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    The Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal, usually known as the Basel Convention, is an international...
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    came into force in 1998. Impetus for the Bamako Convention arose from the failure of the Basel Convention to prohibit trade of hazardous waste to less developed...
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    with a partner office in the Philippines. BAN is named after the Basel Convention, a 1989 United Nations treaty designed to control and prevent the dumping...
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  • Basel Convention. The Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal, usually known as the Basel Convention...
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    Secretariat of the Basel Convention. "Convention Overview". Basel Convention. Retrieved 16 June 2023. Penhill, Ben (20 October 2019). "Is Basel in Germany or...
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    environmental problem, subsequently leading to the Basel Convention of 1989. In 2004 a Basel Convention decision officially classified old ships as "toxic...
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  • United Nations Basel Convention was established to control the transboundary movement and disposal of hazardous waste. The Basel Convention makes up the...
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  • chemicals and wastes. The Secretariats of the Basel Convention, the Rotterdam Convention and the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants, the three...
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    definitions used by various agencies are as below. According to the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their...
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    now joined the convention, including Australia who became a member of the Basel Convention on 5 February 1992. The Rotterdam PIC Convention is a means for...
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    implementation of the Convention". Conventions with a COP include: Basel Convention Chemical Weapons Convention Convention on Biological Diversity 2012 Hyderabad...
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    all land and marine animals combined. A May 2019 amendment to the Basel Convention regulates the exportation/importation of plastic waste, largely intended...
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    funded by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the Basel Convention, revealed that, out of 540,000 tonnes of informally processed waste...
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    disposal has been banned by international treaties. (London Convention (1972), Basel Convention, MARPOL 73/78). There has only been the disposal of low level...
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  • banking capital Basel II, the second (2004) accord on banking capital Basel III, the anticipated third accord on banking capital Basel Convention, a treaty...
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    The Fantasy Basel - The Swiss Comic Con is a Swiss convention for film, fantasy, game, comic and cosplay fans. It was first held in Basel from May 14–16...
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  • The Basel Convention Coordinating Centre for the African Region in Nigeria (BCCC Africa) is a regional centre of the Basel Convention. It is located along...
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    EuroAirport Basel Mulhouse Freiburg (IATA: BSL, MLH, EAP, ICAO: LFSB) is an international airport in the administrative commune of Saint-Louis, in the...
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    The Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal, usually known simply as the Basel Convention, is...
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    Pollution (CLRTAP) Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal Minamata Convention on Mercury Intergovernmental...
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    In 2012, the Secretariats of the Basel and Stockholm conventions, as well as the UNEP-part of the Rotterdam Convention Secretariat, merged to a single...
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  • There were several Treaties of Basel: Treaty of Basel (1499) Peace of Basel (1795) The Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous...
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    countries for dealing with hazardous waste. 199 countries signed the 1992 Basel Convention, seeking to stop the flow of hazardous waste from developed countries...
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    Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal [1992]. This means that parties to the convention are...
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    Retrieved 17 January 2022. Convention, Basel (22 March 1989). "Basel Convention > The Convention > Overview". Basel Convention Home Page. Retrieved 23 March...
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    violating the Basel Convention. Trough the EUs Waste Shipment Regulations they intend to implement the same rules as the Basel Convention (WSR). However...
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    According to the Basel Convention, there is at least 8 million tons of hazardous waste imported and exported every year. The Basel Convention was created in...
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    Norway was not allowed to leave Germany for any scrapyards due to the Basel Convention. After assuring the German authorities that Norway would go to Asia...
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    Canton of Basel-Stadt or Basel-City (German: Kanton Basel-Stadt [ˌbaːzl̩ˈʃtat] ; Romansh: Chantun Basilea-Citad; French: Canton de Bâle-Ville [bɑl.vil];...
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  • actors. Lexington Books. p.127. ISBN 0-7391-1190-6 "Basel Convention - Home Page" (PDF). www.basel.int. Archived from the original on 24 January 2009....
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