Stockholm Convention on Persistent
Organic Pollutants
Final Draft
Below is the final draft version of
the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants in the six official United
Nations languages.
Although not an official document,
the attached will be released without further changes as an attachment to the meeting
document UNEP/POPS/CONF/2 for the upcoming Conference of Plenipotentiaries on the
Stockholm Convention, 22-23 May 2001, in Stockholm, Sweden.
It is provided in advance, in this medium only, to assist Governments in obtaining
the necessary full powers to adopt and sign the Convention in Stockholm. UNEP/POPS/CONF/2
will be available by 30 March 2001.
Please be advised the document has
been revised per the process indicated in paragraph 88 in the report of the fifth session
of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee, UNEP/POPS/INC.5/7. The attached table
indicates the changes made in paragraph numbering from the text included in Appendix I of
UNEP/POPS/INC.5/7 to the final draft text attached below.