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1 February 2023  
(23-0720) Page: 1/3 
 Original: English  
 
DIALOGUE ON PLASTICS POLLUTION  
AND ENVIRONMENTALLY SUSTAINABLE PLASTICS TRADE  
CONVENING NOTICE  
The following convening notice, dated 1 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 s 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 intergovernmental negotiating committee  (INC) secretariat 
(UNEP ), 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 Review 2022  and the AfT Needs Assessment Survey.  
i. Update by the WTO Secretariat on the AfT Needs Assessment Survey3. 
d. Briefing by the OECD  on the role of development assistance in tackling plastic 
pollution in developing countries . 
e. Interventions by delegations and stakeholders.  
 
 
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 and 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 nee ds assessment survey (Fr) - Formstack  – French . 
IDP AfT global review and needs assessment survey - Formstack  – English .  INF/TE/IDP/CN/11  
 
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  3) Reduction to Tackle Plastic Pollution 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. Presentation by the Minderoo Foundation on the Plastic Waste Makers Index  
mapping the Single Use Plastics (SUP) value chain.  
ii. Briefing by the World Customs Organization ( WCO) on work related to  
combatting plastic w aste trafficking . 
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 for 
environmentally sound management (ESM) of plastic wa stes. 
ii. Presentation by QUNO on the report " Package -less and Reuse Systems 
Through Policy Intervention: rethinking packaging in int ernational trade ".  
c. Interventions by delegations and stakeholders.  
 
5) Any other business or interventions by delegations and stakeholders  
 
6) Concluding remarks by coordinators  
 
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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 pro ducts, 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  
 
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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 confi rmation 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 pa rticipating 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 of f 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 the 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 statem ent 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 . 
 
3  STATEMENTS  
To facilitate interpretation, delegations are s trongly 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.or g). 
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