UNEP/MC/COP.3/16 - Operative proposal of the Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme for sharing services between the secretariat of the Minamata Convention and the Secretariat of the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions

The Conference of the Parties to the Minamata Convention on Mercury, in its decision MC-2/7, requested the Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) to submit an operative proposal on a stable framework for the sharing of relevant services between the secretariat of the Minamata Convention and the Secretariat of the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions, prepared together with the Executive Secretary of the Minamata Convention and with the support of the Executive Secretary of the Basel and Stockholm conventions and the UNEP part of the Rotterdam Convention. The secretariat has the honour to present the operative proposal of the Executive Director of UNEP for sharing services between the conventions for the consideration of the Conference of the Parties to the Minamata Convention at its third meeting. The present operative proposal evaluates and presents three possible options: (a) A dedicated consolidated unit; (b) Redeployment of staff from the secretariat of the Minamata Convention to the Secretariat of the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions; (c) Purchase of services by the secretariat of the Minamata Convention from the Secretariat of the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions on a cost-recovery basis. The Conference of the Parties may wish to consider accepting the proposal and endorsing the purchase of services by the secretariat of the Minamata Convention from Secretariat of the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions based on the cost-recovery model, with the option to review the arrangement in 2021.