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National implementation plans

Document type
Decision
Reference number
SC-1/12
Date
May 2, 2005
Source
UNEP, InforMEA
Status
Active
Subject
Waste & hazardous substances
Keyword
National implementation/transposal International agreement-implementation
Treaty
Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (Sep 21, 2001)
Meeting
First Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Stockholm Convention
Website
www.informea.org
Full text
UNEP-POPS-COP.1-SC-1-12.French.doc
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UNEP-POPS-COP.1-SC-1-12.Arabic.pdf
UNEP-POPS-COP.1-SC-1-12.English.DOC
UNEP-POPS-COP.1-SC-1-12.Chinese.pdf
UNEP-POPS-COP.1-SC-1-12.French.pdf
UNEP-POPS-COP.1-SC-1-12.Spanish.doc
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UNEP-POPS-COP.1-SC-1-12.Russian.docx
UNEP-POPS-COP.1-SC-1-12.Russian.pdf
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Abstract
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.