× Information on this section of ECOLEX comes from the InforMEA Portal which compiled information from MEA Secretariats with the support of the European Union. The accuracy of the information displayed is the responsibility of the originating data source. In case of discrepancy the information as displayed on the respective MEA website prevails. Enhancing cooperation and coordination among the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions Document type Decision Reference number SC-8/21 Date Apr 24, 2017 SourceUNEP, InforMEA Status Active Subject Waste & hazardous substances Keyword Pesticides Hazardous waste Food waste Data collection/reporting Organic waste Waste non-domestic sources International trade Solid waste Waste disposal National implementation/transposal Waste domestic sources International agreement-text International agreement-implementation Hazardous substances Treaty Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (Sep 21, 2001) Meeting Meetings of the conferences of the parties to the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions (BC COP-13, RC COP-8, SC COP-8) Website www.informea.org Full text UNEP-POPS-COP.8-SC-8-21.English.pdf UNEP-POPS-COP.8-SC-8-21.English.docx UNEP-POPS-COP.8-SC-8-21.French.docx UNEP-POPS-COP.8-SC-8-21.French.pdf UNEP-POPS-COP.8-SC-8-21.Russian.pdf UNEP-POPS-COP.8-SC-8-21.Russian.docx UNEP-POPS-COP.8-SC-8-21.Spanish.docx UNEP-POPS-COP.8-SC-8-21.Spanish.pdf UNEP-POPS-COP.8-SC-8-21.Chinese.pdf UNEP-POPS-COP.8-SC-8-21.Chinese.docx UNEP-POPS-COP.8-SC-8-21.Arabic.docx UNEP-POPS-COP.8-SC-8-21.Arabic.pdf Abstract The Conference of the Parties Mindful of the legal autonomy of, respectively, the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal, the Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade and the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants, Reaffirming that actions taken to enhance coordination and cooperation should be aimed at strengthening the implementation of the three conventions at the national, regional and global levels, promoting coherent policy guidance and enhancing efficiency in the provision of support to Parties with a view to reducing their administrative burden and maximizing the effective and efficient use of resources at all levels, taking into account national-level activities, circumstances and priorities, as appropriate,