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168 Parties to the Basel Convention in 2006

Russian Federation

Slovakia

(167 States and the European Community)

China

Tehran

Egypt

Senegal

Trinidad and Tobago

El Salvador

Nigeria

South Pacific region

Indonesia

Number of member states

South Africa

160

Uruguay

Argentina

120

Non-parties The Basel Convention

Note: The regional centres undertake regional projects and deliver training and technology transfer for the implementation of the Convention. Regional centre

80

Parties

Parties who reported their hazardous waste exports and imports for 2004 (latest reporting year)

40

1993 1996 2000 2003 2006

How many Parties since 1993?

Source: Basel Convention.

Who is involved ?

The twelve countries who have signed the four conventions are all europeans

Number of conventions ratified : None

One Two Three Four Data not available

Four international conventions regulate hazardous waste production and trade:

Basel Convention, with BAN Amendment London Convention Protocol

Transboundary movements of hazardous wastes (1989; 1996) Ocean dumping (1996)

Persistent Organic Pollutants (2001) Chemicals exports (1998)

Stockholm Convention Rotterdam Convention

Sources: Basel Action Network, November 2005; Secretariats of each convention, October 2006.