Ad hoc open‑ended working group (OEWG) to prepare for the intergovernmental negotiating committee on plastic pollution

WORKING DOCUMENTS

UNEP/PP/OEWG/1/1

Provisional Agenda

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UNEP/PP/OEWG/1/1.Add

Annotated Provisional Agenda

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UNEP/PP/OEWG/1/2

Executive Director’s Scenario Note

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UNEP/PP/OEWG/1/3

Approaches to the work of the intergovernmental negotiating committee to develop an international legally binding instrument on plastic pollution, including in the marine environment

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UNEP/PP/OEWG/1/4

Draft rules of procedure for the work of the intergovernmental negotiating committee to end plastic pollution, including in the marine environment

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UNEP/PP/OEWG/1/5 and UNEP/PP/INC.1/INF/2 

Report of the ad hoc open-ended working group to prepare for the work of the intergovernmental negotiating committee to develop an international legally binding instrument on plastic pollution, including in the marine environment

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INFORMATION DOCUMENTS

UNEP/PP/OEWG/1/INF/1

UNEA Resolution 5/14

UNEP/PP/OEWG/1/INF/2

UNEA Rules of Procedure

UNEP/PP/OEWG/1/INF/3

Relevant information that might assist the work of the intergovernmental negotiating committee

UNEP/PP/OEWG/1/INF/4

Preparations for the forum

UNEP/PP/OEWG/1/INF/5

Information note from the Executive Director

UNEP/PP/OEWG/1/INF/6

Expressions of interest received by the secretariat to host meetings of the intergovernmental negotiating committee developing a legally binding instrument on plastic pollution, including in the marine environment

UNEP/PP/OEWG/1/INF/7

List of participants

IN-SESSION DOCUMENTS

Proposed approach to the work of the intergovernmental negotiating committee (INC) developing an international instrument on plastic pollution, including in the marine environment (31 May 2022)

Final Outcome Summary on the proposed approach to the work of the intergovernmental negotiating committee (INC) developing an international instrument on plastic pollution, including in the marine environment (1 June 2022)

Draft report of the ad hoc open-ended working group to prepare for the work of the intergovernmental negotiating committee to develop an international legally binding instrument on plastic pollution, including in the marine environment

Draft rules of procedure for the work of the intergovernmental negotiating committee to end plastic pollution, including in the marine environment (6 June 2022)

Statements at the ad hoc open-ended working group to prepare for the work of the intergovernmental negotiating committee to develop an international legally binding instrument on plastic pollution, including in the marine environment

REGIONAL GROUPS

Statement by African States

Statement by Asia-Pacific States

Statement by European Union and Its Member States - Opening Statement 

Statement by European Union and Its Member States - Item 4a

Statement by Latin American and Caribbean States

Statement by Latin American and Caribbean States - 2nd Statement

MEMBER STATES

Statement by Australia

Statement by Brazil

Statement by Brazil - Closing Session Intervention

Statement by China

Statement by Colombia

Statement by Cuba

Statement by Japan - Opening Statement

Statement by Japan - Item 4b

Statement by Kenya

Statement by Malaysia

Statement by Malaysia - Item 4a

Statement by Mexico

Statement by Morocco

Statement by Nepal

Statement by Norway 

Statement by Norway - Item 4

Statement by Philippines

Statement by Republic of Korea

Statement by Sri Lanka

Statement by Sri Lanka - National Action Plan

Statement by Sudan

Statement by Switzerland

Statement by Thailand

Statement by United States of America

Statement by Venezuela

MAJOR GROUPS AND STAKEHOLDERS

Statement by Environment and Social Development Organization (ESDO)

Statement by Institute For Sustainable Development And Research (ISDR, India)

Statement by International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC)

Statement by International Pollutants Elimination Network (IPEN)

Statement by International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)

Statement by Women’s Major Group

UNITED NATIONS AGENCIES

Statement by Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)

Statement by the International Labour Organization (ILO)

Note: These submissions were received by the secretariat in advance of the OEWG.  They have no formal status and were made available as received without any editing.

MEMBER STATES

Chile

• Open Ended Working Group for the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee to Develop an International Legally Binding Instrument on Plastic Pollution

Ecuador

• Ecuador's background and most recent actions to address marine litter and plastic pollution and its projection in leading the way towards a future global agreement on the matter

European Union and its Member States

• Agenda item 3: Adoption of the agenda and other organizational matters of meeting

Nigeria

• Nigeria Waste Platform

MAJOR GROUPS AND STAKEHOLDERS

Environmental Investigation Agency

• Initial Considerations for the INC on UNEA Resolution 5/14 to End Plastic Pollution – English | Spanish
• Essential elements paper – Finance
• Essential elements paper – Reporting and Monitoring
• Essential elements paper – Production and Consumption
• Essential elements paper – Fishing Gear

Centre for Science and Environment

• Written submission on aspects of the OEWG and INC process

Noah-for Animal Rights

• Written submissions for the international legally binding instrument on plastic pollution

Inuit Circumpolar Council (ICC)

• Open-ended working group meeting to negotiate a legally binding, global instrument on plastics

Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives (GAIA)

• GAIA submission to the Open Ended Working Group

Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL)

• Ensuring Meaningful and Effective Stakeholder Involvement in the Intergovernmental Environmental Negotiations
• Toward a New Instrument Addressing the Full Life Cycle of Plastics
• Comparison Table on the Rules of Procedures to negotiate a Plastics Treaty
• Sowing a Plastic Planet
• Meaningful Public Participation in a COVID-19 World

International Pollutants Elimination Network (IPEN)

• How the resolutions “End plastic pollution: towards an international legally binding instrument” relates to chemicals and health
• IPEN plastics treaty platform protecting human health and the environment from toxic chemicals
• 3 key principles for a plastics treaty

Centre for Environment, Justice and Development, Swedish Society for Nature Conservation, Health Justice Environment Support and Friends of the Earth South Africa

• Mandatory Transparency Standard for Chemicals in Plastic Materials and Waste

Minderoo Foundation

• Submission to Ad Hoc Open-Ended Working Group Meeting

International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC)

• Submission from the Workers and Trade Unions Major Group on the Ad hoc open-ended working group to prepare for Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee on Plastic Pollution

Women’s Major Group

• Women’s Major Group statement - Ad hoc open-ended working group (OEWG) to prepare for the intergovernmental negotiating committee on plastic pollution

Centre for Human Rights and Climate Change Research

• Submission by Centre for Human Rights and Climate Change Research

The Recycling Partnership

• Written Submission for Ad Hoc OEWG website and upcoming meetings

MULTILATERAL ENVIRONMENTAL AGREEMENTS

Secretariat of the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions

• Additional information sources provided by the Secretariat of the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions
• Submission from the Secretariat of the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions

Secretariat of the Minamata Convention on Mercury

• Additional information sources provided by the Secretariat of the Minamata Convention on Mercury

Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity

• Additional information sources provided by the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity

Secretariat of the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals

• Additional information sources provided by the Secretariat of the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals

Secretariat of the Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer and for the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer

• Additional information sources provided by the Secretariat of the Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer and for the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer

UNITED NATIONS AGENCIES

International Maritime Organization (IMO)

• Information provided by the International Maritime Organization (IMO)

Food and Agriculture Organization

• FAO work on Plastics Management and Pollution

United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO)

• UNWTO’s efforts in plastic pollution

INTERGOVERNMENTAL ORGANISATIONS

International Chamber of Commerce

• Preliminary business recommendations for an ambitious UN instrument to end plastic pollution

Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD)

• Submission from the Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD)

World Trade Organization (WTO)

• Briefing note on the work under the ministerial statement on plastics pollution and environmentally sustainable plastics trade