× 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. Technical guidelines for the environmentally sound management of persistent organic pollutants wastes Document type Decision Reference number SC-1/21 Date May 2, 2005 SourceUNEP, InforMEA Status Active Subject Waste & hazardous substances Keyword Management/conservation Ecofriendly products/ecofriendly processes Treaty Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (Sep 21, 2001) Meeting First Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Stockholm Convention Website www.informea.org Full text UNEP-POPS-COP.1-SC-1-21.English.PDF UNEP-POPS-COP.1-SC-1-21.Arabic.pdf UNEP-POPS-COP.1-SC-1-21.Soanish.doc UNEP-POPS-COP.1-SC-1-21.French.pdf UNEP-POPS-COP.1-SC-1-21.Russian.docx UNEP-POPS-COP.1-SC-1-21.Chinese.docx UNEP-POPS-COP.1-SC-1-21.Chinese.pdf UNEP-POPS-COP.1-SC-1-21.French.doc UNEP-POPS-COP.1-SC-1-21.Arabic.docx UNEP-POPS-COP.1-SC-1-21.English.DOC UNEP-POPS-COP.1-SC-1-21.Spanish.pdf UNEP-POPS-COP.1-SC-1-21.Russian.pdf Abstract 3. Encourages Parties to the Stockholm Convention to participate actively in the continuing work under the Basel Convention referred to in paragraph 2 above; 4. Requests the Secretariat to further strengthen cooperation and synergies with the Secretariat of the Basel Convention with respect to the issues in paragraph 2 above. 5. Requests the Secretariat to keep Parties informed about the status and content of the technical guidelines being developed under the Basel Convention, with a view to the future consideration of a decision under Article 6, paragraph 2, of the Stockholm Convention regarding levels of destruction and irreversible transformation, methods that are considered to constitute environmentally sound disposal and the definition of low persistent organic pollutant content, in close cooperation with the appropriate bodies of the Basel Convention.