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Annex I: Overview table of all the elections to take place during the meetings of the conferences of the Parties to the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions in 2025

Basel Convention
Rotterdam Convention

Stockholm Convention

Bureau of the Conference of the Parties
Bureau of the Open-ended Working Group
Implementation and Compliance Committee
ENFORCE
Bureau of the Conference of the Parties
Compliance Committee
Chemical Review Committee
Bureau of the Conference of the Parties
POPs Review Committee
Compliance Committee
Officers / members to be elected
Parties to be selected
10 officers:1
1 President, 9 Vice-Presidents including one acting as Rapporteur
5 officers:2
2 Co-Chairs (1 legal, 1 technical),
2 Vice-Chairs
(1 legal, 1 technical),
and 1 Rapporteur
5 members3
4 members:4
2 Party representatives,
2 regional centres (BCRC) representatives
5 officers:5
1 President, 4 Vice-Presidents including one acting as Rapporteur
7 members6
17 members7
1 Chair8
10 officers:9
1 President, 9 Vice-Presidents including one acting as Rapporteur
17 members10
1 Chair11
15 members12
Regions
Africa
2 officers
1 officer
1 member
n/a
1 officer
2 members
4 members
2 officers
4 members
3 members

Asia and Pacific
2 officers
1 officer
1 member
2 members
(1 Party, 1 BCRC)
1 officer
2 members
4 members
2 officers
4 members
3 members

Eastern Europe
2 officers
1 officer
1 member
n/a13
1 officer
1 member
2 members14
2 officers
2 members
3 members

Latin America and Caribbean
2 officers
1 officer
1 member
2 members
(1 Party, 1 BCRC)
1 officer
1 member
3 members
2 officers
3 members
3 members

Western Europe and other States
2 officers
1 officer
1 member
n/a
1 officer
1 member
4 members
2 officers
4 members
3 members
Term of office
From closure of COP-17 until closure of COP-18, exceptionally, may be re-elected for one consecutive term
From closure of COP-17 until closure of COP-18, exceptionally, may be re-elected for one consecutive term
From closure of COP-17 until closure of COP-19, can serve up to two consecutive terms
From closure of COP-17 until closure of COP-19, can serve up to two consecutive terms.
From closure of COP-12 until closure of COP-13, can serve up to two consecutive terms
From closure of COP-12 until closure of COP-14, can serve up to two consecutive terms
Begins on 1 May 2026 for a term of 4 years, can serve up to two consecutive terms
From closure of COP-12 until closure of COP-13, can serve up to two consecutive terms
Begins on 5 May 2026 for a term of 4 years, can serve up to two consecutive terms
From closure of COP-12 until closure of COP-13 for 7 members15
From closure of COP-12 until closure of COP-14 for 8 members16
Working language
English
English
English
English
English
English
English
English
6 UN languages

English
Presence required at the COP
Officers are elected from among the representatives of the Parties present at the meeting
n/a
n/a
n/a
Officers are elected from among the Parties
n/a
n/a
Officers are elected from among the representatives of the Parties present at the meeting
n/a



n/a
Parties in Arrears
In accordance with rule 5.3 (e) of the financial rules and as decided by the Conference of the Parties in decision BC-16/30, no representative of any Party whose contributions are in arrears for two or more years shall be eligible to become a member of the Bureau of the COP or its subsidiary bodies, provided, however, that this shall not apply to Parties that are LDCs or SIDS or to any Party that has agreed on and is respecting a schedule of payments
In accordance with rule 5.3 (e) of the financial rules and as decided by the COP in decision RC-11/15, no representative of any Party whose contributions are in arrears for two or more years shall be eligible to become a member of the Bureau of the COP or a member of any subsidiary body of the COP, provided, however, that this shall not apply to Parties that are LDCs or SIDS or to any Party that has agreed on and is respecting a schedule of payments
In accordance with paragraph 3 (e) of rule 5 of the financial rules and as decided by the COP in decision SC-11/27, no representative of any Party whose contributions are in arrears for two or more years shall be eligible to become a member of the Bureau of the COP or a member of any subsidiary body of the COP, provided, however, that this shall not apply to Parties that are LDCs or SIDS or to any Party that has agreed on and is respecting a schedule of payments
Qualifications and supporting documents required
n/a
Technical and /or with legal/implementation expertise
Expertise relating to the subject matter of the Convention in areas including scientific, technical, socio-economic and/or legal fields
n/a
n/a
Expertise and specific qualifications in the subject matter covered by the Convention
Expertise in chemicals management

CV and form for declaration of interests (Annex to decision RC-1/7) required
n/a
Expertise in chemical assessment or management

CV and form for declaration of interests (Annex II to decision SC-4/20) required
Expertise and specific qualifications in the subject matter covered by the Convention
Gender balance
Efforts are still needed to ensure that women and men from all Parties are represented in the bodies and processes of the three conventions
(Decisions BC-13/20, RC-8/13 and SC-8/23)

Annex II: Information on the elections to take place during the seventeenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Basel Convention
Table 1: Number of officers and members to be elected under the Basel Convention by body and by region

Basel Convention

Bureau of the Conference of the Parties
Bureau of the Open-ended Working Group
Implementation and Compliance Committee
ENFORCE
Officers / members to be elected
10 officers:0
• 1 President,
• 9 Vice-Presidents including one acting as Rapporteur
5 officers:0
• 2 Co-Chairs (1 legal, 1 technical),
• 2 Vice-Chairs (1 legal, 1 technical),
• 1 Rapporteur
5 members0
4 members:0
• 2 Party representatives,
• 2 regional centres (BCRC) representatives
Regions
Africa
2 officers
1 officer
1 member
n/a

Asia and Pacific
2 officers
1 officer
1 member
2 members
(1 Party, 1 BCRC)

Eastern Europe
2 officers
1 officer
1 member
n/a

Latin America and Caribbean
2 officers
1 officer
1 member
2 members
(1 Party, 1 BCRC)

Western Europe and other States
2 officers
1 officer
1 member
n/a
Term of office
From closure of COP-17 until closure of COP-18, exceptionally, may be re-elected for one consecutive term
From closure of COP-17 until closure of COP-18, exceptionally, may be re-elected for one consecutive term
From closure of COP-17 until closure of COP-19, can serve up to two consecutive terms
From closure of COP-17 until closure of COP-19, can serve up to two consecutive terms.
Working language
English
English
English
English
Presence required at the COP
Officers are elected from among the representatives of the Parties present at the meeting
n/a
n/a
n/a
Parties in Arrears
In accordance with rule 5.3 (e) of the financial rules, no representative of any Party whose contributions are in arrears for two or more years shall be eligible to become a member of the Bureau of the COP or its subsidiary bodies, provided, however, that this shall not apply to Parties that are LDCs or SIDS or to any Party that has agreed on and is respecting a schedule of payments
Qualifications and supporting documents required
n/a
Technical and /or with legal/implementation expertise
Expertise relating to the subject matter of the Convention in areas including scientific, technical, socio-economic and/or legal fields
n/a
Gender balance
Efforts are still needed to ensure that women and men from all Parties are represented in the bodies and processes of the three conventions
(Decisions BC-13/20, RC-8/13 and SC-8/23)




Table 2: Offices of the President and Rapporteur of the ordinary meetings of the Conference of the Parties to the Basel Convention since its first meeting

First
meeting
Second meeting
Third meeting
Fourth meeting
Fifth
meeting
Sixth meeting
Seventh meeting
Eighth meeting
Ninth meeting
Tenth meeting
President

Latin American and Caribbean States
(Uruguay)

Western European and other States
(Australia)

African States
(Senegal)

Asian and Pacific States
(Malaysia)

Western European and other States
(Switzerland)

Eastern European States
(Romania)

Latin American and Caribbean States
(Uruguay)

African States
(Kenya)

Asian and Pacific States
(Indonesia)

Latin American and Caribbean States
(Colombia)
Rapporteur
Eastern European States
(Poland)
Latin American and Caribbean States
(El Salvador)
Western European and other States
(Netherlands)
African States
(Mauritius)
Asian and Pacific States
(India)
Latin American and Caribbean States
(Peru)
Western European and other States
(Australia)
Eastern European States
(The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia)
African States
(United Republic of Tanzania)
Asian and Pacific States
(Bahrain)



Table 3: Membership of the Bureau of the Open-ended Working Group since its first meeting

First to third meetings
(2003–2004)

Elected by COP-1 (2003)
Fourth to fifth meetings
(2005–2006)

Elected by COP-4 (2005)
Sixth meeting
(2007)

Elected by COP-8 (2006)
Seventh meeting
(2010)

Elected by COP-9 (2008)
Eighth meeting
(2012)

Elected by COP-10 (2011)
Ninth meeting
(2014)

Elected by CO-11 (2013)
Tenth meeting
(2016)

Elected by COP-12 (2015)
Eleventh meeting
(2018)

Elected by COP-13 (2017)
Twelfth meeting
(2021-22)

Elected by COP-14 (2019)
Thirteenth
meeting
(2023)

Elected by COP-15 (2022)
Fourteenth
meeting
(2024)

Elected by COP-16 (2023)
Co-Chair Legal

African States
(Ethiopia)

Western European and other States
(Canada)

Asian and Pacific States
(Bahrain)

Western European and other States
(Australia)

Asian and Pacific States
(Iraq)

Eastern European States
(Poland)

Western European and other States
(Spain)

Asian and Pacific States
(Iraq)

Latin American and Caribbean States
(Jamaica)

Asian and Pacific States (Saudi Arabia)

Eastern European States
(North Macedonia)
Co-Chair Technical

Eastern European States
(Poland)

Latin American and Caribbean States
(Mexico)

Eastern European States
(Estonia)

African States
(Nigeria)

Latin American and Caribbean States
(Colombia)

African States
(Mauritius)

Latin American and Caribbean States
(Dominica)

Eastern European States
(Lithuania)

Western European
and other States
(Sweden)

African States
(Algeria)

Latin American and Caribbean States
(Uruguay)
Vice-Chair Legal

Latin American and Caribbean States
(Mexico)

Eastern European States
(Serbia and Montenegro)

African States
(Kenya)


Latin American and Caribbean States
(Jamaica)


Eastern European States
(Russian Federation)

Latin American and Caribbean States
(Argentina)

Eastern European States
(Serbia)

African States
(Liberia)


Eastern European States
(Georgia)

Western European
and other States
(United Kingdom)


Western European and other States
(France)
Vice-Chair Technical

Western European
and other States
(Australia)

Asian and Pacific States
(Sri Lanka)


Western European and other States
(Finland)

Asian and Pacific States
(Jordan)

African States
(Zambia)


Western European and other States
(Canada)

Asian and Pacific States
(India)

Western European and other States
(Norway)

Asian and Pacific States
(Pakistan)

Latin American and Caribbean States
(Uruguay)

African States
(Uganda)

Rapporteur

Asian and Pacific States
(Islamic Republic of Iran)

African States
(Uganda)

Latin American and Caribbean States
(Costa Rica)

Eastern European States
(Croatia)

Western European and other States
(Finland)

Asian and Pacific States
(Islamic Republic of Iran)

African States
(Zimbabwe)

Latin American and Caribbean States
(Dominican Republic)

African States (Eswatini)

Eastern European States
(Estonia)

Asian and Pacific States
(Bahrain)
Table 4: Membership of the Implementation and Compliance Committee since its first meeting
20032004
20052006
20072008
20092011
20122013

20142015
20162017

20182019

20202021

20222023

20242025

AFRICA REGION

Mr. Rachid Ouali
(Algeria)
Mr. Ratemo Michieka (Kenya)
Mr. Ratemo Michieka, followed by his alternate Mr. Avignon Muusya Mwinzi,
(Kenya)
Mr. Dessalegne Mesfin Fanta
(Ethiopia)
Vice Chair
Mr. Dessalegne Mesfin Fanta
(Ethiopia)
Vice Chair
Mr. Adel Shafei Osman, followed by his alternate Dr. Mohamed El Zarka (Egypt)
Vice Chair
Dr. Mohamed El Zarka,
followed by his alternate Dr. Ghada Abdel Moneim El-Sayed (Egypt)

Mr. Leonardo Leswam Tampushi (Kenya)

Mr. Leonardo Leswam Tampushi (Kenya)

Ms. Patience Nambalirwa Nsereko (Uganda)

Ms. Patience Nambalirwa Nsereko, followed by her alternate Ms Jennifer Kutesakwe (Uganda)
Term: COP-17
Vice Chair

Mr. Prakash Kowlesser (Mauritius)
Mr. Prakash Kowlesser (Mauritius)
Mr. Larsey Mensah
(Ghana)
Vice Chair
Mr. Larsey Mensah
(Ghana)
Mr. Raphael Dakouri Zadi (Côte d’Ivoire)
Mr. Raphael Dakouri Zadi, followed by his alternate Mr. Florent Botto
(Côte d’Ivoire)

Mr. Abderaman Mahamet Abderaman
(Chad)

Mr. Abderaman Mahamet Abderaman
(Chad)

Mr. Florisvindo Jaimilito Rodrigues Furtado
(Cabo Verde)
Chair
Mr. Florisvindo Jaimilito Rodrigues Furtado
(Cabo Verde)
Chair

Mr. Thomas Ntumba Kasonga, followed by his alternate Mr. Mpoo Bosiokote (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
Term: COP-18
Mr. Ibrahim Sow
(Senegal)
Vice Chair
Mr. Ibrahim Sow (Senegal)
Vice Chair
Mrs. Farah Bouqartacha
(Morocco)
Mrs. Farah Bouqartacha
(Morocco)
Mrs. Olunfunke Olubunmi Babade
(Nigeria)
Mrs. Olunfunke Olubunmi Babade, followed by his alternate Mr. Abdul-kazeem Kasimu Bayero
(Nigeria)
Mr. Humphrey Kasiya Mwale
(Zambia)
Vice Chair

Mr. Humphrey Kasiya Mwale
(Zambia)
Vice Chair

Mr. Paul-Babidou Zarabingui (Central African Republic)

Mr. Paul-Babidou Zarabingui (Central African Republic)

Ms. Khawla Elbashir Awad allah Mohamed (Sudan)
Term: COP-18

20032004
20052006
20072008
20092011
20122013

20142015
20162017

20182019

20202021

20222023

20242025


ASIA AND PACIFIC REGION

Mr. Xia Yingyxian
(People’s Republic of China)
Mr. Xia Yingyxian (People’s Republic of China)
Mr. Rasio Ridho Sani
(Indonesia)
Mr. Rasio Ridho Sani
(Indonesia)
Vice Chair
Mr. Mohammed Khashashneh (Jordan)
Mr. Mohammed Khashashneh
(Jordan)

Mr. Iftikhar-Ul-Hassan Shah Gilani
(Pakistan)

Mr. Iftikhar-Ul-Hassan Shah Gilani
(Pakistan)

Mr. Mohamed Aman
(Bahrain)

Mr. Mohamed Aman
(Bahrain)

Mr. Hassan Azhar (Maldives) Term: COP-18
Vice Chair

Mr. Akiho Shibata
(Japan)
Rapporteur
Mr. Akiho Shibata
(Japan)
Rapporteur
Mr. Suh-Yong Chung
(Republic of Korea)
Vice Chair
Mr. Suh-Yong Chung
(Republic of Korea)
Mr. Toshikatsu Aoyama, followed by his alternate
Mr. Sunichi Honda
(Japan)
Mr. Shunichi Honda, followed by his alternate Ms. Noriko Kobayashi for the last two weeks of his mandate
(Japan)
Vice Chair
Mr. Geri Geronimo R. Sañez
(Philippines)
Vice Chair

Mr. Geri Geronimo R. Sañez
(Philippines)
Vice Chair

Mr. Hamed Alinejad
(Iran, Islamic Republic of)
Vice Chair
Mr. Hamed Alinejad
(Iran, Islamic Republic of)
Vice Chair

Ms. Sameera Mohamed Aldosari (Qatar)
Term: COP-18

Ms. Hajah Rosnani Ibrahim
(Malaysia)
Mr. Abdul Hamid (Pakistan)
Mr. Abdul Hamid
(Pakistan)
Mrs. Leela Padmini Batuwitage
(Sri Lanka)
Mrs. Leela Padmini Batuwitage
(Sri Lanka)
Vice Chair
Ms. Che Asmah Ibrahim followed by Dr. Zulkifli bin Abdul Rahman (Malaysia)

Dr. Zulkifli bin Abdul Rahman, followed by his alternate Mr. Mokhtar Abdul Majid
(Malaysia)
Mr. Ali Al-Ghamdi
(Saudi Arabia)
Mr. Ali Al-Ghamdi
(Saudi Arabia)

Mr. Satyendra Kumar (India)

Mr. Satyendra Kumar (India)
Term: COP-17


EASTERN EUROPE REGION

Mr. Givi Kalandadze (Georgia)
Mr. Givi Kalandadze (Georgia)
Mrs. Gordana Petkovic
(Serbia)
Mrs. Gordana Petkovic
(Serbia)
Vice Chair
Mr. Felix Zaharia
(Romania)
Rapporteur
Mr. Felix Zaharia (Romania)
Rapporteur

Ms. Mari-Liis Ummik
(Estonia)

Ms. Mari-Liis Ummik
(Estonia)

Ms. Gordana Vesligaj
(Croatia)

Ms. Gordana Vesligaj
(Croatia)

Ms. Katrin Kaare (Estonia) Term: COP-18 Vice Chair

Ms. Gordana Petkovic (Serbia and Montenegro)
Ms. Ilze Donna
(Latvia)
Mrs. Ilze Donina
(Latvia)
Rapporteur
Mrs. Zdenka Bubenikova
(Czech Republic)
Mrs. Zdenka Bubenikova, followed by her alternate
Mrs. Irena Sedlackova
(Czech Republic)
Mr. Djordje Vukotic
(Serbia)

Mr. Djodje Vukotic
(Serbia)
Vice Chair

Mr. Artak Khachatryan
(Armenia)
Mr. Artak Khachatryan
(Armenia)

Ms. Tatiana Tugui (Republic of Moldova)

Ms. Tatiana Tugui (Republic of Moldova) Term: COP-17


20032004
20052006
20072008
20092011
20122013

20142015
20162017

20182019

20202021

20222023

20242025
Mr. Pavel Suian
(Romania)
Vice Chair
Mr. Pavel Suian (Romania)
Vice Chair
Mrs. Krystina Panek-Gonde
(Poland)
Mrs. Krystina Panek-Gonde, followed by his alternate
Mr. Marek Poricky
(Poland)
Mrs. Anahit Aleksandryan (Armenia)
Mrs. Anahit Aleksandryan (Armenia)

Ms. Tatiana Tugui
(Moldova)

Ms. Tatiana Tugui
(Moldova)
Vice Chair

Mr. Flavius Mihai Ardelean Motoc (Romania)
Vice Chair

Mr. Flavius Mihai Ardelean Motoc (Romania)
Vice Chair

Ms. Kristine Vardanashvili (Georgia) Term: COP-18

LATIN AMERICA AND CARIBBEAN REGION

Mr. Miguel Angel Hildmann
(Argentina)
Vice Chair
Mr. Miguel Angel Hildmann
(Argentina)
Vice Chair
Mr. Osvaldo Alvarez
(Chile)
Vice Chair
Mr. Osvaldo Alvarez
(Chile)
Ms. Jimena Nieto
(Colombia)
Chair
Ms. Jimena Nieto (Colombia)
Chair
Mr. Alberto Santos Capra
followed by his alternate Mr. Juan Ignacio Simonelli
(Argentina)
Chair
Mr. Juan Ignacio Simonelli
(Argentina)
Chair


Ms. Jimena Nieto Carrasco (Colombia)

Ms. Jimena Nieto Carrasco (Colombia)

Ms. Nneka Nicholas (Antigua and Barbuda) Term: COP-18
Mrs. Maria Angelica Ideka (Brazil)
Ms. Yocasta Valenzuela (Dominican Republic)
Mrs. Gillian Guthrie
(Jamaica)
Mrs. Gillian Guthrie
(Jamaica)
Chair
Mr. Henrique Moret
(Cuba)
Mr. Henrique Moret
(Cuba)
Ms. Yocasta Valenzuela Arias
(Dominican Republic)
Ms. Yocasta Valenzuela Arias
(Dominican Republic)
Ms. Odessa Duncan
(Guyana)
Vice Chair

Ms. Odessa Duncan
(Guyana)
Vice Chair

Term: COP-16
Ms. Irina Talamoni (Argentina) Term: COP-18
Mr. Mauricio Garcia-Velasco
(Mexico)
Mr. Mauricio Garcia-Velasco
(Mexico)
Ms. Yocasta Valenzuela
(Dominican Republic)
Mrs. Jacqueline Alvarez, followed by her alternate
Mrs. Pauline Davies
(Uruguay)
Mrs. Judith Torres, alternate to Mrs. Pauline Davies
(Uruguay)
Mr. Wilehaldo Cruz
(Mexico)

Mr. Wilehaldo Cruz
(Mexico)

Mr. Mario Miranda
(Ecuador)
Ms Yadira Pilco Pavon, alternate to Mr. Mario Miranda
(Ecuador)

Ms. Bethune Morgan (Jamaica)

Ms. Bethune Morgan (Jamaica) Term: COP-17 Rapporteur


20032004
20052006
20072008
20092011
20122013

20142015
20162017

20182019

20202021

20222023

20242025

WESTERN EUROPEAN AND OTHERS REGION

Mr. Hugh Adsett
(Canada) in 2003 and
Ms. Anne Daniel (alternate)
in 2004
Ms. Anne Daniel
(Canada)
Mr. Damien Hall
(Australia)
Mr. Damien Hall
(Australia)
Rapporteur
Ms. Anne Daniel
(Canada)
Ms. Anne Daniel
(Canada)
(Vice Chair)

Dr. Marcus Schroeder
(Germany)

Dr. Marcus Schroeder
(Germany)
Rapporteur

Mr. Mark Govoni (Switzerland)

Mr. Mark Govoni (Switzerland)

Ms. Sonja Dünnwald (Germany) Term: COP-18
Mr. Veit Koester
(Denmark)
Mr. Jürg Bally (Switzerland)
Mr. Martin Widstam
(Sweden)
Mr. Martin Widstam
(Sweden)
Ms. Anne-Laure Genty, followed by her alternate
Ms. Marie Pierre Meganck
(France)

Ms. Marie Pierre Meganck
(France)

Ms. Fionna Cumming (New Zealand)

Mr. Sverre-Thomas Jahre (Norway) alternate for Ms Fionna Cumming (New Zealand)

Ms. Nicole Mohammed (United Kingdom)
Rapporteur

Ms. Nicole Mohammed followed by her alternate Ms. Bilqees Esmail
(United Kingdom)
Rapporteur

Mr. Jason Dunn (Australia) Term: COP-18 Chair
Mr. Roy Watkinson
(United Kingdom)
Chair

Mr. Roy Watkinson (United Kingdom)
Chair
Mr. Jurg Bally
(Switzerland)
Chair
Mr. Roy Watkinson
(United Kingdom)
Mr. Roy Watkinson
(United Kingdom)
(Vice Chair)
Mr. Mark Govoni (Switzerland)

Mr. Mark Govoni
(Switzerland)
Rapporteur

Ms. Christine Vignon
(France)
Ms. Christine Vignon
(France)

Ms. Ann De Jonghe (Belgium)

Ms. Ann De Jonghe (Belgium) Term: COP-17

Table 5: Membership of the Environmental Network for Optimizing Regulatory Compliance on Illegal Traffic (ENFORCE) since its first meeting


20132015
20162017
20182019
20202021
2022-2023
2024-2025

Parties
BCRCs
Parties
BCRCs
Parties
BCRCs
Parties
BCRCs
Parties
BCRCs
Parties
BCRCs
Africa
Mr. Dany Mpolesha Kankonda
(Democratic Republic of the Congo)
BCCC Nigeria
Mr. Dany Mpolesha Kankonda
(Democratic Republic of the Congo)
BCRC Senegal
Mr. Serge Molly Allo’o,
(Gabon)
BCRC Egypt

Dr. Simeon Pulchérie (Benin)

BCRC South Africa
Ms. Simeon Pulchérie (Benin)

BCCC Nigeria

Mr. Assane Diop, Senegal
Term: COP-18
BCRC-Senegal
Term: COP-18
Asia and Pacific
Ms. Lumbini Keviella
(Sri Lanka)
BCRC China
Mr. Abbas Torabi
(Islamic Republic of Iran)
BCRC SREP
Mr. Renato Tantoco Cruz
(Philippines)
BCRC China
Mr. Mazhar Hayat
(Pakistan) 
BCRC Indonesia
Mr. Norhisham Abdul Hamid (Malaysia)

BCRC-Iran
Vice Chair0
Mr. Norhisham Abdul Hamid, Malaysia
Term: COP-17
BCRC-Iran
Term: COP-17
Vice Chair


20132015
20162017
20182019
20202021
2022-2023
2024-2025

Parties
BCRCs
Parties
BCRCs
Parties
BCRCs
Parties
BCRCs
Parties
BCRCs
Parties
BCRCs
Eastern Europe
Mr. Marek Porycki
(Poland)

BCRC Slovakia
Ms. Gordana Vesligaj
(Croatia)
BCRC Slovakia

Ms. Irma Gurguliani
(Georgia)

BCRC Slovakia
Mr. Florin-Constantin Homorean, followed by his alternate Ms Maria Mija (Romania)

BCRC Slovakia
Ms. Kristine Vardanashvili (Georgia)

BCRC Slovakia

Mr. Rene Rajasalu
(Estonia)
Term : COP-18
[to be completed]0
Term: COP-18
Latin America and the Caribbean
Ms. Karla Acosta Resendiz
(Mexico)
BCRC Argentina
Mr. Luis Espinosa Salas
(Ecuador)
BCRC Argentina
Ms. Leila Devia
(Argentina)
BCRC Trinidad and Tobago
Ms. Leila Devia (Argentina) 
BCRC Trinidad and Tobago

Ms. Lael Bertide-Josiah
(Antigua and Barbuda)
Chair

BCRC Argentina

Ms. Lael Bertide-Josiah (Antigua and Barbuda)
Chair
Term: COP-17

BCRC Argentina
Term: COP-17
Western Europe and other States
Mr. Santiago Davila Sena
(Spain)
No regional centre at this time
Mr. Helge Ziolkowski
(Sweden)
No regional centre at this time
Ms. Alannah Pentony
(Australia)
No regional centre at this time
Ms. Katie Olley (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland)

No regional centre at this time
Ms. Katie Olley (United Kingdom)

n/a
Mr. Brian Heffernan (Ireland)
Term : COP-18

n/a



Table 6: Information on arrears as at 31 October 2024






Annex III: Information on the elections to take place during the twelfth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Rotterdam Convention
Table 1: Number of officers and members to be elected under the Rotterdam Convention by body and by region

Rotterdam Convention


Bureau of the Conference of the Parties

Compliance Committee
Chemical Review Committee
Officers / members to be elected
5 officers:0

• 1 President,
• 4 Vice-Presidents including one acting as Rapporteur
7 members0
17 members0
1 Chair0
Regions
Africa
1 officer
2 members
4 members

Asia and Pacific
1 officer
2 members
4 members

Eastern Europe
1 officer
1 member
2 members0

Latin America and Caribbean
1 officer
1 member
3 members

Western Europe and other States
1 officer
1 member
4 members
Term of office
From closure of COP-12 until closure of COP-13, can serve up to two consecutive terms
From closure of COP-12 until closure of COP-14, can serve up to two consecutive terms.
Begins on 1 May 2026 for a term of 4 years, can serve up to two consecutive terms
Working language
English
English
English
Presence required at the COP
Officers are elected from among the Parties
n/a
n/a
Parties in Arrears
In accordance with rule 5.3 (e) of the financial rules and as decided by the COP in decision RC-11/15, no representative of any Party whose contributions are in arrears for two or more years shall be eligible to become a member of the Bureau of the COP or a member of any subsidiary body of the COP, provided, however, that this shall not apply to Parties that are LDCs or SIDS or to any Party that has agreed on and is respecting a schedule of payments
Qualifications and supporting documents required
n/a
Expertise and specific qualifications in the subject matter covered by the Convention
Expertise in chemicals management

CV and form for declaration of interests (Annex to decision RC-1/7) required
Gender balance
Efforts are still needed to ensure that women and men from all Parties are represented in the bodies and processes of the three conventions
(Decisions BC-13/20, RC-8/13 and SC-8/23)

Table 2: Offices of the President and Rapporteur of the ordinary meetings of the Conference of the Parties to the Rotterdam
Convention since its first meeting


First
meeting
Second meeting
Third meeting
Fourth meeting
Fifth meeting
Sixth meeting
Seventh meeting
Eighth meeting
Ninth meeting
Tenth meeting
Eleventh meeting
Twelfth meeting
President
Western European and other States
(Switzerland)
Western European and other States
(Switzerland)
Asian Pacific States
(China)
Latin American and Caribbean States
(Argentina)
African States
(South Africa)
Eastern European States
(Poland)
Asian Pacific States
(Jordan)
Western European and other States
(Switzerland)
Latin American and Caribbean States
(Chile)

African States
(Gabon)
Eastern European States
(Georgia)
Asia Pacific States
(Pakistan)
Rapporteur
Asian Pacific States
(Jordan)
African States
(Ethiopia)
Eastern European States
(Lithuania)
African States
(Mali)
Western European and other States
(Finland)
Latin American and Caribbean States
(Ecuador)
Western European and other States
(France)
Asian Pacific States
(Islamic Republic of Iran)
Eastern European States
(Serbia)
Latin American and Caribbean States
(Saint Kitts and Nevis)

Africa
(Cameroon)
Western European and other States
(New Zealand)

Table 3: Membership of the Chemical Review Committee since its first meeting

1 Oct 2005 –
30 Sep 2007
(CRC-1–CRC-3)
1 Oct 2005 –
30 Sep 2009
(CRC-1–CRC-5)
1 Oct 2007 –
30 Sep 2011
(CRC-4–CRC-7)
1 Oct 2009 –
30 Apr 20140
(CRC-6–CRC-9)
1 Oct 2011 –
30 Apr 20160
(CRC-8–CRC-11)
1 May 2014 –
30 Apr 2018
(CRC-10–CRC-13)
1 May 2016 –
30 Apr 2020
(CRC-12–CRC-15)
1 May 2018 – closure of COP-10
(CRC-14–CRC-17)
1 May 2020 –
30 Apr 2024
(CRC-16-CRC-19)
Closure of COP-10 – 30 April 2026
(CRC-18–CRC-21)
1 May 2024 -
30 Apr 2028
(CRC-20-CRC-23)
African group
Mr. Alain Donatien Buluku (Democratic Republic of Congo)
Mr. John Pwamang (Ghana)
Ms. Oluronke Ajibike Soyombo0 (Nigeria)
Mr. Sibbele Hietkamp (South Africa)
Mr. Mohamed Ammar Khalifa (Libya)
Mr. Ousmane Sow (Senegal)
Mr. Ernest Mashimba0 (United Republic of Tanzania)
Mr. Aloys Kamatari (Rwanda)
Mr. Mansourou Moudachirou (Benin)
Mr. Hubert Binga (Gabon)
Mr. Idris Adamu Goji0 (Nigeria)
Ms. Noluzuko Gwayi (South Africa)
Mr. Droh Lanciné Goné (Côte d’Ivoire)
Mr. Peter Opiyo (Kenya)
Mr. Sidi Ould Aloueimine (Mauritania)
Mr. Azhari Omer Abdelbagi0 (Sudan)
Mr. Victor N'Goka (Congo)
Mr. Alieu Sallah (Gambia)
Mr. Gaoussou Kanouté (Mali)
Mr. Boniface Mbewe0 (Zambia)
Mr. Peter Ayuk Enoh (Cameroon)
Mr. Mohammed Ali Mohammed (Ethiopia)
Ms. Amal Lemsioui (Morocco)
Mr. N’ladon Nadjo0 (Togo)
Mr. Ahmed Houssein Bouh (Djibouti)
Mr. Arsonina Bera (Madagascar)
Ms. Alimatou Abdou Douki (Niger)
Mr. Kamaleldin Abdelmahmoud Amein Bakr0 (Sudan)
Mr. Victor N’Goka (Congo)
Mr. Joseph Cantamanto Edmund (Ghana)
Mr. Christian Sekomo Birame (Rwanda)
Ms. Noluzuko Gwayi0 (South Africa)
Ms. Aïta Sarr Seck (Senegal)
Mr. Clorence Matewe (Zimbabwe)
Mr. Youssef Zidi (Tunisia)
Mr. Daniel William Ndiyo (United Republic of Tanzania)
Mr. Joseph Cantamanto Edmund (Ghana)
Ms. Saida Ech-Chayeb (Morocco)
Mr. Christian Sekomo Birame (Rwanda)
Ms. Noluzuko Gwayi (South Africa)
Ms. Oarabile Serumola (Botswana)
Ms. June Aluoch (Kenya)
Mr. Sidi Ould Aloueimine (Mauritania)
Mr. Daniel William Ndiyo (United Republic of Tanzania)
Asia-Pacific group
Mr. Isak Djumaev (Kyrgyzstan)
Mr. Halimi Bin Mahmud (Malaysia)
Mr. William Cable (Samoa)
Ms. Supranee Impithuksa (Thailand)
Mr. Mohammed Khashashneh (Jordan)
Mr. Hamoud Darwish Salim Al-Hasani (Oman)
Ms. Kyunghee Choi (Republic of Korea)
Mr. Mohammed Jamal Hajjar0 (Syrian Arab Republic)
Mr. Shan Zhengjun (China)
Mr. Manoranjan Hota0 (India)
Mr. Masayuki Ikeda (Japan)
Ms. Jeevani Prasadika Marasinghe0 (Sri Lanka)
Mr. Mehdi Ghaemian0 (Islamic Republic of Iran)
Mr. Muhammad Bashir Khan (Pakistan)
Ms. Hala Sultan Saif Al-Easa0 (Qatar)
Mr. Abdullah Shamlan0 (Yemen)
Mr. Ram Niwas Jindal0 (India)
Ms. Amal Al-Rashdan0 (Kuwait)
Mr. Jung-Kwan Seo (Republic of Korea)
Mr. Mohamad Saleh Makki (Saudi Arabia)
Ms. Jinye Sun0 (China)
Mr. Mohd Fauzan Yunus (Malaysia)
Mr. Iftikhar-ul-Hassan Shah Gilani0 (Pakistan)
Ms. Nuansri Tayaputch (Thailand)
Mr. Dinesh Runiwal0 (India)
Ms. Champa Magamage (Sri Lanka)
Mr. Viliami Toalei Manu (Tonga)
Mr. Shehab Qaid Al-Shameri (Yemen)
Ms. Sun Jinye (China)
Mr. Shankar Prasad Paudel (Nepal)
Mr. Zaigham Abbas0 (Pakistan)
Ms. Nuansri Tayaputch (Thailand)
Ms. Yenny Meliana (Indonesia)
Mr. Hassan Azhar (Maldives)
Mr. Jayakody A. Sumith (Sri Lanka)
Mr. Dinesh Runiwal (India)
Ms. Cangmin Li (China)
Mr. Shankar Prasad Paudel (Nepal)
Mr. Zaigham Abbas0 (Pakistan)
Ms. Palarp Sinhaseni (Thailand)
Mr. Amit Vashishtha 0 (India)
Ms. Yenny Meliana (Indonesia)
Mr. Ahmad Heidari (Iran (Islamic Republic of))
Ms. Jeevani Prasadika Marasinghe (Sri Lanka)
Eastern European group
Mr. Tamás Kömíves (Hungary)
Ms. Karmen Krajnc0 (Slovenia)
Mr. Yuriy Illich Kundiev0 (Ukraine)
Ms. Darina Liptakova0 (Czechia)
Ms. Anahit Aleksandryan0 (Armenia)
Ms. Magdalena Balicka0 (Poland)
Ms. Parvoleta Luleva (Bulgaria)
Ms. Magdalena Frydrych0 (Poland)
Ms. Tatiana Tugui (Republic of Moldova)
Ms. Anahit Aleksandryan0 (Armenia)
Ms. Kristīne Kazerovska0 (Latvia)
Ms. Agnieszka Jankowska0 (Poland)
Ms. Anahit Aleksandryan (Armenia)

Ms. Judite Dipane0 (Latvia)
Ms. Suzana Andrejevic Stefanovic (Serbia)

[to be completed]0
Latin American and Caribbean group
Mr. Cesar Koppe Grisolia (Brazil)
Ms. Mercedes Bolaños (Ecuador)
Ms. Norma Sbarbati Nudelman0 (Argentina)
Mr. Michael Frank Ramsay0 (Jamaica)
Ms. Ana Laura Chouhy Gonella (Uruguay)
Mr. Ignacio Figueroa Cornejo (Chile)
Ms. Leonor Cedillo Becerril0 (Mexico)
Ms. Jacqueline Arroyo0 (Ecuador)
Mr. Michael Frank Ramsay (Jamaica)
Ms. Vilma Morales Quillama (Peru)
Mr. Gilberto Fillmann0 (Brazil)
Mr. Arturo Gavilán García0 (Mexico)
Mr. Malverne Spencer0 (Antigua and Barbuda)
Ms. Elsa Ferreras de Sanchez (Dominican Republic)
Ms. Ana Gabriela Ramírez Salgado (Honduras)
Ms. Norma Ethel Sbarbati Nudelman0 (Argentina)
Mr. Jorge Luis Requena Núñez (Panama)
Ms. Gloria Judith Venegas Calderón0 (Ecuador)
Mr. Suresh Amichand (Guyana)
Ms. Lady Jhoana Dominguez Majin0 (Colombia)
Mr. Carlos Enrique Acevedo González0 (Guatemala)
Mr. Jonah Ormond0 (Antigua and Barbuda)


Mr. Suresh Lochan Amichand (Guyana)
Ms. Victorine Augustine Pinas (Suriname)
Mr. Hasmath Ali (Trinidad and Tobago)
Mr. Stephen Sangster (Belize)
Mr. Carlos Enrique Acevedo González0 (Guatemala)
Western European and others group
Mr. Mario Nichelatti (France)
Ms. Bettina Hitzfeld0 (Switzerland)
Mr. LeoneIlo Attias (Italy)

Mr. Angelo Anthony Valois0 (Australia)
Ms. Hang Tang0 (Canada)
Mr. Magnus Nyström (Finland)
Mr. Klaus Berend0 (Netherlands)
Ms. Anja Bartels (Austria)
Ms. Mirijam Seng (France) 0
Ms. Marit Randall0 (Norway)
Ms. Hang Tang (Canada)
Ms. Susan Jane Collier (New Zealand)
Ms. Leonarda Christina van Leeuwen (Netherlands)0
Mr. Jürgen Helbig0 (Spain)
Ms. Anja Bartels (Austria)
Ms. Mirijam Seng (Germany)
Ms. Sarah Maillefer (Switzerland)
Mr. Jack Holland (Australia)
Mr. Jeffery Goodman (Canada)
Ms. Leonarda Christina van Leeuwen (Netherlands)
Mr. Jürgen Helbig (Spain)
Ms. Parvoleta Angelova Luleva (Germany)
Ms. Marit Randall0 (Norway)
Mr. Simon Hoy0 (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland)
Mr. Martin Lacroix0 (Canada)
Mr. Timo Seppälä (Finland)
Mr. Peter Korytar (Malta)
Mr. Peter Dawson (New Zealand)
Mr. Juergen Helbig0 (Austria)
Ms. Mirijam Seng0 (Belgium)
Ms. Sarah Maillefer (Switzerland)
Mr. Adam Barlow0 (Australia)
Mr. Christian Bart (Canada)
Mr. Carles Escriva (Germany)
Mr. Charles Bodar (Netherlands)
Mr. Juergen Helbig (Austria)
Mr. Giuseppe Granato0 (Italy)
Ms. Irene Beate Sørvik Malme (Norway)


Table 4: Membership of the Compliance Committee since its first meeting

2022-2023

2024-2025

Africa region
Mr. Frederick Muchiri (Kenya)
Mr. Hamadjoda (Cameroon)
Rapporteur
Term: COP-13
Ms. Paulina Pashukeni Shilunga (Namibia)
Ms. Paulina Pashukeni Shilunga (Namibia)
Term: COP-12
Mr. P’Malinam Essolakina Bafei (Togo)
Mr. P’Malinam Essolakina Bafei (Togo)
Term: COP-12
Asia Pacific region
Mr. Dadan Wardhana Hasanuddin Suraadiningrat0 (Indonesia)
Mr. Ibrahim Alboshi (Saudi Arabia)
Term: COP-13

Mr. Hanadi Al Rabai’eh (Jordan)
Mr. Hanadi Al Rabai’eh (Jordan)
Term: COP-12
Mr. Zaigham Abbas0 (Pakistan)
Mr. Zaigham Abbas68 (Pakistan)
Term: COP-12
Eastern Europe region
Ms. Lendita Dika (North Macedonia)
Ms. Karmen Krajnc (Slovenia)
Term: COP-13

Ms. Karmen Krajnc (Slovenia)
Ms. Anahit Aleksandryan (Armenia)
Term: COP-13

Ms. Silvana Bunea (Romania)
Ms. Silvana Bunea (Romania)
Term: COP-12

LATIN AMERICA AND CARIBBEAN REGION
Ms. Tamara Morrison (Jamaica)
Ms. Jimena Nieto Carrasco (Colombia)
Term: COP-13

Ms. Vilma Morales Quillama (Peru)
Mr. Helges Samuel Bandeira (Brazil)
Term: COP-13

Mr. Osvaldo Alvarez-Perez (Chile)
Chair
Mr. Osvaldo Alvarez-Perez (Chile)
Chair
Term: COP-12

WESTERN EUROPEAN AND OTHERS REGION
Ms. Mara Curaba0 (Belgium)
Rapporteur
Ms. Karoliina Anttonen (Finland)
Vice-Chair
Term: COP-13

Mr. Martin Lacroix (Canada)
Vice-Chair
Ms. Helen Roberts (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland)
Term: COP-13

Mr. Matthias Wolf (Germany)
Mr. Matthias Wolf (Germany)
Term: COP-12

Table 5: Information on arrears as at 31 October 2024






Annex IV: Information on the elections to take place during the twelfth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Stockholm Convention

Table 1: Number of officers and members to be elected under the Stockholm Convention by body and by region





Bureau of the Conference of the Parties

POPs Review Committee
Compliance Committee
Officers / members to be elected
Parties to be selected
10 officers:0
• 1 President,
• 9 Vice-Presidents including one acting as Rapporteur
17 members0
1 Chair0
15 members0

Regions
Africa
2 officers
4 members
3 members

Asia and Pacific
2 officers
4 members
3 members

Eastern Europe
2 officers
2 members
3 members

Latin America and Caribbean
2 officers
3 members
3 members

Western Europe and other States
2 officers
4 members
3 members
Term of office
From closure of COP-12 until closure of COP-13, can serve up to two consecutive terms
Begins on 5 May 2026 for a term of 4 years, can serve up to two consecutive terms
From closure of COP-12 until closure of COP-13 for 7 members0
From closure of COP-12 until closure of COP-14 for 8 members0
Working language
English
6 UN languages
English
Presence required at the COP
Officers are elected from among the representatives of the Parties present at the meeting
n/a
n/a
Parties in arrears
In accordance with paragraph 3 (e) of rule 5 of the financial rules and as decided by the COP in decision SC-11/27, no representative of any Party whose contributions are in arrears for two or more years shall be eligible to become a member of the Bureau of the COP or a member of any subsidiary body of the COP, provided, however, that this shall not apply to Parties that are LDCs or SIDS or to any Party that has agreed on and is respecting a schedule of payments
Qualifications and supporting documents required
n/a
Expertise in chemical assessment or management

CV and form for declaration of interests (Annex II to decision SC-4/20) required
Expertise and specific qualifications in the subject matter covered by the Convention
Gender balance
Efforts are still needed to ensure that women and men from all Parties are represented in the bodies and processes of the three conventions (Decisions BC-13/20, RC-8/13 and SC-8/23)


Table 2: Offices of the President and Rapporteur of the ordinary meetings of the Conference of the Parties to the Stockholm Convention
since its first meeting

First
meeting
Second meeting
Third
meeting
Fourth meeting
Fifth meeting
Sixth
meeting
Seventh meeting
Eighth meeting
Ninth meeting
Tenth meeting
Eleventh meeting
Twelfth meeting
President
Latin American and Caribbean States
(Uruguay)
Western European and other States
(New Zealand)
African States
(Senegal)
Asian and Pacific States
(Islamic Republic of Iran)
Eastern European States
(Czech Republic)

Latin American and Caribbean States
(Chile)
Western European and other States
(Sweden)
African States
(Ghana)
Asian and Pacific States
(Jordan)
Eastern European States
(Latvia)
Latin American and Caribbean States
(Trinidad and Tobago)
Western European and other States
(Canada)
Rapporteur
Latin American and Caribbean States
(Barbados)
Latin American and Caribbean States
(Barbados)
Western European and other States
(The Netherlands)
African States
(Zambia)
Asian and Pacific States
(India)
Eastern European States
(Czech Republic)
Latin American and Caribbean States
(Ecuador)
Western European and other States
(Australia)
African States
(Ethiopia)
Asian and Pacific States
(Islamic Republic of Iran)
Eastern European States
(Serbia)
Latin American and Caribbean States
(Colombia)

Table 3: Membership of the Persistent Organic Pollutants Review Committee since its first meeting


5 May 2005–
4 May 2008
(POPRC-1–POPRC‑2)
5 May 2005–
4 May 2010
(POPRC-1–POPRC‑5)
5 May 2008–
4 May 2012
(POPRC-4–POPRC-7)
5 May 2010–
4 May 2014
(POPRC-6–POPRC-9)
5 May 2012–
4 May 2016
(POPRC-8–POPRC-11)
5 May 2014–
4 May 2018
(POPRC-10–POPRC-13)
5 May 2016–
4 May 2020
(POPRC-12–POPRC-15)
5 May 2018–
17 June 2022
(POPRC-14–POPRC-17)
5 May 2020–
4 May 2024
(POPRC-16–POPRC-19)
18 June 2022–
4 May 2026
(POPRC-18–
POPRC-21)
5 May 2024–
4 May 2028
(POPRC-20–
POPRC-23)
African group
Mr. Abderaman Abderaman (Chad)
Mr. Kouamé Kouadio (Côte d’Ivoire)
Mr. Mohammed Ali Mohammed (Ethiopia)
Mr. Mohammad Aslam Yadallee (Mauritius)
Mr. Désiré Ouedragogo (Burkina Faso)
Ms. Farah Bouqartacha (Morocco)
Mr. Thomas Yormah (Sierra Leone)
Mr. Henk Bouwman (South Africa)
Mr. Abderaman Mahamat Abderaman (Chad)
Mr. John Pwamang (Ghana)
Mr. Mohammad Aslam Yadallee (Mauritius)
Mr. Sanda Komla (Togo)
Mr. Raouf Okasha0 (Egypt)
Ms. Stella Mojekwu (Nigeria)
Ms. Fransisca Katagira (United Republic of Tanzania)
Mr. Samuel Banda (Zambia)
Mr. Aoudou Joswa (Cameroon)
Ms. Caroline Wamai (Kenya)
Ms. Haritiana Rakotoarisetra (Madagascar)
Mr. Azhari Abdelbagi0 (Sudan)
Mr. Hubert Binga (Gabon)
Ms. Mantoa Sekota (Lesotho)
Mr. Sidi Ould Aloueimine (Mauritania)
Mr. Ousmane Sow (Senegal)
Ms. Caroline Wamai (Kenya)
Mr. Adama Tolofoudye (Mali)
Mr. Thabile Ndlovu (Eswatini)
Mr. Youssef Zidi (Tunisia)
Mr. Sam Adu-Kumi (Ghana)
Ms. Mantoa Makoena Clementina Sekota (Lesotho)
Ms. Amal Lemsioui (Morocco)
Mr. Nadjo N’Ladon (Togo)
Mr. Jean Paul Otamonga (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
Ms. Elham Refaat Abdelaziz Sayed Ahmed0 (Egypt)
Mr. Mehari Wondimagegn Taye (Ethiopia)
Mr. Gotfried Uiseb (Namibia)
Ms. Thabile Ndlovu (Eswatini)
Mr. Lamin Jaiteh (Gambia)
Mr. John Mumbo (Kenya)
Mr. Bondi Nyuma Gevao (Sierra Leone)
Mr. Bossou Bertin Dossa (Benin)
Mr. Aoudou Joswa (Cameroon)
Mr. Razaz Ibrahim Mohamed (Sudan)
Ms. Nosiku Sipilanyambe Munyinda (Zambia)
Asian and Pacific group
Mr. Jope Davetanivalu0 (Fiji)
Mr. Dario Sabularse (Philippines)
Ms. Hala Saif Al-Easa (Qatar)
Mr. Ali El-Shekeil (Yemen)
Mr. Jianxin Hu (China)
Mr. Masaru Kitano (Japan)
Mr. Mohamad Khashashneh0 (Jordan)
Mr. Jarupong Boon-long (Thailand)
Mr. Ken Choviran (Cambodia)
Ms. Chhanda Chowdhury0 (India)
Ms. Kyunghee Choi0 (Republic of Korea)
Mr. Fouad Elok (Syrian Arab Republic)
Mr. Jianxin Hu (China)
Mr. Masaru Kitano (Japan)
Mr. Mohamad Khashashneh (Jordan)
Mr. Jarupong Boon-long (Thailand)
Mr. Ram Niwas Jindal0 (India)
Mr. Agus Haryono (Indonesia)
Mr. Abdul Nabi Abdullah AL-Ghadban0 (Kuwait)
Ms. Kyunghee Choi5 (Republic of Korea)
Mr. Seyed Jamaleddin Shahtaheri (Islamic Republic of Iran)
Mr. Said Ali Issa Al Alzadjali (Oman)
Mr. Zaigham Abbas (Pakistan)0
Mr. Jayakody Sumith (Sri Lanka)
Mr. Jianxin Hu (China)
Mr. Agus Haryono (Indonesia)
Mr. Mineo Takatsuki (Japan)
Mr. Rameshwar Adhikari (Nepal)
Mr. Manoj Kumar Gangeya (India)
Mr. Amir Nasser Ahmadi (Islamic Republic of Iran)
Mr. Hammad Shamimi0 (Pakistan)
Mr. Anass Ali Saeed Al-Nedhary (Yemen)
Mr. Jianxin Hu (China)
Mr. Kazuhide Kimbara (Japan)
Mr. Hyo-Bang Moon (Republic of Korea)
Ms. Chalongkwan Tangbanluekal (Thailand)
Mr. Bharat Kumar Sharma (India)0
Ms. Witta Kartika Restu (Indonesia)
Mr. Mohammad Oglah Hussein Khashashneh (Jordan)0
Ms. Doaa Abdallah (State of Palestine)
Mr. Xiao Xuezhi (China)
Mr. Kazuhide Kimbara (Japan)
Mr. Hassan Azhar (Maldives)
Ms. Chalongkwan Tangbanluekal (Thailand)
Eastern European group
Ms. Evelin Fabjan (Slovenia)
Ms. Anahit Aleksandryan (Armenia)
Mr. Ivan Holoubek (Czech Republic)
Ms. Tsvetanka Dimcheva0 (Bulgaria)
Mr. Ivan Holoubek (Czech Republic)
Ms. Svitlana Sukhorebra (Ukraine)
Mr. Trajĉe Stafilov (the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia)
Ms. Tamara Kukharchyk (Belarus)
Mr. Pavel Čupr (Czech Republic)
Ms. Anna Lewandowska (Poland)0
Ms. Tamara Kukharchyk (Belarus)
Ms. Svitlana Sukhorebra (Ukraine)
Ms. Magdalena Frydrych (Poland)
Mr. Artak Khachatryan (Armenia)
Ms. Katarína Řiháčková (Czech Republic)

Ms. Magdalena Frydrych (Poland)
Latin American and Caribbean group
Mr. Wayne Rajkumar (Trinidad and Tobago)
Ms. Jacqueline Alvarez0 (Uruguay)
Ms. Camila Arruda Boechat0 (Brazil)
Mr. Alfredo Cueva (Ecuador)
Mr. Mario Yarto (Mexico)
Mr. Ricardo Barra (Chile)
Mr. Pablo Ricardo Rodríguez Rubio0 (Honduras)
Ms. Norma Sbarbati Nudelman (Argentina)
Mr. José Álvaro Rodriguez (Colombia)
Ms. Floria Roa Gutiérrez (Costa Rica)
Ms. Estefânia Gastaldello Moreira0 (Brazil)
Mr. Jorge Alvarez Alvarez0 (Cuba)
Ms. Consuelo Meneses (Ecuador)
Mr. Marcus Richards (Saint Vincent and Grenadines)
Mr. Armando Diaz Cortes (Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela)
Ms. Estefânia Gastaldello Moreira (Brazil)
Ms. Helen Jacobs (Jamaica)
Mr. Luis G. Romero Esquivel (Costa Rica)
Ms. Vilma Morales Quillama (Peru)
Ms. Victorine Augustine Pinas (Suriname)
Mr. Agustin Harte0 (Argentina)
Mr. Mario Rodas (Ecuador)

Mr. Boris Avila Taborda (Colombia)
Mr. Suresh Lochan Amichand (Guyana)
Ms. Victorine Augustine Pinas (Suriname)
Ms. Karina Miglioranza (Argentina)
Ms. Cecilia Aburto Schweitzer (Chile)
Western European and others group
Ms. Liselott Säll0 (Norway)
Mr. Jose Tarazona (Spain)
Ms. Leena Yla-Mononen (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland)
Mr. Ian Rae (Australia)
Mr. Robert Chénier (Canada)
Mr. Reiner Arndt0 (Germany)
Ms. Maria Delvin0 (Sweden)
Mr. Sylvain Bintein (France)
Ms. Bettina Hitzfeld (Switzerland)
Ms. Maria Manuela Araújo Pereira0 (Portugal)
Mr. Robert Chénier (Canada)
Mr. Timo Seppälä (Finland)
Mr. Reiner Arndt (Germany)
Mr. Peter Dawson (New Zealand)
Mr. Sylvain Bintein (France)
Mr. Martien Janssen (Netherlands)
Ms. Liselott Säll (Norway)
Mr. Jack Holland (Australia)
Ms. Ingrid Hauzenberger (Austria)
Ms. Michelle Kivi (Canada)
Ms. Maria Delvin0 (Sweden)
Ms. Ingrid Hauzenberger (Luxembourg)0
Mr. Andreas Buser0 (Switzerland)
Mr. Martien Janssen (Netherlands)
Ms. Lucie Ribeiro0 (Austria)
Ms. Cynthia Bainbridge0 (Canada)
Ms. Rikke Donchil Holmberg (Denmark)
Mr. Peter Alistair Dawson (New Zealand)
Ms. Valentina Bertato (Belgium)
Ms. Caren Rauert (Germany)
Ms. Christina Charlotte Tolfsen (Norway)
Mr. Andrew Beyak (Canada)
Mr. Timo Seppälä (Finland)
Mr. Martien Janssen (Netherlands)
Mr. Peter Dawson (New Zealand)
Ms. Valentina Bertato (Belgium)
Ms. Caren Rauert (Germany)
Mr. Andreas Buser (Switzerland)



Table 5: Information on arrears as at 31 October 2024




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Annex to decision RC-1/7: Rules and procedures for preventing and dealing with conflicts of interest relating to the activities of the Chemical Review Committee (CRC)

Declaration of interests
Measures need to be taken to ensure that the best possible assessment of scientific evidence is achieved in an independent atmosphere free of either direct or indirect pressures. Thus, to ensure the technical integrity and impartiality of the work of the Chemical Review Committee, it is necessary to avoid situations in which financial or other interests might affect the outcome of that work.
Each expert is therefore asked to declare any interests that could constitute a real, potential or apparent conflict of interest with respect to his or her involvement in the meeting or work, between on the one hand, commercial entities and the participant personally, and, on the other hand, commercial entities and the administrative unit with which the participant has an employment relationship. In this context “commercial entity” refers to any company, association (e.g., trade association), organization or any other entity whatsoever, with commercial interests.
1. What is a conflict of interest?
“Conflict of interest” means that the expert or his or her partner, or the administrative unit with which the expert has an employment relationship, has a financial or other interest that could unduly influence the expert’s position with respect to the subject matter being considered. An apparent conflict of interest exists when an interest would not necessarily influence the expert but could result in the expert’s objectivity being questioned by others. A potential conflict of interest exists with an interest which any reasonable person could be uncertain whether or not should be reported.
Different types of financial or other interests, whether personal or with the administrative unit with which the expert has an employment relationship, can be envisaged and the following list, which is not exhaustive, is provided for your guidance. For example, the following types of situations should be declared:
(a) A current proprietary interest in a substance, technology or process (e.g., ownership of a patent), to be considered in – or otherwise related to the subject matter of – the meeting or work;
(b) A current financial interest, e.g., shares or bonds, in a commercial entity with an interest in the subject matter of the meeting or work (except shareholdings through general mutual funds or similar arrangements where the expert has no control over the selection of shares);
(c) An employment, consultancy, directorship, or other position held during the past four years, whether or not paid, in any commercial entity which has an interest in the subject matter of the meeting or work, or an ongoing negotiation concerning prospective employment or other association with such commercial entity;
(d) Performance of any paid work or research during the past four years commissioned by a commercial entity with interests in the subject matter of the meetings or work;
(e) Payment or other support covering a period within the past four years, or an expectation of support for the future, from a commercial entity with an interest in the subject matter of the meetings or work, even if it does not convey any benefit to the expert personally but which benefits his or her position or administrative unit, e.g., a grant or fellowship or other payment, e.g., for such purposes as the financing of a post or consultancy.
With respect to the above, a commercial interest in a competing substance, technology or process, or an interest in or association with, work for or support by a commercial entity having a direct competitive interest must similarly be disclosed.
2. How to complete this declaration
Please complete this declaration and submit it to the designated national authority for transmission to the secretariat. Any financial or other interests that could constitute a real, potential or apparent conflict of interest should be declared: first, with respect to yourself or partner; and, second, with respect to any administrative unit with which you have an employment relationship. Only the name of the commercial entity and the nature of the interest is required to be disclosed and no amounts need to be specified (although they may be, if you consider this information to be relevant to assessing the interest). With respect to points (a) and (b) in the list above, the interest should only be declared if it is current. With respect to points (c), (d) and (e), any interest during the past four years should be declared. If the interest is no longer current, please state the year when it ceased. With respect to point (e), the interest ceases when a financed post or fellowship is no longer occupied, or when support for an activity ceases.
3. Assessment and outcome
The information submitted by you will be used to assess whether the declared interests constitute an appreciable real, potential or apparent conflict of interest in accordance with the provisions of decision RC-1/7.
Information disclosed on this declaration shall reside within the secretariat and shall be made available to the Conference of the Parties, its Bureau and subsidiary bodies, as deemed appropriate.
4. Declaration
Have you or your partner any financial or other interest in the subject matter of the meeting or work in which you will be involved, which may be considered as constituting a real, potential or apparent conflict of interest?
Yes:  No:  If yes, please give details in the box below.
Do you have, or have you had during the past four years, an employment or other professional relationship with any entity directly involved in the production, manufacture, distribution or sale of chemicals or pesticides or directly representing the interests of any such entity?
Yes:  No:  If yes, please give details in the box below.
1. Type of interest, e.g. patent, shares, employment, association, payment (including details on any compound, work, etc.)
2. Name of commercial entity
3. Belongs to you, partner or unit?
4. Current interest? (or year ceased)







Is there anything else that could affect your objectivity or independence in the meeting or work, or the perception by others of your objectivity and independence?
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I hereby declare that the disclosed information is correct and that no other situation of real, potential or apparent conflict of interest is known to me. I undertake to inform you of any change in these circumstances, including if an issue arises during the meeting or work itself.
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Signature Date
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Name Government
I hereby declare that I shall regulate my conduct in accordance with the provisions of paragraphs 3 and 4 of decision RC-1/7.
Signature ______________________________
Name ______________________________


Declaration of conflict of interest

Name:
Designating Government:
Term of office: 5 May 2026 – 4 May 2030

Have you or your partner any financial or other interest in the subject matter of any meeting or work of the Persistent Organic Pollutants Review Committee in which you will be involved that might be considered as constituting a real, potential or apparent conflict of interest? If yes, please give details in the box below.
Yes:  No: 
Do you have, or have you had during the past four years, an employment or other professional relationship with any entity directly involved in the production, manufacture, distribution or sale of chemicals or pesticides or directly representing the interests of any such entity? If yes, please give details in the box below.
Yes:  No: 
1. Type of interest, e.g. patent, shares, employment, association, payment (including details on any compound, work, etc.)
2. Name of commercial entity
3. Belongs to you, partner or unit?
4. Current interest? (or year ceased)





Is there anything else that could affect your objectivity or independence in respect of any meeting or work of the Persistent Organic Pollutants Review Committee in which you will be involved, or the perception by others of your objectivity or independence? If yes, please give details in the box below.
Yes:  No: 


Declaration:
I hereby declare that the disclosed information is correct and that no other situation of real, potential or apparent conflict of interest is known to me. I undertake to inform you of any change in these circumstances, including if an issue arises during any meeting or the conduct of any work.
I hereby declare that I shall regulate my conduct in accordance with the provisions of paragraphs 3 and 4 of decision SC-1/8 of the Conference of the Parties of the Stockholm Convention.