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From 23-27 June 2008, Nancy Isarin of Ambiendura attended the ninth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal (COP9) held in Bali. On behalf of the European IMPEL-TFS Network, Ambiendura provided a side-event about international enforcement collaboration of transboundary movements of waste.
During the week, key items as the strategic plan, financial, legal and technical matters were discussed by more than 500 participants from governments, NGO’s and private sector. Also during this COP it seemed impossible to reach consensus about the Ban Amendment, which deals with the export of hazardous waste from OECD countries to non-OECD countries. Informal meetings will be organised in order to solve the longstanding disagreements between parties with respect to this controversial amendment of the Basel Convention. The NGO Platform on Shipbreaking showed the impressive film “The Ironeaters” about shipbreaking on the beaches of Bangladesh.

On 26 June the “World Forum on Waste Management for Human Health and Livelihood,”the theme of COP9, attracted the highlevel segment of the involved governments.
A summary of the COP9 is available here.

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