× 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. Rules of Procedure Type du document Décision Numéro de référence C1 - DEC.1 Date Sep 4, 2013 SourceUNEP, InforMEA Statut active Sujet Déchets et substances dangereuses Traité Convention sur l'interdiction d'importer en Afrique des déchets dangereux et sur le contrôle des mouvements transfrontières (Jan 30, 1991) Réunion First Conference of Parties to the BAMAKO CONVENTION Site web www.informea.org Résumé The Conference: Recalling Article 15, paragraph1 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 which establishes a Conference of the Parties made up of Ministers having the environment as their mandate, and which states that ordinary meetings of the Conference of the Parties shall be held at regular intervals to be determined by the Conference at its first meeting; Further recalling that Article 15, paragraph2 of the Convention requires the Conference of the Parties to adopt rules of procedure for itself and for any subsidiary body it may establish; Hereby: 1. Adopts the Rules of Procedure of the Conference of the States Parties to the Bamako Convention on the Ban of the Import into Africa and the Control of Transboundary Movement and Management of Hazardous Wastes within Africa also referred to as the Bamako Convention annexed hereto. 2.Decides that Meetings of the Conference of Parties shall take place on a bi-‐annual basis.