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Thirteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties

Thirteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties

27 - 29 November 2024
Salle VII, Palais des Nations Geneva Switzerland
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The Conference of the Parties to the UNECE Industrial Accidents Convention will convene for its thirteenth meeting. The meeting will cover key topics on industrial safety and work areas under the Convention, and Parties will take important decisions to steer the work forward. After the meeting opens, the UNECE Seminar on the Global energy transition: Strengthening industrial safety to address emerging risks will introduce challenges and trends for industrial safety in decarbonization agendas and include an exchange on emerging hazards and risks in the energy transition (27 November 2024, 10:20 – 13:00). The status of implementation of the Convention from 2019-2022 will be reviewed through the tenth report on implementation, which provides a number of policy and technical recommendations for improving industrial safety and related protections of people and the environment. Parties and other member States will share their experience and progress made in the implementation of decisions 2020/1 and 2022/1 on strengthening mine tailings safety and Natech risk management, respectively. New technologies will also be reviewed in a Special session on Satellite monitoring technologies, including InSAR, for tailings safety. In celebrating the Assistance and Cooperation Programme’s 20th anniversary, beneficiary countries will highlight the results and impact of activities through a panel discussion. Among other strategic matters, the meeting will also feature a financing “tour-de-table” for Parties to partake in a dialogue on enhancing financial commitment and futureproofing of the Convention.

The provisional agenda and available meeting documentation will be provided in the tabs below.

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Organizational and practical information

Participants attending the meeting are requested to register online by 30 October 2024. Registration will be opened soon.

We recommend using the Google Chrome browser for registration. Please note that Parties are required to participate in-person for the purposes of quorum and decision-making.

As indicated in the provisional agenda, please note the 30 October 2024 deadline for the:

  • Submission of advance copies of credentials, while the original credentials must also be presented to the secretariat upon arrival to the venue (more information is provided in the Information Notice below) (Parties only)
  • Submission of statements and/or presentations  
  • Submission of eventual comments on: the draft decisions on work on the Industrial Safety of the Energy Transition (ECE/CP.TEIA/2024/3), strengthening implementation of the Convention (ECE/CP.TEIA/2024/6), guiding principles for financial assistance (ECE/CP.TEIA/2024/9) and the identification of tailings management facilities as hazardous activities (ECE/CP.TEIA/2024/11); factual information regarding your country within the tenth report on implementation of the Convention (2019-2022) (ECE/CP.TEIA/2024/5); and the draft workplan and resource requirements for the Convention for 2025–2026 (ECE/CP.TEIA/2024/8)
  • Communication of information on your pledge and leadership regarding the workplan items 
  • Financial request forms (eligible countries only, see the related request form in English and Russian)

All organizational and practical information for delegates of this meeting is provided in the Information Notice (see English and Russian versions), including on the venue, registration, credentials, conference details, the seminar, financial support, visas, meals and accommodation, airport and other means of arrival, conference facilities and Geneva.

For more general information, please consult: https://unece.org/practical-information-delegates and  https://www.ungeneva.org/en/about/practical-information

Please direct all submissions and inquiries to: [email protected]

Item 1. Opening of the meeting and adoption of the agenda

64075 _ ECE/CP.TEIA/46 - Annotated provisional agenda for the thirteenth meeting _ 394988 _ English _ 773 _ 422518 _ pdf

Item 2. Status of ratification, representation and credentials

Item 3. Industrial safety of the energy transition

64077 _ ECE/CP.TEIA/2024/3 - Draft decision on work on the industrial safety of the energy transition under the Convention _ 393813 _ English _ 773 _ 419336 _ pdf
64077 _ ECE/CP.TEIA/2024/INF.1 - Concept note of seminar _ 394641 _ English _ 773 _ 421648 _ pdf
64077 _ ECE.CP.TEIA/2024/INF.2 - Member States consultations and Industrial Safety of the Energy Transition (ISET) survey results _ 394642 _ English _ 773 _ 421649 _ pdf

Item 4. Bureau

64078 _ ECE/CP.TEIA/37 - Rules of Procedure for the Meeting of the Conference of the Parties _ 394644 _ English _ 773 _ 421650 _ pdf
64078 _ ECE/CP.TEIA/37 - Rules of Procedure for the Meeting of the Conference of the Parties _ 394644 _ French _ 780 _ 421651 _ pdf
64078 _ ECE/CP.TEIA/37 - Rules of Procedure for the Meeting of the Conference of the Parties _ 394644 _ Russian _ 864 _ 421652 _ pdf
64078 _ ECE/CP.TEIA/32/Add.1 - Terms of reference of the Bureau _ 394646 _ English _ 773 _ 421656 _ pdf
64078 _ ECE/CP.TEIA/32/Add.1 - Terms of reference of the Bureau _ 394646 _ French _ 780 _ 421657 _ pdf
64078 _ ECE/CP.TEIA/32/Add.1 - Terms of reference of the Bureau _ 394646 _ Russian _ 864 _ 421658 _ pdf

Item 5. Financing tour-de-table: Parties’ strategic dialogue on enhancing commitments and future-proofing the Convention

64079 _ ECE/CP.TEIA/2024/12 - Use of financial and in-kind resources to implement the workplan in 2023–2024 _ 394510 _ English _ 773 _ 421232 _ pdf
64079 _ ECE/CP.TEIA/24, annex I - Sustainable financial mechanism _ 394648 _ English _ 773 _ 421662 _ pdf
64079 _ ECE/CP.TEIA/24, annex I - Sustainable financial mechanism _ 394648 _ French _ 780 _ 421663 _ pdf
64079 _ ECE/CP.TEIA/24, annex I - Sustainable financial mechanism _ 394648 _ Russian _ 864 _ 421664 _ pdf

Item 6. Implementation of the Convention

64080 _ ECE/CP.TEIA/2024/6 - Draft decision on strengthening the implementation of the Convention _ 393938 _ English _ 773 _ 419570 _ pdf
64080 _ ECE/CP.TEIA/2024/5 - Tenth report and decision on the implementation of the Convention (2019-2022) _ 394085 _ English _ 773 _ 419897 _ pdf
64080 _ ECE/CP.TEIA/32/Add.1 - Terms of reference of the Working Group on Implementation _ 394650 _ English _ 773 _ 421668 _ pdf
64080 _ ECE/CP.TEIA/32/Add.1 - Terms of reference of the Working Group on Implementation _ 394650 _ French _ 780 _ 421669 _ pdf
64080 _ ECE/CP.TEIA/32/Add.1 - Terms of reference of the Working Group on Implementation _ 394650 _ Russian _ 864 _ 421670 _ pdf

Item 7. Natural hazard-triggered technological disaster risk management

Joint OECD/UNECE/JRC Guidance on Managing Risks from Natural Hazards to Hazardous Installations (Natech): A Guide for Senior Leaders in Industry and Public Authorities (Coming soon)

Joint OECD/UNECE/JRC Guidance on Managing Risks from Natural Hazards to Hazardous Installations (Natech): A Guide for Senior Leaders in Industry and Public Authorities (Coming soon)

Joint OECD/UNECE/JRC Guidance on Managing Risks from Natural Hazards to Hazardous Installations (Natech): A Guide for Senior Leaders in Industry and Public Authorities (Coming soon)

Joint OECD/UNECE/JRC Guidance on Managing Risks from Natural Hazards to Hazardous Installations (Natech): A Guide for Senior Leaders in Industry and Public Authorities (Coming soon)

64081 _ ECE/CP.TEIA/2024/5 - Tenth report on the implementation of the Convention (2019–2022) _ 394652 _ English _ 773 _ 421674 _ pdf

Item 8. Assistance to countries of Eastern and South-Eastern Europe, the Caucasus and Central Asia

Item 10. Strengthening the safe and secure management of hazardous substances to prevent and mitigate industrial accidents

Item 11. Workplan for the Convention for the biennium 2025–2026 and its financing

64085 _ ECE/CP.TEIA/2024/9 - Draft decision on guiding principles for financial assistance _ 393731 _ English _ 773 _ 419152 _ pdf
64085 _ ECE/CP.TEIA/2024/8 - Draft workplan and resource requirements for the Convention for 2025–2026 _ 394467 _ English _ 773 _ 421057 _ pdf

Item 12. Prevention of accidental water pollution

Item 13. Mine tailings safety

64087 _ ECE/CP.TEIA/2024/11 - Draft decision on the identification of tailings management facilities as hazardous activities _ 393929 _ English _ 773 _ 419548 _ pdf
64087 _ ECE/CP.TEIA/2024/5 - Tenth report on the implementation of the Convention (2019–2022) _ 394654 _ English _ 773 _ 421677 _ pdf
64087 _ ECE/CP.TEIA/2020/2 - Mine tailings safety in the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe region and beyond _ 394662 _ English _ 773 _ 421693 _ pdf
64087 _ ECE/CP.TEIA/2020/2 - Mine tailings safety in the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe region and beyond _ 394662 _ French _ 780 _ 421694 _ pdf
64087 _ ECE/CP.TEIA/2020/2 - Mine tailings safety in the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe region and beyond _ 394662 _ Russian _ 864 _ 421695 _ pdf

Item 14. Special session on “Innovations and industrial safety: Satellite monitoring technologies, including Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar, for tailings safety”

Item 15. United Nations Economic Commission for Europe Industrial Accident Notification System

Item 16. Linkages with the Sendai Framework, Sustainable Development Goals and policy/governance integration

Item 17. Outreach, awareness-raising and strategic partnerships

Item 18. Use of financial and in-kind resources in 2023–2024

64092 _ ECE/CP.TEIA/2024/12 - Use of financial and in-kind resources to implement the workplan in 2023–2024 _ 394475 _ English _ 773 _ 421101 _ pdf

Item 19. Date and venue of the fourteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties

Item 20. Other business

Item 21. Review of decisions

Item 22. Final statements and closing of the meeting

Background documents

64099 _ ECE/CP.TEIA/12 - Report of the Third Meeting _ 393823 _ English _ 773 _ 419348 _ pdf
64099 _ ECE/CP.TEIA/12 - Report of the Third Meeting _ 393823 _ French _ 780 _ 419349 _ pdf
64099 _ ECE/CP.TEIA/12 - Report of the Third Meeting _ 393823 _ Russian _ 864 _ 419350 _ pdf
64099 _ ECE/CP.TEIA/24 - Report of the Conference of the Parties on its seventh meeting _ 393832 _ English _ 773 _ 419375 _ pdf
64099 _ ECE/CP.TEIA/24 - Report of the Conference of the Parties on its seventh meeting _ 393832 _ French _ 780 _ 419376 _ pdf
64099 _ ECE/CP.TEIA/24 - Report of the Conference of the Parties on its seventh meeting _ 393832 _ Russian _ 864 _ 419377 _ pdf
64099 _ ECE/CP.TEIA/32/Add.1 - Report of the Conference of the Parties on its ninth meeting _ 393824 _ English _ 773 _ 419351 _ pdf
64099 _ ECE/CP.TEIA/32/Add.1 - Report of the Conference of the Parties on its ninth meeting _ 393824 _ French _ 780 _ 419352 _ pdf
64099 _ ECE/CP.TEIA/32/Add.1 - Report of the Conference of the Parties on its ninth meeting _ 393824 _ Russian _ 864 _ 419353 _ pdf
64099 _ ECE/CP.TEIA/37 - Rules of Procedure for the Meeting of the Conference of the Parties _ 393825 _ English _ 773 _ 419354 _ pdf
64099 _ ECE/CP.TEIA/37 - Rules of Procedure for the Meeting of the Conference of the Parties _ 393825 _ French _ 780 _ 419355 _ pdf
64099 _ ECE/CP.TEIA/37 - Rules of Procedure for the Meeting of the Conference of the Parties _ 393825 _ Russian _ 864 _ 419356 _ pdf
64099 _ ECE/CP.TEIA/38 - Report of the Conference of the Parties on its tenth meeting _ 393826 _ English _ 773 _ 419357 _ pdf
64099 _ ECE/CP.TEIA/38 - Report of the Conference of the Parties on its tenth meeting _ 393826 _ French _ 780 _ 419358 _ pdf
64099 _ ECE/CP.TEIA/38 - Report of the Conference of the Parties on its tenth meeting _ 393826 _ Russian _ 864 _ 419359 _ pdf
64099 _ ECE/CP.TEIA/38/Add.1 - Report of the Conference of the Parties on its tenth meeting - Addendum - Decisions taken _ 393827 _ English _ 773 _ 419360 _ pdf
64099 _ ECE/CP.TEIA/38/Add.1 - Report of the Conference of the Parties on its tenth meeting - Addendum - Decisions taken _ 393827 _ French _ 780 _ 419361 _ pdf
64099 _ ECE/CP.TEIA/38/Add.1 - Report of the Conference of the Parties on its tenth meeting - Addendum - Decisions taken _ 393827 _ Russian _ 864 _ 419362 _ pdf
64099 _ ECE/CP.TEIA/42 - Report of the Conference of the Parties on its eleventh meeting _ 393828 _ English _ 773 _ 419363 _ pdf
64099 _ ECE/CP.TEIA/42 - Report of the Conference of the Parties on its eleventh meeting _ 393828 _ French _ 780 _ 419364 _ pdf
64099 _ ECE/CP.TEIA/42 - Report of the Conference of the Parties on its eleventh meeting _ 393828 _ Russian _ 864 _ 419365 _ pdf
64099 _ ECE/CP.TEIA/42/Add.1 - Report of the Conference of the Parties on its eleventh meeting - Addendum - Decisions taken _ 393848 _ English _ 773 _ 419405 _ pdf
64099 _ ECE/CP.TEIA/42/Add.1 - Report of the Conference of the Parties on its eleventh meeting - Addendum - Decisions taken _ 393848 _ French _ 780 _ 419406 _ pdf
64099 _ ECE/CP.TEIA/42/Add.1 - Report of the Conference of the Parties on its eleventh meeting - Addendum - Decisions taken _ 393848 _ Russian _ 864 _ 419407 _ pdf
64099 _ ECE/CP.TEIA/2020/2 - Mine tailings safety in the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe region and beyond _ 393850 _ English _ 773 _ 419409 _ pdf
64099 _ ECE/CP.TEIA/2020/2 - Mine tailings safety in the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe region and beyond _ 393850 _ French _ 780 _ 419410 _ pdf
64099 _ ECE/CP.TEIA/2020/2 - Mine tailings safety in the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe region and beyond _ 393850 _ Russian _ 864 _ 419411 _ pdf
64099 _ ECE/CP.TEIA/44 - Report of the Conference of the Parties on its twelfth meeting _ 393829 _ English _ 773 _ 419366 _ pdf
64099 _ ECE/CP.TEIA/44 - Report of the Conference of the Parties on its twelfth meeting _ 393829 _ French _ 780 _ 419367 _ pdf
64099 _ ECE/CP.TEIA/44 - Report of the Conference of the Parties on its twelfth meeting _ 393829 _ Russian _ 864 _ 419368 _ pdf
64099 _ ECE/CP.TEIA/44/Add.1 - Report of the Conference of the Parties on its twelfth meeting - Addendum - Decisions taken _ 393830 _ English _ 773 _ 419369 _ pdf
64099 _ ECE/CP.TEIA/44/Add.1 - Report of the Conference of the Parties on its twelfth meeting - Addendum - Decisions taken _ 393830 _ French _ 780 _ 419370 _ pdf
64099 _ ECE/CP.TEIA/44/Add.1 - Report of the Conference of the Parties on its twelfth meeting - Addendum - Decisions taken _ 393830 _ Russian _ 864 _ 419371 _ pdf
64099 _ UNEP/EA.5/Res.12 - Resolution adopted by the United Nations Environment Assembly on 2 March 2022 _ 393845 _ English _ 773 _ 419397 _ pdf
64099 _ UNEP/EA.5/Res.12 - Resolution adopted by the United Nations Environment Assembly on 2 March 2022 _ 393845 _ French _ 780 _ 419398 _ pdf
64099 _ UNEP/EA.5/Res.12 - Resolution adopted by the United Nations Environment Assembly on 2 March 2022 _ 393845 _ Russian _ 864 _ 419399 _ pdf

Presentations and statements

Post-meeting documents