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4. Parties adopted decisions BC-13/21, RC-8/14, SC-8/24 on the synergies in preventing and combating illegal traffic and trade in hazardous chemicals and wastes. 5. BC-14/5: Technical guidelines on transboundary movement of electrical and electronic waste and used electrical and electronic equipment, in particular regarding the distinction between waste and non-waste under the Basel Convention 6. http://pocketguide.pops.int/pguide/default.aspx?s=7 7. Pesticides can be reported under HS 3808 or in the HS 29** (active ingredients). 8. According to a 2018 interview of two investigators of the National Police (SIJIN) by the Dutch journalist, Mr. Bram Ebus.

1. The ninth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Stockholm Convention in May 2019 listed two more chemicals – dicofol and perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA), its salts and PFOA- related compounds. These additions will bring the number of POPs subject to the Stockholm Convention to 30. 2. The ninth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Stockholm Convention in May 2019 added two new chemicals, the pesticide phorate and the industrial chemical hexabromocyclododecane, to Annex III of the conventionmaking them subject to the PIC procedure, through which countries can decide on future imports of these chemicals. 3. Tributyl tin compounds are listed as both pesticides and industrial chemicals in Annex III, hence Parties are obliged to submit Import responses for both categories of the same chemical in different use categories.

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10. Questions and answers on EU Mercury Policy, European Commission, 10 October 2013, Brussels. Ref. 11. Ref. , accessed 8 August 2018. 12. Alluvial gold exploitation: Evidences from remote sensing 2016. UNODC and Government of Colombia, May 2018, citing data from Legiscomex. Available at Estudio de Investigación: La cadena del mercurio con énfasis en minería aurífera en Colombia. Presentation by Unidad de Planeación Minero Energética (UPME), Subdirección de minería, September 2015. 13. Global Mercury Assessment (GMA) 2008; GMA 2013 14. Alluvial gold exploitation: Evidences from remote sensing 2016. UNODC and Government of Colombia, May 2018, citing data from Legiscomex. Available from: . And personal communication with P. Maxson. 15. M Cabrera Leal, Colombia da pasos firmes en su batalla contra el mercurio, Semana, 25 July 2018. See 16. According to a recent (2018) interview of two investigators of the National Police (SIJIN) by Bram Ebus. 17. Correspondence with the Policía Nacional, Departamento de Policía Urabá, 28 July 2018, facilitated by Bram Ebus. See also 18. Correspondence with the Policía Nacional, Departamento de Policía Urabá, 27 August 2018, facilitated by Bram Ebus. 19. Ibid.

1. Illegal gold mining in Colombia is defined by the lack of a mining permit and/or the lack of an environmental permit. Since July 2018, an environmental permit may be obtained only if the mining operation does not use mercury, with an exception for operations where the ore is first concentrated. 2. See and 3. Cordy P, Veiga M, Salih I, Al-Saadi S, Console S, et al. (2011) Mercury contamination from artisanal gold mining in Antioquia, Colombia: The world’s highest per capita mercury pollution. Sci Total Environ 410-411: 154-160. Available at < http://wedocs. unep.org/bitstream/handle/20.500.11822/19959/Mercury_ contamination_from_artisanal_gold_mini.pdf?sequence= 1&isAllowed=y> 4. Investigación detectó mercurio en leche materna por minería en Antioquia, El Espectador, 24may 2017. Available at 7. Cordy P, Veiga M, Salih I, Al-Saadi S, Console S, et al. (2011) Mercury contamination from artisanal gold mining in Antioquia, Colombia: The world’s highest per capita mercury pollution. Sci Total Environ 410-411: 154-160. 8. Alluvial gold exploitation: Evidences from remote sensing 2016. UNODC and Government of Colombia, May 2018. Available at 9. Alluvial gold exploitation: Evidences from remote sensing 2016. UNODC and Government of Colombia, May 2018. Available at 5. Ibid. 6. Ibid.

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