A brief summary of monitoring reports prepared under the POPs Global Monitoring Plan Projects of UNEP

This summary synthesizes the findings from these extensive efforts, providing crucial insights into the presence of POPs in data-scarce regions, their impacts, and ongoing challenges. It underscores the need for global collaboration to address the pervasive threat of POPs, particularly in enhancing the monitoring capacities of developing countries and countries with economies in transition and fostering international cooperation to mitigate the environmental and health risks associated with these hazardous chemicals. These findings are also captured in four regional reports, three sectoral reports, three assessment reports and highlighted in multiple scientific publications including a book entitled “Persistent Organic Pollutants in Human Milk”. These reports are shared via the UNEP webpage.