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Links for Interlinkages Basel Convention Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal The Convention Secretariat W   E   B   S   I   T   E Recent Press Releases: (From UNEP Information Unit for Conventions, IUC) Basel Convention talks conclude after making good progress (Geneva, 23 April 1999)  Hazardous waste talks to consider liability regime for Basel convention (Geneva, 9 April 1999) Basel meeting on hazardous wastes ends on note of optimism (Kuching, Malaysia, 27 February 1998) Ministers to specify the hazardous wastes that are subject to export ban (Kuching, Malaysia, 23 February 1998) Progress on Legal Issues related to the Basel Convention (Nairobi, June 1997) Breakthrough by the Technical Working Group of the Basel Convention (Nairobi 14 March 1997) Basel Convention adopts amendment bannding hazardous waste exports from developed to developing countries (Geneva, 22 Sept. 1995) Ministers debate amending Basel Convention to ban hazardous waste exports to non-OECD countries, (Geneva, 12 September 1995) Select another Convention page ... Convention on Climate Change Convention on Biological Diversity Convention to Combat Desertification Long Range Transboundary Air Pollution Oceans and the Law of the Sea Ramsar Convention on Wetlands Vienna Convention and the Montreal Protocol Basel Convention CITES Convention on Migratory Species Return to the MEA Infopaedia