× Information on this section of ECOLEX comes from the InforMEA Portal which compiled information from MEA Secretariats with the support of the European Union. The accuracy of the information displayed is the responsibility of the originating data source. In case of discrepancy the information as displayed on the respective MEA website prevails. Effective participation of parties in the Committee’s work Document type Decision Reference number POPRC-8/12 Date Oct 14, 2012 SourceUNEP, InforMEA Status Active Subject Waste & hazardous substances Keyword Marking/identification Institutional profiles Pesticides Packaging/labelling Institution Treaty Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (Sep 21, 2001) Meeting Eighth meeting of the Persistent Organic Pollutants Review Committee (POPRC-8) Website www.informea.org Full text UNEP-POPS-POPRC.8-POPRC-8-12.Spanish.docx UNEP-POPS-POPRC.8-POPRC-8-12.French.docx UNEP-POPS-POPRC.8-POPRC-8-12.English.doc UNEP-POPS-POPRC.8-POPRC-8-12.French.pdf UNEP-POPS-POPRC.8-POPRC-8-12.Russian.docx UNEP-POPS-POPRC.8-POPRC-8-12.Chinese.pdf UNEP-POPS-POPRC.8-POPRC-8-12.Chinese.docx UNEP-POPS-POPRC.8-POPRC-8-12.Spanish.pdf UNEP-POPS-POPRC.8-POPRC-8-12.Arabic.pdf UNEP-POPS-POPRC.8-POPRC-8-12.Arabic.docx UNEP-POPS-POPRC.8-POPRC-8-12.English.pdf UNEP-POPS-POPRC.8-POPRC-8-12.Russian.pdf Abstract The Persistent Organic Pollutants Review Committee, [...] Recognizing the difficulties of developing countries and countries with economies in transition in their efforts to actively participate in webinars, in particular in the light of language barriers, a lack of appropriate infrastructure and a lack of a regular energy supply, Observing that motivation is an essential element for effective participation and that further work needs to be undertaken to increase active involvement in the Committee’s work, 1. Invites the Secretariat to continue its activities related to supporting effective participation in the Committee’s work, subject to the availability of resources, including: