The NIP presentation is consistent with the UNEP-World Bank’s Interim Guidance for Developing a National Implementation Plan for the Stockholm Convention. It consists of a country profile providing the geographic, demographic, political and economic profile, the institutional and legislative framework relevant to the POPs issue; an assessment of the status of Annex A, B and C POPs (production, use, imports-exports, stockpiles and releases to the environment). The state of knowledge of exposure of humans and environment to POPs is addressed, as is the status of institutional and physical