• Overview
  • Pre-Session Documents
  • Written Submissions
  • Statements
  • In-Session Documents

The ad hoc open-ended working group on a science-policy panel to contribute further to the sound management of chemicals and waste and to prevent pollution (OEWG) met most recently for the first part of the third session (OEWG 3.1), that took place from 17-21 June 2024 in Geneva, Switzerland, preceded by informal, regional and stakeholder consultations on 16 June 2024. At this session, the group established dedicated contact groups on (a) a foundational document; (b) work-programme-related matters; and (c) rules of procedure, financial procedures, and conflict-of-interest policy. As the group was unable to complete its work in June, the outcomes of this session will be taken forward to the resumed third session of the working group (OEWG 3.2), in view of finalising: 

  • Foundational Document and its related decision to establish the panel (UNEP/SPP-CWP/OEWG.3/6); and  
  • draft Rules of Procedure and its related decision to transmit this together with other draft procedures, policies and guidance in their current form to the first session of the Governing Body of the science-policy panel itself (UNEP/SPP-CWP/OEWG.3/7). 

Delegates at OEWG 3.2 will also consider arrangements for the interim period between the Intergovernmental Meeting and the first session of the Governing Body of the Panel. 

 

Meeting report 

UNEP/SPP-CWP/OEWG.3/5 - Report of the first part of the third session of the ad hoc open-ended working group on a science-policy panel to further contribute to the sound management of chemicals and waste and to prevent pollution

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Livestream 

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Meeting reports from previous sessions

Report from OEWG 2

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Report from OEWG 1.2

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Report from OEWG 1.1

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Working Documents

UNEP/SPP-CWP/OEWG.3/1 - Provisional agenda (adopted at OEWG 2) (posted 15 February)

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UNEP/SPP-CWP/OEWG.3/1/Add.1 - Annotated provisional agenda

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UNEP/SPP-CWP/OEWG.3/2 - Compilation of proposals for establishing a science-policy panel

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UNEP/SPP-CWP/OEWG.3/2/Add.1 - Draft rules of procedure

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UNEP/SPP-CWP/OEWG.3/2/Add.2 - Draft financial procedures

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UNEP/SPP-CWP/OEWG.3/2/Add.3/Rev.1 (updated 16/06/2024) - Draft process for determining the work programme, including prioritization

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UNEP/SPP-CWP/OEWG.3/2/Add.4 - Draft procedures for the preparation and clearance of panel deliverables

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UNEP/SPP-CWP/OEWG.3/2/Add.5 - Draft conflict-of-interest disclosure form

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UNEP/SPP-CWP/OEWG.3/3 - Proposals on the establishment of the Panel to be considered by the intergovernmental meeting

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UNEP/SPP-CWP/OEWG.3/4 - Proposals to give effect to arrangements to be considered by the intergovernmental meeting

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UNEP/SPP-CWP/OEWG.3/5 - Report of the first part of the third session of the ad hoc open-ended working group on a science-policy panel to further contribute to the sound management of chemicals and waste and to prevent pollution

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Information Documents

UNEP/SPP-CWP/OEWG.3/INF/1 - Scenario note by the OEWG Chair (14/06/2024)

 

UNEP/SPP-CWP/OEWG.3/INF/2 - Background information on financial procedures (Updated 12/6/24)

 

UNEP/SPP-CWP/OEWG.3/INF/3 - Summary of views on the capacity-building function of the science-policy panel (updated 12/6/24)

 

UNEP/SPP-CWP/OEWG.3/INF/4 - Supporting information on work-related processes and procedures

 

UNEP/SPP-CWP/OEWG.3/INF/5 - Possible modalities of cooperation and complementarities between the panel and WHO

 

UNEP/SPP-CWP/OEWG.3/INF/6 - Towards a science-policy panel to contribute further to the sound management of chemicals and waste and to prevent pollution: an overview (14/06/2024)

 

UNEP/SPP-CWP/OEWG.3/INF/7 - Compilation of written submissions on OEWG 3 meeting documents

A call for written submissions on (a) the working documents prepared for OEWG 3.1 and (b) the future science-policy panel to contribute further to the sound management of chemicals and waste and to prevent pollution. The call ran from 25 April-31 May 2024. Submissions from governments and non-government stakeholders are compiled below, as received, for possible consideration by the working group at its third session.

Additional written submissions are provided below on key topics including the capacity building function of the panel, the operating principles of the panel, and needs and questions the panel may handle. 

 

Submissions on the Working Documents

Government Submissions

EU+MS*

Norway*

Switzerland*

 

Stakeholders Submissions

World Health Organization (WHO)*

All African Conferences of Churches Kenya (AACC)*

Chemichemi Foundation*

Children and Youth Major Group (CYMG)*

International Centre for Environmental Education and Community Development (ICENECDEV)*

International Pollutants Elimination Network (IPEN)*

Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)*

Science & Technology Major Group (S&TMG)*

Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC)*

Major groups accredited to UNEP

*Indicate submissions that are included in UNEP/SPP-CWP/OEWG.3/INF/7

 

Submissions on the science-policy panel

 

Stakeholders Submissions

Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)

International Panel on Chemical Pollution (IPCP)

Science & Technology Major Group (S&TMG)

Written Submission from Five Major Groups on Conflict of Interest (18/6/24)

In Session Written Statement From The Royal Society Of Chemistry

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Local Authorities Major Group on Operating Principles

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Women's Major Group on Capacity Building

CYMG Written Submission on Intergenerational Equity as an Operating Principle

Below is the full set of statements submitted by governments, non-government stakeholders and other interested parties during the first part of the third session of the ad hoc open-ended working group to prepare proposals for a science-policy panel to contribute further to the sound management of chemicals and waste and to prevent pollution (OEWG 3.1). 

 

Remarks from the Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)

UNEP

 

Opening Remarks from the World Health Organization

WHO

 

STATEMENTS PROVIDED UNDER AGENDA ITEM 4

REGIONAL GROUPS

GRULAC

EU + MS (including agenda item 5)

 

GOVERNMENTS

Brazil

Mexico

United Kingdom

Ukraine

 

OBSERVERS, NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANISATIONS, AND OTHERS

Business & Industry Major Group on behalf of all major groups

Centre for Human Rights and Climate Change Research

Children & Youth Major Group

International Pollutants Elimination Network

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Joint Intervention by Three Major Groups and Aligned Organizations

NGO Major Group

OHCHR

Women Major Group

Meeting report

UNEP/SPP-CWP/OEWG.3/L.1 Draft report of the third session of the ad hoc open-ended working group on a science-policy panel to further contribute to the sound management of chemicals and waste and to prevent pollution

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Conference room papers

CRP.1/Rev.1 Potential model for the provision of secretariat services for the science-policy panel involving the United Nations Environment Programme and the World Health Organization

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CRP.2 Suggestion for a name for the science-policy panel to contribute further to the sound management of chemicals and waste and to prevent pollution

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CRP.3 Draft decision with recommendations for consideration by the governing body of the [insert full name of panel] at its first session

CRP.4 Draft decision on the establishment of the [insert full name of panel]

 

Contact Group 1

CG1-17-SCOPE_OBJECTIVE_FUNCTION-2200

CG1_18_INSTITUTIONALARRANGEMENTS_1805

CG1_18_CAPACITY_BUILDING_2045

CG1_18_OPERATING_PRINCIPLES_2210

CG1_19_INSTITUTIONALARRANGEMENTS_1800

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Outcome of the Informal Group on Institutional Arrangements as of 22:43 20/06/2024

Outcome of the Informal Group on Operating Principles as of 22:30 20/06/2024

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Outcome of the Informal Group on Institutional Arrangements as of 13:39 21/06/2024

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Outcome of the Informal Group on Institutional Arrangements as of 16:26 21/06/2024

Outcome of the Informal Group on Operating Principles as of 18:30 21/06/2024

Outcome of the Informal Group on Operating Principles as of 20:06 21/06/2024

Outcome of the Informal Group on Institutional Arrangements as of 20:06 21/06/2024

 

Contact Group 2

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CG2_19_WORK PROGRAMME_1633

 

Contact Group 3

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CG3_18_Rules_of_Procedure_14:10

CG3_18_Annex 5 - conflict of interest_15-18.00

CG3_18_RoP_Secretariat update

CG3_19_ANNEX 5 - CONFLICT OF INTEREST_12-13.30

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Contact Group 4

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