Conference of the Parties to the Rotterdam Convention

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The Conference of the Parties to the Rotterdam Convention is the governing body of the treaty that brings together member states to oversee and decide on the global regulation of hazardous chemicals and pesticides in international trade.

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf conference of the parties ⓘ
governing body ⓘ
adopts COP decisions on chemicals listing ⓘ
decisions ⓘ
strategic plans ⓘ
work programmes ⓘ
aimsTo promote shared responsibility in the international trade of hazardous chemicals ⓘ
protect human health from hazardous chemicals in international trade ⓘ
protect the environment from hazardous chemicals in international trade ⓘ
allowsParticipationOf intergovernmental organizations ⓘ
non-governmental organizations ⓘ
observer States ⓘ
appliesTo hazardous chemicals ⓘ
hazardous pesticides ⓘ
international trade in hazardous chemicals ⓘ
international trade in hazardous pesticides ⓘ
composedOf representatives of Parties ⓘ
convenes extraordinary meetings ⓘ
ordinary meetings ⓘ
cooperatesWith Conference of the Parties to the Basel Convention ⓘ
Conference of the Parties to the Stockholm Convention ⓘ
establishes Chemical Review Committee ⓘ
firstMeetingHeld after entry into force of the Rotterdam Convention ⓘ
governs Rotterdam Convention ⓘ
hasMember Party to the Rotterdam Convention ⓘ
hasRole adopts amendments to the Rotterdam Convention ⓘ
adopts financial rules for the Rotterdam Convention ⓘ
adopts procedures and guidelines under the Rotterdam Convention ⓘ
adopts rules of procedure ⓘ
adopts the budget of the Rotterdam Convention ⓘ
decides on inclusion of chemicals in Annex III of the Rotterdam Convention ⓘ
establishes subsidiary bodies ⓘ
oversees implementation of the Rotterdam Convention ⓘ
reviews implementation of the prior informed consent procedure ⓘ
takes decisions on the operation of the Rotterdam Convention ⓘ
implementsPrinciple prior informed consent ⓘ
language United Nations official languages ⓘ
legalBasis Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade ⓘ
locationOfMeetings various UN member States ⓘ
mandates Secretariat to assist Parties ⓘ
mayUseDecisionMakingProcess voting ⓘ
meetingFrequency approximately every two years ⓘ
partOf Rotterdam Convention governance structure ⓘ
supportedBy Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations ⓘ
Secretariat of the Rotterdam Convention ⓘ
United Nations Environment Programme ⓘ
usesDecisionMakingProcess consensus ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Conference of the Parties to the Stockholm Convention → cooperatesWith → Conference of the Parties to the Rotterdam Convention ⓘ
Conference of the Parties to the Minamata Convention → relatedTo → Rotterdam Convention Conference of the Parties ⓘ
linked to: Conference of the Parties to the Rotterdam Convention
Secretariat of the Rotterdam Convention → reportsTo → Conference of the Parties to the Rotterdam Convention ⓘ
Secretariat of the Rotterdam Convention → collaboratesWith → Parties to the Rotterdam Convention ⓘ
linked to: Conference of the Parties to the Rotterdam Convention
Chemical Review Committee → reportsTo → Conference of the Parties to the Rotterdam Convention ⓘ
Chemical Review Committee → establishedBy → Conference of the Parties to the Rotterdam Convention ⓘ