Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal

1. The Ad hoc Joint Working Group on Enhancing Cooperation and Coordination Among the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions was established pursuant to decision SC-2/15 of the Conference of the Parties of the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants, decision RC-3/8 of the Conference of the Parties to the Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade and decision VIII/8 of the Conference of the Parties to the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal. The mandate of the group was to prepare joint recommendations on enhanced cooperation and coordination among the three conventions for submission to the conferences of the Parties of all three conventions.