• The ninth meeting of the conference of the Parties to the Basel Convention (23 to 27 June 2008). The ninth meeting of the conference of the Parties to the Basel Convention considered and approved the recommendation.
  
• The fourth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Rotterdam Convention (27 to 31 October 2008).
  
• The fourth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Stockholm Convention (4 to 8 May 2009). 

By decision SC-2/15 of the Conference of the Parties to the Stockholm Convention, decision RC-3/8 adopted by the Conference of the Parties to the Rotterdam Convention and decision VIII/8 of the Conference of the Parties to the Basel Convention it was agreed to establish an ad hoc joint working group (the “AHJWG”) to prepare joint recommendations on enhanced cooperation and coordination among the three conventions for submission to the Conference of the Parties of all three conventions.

The third meeting of the ad hoc joint working group was held from 25-28 March 2008 at the headquarters of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Viale delle terme di Caracalla, Rome Italy.

The second meeting of the ad hoc joint working group was held from 10 to 13 December 2007 at the Diplomatic Academy of Vienna, Favoritenstrasse 15a, A-1040 Vienna, Austria. The report of the meeting (pdf, word) as well as the list of participants may be found among the documents for the second meeting of the AHJWG.

The first meeting of the AHJWG was held from 26 - 28 March 2007 at the Hanasaari Swedish-Finnish Cultural Centre, Helsinki, Finland. The report of the meeting (pdf, word) as well as the list of participants may be found among the documents for the first meeting of the AHJWG.