At its fourth session (INC-4), the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC) to develop an international legally binding instrument on plastic pollution, including in the marine environment, decided to establish two Ad Hoc Intersessional Open-ended Expert Groups. Both expert groups are open to the participation of all Members of the INC who have now been invited by the INC Secretariat to nominate experts to participate in the work of the groups.
An in-person expert groups meeting will take place at the United Nations Conference Centre (UNCC), Bangkok, Thailand from 24 to 28 August 2024. The in-person meeting will be preceded by up to three virtual meetings per expert group, including a preparatory virtual meeting per group to facilitate logistics, planning and common understanding on organization of work and expected outcomes of the in-person meeting.
