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At-Sea
Waste Disposal (Dumping) and Maritime Transport of Wastes
Dumping
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UN
Convention on the Law of the Sea (1982). UN/DOALOS 1994
- Convention for the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping
of Wastes and Other Matter (London Convention 1972) 1975/NIF
and 1996 Protocol. IMO
- Mediterranean Sea Protocol: dumping from ships and aircraft
or incineration at sea (1976, as amended in 1995). 1978/NIF
Maritime
Transport of Wastes and International Trade (See also Nuclear
Contamination)
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Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous
Wastes and Their Disposal (Basel Convention 1989). UNEP 1992
- Convention on the Prior Informed Consent (PIC) Procedure
for Certain Hazardous Chemicals in International Trade (1998).
NIF UNEP and FAO
- Draft Global Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants
(POPs).
- The
Protocol on the Prevention of Pollution of the Mediterranean
Sea by Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their
Disposal (Hazardous Wastes Protocol); adopted in Izmir, Turkey,
30 September-1 October 1996 (not yet in force)
Non-Binding:
- Cairo Guidelines and Principles for the Environmentally
Sound Management of Hazardous Wastes (1987). UNEP
- London Guidelines for the Exchange of Information on Chemicals
in International Trade (1987) and 1989 Amendments. UNEP
- International Code of Conduct on the Distribution and Use
of Pesticides (1985) and 1989 Amendments. FAO
Liability
and Compensation for Damage
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Protocol to the Basel Convention on Liability and Compensation
for Damage Resulting from Transboundary Movements NIF of Hazardous
Wastes and their Disposal (1999). UNEP
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