× 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. Synergies Document type Decision Reference number SC-2/15 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-2-15.Chinese.pdf UNEP-POPS-COP.2-SC-2-15.Spanish.pdf UNEP-POPS-COP.2-SC-2-15.Russian.pdf UNEP-POPS-COP.2-SC-2-15.English.PDF UNEP-POPS-COP.2-SC-2-15.Arabic.doc UNEP-POPS-COP.2-SC-2-15.Arabic.pdf UNEP-POPS-COP.2-SC-2-15.French.doc UNEP-POPS-COP.2-SC-2-15.French.pdf UNEP-POPS-COP.2-SC-2-15.Russian.doc UNEP-POPS-COP.2-SC-2-15.English.DOC UNEP-POPS-COP.2-SC-2-15.Spanish.doc UNEP-POPS-COP.2-SC-2-15.Chinese.doc Abstract Calls for further improved cooperation and coordination between the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions;2. Requests the President, supported by the Secretariat and in consultation and cooperation with the Presidents and Secretariats of the Basel and Rotterdam Conventions, to ensure that the reports contained in documents UNEP/POPS/COP.2/INF/12, UNEP/POPS/COP.2/INF/18 and UNEP/POPS/COP.2/INF/19 are supplemented by a further report exploring the specific areas in which cooperation and coordination among the three conventions at the programmatic level would be to the mutual advantage of all three conventions and without prejudice to their autonomy;3. Also requests that the supplementary report to be prepared pursuant to paragraph 2 of the present decision be submitted to the ad hoc joint working group referred to in paragraph 6 of the present decision and that it explore the following areas, inter alia: joint training activities; joint field activities and capacity-building; the use of regional centres as well as other centres of excellence; joint planning and joint implementation of activities; exchange of information; organization of joint meetings of subsidiary bodies and working groups and back-to-back conferences of the parties;