“It is my aim to ensure that gender equality is an integral part of the implementation of the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions and of our daily lives towards a better future for all.”

I, Rolph Payet, support the GGC Panel Parity Pledge.

As the Executive Secretary of the Secretariat of the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions (BRS), I commit to also undertake the following:

• Provide gender training sessions for the BRS secretariat staff members to enable them to liaise with Parties, stakeholders, and UN colleagues and to spearhead gender aspects.
• Include gender-related sessions in the agenda of workshops organized by the BRS Secretariat to further strengthen the mainstreaming of gender equality in projects and programmes carried out under the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions.
• Update the BRS Gender Action Plan on a yearly basis.