INF/TE/IDP/CN/11/Rev.1  
 
13 February 2023  
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 Original: English  
 
DIALOGUE ON PLASTICS POLLUTION  
AND ENVIRONMENTALLY SUSTAINABLE PLASTICS TRADE  
CONVENING NOTICE  
Revision  
The following revised convening notice, dated 13 February  2023, is being circulated at the request 
of the Dialogue  Coordinators and Facilitators . 
 
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1. The Dialogue  will hold its next  pre-plenary meeting in hybrid mode  (Room D and Zoom)  on 
Thursday  16 February  2022, from 10 a.m.  Geneva time.  All WTO Members are invited to attend 
the meeting . Please see technical arrangements in Annex I . 
2. Draft a genda1 
1) Introductory remarks by coordinators  
 
2) Crosscutting issues2 – Facilitators: Fiji, the UK and China  
 
a. Introductory remarks by facilitators.  
b. Update on the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA) negotiation process.  
i. Briefing by the Executive Secretary of the intergovernmental negotiating 
committee  (INC) secretariat (UNEP ), Ms Jyoti Mathur -Filipp on the 
preparations for  the second  meeting of the INC (INC-2), including on the call 
for written submissions on " potential options for elements towards an 
international legally binding instrument ". 
ii. Briefing by CIEL on Trade -related elements found in the written submissions  
(preliminary analysis) . 
c. Aid for Trade (AfT) Global Revi ew 2022  and the AfT Needs Assessment Survey.  
i. Update by the WTO Secretariat on the AfT Needs Assessment Survey3. 
d. Briefing by the Organisation for Economic Co -operation and Development (OECD) 
on the role of development assistance in tackling plastic pollution in developing 
countries.  
 
1 Presentations and interventions are issued as room documents when received and made available at 
the Dialogue WTO website .  
2 According to the Dialogue's Plan ( INF/TE/IDP/W/5 ), topics include capacity building and technical 
assistance; fostering international cooperation on transparency and data; cooperation a nd collaboration with 
other international organizations and processes, and collective approaches.  
3 Namely:  
Aid for Trade Global Review and Needs Assessment  Survey . 
IDP AfT global review and needs assessment survey (Es) - Formstack  – Spanish . 
IDP AfT global review and needs assessment survey (Fr) - Formstack  – French . 
IDP AfT global review and needs assessment survey - Formstack  – English .  INF/TE/IDP/CN/11/Rev.1  
 
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  e. Interventions by delegations and stakeholders.  
 
3) Reduction to Tackle Plastic Pollutio n and Circular Economy for Plastics4 – 
Facilitators : Colombia and Ecuador  
 
a. Introductory remarks by facilitators.  
b. Survey of Trade -related Plastics  Measures  (TrPMs)5. 
i. Update by the WTO Secretariat on the ongoing TrPMs survey.  
c. Technical presentations by stakeholders.  
i. Briefing by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime  (UNODC ) on their 
work on combatting Waste Trafficking , in particular plastics.  
ii. Briefing by the World Customs Organization ( WCO) on work related to  
combatting plastic w aste trafficking . 
iii. Presentation by the Minderoo Foundation on the Plastic Waste Makers Index  
mapping the Single Use Plastics (SUP) value chain.  
iv. Briefing by the World Health Organisation (WHO) on their work on plastic 
pollution.  
d. Interventions by delegations and stakeholders.  
 
4) Promoting Trade to Tackle Plastic Pollution6 – Facilitators: t he Philippines and 
Australia  
 
a. Introductory remarks by facilitators.  
b. Technical presentations by stakeholders   
i. Briefing by the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm (BRS) Conventions 
Secretariat on the outcomes of the 3rd meeting of the Plastic Waste 
Partnership working group  and technologies/infrastructure required f or 
environmentally sound management (ESM) of plastic wastes . 
ii. Presentation by QUNO on the report " Package -less and Reuse Systems 
Through Policy Intervention: rethinking packaging in international trade ".  
iii. Update by the United Nat ions Conference on Trade and Development  
(UNCTAD) on their work on plastic substitutes and alternatives .  
 
c. Interventions by delegations and stakeholders.  
  
 
4 According to the Dialogue's Plan ( INF/TE/IDP/W/5 ), topics include how trade -related cooperation could 
help to support efforts to reduce unnecessary or harmful plastics and plastic products, including single -use 
plastics and plastic packaging associated with international trade; and sharing experiences of effective 
approaches to move towards more circular resource efficient and environmentally sustainable plastics trade.  
5 Namely:  
Trade -related Plastic Measures ( TrPMs ) Survey. 
IDP Survey on TrPMs (Es) - Formstack  – Spanish . 
IDP Survey on TrPMs (Fr) - Formstack  – French . 
IDP Survey on TrPMs - Formstack  – English . 
6 According to the Dialogue's  Plan ( INF/TE/IDP/W/5 ), topics include environmentally sustainable waste 
management technologies; environmentally sustainable and effective substitut es and alternatives; reused and 
recycled plastics, including by incentivizing increased reuse and recycling of plastics (considering evidence of 
their long -term impacts); and technologies for environmentally sustainable and effective substitutes and 
altern atives of interest to developing members and least developed members including SIDS which are 
especially vulnerable to marine litter and plastic pollution, and opportunities for their MSMEs.  INF/TE/IDP/CN/11/Rev.1  
 
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5) Any other business or interventions by delegations and stakeholders  
 
a. Briefing by the Forum on Trade, Environment and SDGs (TESS)  on their paper titled 
"The WTO Dialogue on Plastics Pollution: Overview and State of Play ". 
 
6) Concluding remarks by coordinators  
 
 
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Annex I - Technical Arrangements  
Please note that this meeting will be held in  hybrid mode  (room D and via Zoom).  
 
1  REMOTE PARTICIPATION  
Delegates wishing to participate virtually via the Zoom platform, including capital -based officials,  
must register through this link:  
https://worldtradeorganization.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcpdO -uqD8uHNZMG4rTt6UE7kHaOQh6N6GM  
 
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the 
meeting.  
 
If prompted for the following information when accessing the meeting, please enter:  
 
Meeting ID – 834 3666 4462  
Meeting Passcode – 984097   
 
Before the meeting:  
 
• We are available 1/2 hour before the meeting to test your connection with you.  
 
• On behalf of the interpreters please follow these recommendations : 
➢ Use a wired internet connection (or very stable WiFi).  
➢ Use a computer/laptop, not a phone or tablet.  
➢ When participating remotely, at first choice, use an external USB tabletop microphone 
or a lapel microphone  or second choice a USB Headset.  
➢ Avoid using your computer's built -in microphone or cell -phone earbuds.  
➢ Always turn on your camera before speaking.  
➢ Turn off  all notifications.  
This will ensure that everyone can hear and understand your message fully.  
 
During the meeting:  
 
• If technical difficulties result in delegations being unable to intervene virtually under a given 
agenda item, the opportunity to take the floor will be given at an appropriate juncture before 
the meeting closes. Should the technical problem persist, delegations may contact the 
meeting coordinators ( idp@wto.org ) during the course of t he meeting, either to send their 
statement for it to be read out during the meeting, or to request that the attendees be 
informed of their interest in the item under consideration and their intention to circulate 
their written statement after the meeting.  
 
2  ATTENDANCE IN THE MEETING ROOM  
For the health protection of all, and to respect the sanitary measures in place , masks remain 
recommended  in common areas and meeting rooms . 
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  3  STATEMENTS  
To facilitate interpretation, delegations are strongly encouraged to send their written statements to 
the Secretariat ( idp@wto.org ) before the meeting starts. Statements will also be gratefully received 
during the meeting  (idp@wto.org ). 
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