Seventeenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Basel Convention

Geneva, Switzerland, from 28 April to 9 May 2025

Venue: Geneva International Conference Centre (CICG), 17 rue de Varembé, Geneva, Switzerland

Highlights: The seventeenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Basel Convention (BC COP-17) was held in Geneva from 28 April to 9 May 2025 back-to-back with the twelfth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Rotterdam Convention (RC COP-12) and the twelfth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Stockholm Convention (SC COP-12). The theme of the meetings and the high-level segment was “Make visible the invisible: sound management of chemicals and wastes”.

BC COP-17 adopted 28 decisions, including eight decisions taken by the three conventions on joint issues. The outcomes of the Conference include the adoption of an amendment to Annex IV to the Convention to enhance clarity of the disposal operations; the adoption of updated technical guidelines on the environmentally sound management of persistent organic pollutants wastes; the adoption of a new strategic framework for the implementation of the Convention for 2025-2031 and the initiation of a new area of work related to addressing transboundary movements of used textiles and textile wastes.

The meetings included a high-level segment on the afternoon of Wednesday, 30 April 2025 and the morning of Thursday, 1 May 2025.  The high-level segment fostered constructive dialogue and strong political engagement, as ministers and senior officials shared national experiences and reaffirmed their commitment to scaling up action on chemicals and waste.

Thanks to voluntary contributions from the Governments of Canada, China, Finland, Germany, Japan, the Kingdom of the Netherlands, Norway and Switzerland, financial assistance was provided to support the participation of developing country Parties and Parties with economies in transition to attend the meetings.

Working languages: Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish.

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UNEP/CHW.17/29/Add.1Decisions adopted by the Conference of the Parties to the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal at its seventeenth meeting (unedited advance)411.71 K1.66 MB5/22/2025 9:22 AM
 
 
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The annex to the present note sets out the decisions adopted by the Conference of the Parties to the Basel Convention at its seventeenth meeting.