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The online meeting featured robust discussions on what more the Basel Convention should do on plastic wastes, waste lead-acid batteries, and transboundary e-waste shipments.
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Summary report 1–3 September 2020
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To maintain momentum on reducing the transboundary movement of hazardous wastes despite the COVID-19 pandemic, the twelfth meeting of the Open-ended Working Group of the Basel Convention (OEWG12) convened a two-day online segment. This meeting followed an eventful Conference of the Parties (COP) in 2019 that included states amending the Convention to address plastic waste, the creation of a new Plastic Waste Partnership, and approval of the technical guidelines on e-waste and used electrical and electronic equipment. 2019 also saw the Ban Amendment, which prohibits the export of hazardous wastes from developed to developing countries, finally enter into force and bring renewed attention to waste shipments. The online meeting featured robust discussions on what more the Basel Convention should do on plastic wastes, waste lead-acid batteries, and transboundary e-waste shipments. On other issues, the OEWG took stock of progress and set deadlines for further inputs so the Secretariat and various intersessional groups could conclude their work in time to take decisions during a face-to-face segment of OEWG12.
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5th Meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP5) to the Basel Convention
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6th Meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP6) to the Basel Convention
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7th Meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP7) to the Basel Convention
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5th Session of the Open-ended Working Group of the Basel Convention (OEWG5)
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8th Meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP8) to the Basel Convention
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9th Meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP9) to the Basel Convention
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10th Meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP10) to the Basel Convention
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2013 Meetings of Basel Convention COP11, Rotterdam Convention COP6, Stockholm Convention COP6, and ExCOPs2
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9th Meeting of the Open-ended Working Group of the Basel Convention (OEWG9)
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2015 Meetings of the Conferences of the Parties to the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions (BRS COPs)
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10th Meeting of the Open-ended Working Group of the Basel Convention (OEWG10)
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2017 Meetings of the Conferences of the Parties to the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions (BRS COPs)
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11th Meeting of the Open-Ended Working Group of the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal (OEWG11)
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2019 Meetings of the Conferences of the Parties to the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions
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12th Meeting of the Open-ended Working Group of the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal (OEWG12)
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2021 Meetings of the Conferences of the Parties to the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions (BRS COPs)
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Resumed Session of the 12th Meeting of the Open-ended Working Group of the Basel Convention (OEWG-12)
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Face-to-Face Meetings of the Conferences of the Parties to the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions (BRS COPs)
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13th Meeting of the Open-ended Working Group of the Basel Convention
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