Secretariat of the Basel Convention

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The Secretariat of the Basel Convention is the administrative body that supports and oversees implementation of the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United Nations body ⓘ
administrative body ⓘ
international environmental secretariat ⓘ
treaty secretariat ⓘ
administers Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal ⓘ
affiliation United Nations ⓘ
cooperatesWith Parties to the Basel Convention ⓘ
other international organizations ⓘ
coordinatesWith Secretariat of the Rotterdam Convention ⓘ
Secretariat of the Stockholm Convention ⓘ
establishedBy Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal ⓘ
facilitates capacity-building activities on hazardous waste management ⓘ
information exchange among Parties to the Basel Convention ⓘ
focus chemicals and waste management ⓘ
international environmental law ⓘ
governingTreaty Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal ⓘ
headquarters Geneva ⓘ
hostedBy United Nations Environment Programme ⓘ
language English ⓘ
French ⓘ
Spanish ⓘ
locatedIn Geneva ⓘ
Switzerland ⓘ
mandate to promote environmentally sound management of hazardous and other wastes ⓘ
to service meetings of the governing bodies of the Basel Convention ⓘ
to support Parties in implementing the Basel Convention ⓘ
monitors implementation of obligations under the Basel Convention ⓘ
organizes meetings of the Conference of the Parties to the Basel Convention ⓘ
overseesImplementationOf Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal ⓘ
partOf Secretariat of the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions ⓘ
United Nations Environment Programme ⓘ
prepares technical guidelines under the Basel Convention ⓘ
provides legal advice to Parties to the Basel Convention ⓘ
technical assistance to Parties to the Basel Convention ⓘ
regionServed global ⓘ
reportsTo Conference of the Parties to the Basel Convention ⓘ
shortName Basel Convention Secretariat ⓘ
subjectOf Basel Convention website ⓘ
supports Conference of the Parties to the Basel Convention ⓘ
compliance mechanisms under the Basel Convention ⓘ
supportsImplementationOf Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal ⓘ
website http://www.basel.int/ ⓘ
worksOn environmentally sound management of wastes ⓘ
hazardous waste ⓘ
transboundary movements of hazardous wastes ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Secretariat of the Stockholm Convention → cooperatesWith → Secretariat of the Basel Convention ⓘ
Conference of the Parties to the Basel Convention → organizedBy → Secretariat of the Basel Convention ⓘ
international chemicals and waste regime → includesInstitution → Secretariat of the Basel Convention ⓘ
Secretariat of the Basel Convention → shortName → Basel Convention Secretariat ⓘ
linked to: Secretariat of the Basel Convention
Secretariat of the Rotterdam Convention → coordinatesWith → Secretariat of the Basel Convention ⓘ
Parties to the Basel Convention → relatedTo → Basel Convention Secretariat ⓘ
linked to: Secretariat of the Basel Convention
Parties to the Basel Convention → monitoredBy → Secretariat of the Basel Convention ⓘ