Project on Integrated Stockholm Convention Toolkit to Improve the Transmission of Information Under Articles 7 & 15: National Workshop Report

The Stockholm Convention aims to protect human health and the environment by banning the production and use of some of the most toxic chemicals known which are usually referred to as Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs). It became international law in May 2004 and PNG became are party in 2006. The convention currently as of July 2020 has 184 Parties. It consists of thirty (30) Articles and six (6) Annexes including the development of National Implementation Plans (Article 7) as well as Reporting (Article 15). These two main articles are the focus of the “Integrated Stockholm Convention Toolkit to improve the transmission of information under Article 07 and 15” (SCI Toolkit) Project which is implemented by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) in collaboration with the Conservation and Environment Protection Authority (CEPA) under the UNEP Small Scale Funding Agreement and sets out to support national implementation of the Stockholm Convention by assisting PNG to facilitate the development, transmission, access and use of POPs data to ensure the country meets reporting requirements under articles 7 and 15.