Third global workshop on the facilitation of the entry into force of the Ban Amendment

Venue: Pretoria, South AfricaBackground: The tenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Basel Convention adopted a decision on the Indonesian-Swiss country-led initiative to improve the effectiveness of the Basel Convention (decision BC-10/3). Section A of this decision addresses the entry into force of the Ban Amendment.The decision BC-10/3 invites Parties to continue to take concrete actions towards encouraging and assisting Parties to ratify the Ban Amendment, including specific actions, such as the Nordic Initiative, to assist Parties facing legal and technical difficulties in ratifying the Ban Amendment and regional meetings.Decision BC-11/1 on Follow up to the Indonesian-Swiss country-led initiative to improve the effectiveness of the Basel Convention, adopted by the eleventh meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Basel Convention also requests the Secretariat, within available resources, to continue to assist Parties, on request, which are having difficulties in ratifying the Ban Amendment.Working Language: The working language of the workshop in South Africa was English.Organizer(s): The workshop was organized with support from the Basel Convention Regional Centre for English-speaking African countries in South Africa (BRCR-South Africa).