More documents related to COP4 can be found under the "documents" tab, above.
COP4 was a landmark event, as nine new substances were listed to the Convention. In addition, a wide range of ongoing implementation and reporting activities were reviewed and improved in order to keep the promise the international community made in 2001, when the Stockholm Convention was adopted. See IPEN's press release for COP4 under the "media" tab, above.
"It appears that the committee once again delayed action because SCCPs are widely used — instead of focusing on their potential harms as obligated by the Stockholm Convention," said Mariann Lloyd-Smith, IPEN. "That raises concerns about scientific integrity and whether commercial considerations are a higher priority than the Stockholm Convention's goal of protecting human health and the environment."
