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The Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal is the most comprehensive global environmental agreement on hazardous and other wastes. The Convention has 170 Parties and aims to protect human health and the environment against the adverse effects resulting from the generation, management, transboundary movements and disposal of hazardous and other wastes. The Basel Convention came into force in 1992.
This website contains documents and information used by the Parties to the Basel Convention and other stakeholders. A special section for the general public and other newcomers to the issues addressed by the Convention is also available.
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Season’s
Greetings from the Executive Secretary of the
Basel Convention
Latest additions to this website
Requests
directed at Parties and other stakeholderscontained
in the decisions of the ninth meeting of the
Conference of the Parties
Communications from the Secretariat
The
final version
of the report of COP9 is already available in
the six official languages of the Convention.
Please visit the meeting
documents section to access the report
Consultancy
announcement: Consultant for the review of the
current Strategic Plan
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