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1. The ninth meeting of the Implementation and Compliance Committee (‘the Committee’) was held at the International Environment House/Maison Internationale de l’Environnement, Geneva, on 89 November 2012. Ms. Jimena Nieto, Chair of the Committee, opened the meeting at 10.00 a.m. She welcomed Committee members and said that the Committee had a very full agenda ahead of it which would require the Committee to work late. In light of the workload of the Committee, she reminded members that she had, during the eight meeting of the Open-ended Working Group, invited parties to consider providing for a three-day rather than a two-day meeting during the next biennium. She reminded Committee members of the amount of work that had been undertaken through consultations since the tenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties. She thanked those members that had taken part in that work and expressed regret that only a few Committee members had joined these intersessional efforts.

I.Opening of the meeting

1.The tenth meeting of the Implementation and Compliance Committee (hereinafter ‘the Committee’) was held at the Direction Générale de la Prévention des Risques, Ministère de l'Ecologie, du Développement Durable et de l'Energie, Grande Arche - Paroi Nord 92055 La Défense Cedex, Paris, France, on 5 and 6 December 2013. Ms. Jimena Nieto, Chair of the Committee, opened the meeting at 9.00 a.m. She welcomed Committee members reminded them that the tenth meeting of the Committee came in addition to what had been approved by the Conference of the Parties in the 20122013 programme budget and expressed her appreciation both to Japan, whose financial contribution made the meeting possible, and to France, the host of the meeting.

I. Opening of the meeting

1. The twelfth meeting of the Implementation and Compliance Committee (hereinafter “the Committee”) was held from 4 to 6 June 2016 at the United Nations Environment Programme (hereinafter ‘UNEP’) headquarters in Nairobi, Kenya. Mr. Juan Ignacio Simonelli, Chair of the Committee, opened the meeting at 10.00 a.m. He welcomed Committee members and, on behalf of the Committee, expressed his appreciation to Japan that provided funding for the meeting. Mr. Simonelli also thanked those Committee members that were making in-kind contributions to the Committee by taking the lead on specific activities of the work programme of the Committee.

1. As referred to in document UNEP/CHW/CC.12/13 on the report of the twelfth meeting of the Basel Convention Implementation and Compliance Committee (Nairobi, 46 June 2016), the present addendum completes the report of the meeting with respect to the Committee’s consideration of agenda items 3 (a) (ii), (iii), (iv), (vi), (ix), (x) and (xii) and agenda item 4 (a) (iii).

2. With respect to agenda items 3 (a) (ii), (iii), (iv), (vi), (ix), (x) and (xii), annex I to the present addendum sets out the seven decisions adopted by the Committee.

I. Opening of the meeting

1. The thirteenth meeting of the Committee Administering the Mechanism for Promoting Implementation and Compliance (‘the Committee’) was held from 7 to 10 September 2018 at the International Environment House II, Geneva, Switzerland. Mr. Juan Ignacio Simonelli, Chair of the Committee, opened the meeting at 2.00 p.m. He welcomed Committee members and observers, on behalf of the Committee, expressed his appreciation to the Government of Switzerland that provided funding for the meeting. Mr. Simonelli also thanked those Committee members that were making in-kind contributions to the Committee by taking the lead on specific activities of the work programme of the Committee.

1. As referred to in document UNEP/CHW/CC.13/11 on the report of the thirteenth meeting of the Basel Convention Implementation and Compliance Committee (Geneva, 7-10 September 2018), the present addendum completes the report of the meeting with respect to the Committee’s consideration of agenda items 3 (a) (i), (iv), (vi), (viii) and (ix), 3 (b), 4 (a) (iii), 4 (a) (v), 4 (f) (ii) and 5.

2. With respect to agenda items 3 (a) (i), (iv), (vi), (viii) and (ix), representatives of the following Parties concerned by a submission attended the session: Bhutan, Eritrea, Liberia and Togo. The following additional or revised documents were available during the session, reflecting developments since 10 September 2018: UNEP/CHW/CC.13/INF/2/Rev.1, UNEP/CHW/CC.13/INF/5/Rev.1, UNEP/CHW/CC.13/2/Add.6/Rev.1 and UNEP/CHW/CC.13/INF/14, and UNEP/CHW/CC.13/INF/8/Rev.1. The five decisions adopted by the Committee are set out in the annex to the present note.

I. Opening of the meeting

1. The first part of the fourteenth meeting of the Committee Administering the Mechanism for Promoting Implementation and Compliance (‘the Committee’) was held online from 29 June to 3 July 2020. Mr. Florisvindo Furtado, Chair of the Committee, opened the meeting at 3.00 p.m. He welcomed Committee members and observers and thanked them for participating in the meeting despite the extraordinary circumstances due to the COVID-19 pandemic. On behalf of the Committee, he expressed his appreciation to the governments of Norway and Switzerland for their generous financial contributions to support the work of the Committee. Mr. Furtado also thanked those Committee members that were making in-kind contributions to the Committee by taking the lead on specific activities of the work programme of the Committee.

1. As referred to in document UNEP/CHW/CC.14/8 on the report of the fourteenth meeting of the Basel Convention Implementation and Compliance Committee (Geneva, online, 29 June3 July 2020), the Committee suspended its meeting at the end of its 3 July 2020 session, it agreed to resume the fourteenth meeting of the Committee for supplementary online sessions from 21 to 25 September 2020 to complete its work. Taking into account developments with the COVID-19 pandemic, it requested to the Secretariat to provide the Committee at the beginning of its resumed sessions in September 2020 with an update on the possibility for the Committee to convene face-to-face sessions prior to the fifteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties, or after the fifteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties and prior to 31 December 2021, with a preference for such session to be held back-to-back to possible face-to-face sessions of the twelfth meeting of the Open-ended working Group.

1. As referred to in document UNEP/CHW/CC.14/8/Add.1 on the report of the fourteenth meeting of the Basel Convention Implementation and Compliance Committee (Geneva, online, supplementary sessions, 2125 September 2020), the Committee suspended its meeting at the end of its 25 September 2020 session, it agreed to resume the fourteenth meeting of the Committee for a session online scheduled to take place during the week of 7 December 2020.

1. As mentioned in the report of the 7 December 2020 session of the fourteenth meeting of the Committee Administering the Mechanism for Promoting Implementation and Compliance (UNEP/CHW/CC.14/8/Add.2, paragraph 29), the Committee decided to suspend its fourteenth meeting at the outset of its 7 December 2020 session and requested the Chair to put forward a proposal for resumed sessions of the Committee in light of the arrangements agreed for the convening of the face-to-face segment of the twelfth meeting of the Open-ended Working Group.

I. Opening of the meeting

1. The fifteenth meeting of the Committee Administering the Mechanism for Promoting Implementation and Compliance with the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal (‘the Committee’) was held from 14 to 17 November 2022 in Geneva, Switzerland. Mr. Florisvindo Furtado, Chair of the Committee, opened the meeting at 9 a.m. He welcomed members, and in particular the five new members of the Committee elected by the fifteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties, and observers.

I. Opening of the meeting

1. The sixteenth meeting of the Committee Administering the Mechanism for Promoting Implementation and Compliance with the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal (‘the Committee’) was held from 23–24 June and 29 June–2 July 2024 in Geneva, Switzerland. Jason Dunn, Chair of the Committee, opened the meeting at 9 a.m. He welcomed members, the representatives of the fourteen Basel Convention Regional Centres (BCRCs) participating in the 23–24 June sessions of the meeting, and observers.

1. As stated in document UNEP/CHW/CC.16/11 on the report of the first part of the sixteenth meeting of the Basel Convention’s Implementation and Compliance Committee (23–24 June and 29 June–2 July 2024, Geneva), the Committee had suspended its sixteenth meeting at the end of the 2 July session, and had agreed to resume the meeting in online sessions, from 14 to 18 October 2024, to complete its work.