POPS REVIEW COMMITTEE INFORMATION REPOSITORY STAKEHOLDERS The members of the first the Persistent Organic Pollutants Review Committee (POPRC) were appointed by the First Conference of the Parties (COP1) of the Stockholm Convention (May 2005, Uruguay) on the basis of "equitable geographical distribution, taking into account gender and the need for a balance between different types of expertise." The POPRC consist of 31 members: Members of the POPRC are "government-designated experts in chemical assessment or management." To ensure effective rotation of the membership, one half of the members of each region were nominated for an initial term of two years, and the remaining members of each region were nominated for an initial term of four years. Africa: Chad, Côte d'Ivoire, Ethiopia, Mauritania (2 years); Burkina Faso, Morocco, Sierra Leone, South Africa (4 years); Asia and the Pacific: Fiji, Philippines, Qatar, Yemen (2 years); China, Japan, Jordan, Thailand (4 years); Central and Eastern Europe: Slovenia (two years); Armenia, Czech Republic (four years); Latin America and the Caribbean: Trinidad and Tobago, Uruguay (two years); Brazil, Ecuador, Mexico (four years); Western Europe and others: Norway, Spain, United Kingdom (two years); Australia, Canada, Germany, Sweden (four years). The COP1 chose Mr. Reiner Arndt (Germany) as Chair of the POPRC. POPRC can also invite up to 30 experts (balancing developed and developing countries) to support its work. Countries can designate experts for inclusion in a roster of expert but if no expert on the roster has the specifically needed expertise on a certain issue, the POPRC can then invite other experts. The POPRC meetings are open to observers, while countries submitting a proposal are invited to attend the relevant POPRC meetings. The POPRC is to meet at least once a year, subject to availability of funds and work requirements, and can establish ad hoc working groups to work during meetings and intersessionally. These groups are chaired by at least one member of the POPRC and consist of POPRC members, invited experts and observers. Simultaneous interpretation will be provided into the six official languages of the United Nations. Technical documents are to be distributed at least three months in advance of meetings and all other documents, at least six weeks before meetings. Conflict of interest: Each POPRC member and invited expert has to sign a declaration of interest and the COP decides on individual cases of conflict of interest. For invited experts from industry and other non-governmental organizations, the POPRC will use conflict of interest procedures to decide whether there is any potential conflict of interest affecting their participation. Confidentiality of data: The POPRC must establish confidentiality arrangementwhile respecting Article 9, paragraph 5. |
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