Eighth Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Basel Convention

COP8 considered several reports on activities within the Convention’s mandate and adopted a declaration on e-waste and more than 30 decisions on, inter alia: the 2007-2008 programme of work; the implementation of the Strategic Plan, including consideration of the work and operations of the Basel Convention Regional and Coordinating Centres, as well as the Basel Convention Partnership Programme; synergies and cooperation in the environmental field; e-waste and end-of-life equipment; ship dismantling; legal matters; technical matters; financial issues and the budget; amendments to the general technical guidelines for the environmentally sound management (ESM) of persistent organic pollutants wastes; the guidelines for ESM of wastes; technical guidelines for ESM of a variety of chemicals; the 2007-2008 work programme of the Open-Ended Working Group; and the election of new members of the Compliance Committee and its work programme.

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Source http://www.basel.int/?tabid=6147
Author InforMEA
Maintainer InforMEA
Last Updated January 26, 2023, 09:50 (UTC)
Created January 26, 2023, 08:51 (UTC)
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Issued 2017-10-25 12:42:18
Language en
Modified 2017-10-25 12:42:18
Publisher email ikm@un.org
Publisher name InforMEA
Theme COP
city Nairobi
country KE
data_type webpage
end 2006-12-02 00:00:00
spatial Nairobi , KE
start 2006-11-27 00:00:00
status confirmed
treaty basel