The final report of the 10th meeting of the Conference of the Parties is now available in all languages. Please visit the meeting documents page to access the report.

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The UNEP Secretariat of the Basel Convention is pleased to announce that it is joining the Partnership on Measuring ICT for Development.

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Tsinghua University serves as host to the Basel Convention Coordinating Centre for Training and Technology Transfer for the Asia and Pacific region, and the Stockholm Convention Regional Centre for Capacity-building and the Transfer of Technology in Asia and the Pacific.

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The webinar provided an overview on the issues associated with the management of electrical and electronic wastes.

Recordings and FAQs available here

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Learn more about the actions of the tenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Basel Convention that was held in Cartagena, Colombia.

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International conference adopts a package of strategic decisions on waste avoidance and management in the 21^st century

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Destroying large banks of ozone-depleting substances (ODS) together with persistent organic pollutants (POPs)

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This publication is an element of the E-waste Africa programme, which aims at enhancing the environmental governance of e-wastes and creating favourable social and economic conditions in the recycling sector in Africa.

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This week, there are a number of items on your agenda that will be crucial for determining the strategic future of this convention - in particular the New Strategic Framework and the Swiss-Indonesian Country-Led Initiative (CLI).

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Government representatives in Cartagena will investigate ways in which the Convention could help turn wastes into valuable resources...

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The COP 10 meeting presents a unique opportunity to present to the Rio+20 conference with a concrete example of how transformative environmental...

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The September 2011 issue of the Basel Convention Bulletin is available

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The new Strategic Framework for 2012-2021 should enable the Basel Convention to highlight the links between waste management and the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals. The draft strategy sets out a vision, guiding principles, strategic goals and objectives, as well as means of implementation and indicators of achievement.

 

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The promise of “synergies” between the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions took another supple step forward this month with the opening of the new Basel Convention website.

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Two technical workshops on “Landfill Management” and “Co-processing of Hazardous Waste in Cement Kilns” is organized by Basel and Stockholm Convention Regional Center in Tehran that will be held from 2 to 6 October 2011 at International Conference Hall of Department of Environment of Iran in Tehran

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The objective of the webinar is to enable Parties and observers to be fully prepared for the discussions and negotiations of the 10th meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP-10) to the Basel Convention.

Available slots: 21 September at 4 pm, 23 September at 10 am, 6 October at 10 am

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Palau acceded to the Basel Convention on 8 September 2011. The Convention entered into force for Palau on 7 December 2011.

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The Multilateral Environmental Agreements Information and Knowledge Management Initiative (MEA IKM), launched today develops harmonized MEA information systems to assist Parties and the environment community at large access information from multiple agreements from one location. Supported by UNEP the initiative currently includes 17 MEAs from 12 Secretariats hosted by three UN organizations and IUCN.

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Notification from the Secretariat of the Basel Convention to all bodies or agencies wishing to be represented by observers during the Tenth Meeting of the Conference of the Parties

 

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Mr. Jim Willis, a US national, took up his position as Executive Secretary of the Secretariat of the Basel Convention, Stockholm Convention Secretariat and UNEP-part of the Rotterdam Convention Secretariat on 18 April 2011.

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A meeting of a Senior Advisory Group of Experts to the Executive Secretary of the Basel Convention, convened from 18 to 19 January 2011, explored the economic potential of the extracting resources from waste, the so-called “waste-resource interface”.

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