OEWG1.2: Science-Policy Panel to contribute further to the sound management of chemicals and waste and to prevent pollution

Working Documents (Posted 23DEC2022, unless otherwise indicated)

UNEP/SPP-CWP/OEWG.1/1 - Provisional agenda (adopted at OEWG1.1)

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UNEP/SPP-CWP/OEWG.1/Add.2 - Annotated agenda 

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UNEP/SPP-CWP/OEWG.1/2 - [Document relevant to OEWG1.1. For reference, please visit the OEWG 1.1 meeting event page ]

UNEP/SPP-CWP/OEWG.1/3 - Report of the first part of the first session of 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

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UNEP/SPP-CWP/OEWG.1/4 - Scope of the Science-Policy Panel to Contribute Further to the Sound Management of Chemicals and Waste and to Prevent Pollution: Considerations for a Way Forward – Note by the Secretariat

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UNEP/SPP-CWP/OEWG.1/5 - Principal Functions of the Science-Policy Panel to Contribute Further to the Sound Management of Chemicals and Waste and to Prevent Pollution: Considerations for a Way Forward 

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UNEP/SPP-CWP/OEWG.1/6  - Update from the Secretariat on Resource Mobilization Efforts, the Budget and a Provisional Workplan 

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UNEP/SPP-CWP/OEWG.1/7 Report of the second part of the first session of 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 (advance English version)

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Information Documents (Posted 23DEC2022, unless otherwise indicated)

UNEP/SPP-CWP/OEWG.1/INF/1 - UNEA Resolution 5/8 entitled “Science-policy panel to contribute further to the sound management of chemicals and waste and to prevent pollution”

UNEP/SPP-CWP/OEWG.1/INF/2 - Rules of Procedure of the United Nations Environment Assembly

UNEP/SPP-CWP/OEWG.1/INF/3/Rev.1 - Scenario Note for the Resumed First Session of 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 (Posted 25JAN2023)

UNEP/SPP-CWP/OEWG.1/INF/4 - Mapping Analysis of the Current Landscape of Existing Science-Policy Interfaces on the Sound Management of Chemicals and Waste and on the Prevention of Pollution

UNEP/SPP-CWP/OEWG.1/INF/5/Rev.2 - Comparative Analysis of Existing Assessment Structures (Posted 6MAR2023)

UNEP/SPP-CWP/OEWG.1/INF/6 - Stakeholder Engagement Feedback

UNEP/SPP-CWP/OEWG.1/INF/7 - Overview of Existing Rules and Procedures of Selected Science-Policy Bodies

UNEP/SPP-CWP/OEWG.1/INF/8 - Procedures for Elections to Fill Vacancies in the Bureau of 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 (Posted 16JAN2023)

For all OEWG 1.1 meeting documents, please visit the OEWG 1.1 meeting event page

In-Session documents 

Draft meeting report 

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Texts considered in the Contact Groups

Contact Group on Scope and Functions

• Co-chairs proposal on objective and scope 31JAN2023
• Co-chairs summary of discussion on functions 31JAN2023
• Text on objective and functions 1FEB2023 9 PM
• Text on capacity building 2FEB2023 5:57PM
• Text on capacity building 2FEB2023 9:15PM
• Co-chair statement made on 1st Feb 2023
• Co-chair statement made on 2nd Feb 2023
• Co-chair statement made on 3rd Feb 2023

Contact Group on organization of work

• First Draft outline of a zero draft 2FEB2023
• Submission from the USA 2FEB2023
• Second draft outline of a zero draft 2FEB2023
• Proposal by the co-chairs to summarize the outcome of the contact group on organization of work of the ad hoc open-ended working group
• Second draft outline of a zero draft as of 2FEB2023 1930
• Second draft outline of a zero draft as of 3FEB2023 1136

Conference room papers to be introduced in plenary

CRP.1/Rev.1 Draft provisional agenda for the second session of the OEWG

CRP.2/Rev.1: Outcome document from Contact Group 1

CRP.3: Outcome document from Contact Group 2

Draft List of Participants

• Draft list of Participants (the list will be complemented by participants from Major Groups and Stakeholders, United Nations bodies and specialized agencies, and NGOs in the next issuance)

Deep Dive Dialogues on possible scope and functions of the new Science-Policy panel on chemicals, waste and prevention of pollution

The aim of these sessions was to provide a discussion on the possible options presented in the main meeting papers to all member states and other participants. These sessions were aimed at stimulating discussion and highlighting the range of options which needed to be considered by the OEWG.

Location: UN Convention Centre, Bangkok, conference room 1 and online

Date and time:          

Session 1 – scope - 13:00 – 14:30, 30 January 2023

Expert panelists:

• Valerie Hickey (World Bank)
• Santos Virgilio (Angola)
• Ahmed Ansari (ZDHC)
• Martin Kayser (BASF)

The presentation is available here

The recording is available here

Session 2 – functions - 13:00 – 14:30, 31 January 2023

Expert panelists:

• Andrea Hinwood (UNEP Chief Scientist)
• Sir Bob Watson (former IPBES and IPCC Chair)
• David Kapindula (Zambia)
• Miriam Diamond (STAP)
• Warefta E Murshed (Children and Youth Major Group)

The presentation is available here 

The recording is available here

During the first part of the first session of the open-ended working group, Member States and observers shared general statements and initial views in order to ensure that the process for the establishment of the science-policy panel would be as efficient and streamlined as possible, and to provide guidance on the planning process for the resumed first session. These views are reflected in the report of that meeting.

The delivery of additional general statements at the resumed first session is not encouraged. Should Member States and observers wish to provide any general observations, they are invited to do so in writing.

Please send statements to spp-cwp[at]un.org. The statements received will be posted in this tab.

OPENING STATEMENTS 

• Kingdom of Thailand
• World Health Organization (WHO)

GENERAL STATEMENTS 

REGIONAL GROUPS

• Africa Regional Group

NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANISATIONS 

• Children and Youth Major Group (CYMG)
• International Panel on Chemical Pollution (IPCP)
• International Pollutant Elimination Network (IPEN)
• Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC)
• Environment and Social Development Organization (ESDO)
• Research Centre for Gender, Family and Environment in Development (CGFED)
• EARTH
• Endocrine Society

STATEMENTS PROVIDED UNDER AGENDA ITEM 6

• Africa Region 
• European Union 1
• Mexico
• GRULAC

MEMBER STATES

• Angola
• Argentina
• Australia
• Bahrain 1
• Bahrain 2
• Bangladesh 
• Brazil 1
• Brazil 2
• Canada 1
• Canada 2
• Chile 1
• Chile 2
• China
• Colombia
• Comoros
• Cote d'Ivoire
• Ecuador
• Eswatini
• Indonesia
• Iran 1
• Iran 2
• Iraq
• Japan 1
• Japan 2
• Kenya 1
• Kenya 2
• Liberia 1
• Liberia 2
• Madagascar
• Malawi
• Mali
• Mexico
• Mexico 2
• Morocco 
• Norway
• Pakistan 1
• Pakistan 2
• Panama
• Peru
• Philippines
• Philippines 2
• Qatar
• Republic of Congo
• Republic of Korea
• Saudi Arabia
• South Africa
• Switzerland
• Syria
• Tanzania 1
• Tanzania 2
• Thailand
• Tonga
• Trinidad & Tobago 
• United Kingdom 1
• United Kingdom 2

OBSERVERS, NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANISATIONS, AND OTHERS

• APSCC
• GAHP 1
• GAHP 2
• IDIS
• IPCP
• IPEN 1
• IPEN 2
• RSC
• Women's Major Group
• WHO

CLOSING STATEMENTS

REGIONAL GROUPS

• Asia-Pacific Regional Group
• Africa Regional Group

Member States

• Bosnia and Herzegovina

OBSERVERS, NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANISATIONS, AND OTHERS

• Children and Youth Major Group
• Women's Major Group
• ESDO
• IPEN

POST-MEETING SUBMISSIONS

• Major Groups and Stakeholders Letter to the Chair of the OEWG SPPCWP