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3. Encourages Parties to the Stockholm Convention to participate actively in the continuing work under the Basel Convention referred to in paragraph 2 above;
4. Requests the Secretariat to further strengthen cooperation and synergies with the Secretariat of the Basel Convention with respect to the issues in paragraph 2 above.
5. Requests the Secretariat to keep Parties informed about the status and content of the technical guidelines being developed under the Basel Convention, with a view to the future consideration of a decision under Article 6, paragraph 2, of the Stockholm Convention regarding levels of destruction and irreversible transformation, methods that are considered to constitute environmentally sound disposal and the definition of low persistent organic pollutant content, in close cooperation with the appropriate bodies of the Basel Convention.
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| SC-2/6 | Measures to reduce or eliminate releases from wastes | |
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1. Welcomes the further progress made by the Open-ended Working Group of the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal in finalizing technical guidelines on the environmentally sound management of persistent organic pollutant wastes and affirms the high priority attached by the Conference of the Parties to the guidelines, particularly as they relate directly to the issues outlined in paragraph 2 of Article 6 of the Stockholm Convention;
2. Also welcomes the strengthened cooperation between the Secretariat of the Stockholm Convention and the Secretariat of the Basel Convention;
3. Requests the Secretariat to prepare a report on the guidelines relating to persistent organic pollutants if they are adopted by the Conference of the Parties to the Basel Convention at its eighth meeting. The report shall assess the guidelines to identify contents that are relevant for the purposes of the requirements of the Stockholm Convention and highlight the elements that are suitable for consideration at the third meeting of the Conference of the Parties for possible action under paragraph 2 of Article 6 of the Convention.
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| SC-3/7 | Measures to reduce or eliminate releases from wastes | |
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| 4. Encourages the introduction and demonstration of cost-effective methods, selected from the methods contained in section IV G of the above-mentioned updated general technical guidelines, in developing countries and countries with economies in transition;
5. Welcomes the continuing work of the relevant bodies of the Basel Convention related to reviewing and updating the technical guidelines regarding persistent organic pollutants;
6. Encourages Parties to the Stockholm Convention to ensure the participation of experts in the ongoing work under the Basel Convention referred to in paragraph 5 above and invites them to submit comments to the Secretariat of the Basel Convention;
7. Welcomes the cooperation between the Secretariat of the Stockholm Convention and the Secretariat of the Basel Convention and requests the Secretariat, in cooperation with the Secretariat of the Basel Convention, to undertake, within available resources, training and other capacity-building activities, including those contained in the note by the Secretariat, to assist developing countries and countries with economies in transition in implementing the present decision.
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| SC-4/8 | Wastes |   |
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1. Notes the development of an interactive electronic training tool by the Secretariat and the work being undertaken regionally to support Parties in implementing environmentally sound management of persistent organic pollutant wastes and polychlorinated biphenyls; |
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| SC-5/9 | Measures to reduce or eliminate releases from wastes | |
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The Conference of the Parties
1. Takes note of the work by the Secretariat to support parties in implementing the technical guidelines for the environmentally sound management of wastes consisting of, containing or contaminated with persistent organic pollutants, in collaboration with the Secretariat of the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal;
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| SC-6/11 | Measures to reduce or eliminate releases from wastes | |
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The Conference of the Parties
1. Takes note of the work undertaken under the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal to update the technical guidelines for the environmentally sound management of wastes consisting of, containing or contaminated with persistent organic pollutants; |
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The Conference of the Parties
1. Welcomes with appreciation decision BC-12/3 on technical guidelines on persistent organic pollutants, by which the Conference of the Parties to the Basel Convention on the Control of the Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal, at its twelfth meeting, adopted updated general technical guidelines for the environmentally sound management of wastes consisting of, containing or contaminated with persistent organic pollutants and other technical guidelines specific to persistent organic pollutants listed in that decision; |
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| SC-8/7 | Measures to reduce or eliminate releases from wastes | |
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The Conference of the Parties
Noting the priority areas for action recognized in decision SC-8/18 on effectiveness evaluation
as they relate to measures to reduce or eliminate releases from stockpiles and wastes,
1. Welcomes with appreciation decision BC-13/4 on technical guidelines on persistent
organic pollutants, by which the Conference of the Parties to the Basel Convention on the Control of
Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal, at its thirteenth meeting, adopted
updated general technical guidelines on the environmentally sound management of wastes consisting
of, containing or contaminated with persistent organic pollutants and other technical guidelines
specific to persistent organic pollutants listed in that decision;
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| SC-9/8 | Measures to reduce or eliminate releases from wastes | |
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The Conference of the Parties
1. Welcomes with appreciation decision BC-14/4 on technical guidelines on the environmentally sound management of wastes consisting of, containing or contaminated with persistent organic pollutants, by which the Conference of the Parties to the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal, at its fourteenth meeting, adopted updated general technical guidelines on the environmentally sound management of wastes consisting of, containing or contaminated with persistent organic pollutants and other technical guidelines specific to persistent organic pollutants listed in that decision;
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| SC-10/10 | Measures to reduce or eliminate releases from wastes | |
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The Conference of the Parties,
1. Welcomes with appreciation decision BC-15/6, on technical guidelines on the environmentally sound management of wastes consisting of, containing or contaminated with persistent organic pollutants, in which the Conference of the Parties to the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal, at its fifteenth meeting, adopted updated general technical guidelines on the environmentally sound management of wastes consisting of, containing or contaminated with persistent organic pollutants and other technical guidelines specific to persistent organic pollutants listed in that decision; |
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| SC-11/6 | Measures to reduce or eliminate releases from wastes | |
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The Conference of the Parties,
Noting the priority areas for action recognized in decision SC-11/17, on effectiveness evaluation, as they relate to measures to reduce or eliminate releases from stockpiles and wastes,
1. Welcomes with appreciation decision BC-16/3, on technical guidelines on the environmentally sound management of wastes consisting of, containing or contaminated with persistent organic pollutants, in which the Conference of the Parties to the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal, at its sixteenth meeting, adopted updated general technical guidelines on the environmentally sound management of wastes consisting of, containing or contaminated with persistent organic pollutants and other technical guidelines specific to persistent organic pollutants listed in that decision; |
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| SC-11/12 | Persistent organic pollutants in stockpiles, products and articles in use and in wastes | |
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The Conference of the Parties
Acknowledging challenges encountered by Parties in developing appropriate strategies for identifying persistent organic pollutants in stockpiles, products and articles in use and in wastes as referred to in subparagraph 1 (a) of Article 6 of the Stockholm Convention, and in identifying, to the extent practicable, persistent organic pollutants in stockpiles as referred to in subparagraph 1 (b) of Article 6 of the Convention,
1. Urges Parties to effectively implement subparagraphs 1 (a) and (b) of Article 6 of the Convention; |
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| UNEP/POPS/POPRC.19/POPRC-19/4 | Persistent organic pollutants in stockpiles, products and articles in use and in wastes | |
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The Persistent Organic Pollutants Review Committee,
1. Invites Parties and observers to provide to the Secretariat, by 15 March 2024, information on experiences with and challenges encountered in developing and implementing appropriate strategies for identifying persistent organic pollutants in stockpiles, products and articles in use and in wastes and other relevant information, using the revised version of the form set out in annex I to the note by the Secretariat on information relating to the work on persistent organic pollutants in stockpiles, products and articles in use and in wastes, to be available by 24 November 2023;
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