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Synergies Success Stories - Enhancing cooperation and coordination among the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions

… the multilateral environmental agreements (MEAs) and other international frameworks in the hazardous wastes and … Convention UNEP FAO iii Synergies Success StoriesEnhancing cooperation and coordination among the Basel, Rotterdam and … Practice CFC Chlorofluorocarbons CITES Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and …
01 Jun 2026 Document in Chemicals and Waste

Convention text of the Minamata Convention on Mercury

… impacts from mercury and its compounds to warrant further international action to reduce the risks to human health and … options of enhanced voluntary measures and new or existing international legal instruments would be reviewed and … to achieve the objectives of this Article. Such cooperation may include: (a) Development of strategies to …
01 Jun 2026 Document in Chemicals and Waste

The Minamata Convention on Mercury and its implementation in the Latin America and Caribbean region

… Convention Importance of Mercury in Health and Environment International Action on Mercury Background on the Convention … an internationally agreed framework that will provide cooperation and supporting mechanisms to developing countries … vision of sustainable development. The region led the international community from the Bureau of the …
01 Jun 2026 Document in Chemicals and Waste

Ratification and Implementation Guidelines

… Mechanism The Global Environment Facility Trust Fund The International Programme Other Funding Considerations II. … will require the same level of commitment and spirit of cooperation I witnessed during development of the Convention. … the Global Environment Facility, the United Nations International Development Organization, and SSNC for its …
01 Jun 2026 Document in Chemicals and Waste

Overview of key operational articles under the Minamata Convention on Mercury

… account the Party’s domestic circumstances and relevant international guidance. OTHER MEASURES IN RELATION TO … as well as market based mechanisms or marketing tools. COOPERATION WITH PARTIES, RELEVANT INTERGOVERNMENTAL … an environmentally sound manner and transportation across international boundaries. In doing so, it recognizes the …
01 Jun 2026 Document in Chemicals and Waste

Moving towards effective implementation

… in accordance with any requirements, adopted by the COP  Cooperation, as appropriate, between Parties and with … or for environmentally sound disposal Transport across international boundaries Cooperation encouraged to develop … – The Global Environment Facility Trust Fund – A specific international programme (SiP) to support capacity building …
01 Jun 2026 Document in Chemicals and Waste

Illegal Traffic under the Basel Convention

… ie ld What is illegal traffic? The Basel Convention is an international agreement which regulates the transboundary … undertake to prevent and punish says a lot about the international community’s commitment to the environmentally … illegal traffic of hazardous and other wastes; • Improve cooperation among entities dealing with implementation, …
01 Jun 2026 Document in Chemicals and Waste

Basel Convention: Institutional framework and the synergies process - extract from InforMEA e-learning course

… out, ensuring the necessary coordination with relevant international bodies and assisting Parties upon request in … for certain hazardous chemicals and pesticides in international trade, and the Secretariat of the Stockholm … group (AHJWG) to prepare joint recommendations on enhanced cooperation and coordination for submission to their …
01 Jun 2026 Course lesson in Chemicals and Waste

Institutional arrangements and the synergies process

… coordination with the secretariats of other relevant international bodies, and preparing and making available to … for certain hazardous chemicals and pesticides in international trade, and the Secretariat of the Stockholm … group (AHJWG) to prepare joint recommendations on enhanced cooperation and coordination for submission to their …
01 Jun 2026 Course lesson in Chemicals and Waste

Institutional arrangements and the synergies process

… coordination with the secretariats of other relevant international bodies, and preparing and making available to … for certain hazardous chemicals and pesticides in international trade, and the Secretariat of the Stockholm … group (AHJWG) to prepare joint recommendations on enhanced cooperation and coordination for submission to their …
01 Jun 2026 Course lesson in Chemicals and Waste