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1.Welcomes the reports of the Persistent Organic Pollutants Review Committee on the work of its thirteenth and fourteenth meetings;1
2.Confirms the appointment of Ms. Ingrid Hauzenberger (Luxembourg) to replace Ms. Katinka van der Jagt as member of the Committee to serve for the remainder of Ms. van de Jagt’s term, until 4 May 2020;
3.Also confirms the appointments of Mr. Hammad Shamimi (Pakistan) to replace Mr. Zaigham Abbas and of Mr. Sylvain Bintein (Austria) to replace Ms. Ingrid Hauzenberger as members of the Committee to serve for the remainder of Mr. Abbas’ and Ms. Hauzenberger’s terms, until 4 May 2022;
4.Appoints the 14 designated experts listed in the annex to the present decision to serve as members of the Committee with terms of office from 5 May 2020 to 4 May 2024;2
5.Requests the Committee to identify an interim Chair to preside over the Committee’s sixteenth meeting, and decides to consider the election of the Chair of the Committee at its tenth meeting;
6.Encourages Parties and observers to submit the information requested by the Committee, recognizing that increased participation will contribute to the comprehensiveness of the work undertaken, and to support the Committee in the preparation of its recommendations;
7.Requests the Secretariat to continue, subject to the availability of resources, to undertake activities to support Parties, incoming members and newly designated or appointed experts to participate effectively in the process for reviewing and listing new chemicals under the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants and the work of the Committee and to report on the results of those activities to the Conference of the Parties at its tenth meeting.