× 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. Official communications with Parties and observers Document type Decision Reference number SC-2/16 Date May 1, 2006 SourceUNEP, InforMEA Status Active Subject Waste & hazardous substances Keyword International agreement-text Treaty Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (Sep 21, 2001) Meeting Second Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Stockholm Convention Website www.informea.org Full text UNEP-POPS-COP.2-SC-2-16.Russian.pdf UNEP-POPS-COP.2-SC-2-16.Arabic.docx UNEP-POPS-COP.2-SC-2-16.English.PDF UNEP-POPS-COP.2-SC-2-16.Arabic.pdf UNEP-POPS-COP.2-SC-2-16.Chinese.pdf UNEP-POPS-COP.2-SC-2-16.French.pdf UNEP-POPS-COP.2-SC-2-16.Spanish.pdf UNEP-POPS-COP.2-SC-2-16.English.DOC UNEP-POPS-COP.2-SC-2-16.Chinese.docx UNEP-POPS-COP.2-SC-2-16.Spanish.doc UNEP-POPS-COP.2-SC-2-16.French.doc UNEP-POPS-COP.2-SC-2-16.Russian.docx Abstract 3. Requests the Secretariat to maintain and update as needed a list of official contact points and to make it publicly available;4. Invites non-Party States to nominate, should they wish to do so, contact points for communications concerning matters pertaining to the Convention;5. Requests the Secretariat to use the list in annex II of the note by the Secretariat of contacts in United Nations bodies and specialized agencies, the International Atomic Energy Agency and the Global Environment Facility for the purpose of inviting observers to the meetings of the Conference of the Parties and its subsidiary bodies and for the purpose of communication with observers during the periods between meetings of the Conference of the Parties and its subsidiary bodies;6. Also requests the Secretariat to use the list of national and international governmental and non-governmental bodies and agencies in annex III of the note by the Secretariat, as updated at each ordinary meeting of the Conference of the Parties, for the purpose of inviting observers to the meetings of the Conference of the Parties and its subsidiary bodies and for official communication during the periods between the meetings of the Conference of the Parties and its subsidiary bodies;