Rotterdam Convention

The Rotterdam Convention was jointly introduced by Governing Council of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Council. The Convention was discussed and adopted in Rotterdam in 1998. The objective of the Convention is to promote shared responsibility and cooperative efforts among Parties in the international trade of certain hazardous chemicals by facilitating information exchange about their characteristics, by providing for a national decision-making process on their import and export and by disseminating these decisions to Parties.

Stockholm Convention

The Stockholm Convention was introduced by Governing Council of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). The Convention was discussed and adopted in Stockholm in 2001. The objective of the Convention is to protect human health and the environment from the harmful impacts of persistent organic pollutants (POPs). The Convention was entered into force in 2004. Through the prohibitive or restrictive measures on the production and use of POPs, which are listed in Annex A, B and C, the objective of eliminating, restricting or reducing the unintentional production of these POPs can be achieved respectively.