Meeting of the Bureau of the Conference of the Parties to the Basel Convention

Venue: International Environment House 1 (IEH-1), Châtelaine, Geneva, Switzerland Highlights: The Bureau of the thirteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Basel Convention met from 11 to 12 July 2016 in Geneva, Switzerland.Bureau members discussed, among other things, the preparation of the thirteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Basel Convention to be held in 2017 back to back with the eighth meetings of the conferences of the parties to the Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions. The Bureau also considered progress on intersessional work.Working Language: The working language of the meeting was English.