Sixth Meeting of the Working Group on Marine Litter (WGML-6)

The Sixth Meeting of the WGML serves as a preparatory meeting for the fifth session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC-5), to discuss the role of the Regional Activity Centre on marine pollution and hosting arrangements of the Regional Node, to provide an update of activities toward achieving the Regional Action Plan on Marine Litter (RAP MALI), and to identify priorities for the next biennial workplan for implementation of the RAP MALI 2025-2026. The WGML-6 develops further substantive issues to address decisions to be made by the Twenty-sixth Intergovernmental Meeting (IGM 26) of COBSEA (23-25 October 2024).

The meeting will take place in a hybrid format, with the option for online participation.

The meeting is in parallel with the Second Meeting of the Working Group on Marine and Coastal Ecosystems (WGMCE-2) (21-22 October 2024).

All meeting documents will be available to country participants on the Papersmart Portal.