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The twelve
countries who
have signed the
four conventions
are all europeans
Number of conventions ratified :
None
One
Two
Three
Four
Data not available
Who is involved ?
Basel Convention, with BAN Amendment
London Convention Protocol
Stockholm Convention
Transboundary movements of hazardous wastes (1989; 1996)
Ocean dumping (1996)
Persistent Organic Pollutants (2001)
Chemicals exports (1998)
Rotterdam Convention
Four international conventions regulate hazardous waste production and trade:
Sources: Basel Action Network, November 2005;
Secretariats of each convention, October 2006.
40
80
120
160
1993 1996 2000 2003
2006
Number of member states
Parties
Note: The regional centres undertake
regional projects and deliver training and
technology transfer for the implementation
of the Convention.
Regional centre
Non-parties
The Basel Convention
Parties who reported
their hazardous waste
exports and imports for 2004
(latest reporting year)
El Salvador
Egypt
Nigeria
Senegal
South Africa
China
Indonesia
South
Pacific
region
Tehran
Russian Federation
Slovakia
Argentina
Uruguay
Trinidad
and Tobago
168 Parties to the Basel Convention
in 2006
(167 States
and the European
Community)
Source: Basel Convention.
How many Parties since 1993?
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39
38
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