Note by the Secretariat As referred to in the note by the Secretariat on the clearing-house mechanism for information exchange on persistent organic pollutants, contained in document UNEP/POPS/COP.2/13, the annex to the present note contains a first draft, prepared by the Secretariat, of a strategic plan for establishing procedures for the operation of the clearing-house mechanism under the Stockholm Convention. The draft is intended to provide a starting point for discussion and the possible further development of such a plan in accordance with a process to be determined by the Conference of