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Enhancing cooperation and coordination among the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions

Document type
Decision
Reference number
SC-8/21
Date
Apr 24, 2017
Source
UNEP, 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
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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,