Highlighting 2026 as a year of implementing, Jacqueline Alvarez, head of @unep.org Chemicals & Health Branch, in opening, shares outcomes of the most recent meetings, including #ISPCWP1 where a Chair and a partial Bureau has been elected, and #INC5.3 where a Chair has been elected.
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✅ #PlasticsTreaty New Chair
✅ #HumanRights & Env't
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There was no celebratory tone to welcome the newest intergovernmental science-policy panel
#ISPCWP1 ended without fully completing any of its expected deliverables, including rules of procedure, location of the Secretariat and dates of future meetings
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The #ISPCWP1 adjourned without agreeing to any decisions.
The meeting will resume some time in the future to try again to operationalize the newest science-policy panel focused on #chemicals, #waste, and #pollution.
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After the plenary decides that the Bureau, in consultation with the regions, will determine the dates and venue of the resumed session of #ISPCWP1, the Chair adjourns the plenary.
With no outcomes agreed, the #ISPCWP1 was adjourned.
The @unep.org science-policy panel for chemicals, waste & pollution will try again another time to adopt its rules of procedure.
Chair Álvarez Pérez adjourned the meeting at 8:44 pm.
Delegates and observers return to plenary at 20:00 CET to take stock of the work from the contact group on the trust fund, and the date and the venue of the next plenary session. #ISPCWP1
Plenary has been adjourned at #ISPCWP1, and is expected to return at 19:00 CET.
A contact group was established to discuss the trust fund, as well as the date and venue of the next meeting.
The new @unep.org science-policy panel on chemicals, waste & pollution has not finished its work on the draft rules of procedure.
It has agreed to continue this work at a later date. #ISPCWP1
Following the work of the contact group in the past two days, #ISPCWP1 plenary resumes in the afternoon of Day 5 to take stock of the status of the negotiations.
Still working through the rules of procedure. Two rules agreed in the past two hours.
Other delegates are trying to find a way forward to quicken the pace on this last day of negotiations. There's hope to set up the @unep.org science-policy panel for chemicals, waste & pollution. #ISPCWP1
Delegates and observers resume contact group work on draft rules of procedure at #ISPCWP1, under the facilitation of former OEWG Chair Gudi Alkemade.
#BehindTheScenes
The Interim Secretariat holds their daily morning meeting in preparation for the last day of #ISPCWP1.
It's Day 5⃣ of #ISPCWP1 in #GENeva!
With much to tackle on the last day of negotiations, delegates and observers gather in CICG for regional and stakeholder meetings, before moving into contact group work and plenary.
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Want to dig deeper into Thursday's talks at the first session of the Plenary of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Panel on #Chemicals, #Waste and #Pollution in Geneva?
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Negotiations at #ISPCWP1 broke down Thursday
A small group is trying to find a way forward, while others remain mired in debates on the rules of procedure, especially how to elect a Bureau
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#chemicals #pollution
After a difficult morning of flared tempers, delegates took a break.
A large group is now working on the rules of procedure. A small group is trying to find a way forward to set up the @unep.org science-policy panel on chemicals, waste & pollution. #ISPCWP1
Following a brief plenary session in the afternoon, delegates and observes move into contact group work on draft Rules of Procedure. #ISPCWP1
The new Intergovernmental Science-Policy Panel on Chemicals, Waste and Pollution (ISP-CWP) will provide the world with the science and data we need to:
✅ Prevent pollution
✅ Ensure the sound management of chemicals
✅ Manage waste better
Understand more as #ISPCWP1 continues: www.unep.org/isp-cwp
Delegates and observers gather in plenary this morning to provide a stocktake of the work of the contact group and the informal group yesterday. #ISPCWP1
After working into the night, delegates and observers return to CICG on Day 4⃣ of #ISPCWP1 to meet for regional and stakeholder meetings, as they prepare for the plenary scheduled this morning.
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#chemicals #waste #pollution
At #ISPCWP1, delegates elected a "partial Bureau," without a member from the Eastern European region, and continued their work to achieve the minimum set of procedural decisions needed for the Panel to operate
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#chemicals #pollution
The work at #ISPCWP1 continues as delegates and observers continue in a contact group and an informal group on Rules of Procedure.
#ISPCWP1 members elect by acclamation a partial Bureau for a 2-year term, unless amended:
🔹Africa: #DRC & #Kenya
🔹Asia-Pacific: #China & #SaudiArabia
🔹Latin America & Caribbean: #Chile (Chair) & #Mexico
🔹Western Europe: #Belgium & #UK (Rapporteur)
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This morning, delegates and observers meet in plenary for a stocktake of the work of the Contact Group on the draft Rules of Procedure.
#ISPCWP1 Chair Osvaldo Alvarez calls for an acceleration of work, through cooperation, flexibility, understanding & spirit of compromise.
#BehindTheScenes
The #ISPCWP1 Chair Osvaldo Perez & #ISPCWP Interim Secretary Head Tessa Goverse pose for a family photo with stakeholders at their daily coordination meeting.
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It's Day 3⃣ at #ISPCWP1!
With plenary resuming today, delegates and stakeholders meet from early morning in regional and informal settings in preparation for another busy day of discussions to finalize the rules of procedure.
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View of the room during the contact group on the rules of procedure
ISP-CWP Chair Osvaldo Álvarez Pérez, Chile, consulting with the Secretariat
ISP-CWP Chair Osvaldo Álvarez Pérez, Chile
At #ISPCWP1 Tuesday, the US joined the new science-policy body for #chemicals, #waste and #pollution
Member States struggled to reach agreement on the rules of procedure, especially on which observers are allowed to participate in meetings
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