× 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. Effectiveness evaluation of the Stockholm Convention Document type Decision Reference number SC-8/18 Date Apr 24, 2017 SourceUNEP, InforMEA Status Active Subject Waste & hazardous substances Treaty Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (Sep 21, 2001) Meeting Meetings of the conferences of the parties to the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions (BC COP-13, RC COP-8, SC COP-8) Website www.informea.org Full text UNEP-POPS-COP.8-SC-8-18.English.pdf UNEP-POPS-COP.8-SC-8-18.English.docx UNEP-POPS-COP.8-SC-8-18.French.pdf UNEP-POPS-COP.8-SC-8-18.French.docx UNEP-POPS-COP.8-SC-8-18.Russian.pdf UNEP-POPS-COP.8-SC-8-18.Russian.docx UNEP-POPS-COP.8-SC-8-18.Spanish.pdf UNEP-POPS-COP.8-SC-8-18.Spanish.docx UNEP-POPS-COP.8-SC-8-18.Chinese.docx UNEP-POPS-COP.8-SC-8-18.Chinese.pdf UNEP-POPS-COP.8-SC-8-18.Arabic.pdf UNEP-POPS-COP.8-SC-8-18.Arabic.docx Abstract The Conference of the Parties Mindful of the purpose of the effectiveness evaluation, namely, to assess whether the Convention has succeeded in achieving its objective of protecting human health and the environment from persistent organic pollutants, Recognizing that conclusions and recommendations by the effectiveness evaluation committee as to the effectiveness of specific measures of the Convention to achieve its objective have an impact on all elements of the Convention and are useful in informing the relevant processes and mechanisms under the Convention,