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Bamako Convention Ratification Proclamation (No. 355/2003).

Country/Territory
Ethiopia
Document type
Legislation
Date
2003
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Original source
Federal Negarit Gazeta No. 76, 9th year, 3 July 2003, pp. 2274-2275.
Subject
Waste & hazardous substances
Keyword
Waste management Hazardous waste Transboundary movement of waste
Geographical area
Africa, Eastern Africa, Landlocked Developing Nations, Least Developed Countries, Sahel
Abstract

This Proclamation provides for the ratification of the Bamako Convention on the Ban of the Import into Africa and the Control of Transboundary Movement and Management of Hazardous Wastes within Africa and authorizes the Environmental Protection Authority to take, in cooperation with the appropriate Federal, Regional and City Administration Government organs, actions necessary to implement the Convention.

Full text
English
Website
www.ethiopar.net