Venue: International Environment House II (IEH-2), 7-9, Chemin de Balexert, 1219, Châtelaine-Geneva, SwitzerlandThe meeting will be opened at 9 a.m. on Sunday, 30 September 2012.The working language of the meeting will be English.The meeting will be paperless: printed documents will not be available, all pre-session documents will be made available on the Convention website and in-session documents will be circulated electronically via a wireless intranet.Highlights: The Technical Expert Group will further develop the daft framework for the environmentally sound management of hazardous wastes and other wastes building on progress made at its first face- to-face meeting and at a follow-up online meeting. The Technical Expert Group shall also be guided by the outcome of and discussions at the eighth meeting of the Open-ended Working Group to be held from 25 to 29 September 2012, as far as possible.More information, including the meeting schedule, is available on the page of the technical expert group and within document UNEP/CHW/OEWG.8/INF/8.
