convention; 3. Also decides to consider further the matter required under Article 17 of the Convention with the aim of reaching agreement on procedures and institutional mechanisms on non-compliance at its third meeting, if possible; 4. Further decides that the draft text contained in the annex to the report of the meeting of the open-ended ad hoc working group shall be the basis for further work of the open-ended ad hoc working group at its second meeting and subsequent discussion at the third meeting of the Conference of the Parties on the question of non-compliance;
Calls for further improved cooperation and coordination between the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions;
2.	Requests the President, supported by the Secretariat and in consultation and cooperation with the Presidents and Secretariats of the Basel and Rotterdam Conventions, to ensure that the reports contained in documents UNEP/POPS/COP.2/INF/12, UNEP/POPS/COP.2/INF/18 and UNEP/POPS/COP.2/INF/19 are supplemented by a further report exploring the specific areas in which cooperation and coordination among the three conventions at the programmatic level would be to the mutual advantage of all three conventions and without prejudice to their autonomy;
3.	Also requests that the supplementary report to be prepared pursuant to paragraph 2 of the present decision be submitted to the ad hoc joint working group referred to in paragraph 6 of the present decision and that it explore the following areas, inter alia: joint training activities; joint field activities and capacity-building; the use of regional centres as well as other centres of excellence; joint planning and joint implementation of activities; exchange of information; organization of joint meetings of subsidiary bodies and working groups and back-to-back conferences of the parties;
SC-2/16 Official communications with Parties and observers
3.	Requests the Secretariat to maintain and update as needed a list of official contact points and to make it publicly available;
4.	Invites non-Party States to nominate, should they wish to do so, contact points for communications concerning matters pertaining to the Convention;
5.	Requests the Secretariat to use the list in annex II of the note by the Secretariat of contacts in United Nations bodies and specialized agencies, the International Atomic Energy Agency and the Global Environment Facility for the purpose of inviting observers to the meetings of the Conference of the Parties and its subsidiary bodies and for the purpose of communication with observers during the periods between meetings of the Conference of the Parties and its subsidiary bodies;
6.	Also requests the Secretariat to use the list of national and international governmental and non-governmental bodies and agencies in annex III of the note by the Secretariat, as updated at each ordinary meeting of the Conference of the Parties, for the purpose of inviting observers to the meetings of the Conference of the Parties and its subsidiary bodies and for official communication during the periods between the meetings of the Conference of the Parties and its subsidiary bodies;
SC-2/17 Clearing-house mechanism
Invites Parties as well as relevant intergovernmental organizations, multilateral environmental agreements and non-governmental organizations to support and collaborate with the Secretariat in developing a programme for it to serve as the clearinghouse mechanism for information on persistent organic pollutants as envisaged in paragraph 4 of Article 9 of the Convention;
Notes that the elements of information outlined in chapter II of the note by the Secretariat on the clearinghouse mechanism fall within the scope of the clearinghouse mechanism;
Approves the pilotphase informationexchange activities referred to in paragraphs 13 and 14 of that note;
Invites Parties and other interested stakeholders to provide the Secretariat, by 31 October 2006, with comments on the draft prepared by the Secretariat of a strategic plan for establishing procedures for the clearinghouse mechanism and on their information exchange needs and priorities for 2008–2011;
Requests the Secretariat to prepare, taking into account comments received, a revised draft strategic plan for consideration by the Conference of the Parties at its third meeting.
1.	Requests the Secretariat to develop an electronic system for reporting pursuant to Article 15 of the Convention and to make it available to Parties no later than 30 September 2006, in time to be used by Parties when preparing their first reports pursuant to Article 15;
2.	Adopts the format for reporting on polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) contained in the annex to the present decision;
3.	Requests the Secretariat to incorporate the format for reporting on PCBs in the format for reporting under Article 15 of the Convention contained in the annex to decision SC-1/22;
4.	Also requests the Secretariat to make available to Parties both electronic and hard copies of the format for reporting on PCBs.
SC-1/1 Rules of procedure
Adopts the rules of procedure for the Conference of the Parties contained in the annex to the present decision, with the exception of the second sentence of paragraph 1 of rule 45.
SC-1/2 Settlement of disputes
Adopts, as Annex G to the Convention, the following arbitration procedure for purposes of paragraph 2 (a) of Article 18 of the Convention and conciliation procedure for purposes of paragraph 6 of Article 18 of the Convention.
SC-1/3 Financial rules for the Conference of the Parties, its subsidiary bodies and the Convention Secretariat
Adopts the financial rules set out in the annex to the present decision for its operation and that of any subsidiary bodies.
3.	Decides that the indicative budget figure for 2007 will be reconsidered at the second meeting of the Conference of the Parties on the basis of any recommendations made by the head of the Convention secretariat;
12.	Decides to set the minimum working capital reserve for 2006–2007 at a level of 8.3 per cent of the estimated expenditure of the operational budget including programme support costs;
13.	Decides further that designated contributions from the surplus of the General Trust Fund for the interim phase of the Convention should, and any contributions from non-Parties in accordance with paragraph 14 below shall, be added to the working capital reserve for 2006–2007 for the purpose of increasing its level to 15 per cent of the estimated expenditure of the operational budget, including programme support costs, for the year 2007;
14.	Decides that a non-Party to the Convention may contribute to the General Trust Fund in 2006–2007 for the purpose of augmenting the working capital reserve;
SC-1/5 Physical location of the Secretariat
3.	Decides to accept the offer of the Government of Switzerland to host the Secretariat in Geneva;
4.	Invites the Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme to consult the authority of the host Government regarding the practical arrangements for hosting the Secretariat in Geneva;
5.	Notes that the United Nations headquarters agreement already in force with Switzerland will continue to apply to the Secretariat and accepts the additional elements included in the offer of the Government of Switzerland for inclusion in the framework of tho practical arrangements set forth in the headquarters agreement;
6.	Requests the Secretariat to report on the implementation of the present decision to the Conference of the Parties at its second meeting.
SC-1/6 Expression of gratitude to the Government of Uruguay and the Government of Switzerland
1.	Expresses its profound gratitude to the Government of Uruguay for having made it possible for the first meeting of the Conference of the Parties to be held in Punta del Este;
2.	Requests the Government of Uruguay to convey to the city and the people of Punta del Este the gratitude of the Conference of the Parties for the hospitality and warmth extended to the meeting participants;
3.	Further expresses its profound gratitude to the Government of Switzerland for its generous financial support for the Conference.
SC-1/7 Establishment of the Persistent Organic Pollutants Review Committee
Decides to establish pursuant to paragraph 6 of Article 19 of the Convention a subsidiary body to be called the Persistent Organic Pollutants Review Committee for the purposes of performing the functions assigned to that Committee by the Convention;
Adopts the terms of reference of the Persistent Organic Pollutants Review Committee contained in the annex to the present decision.
SC-1/8 Rules of procedure for preventing and dealing with conflicts of interest relating to activities of the Persistent Organic Pollutants Review Committee
Decides that it is essential to safeguard confidence in the integrity of the process of work of the Persistent Organic Pollutants Review Committee while encouraging experienced and competent persons to accept membership in the Committee by:
(a)	Establishing an appropriate code of conduct;
(b)	Establishing clear rules with respect to conflicts of interest during and after service as a member;
(c)	Minimizing the possibility of conflicts arising between the private interests and public duties of members;
(d)	Establishing appropriate procedures for preventing and dealing with conflicts of interest relating to the activities of the Persistent Organic Pollutants Review Committee;
SC-1/9 Guidance to the financial mechanism
Requests the Secretariat to transmit the guidance to the financial mechanism contained in the annex to the present decision to the entity or entities entrusted with the operation of the financial mechanism pursuant to paragraph 6 of Article 13 of the Convention;
Further requests the Secretariat to transmit the guidance to the financial mechanism contained in the annex to the present decision to the Global Environment Facility, which is, on an interim basis, the principal entity entrusted with the operations of the financial mechanism in accordance with Article 14 of the Convention;
Requests the entity or entities entrusted with the operations of the financial mechanism of the Convention, including the Global Environment Facility, to incorporate on an ongoing basis guidance from the Conference of the Parties in the further development of their operational programmes to ensure that the objectives of the Convention are addressed;
Requests the Global Environment Facility to prepare and submit reports to each ordinary meeting of the Conference of the Parties on its operations in support of the Convention, as set out in the memorandum of understanding between the Conference of the Parties and the Council of the Global Environment Facility.
SC-1/10 First review of the financial mechanism
Recognizing that the period to be addressed by the review will cover activities from the date on which the Convention was open for signature until July 2005;
Recognizing further that during such period the Global Environment Facility will have been the principal entity entrusted with the operations of the financial mechanism of the Convention, on an interim basis, in accordance with Article 14;
Adopts the attached terms of reference for the first review of the financial mechanism of the Convention;
Agrees that future reviews of the financial mechanism of the Convention will address the principal entity referred to above until such time as the Conference of the Parties decides which institutional structure will be designated in accordance with Article 13 of the Convention. Thereafter, the review will address the entity or entities so entrusted.
SC-1/11 Memorandum of understanding between the Conference of the Parties and the Council of the Global Environment Facility
1.	Adopts the memorandum of understanding between the Conference of the Parties and the Council of the Global Environment Facility, as contained in the annex to the present decision;
2.	Requests the Secretariat to transmit the memorandum of understanding to the Council of the Global Environment Facility for its consideration and adoption.
SC-1/12 National implementation plans
Requests the Secretariat, in collaboration with other relevant organizations and subject to resource availability, to develop additional guidance on social and economic assessment, calculation of action plan costs, including incremental and total costs and action plans for specific persistent organic pollutants, and in doing so to take into consideration the particular circumstances of developing countries and countries with economies in transition;
Requests the Secretariat to develop a roster of experts whose assistance could be sought with respect to the development of action plans;
Adopts the guidance for the review and updating of national implementation plans contained in the annex to the present decision;
Requests the Secretariat to elaborate further the process of reviewing and updating national implementation plans for consideration by the Conference of the Parties at its second session;
Requests the financial mechanism of the Convention, recognizing the importance of national implementation plans to a Party's ability to implement its obligations under the Convention, to support the regular review and updating of national implementation plans in accordance with the guidance adopted under paragraph 1 above.
[...] 1. Agrees to initiate arrangements to provide itself with comparable monitoring data on which to base its evaluation of the effectiveness of the Convention analysing among other possibilities the proposed annex II to the note by the Secretariat on effectiveness evaluation;
2. Requests the Secretariat to make use of existing monitoring programmes and datasets where possible in providing the Conference of the Parties with comparable monitoring data;
3.	Invites relevant organizations to collaborate in the above arrangements with a view to making monitoring data available for evaluation of the effectiveness of the Convention;
4.	Requests the Secretariat to field test the arrangements set out in paragraph 1 above on a national or regional basis subject to available funding, and report the results of the field test to the Conference of the Parties at its third meeting;
5.	Requests the Secretariat to develop a background scoping paper for a global monitoring plan for consideration by the Conference of the Parties at its second meeting, which includes the following elements:
Assessment of existing human health and environmental datasets;
Identification of regional data gaps;
Assessment of the applicability of existing monitoring programmes within regions as a platform for the global programme;
Priorities to implement the plan;
Cost estimates for options to implement recommended priorities.
3.	Requests the Secretariat to prepare, for submission to the open-ended ad hoc working group, the following:
(a)	A compilation of the views and proposals submitted to it pursuant to paragraph 2;
(b)	A draft text of procedures and institutional mechanisms on non-compliance under Article 17, reflecting different options and alternatives, on the basis of the views and proposals above and bearing in mind recent developments concerning compliance within multilateral environmental agreements.
Those documents should be made available as soon as practicable but not later than 2 months before the second meeting the Conference of the Parties;
4.	Requests the open-ended ad hoc working group to report on its work to the Conference of the Parties at its second meeting, including any recommendations, for consideration by the Conference of the Parties.
Requests the Secretariat to transmit the guidance on technical assistance to Parties, donors, relevant intergovernmental organizations and the entity or entities participating in the financial mechanism for consideration when developing and implementing their work programmes;
Further requests the Secretariat to report on progress in application of the guidance on technical assistance to each meeting of the Conference of the Parties.
SC-1/16 Technical assistance: regional and subregional centres
2.	Requests the Secretariat to submit the draft terms of reference and the criteria for evaluating the performance of the regional and subregional centres and any proposal of strengthening existing regional centres for the consideration of the Conference of the Parties at its second meeting.
3.	Further requests the Secretariat to pursue cooperation with Basel Convention regional and subregional centres and other relevant existing institutions in the implementation of regional projects and programmes concerning the implementation of the Stockholm Convention. This should be done in continuing the process of targeting the creation of Stockholm Convention centres.
SC-1/17 Preparation of draft terms of reference for work on modalities on the needs assessment for Parties that are developing countries or countries with economies in transition to implement the provisions of the Convention over the period 2006–2010
Requests the Secretariat to develop draft terms of reference for work on modalities on the needs assessment for Parties that are developing countries or countries with economies in transition to implement the provisions of the Convention over the period 2006–2010 for consideration by the Conference of the Parties at its second meeting.
SC-1/18 Enhancing synergies within the chemicals and waste cluster
4.	Decides to consider the results of the study referred to in paragraph 3 at its second meeting;
5.	Invites the Conference of the Parties to the Rotterdam Convention at its third meeting and the Conference of the Parties to the Basel Convention at its eighth meeting to consider the results of the study;
6.	Invites the Governing Council of the United Nations Environment Programme at its twenty-fourth session to consider the results of the study as well as the considerations and decisions from the above-mentioned bodies;
7.	Invites the Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme, when making arrangements for the performance of the Secretariat functions for the Stockholm Convention, to provide for the future adaptation of these arrangements to any decisions regarding this issue that might be taken by the Conference of the Parties at its second meeting;
8.	Invites contributions from those Parties in a position to contribute to the voluntary trust fund to finance the study.
SC-1/19 Guidelines on best available techniques and best environmental practices relevant to Article 5
[...]1.	Encourages Parties to take the draft guidelines and provisional guidance into consideration, where practicable and feasible, in the development of action plans and other activities related to unintentionally produced persistent organic pollutants;
2.	Takes note of the need for further work to enhance or strengthen the draft document to address those priority areas which have been identified in the terms of reference for the expert group, so that guidelines and guidance may be adopted by the Conference of the Parties at its third session;
3.	Decides hereby to establish an Expert Group on Best Available Techniques and Best Environmental Practices, with the terms of reference set forth in the annex to the present decision;
4.	Invites the Parties and others to submit comments on the draft guidelines and provisional guidance to the Secretariat by 31 August 2005 for consideration by the Expert Group at its first meeting.
Terms of reference for the Expert Group on Best Available Techniques and Best Environmental Practices
SC-1/20 Guidelines on best available techniques and best environmental practices and guidance on training and awareness-raising activities
1.	Requests the Secretariat to initiate activities to promote guidelines on best available techniques and best environmental practices through awareness raising, information dissemination and publicity at regional, subregional and national levels, subject to available funding;
2.	Urges Parties and non-Parties and other donors in a position to do so to support such activities.
SC-1/21 Technical guidelines for the environmentally sound management of persistent organic pollutants wastes
3.	Encourages Parties to the Stockholm Convention to participate actively in the continuing work under the Basel Convention referred to in paragraph 2 above;
4.	Requests the Secretariat to further strengthen cooperation and synergies with the Secretariat of the Basel Convention with respect to the issues in paragraph 2 above.
5.	Requests the Secretariat to keep Parties informed about the status and content of the technical guidelines being developed under the Basel Convention, with a view to the future consideration of a decision under Article 6, paragraph 2, of the Stockholm Convention regarding levels of destruction and irreversible transformation, methods that are considered to constitute environmentally sound disposal and the definition of low persistent organic pollutant content, in close cooperation with the appropriate bodies of the Basel Convention.
SC-1/22 Party reporting, timing and format
Decides that in accordance with Article 15 of the Convention, each Party shall submit its first report by 31 December 2006 for consideration by the Conference of the Parties at its third meeting, in 2007;
Decides that each Party shall submit its subsequent report every four years thereafter, for consideration during the meeting of the Conference of the Parties to be held the following year;
Adopts the revised format for reporting pursuant to Article 15 set forth in the annex to the present decision;
Requests the Secretariat to make available to Parties the above-mentioned format for reporting, both in electronic and hard copies;
Encourages each Party, when submitting its report pursuant to Article 15, to provide the Secretariat with an electronic version of its report;
Requests the Secretariat to prepare a cost estimate for developing an electronic system for reporting pursuant to Article 15 of the Convention for consideration by the Conference of the Parties at its second meeting;
Requests the Secretariat to develop a draft format for reporting on PCBs under the Convention, for consideration by the Conference of the Parties at its second meeting.
SC-1/23 Format for the Register of Specific Exemptions
Adopts, for the purposes of paragraphs 1 and 2 of Article 4 of the Convention, the format for the Register of Specific Exemptions as set out in annex I to the present decision;
Endorses the form for submission of registrations of specific exemptions by Parties set out in annex II to the present decision.
SC-1/24 Review process for entries in the Register of Specific Exemptions
Adopts, for the purposes of paragraph 5 of Article 4 of the Convention, the review process for the entries in the Register of Specific Exemptions set out in annex I to the present decision, with the exception of paragraphs 4 and 5, with a view to taking a decision on those paragraphs at a subsequent meeting of the Conference of the Parties;
Endorses the form for requesting an extension of a specific exemption set out in annex II to the present decision.
SC-1/25 Decision on the format of the DDT register; the format and questionnaire contained in annex III; and the evaluation of the continued need for DDT for disease vector control set out in annex IV
Takes note of the report of the expert group contained in annex II to the note by the Secretariat on evaluation of the continued need for DDT for disease vector control, including the conclusions and recommendations contained therein, and based on them: (a) Concludes that countries that are currently using DDT for disease vector control may need to continue such use until locally appropriate and cost-effective alternatives are available for sustainable transition away from DDT; (b) Concludes that sufficient capacity at the national and subnational levels is necessary for effective implementation, monitoring and impact evaluation (including associated data management) of the use of DDT and its alternatives in disease vector control, and recommends that the financial mechanism of the Convention support activities to build and strengthen such capacity as well as measures to strengthen relevant public health systems; (c) Requests the Secretariat, in cooperation with the World Health Organization, to elaborate further the reporting and evaluation process on DDT, as envisaged in the first recommendation of the expert group report on DDT, and to prepare cost estimates on such a process for consideration by the Conference of the Parties at its second meeting; (d) Requests the Secretariat, in cooperation with the World Health Organization, to provide an overview of alternatives and their effectiveness to assist Parties in their goal of reducing and ultimately eliminating the use of DDT; (e) Decides that adequate resources should be budgeted for 2006 to meet the needs specified for activities 2 and 3 of the work plan outlined in annex III to the note by the Secretariat on evaluation of the continued need for DDT for disease vector control, on immediate actions to support the preparations of Parties for reporting on DDT and the review and assessment process required for future evaluations of the continued need for DDT, and invites countries to provide in 2005 the resources necessary for activity 1; (f) Requests the financial mechanism of the Convention, and invites other international financial institutions, to support ongoing processes to develop global partnerships on long-term strategies for developing and deploying cost-effective alternatives to DDT, including the development of insecticides for indoor residual spraying, long-lasting insecticide treated materials and nonchemical alternatives; (g) Requests the Secretariat to work closely with the World Health Organization on ongoing efforts to provide global leadership for the partnerships referred to in subparagraph 8 (f) above; 9. Invites States that are non-Parties to the Convention to participate in the activities outlined above.