Venue: International Environment House 1, (IEH-1), Châtelaine, Geneva, Switzerland.Highlights: The Bureau of the eighth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Rotterdam Convention met on 14 June 2016 in Geneva, Switzerland.The Bureau members discussed, among other things, the preparation of the upcoming meeting of the Conference of the Parties in 2017. The Bureau also considered progress on intersessional work.Working Language: The working language of the meeting was English.