Pursuant to resolution 5/8, in which the United Nations Environment Assembly of the United Nations Environment Programme decided to convene an ad hoc open-ended working group on a science-policy panel to contribute further to the sound management of chemicals and waste and to prevent pollution that would begin its work in 2022, the first part of the first session of the ad hoc open-ended working group will be held in Nairobi on 6 October 2022. The second part of the first session, namely the resumed first session, is scheduled to be held in Bangkok in the first quarter of 2023.