Secretariat of the Basel Convention (SBC)
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History
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Protect human health and the environment against the adverse effects of hazardous wastes.
Events
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Cooperates with the following UN bodies and specialized agencies:
- B-XB0971 - FAO;
- B-XB2183 - ILO;
- B-XB1383 - International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA);
- B-XB1117 - International Maritime Organization (IMO);
- E-XE3060 - Pan American Health Organization (PAHO);
- E-XE3381 - UNCTAD;
- E-XE3382 - UNDP;
- UNEP;
- UNEP;
- B-XE3386 - UNIDO;
- E-XK1561 - United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change - Secretariat (UNFCCC);
- E-XE3387 - United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR);
- F-XF2488 - United Nations University (UNU);
- B-XB3548 - WHO.
Cooperates with the following UN Regional Commissions:
- E-XE4174 - United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA);
- E-XE4176 - United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE);
- E-XE4175 - United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC);
- E-XE4177 - United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP);
- E-XE4178 - United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA).
Other intergovernmental bodies:
- D-XD4579 - Caribbean Community (CARICOM);
- U-XE2752 - Centro Panamericano de Ingenieria Sanitaria y Ciencias del Ambiente (CEPIS);
- D-XD2685 - Comisión Permanente del Pacifico Sur (CPPS);
- C-XC0376 - Commonwealth Secretariat;
- B-XB1775 - International Criminal Police Organization - INTERPOL (ICPO-INTERPOL);
- C-XC3005 - NATO;
- C-XC3023 - OECD;
- F-XE5377 - Pacific Islands Forum;
- D-XD0319 - Regional Organization for the Protection of the Marine Environment (ROPME);
- E-XE8300 - Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP);
- B-XF2527 - World Trade Organization (WTO).
Memorandum of Understanding signed with: B-XB0057 - Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW); E-XE8554 - Secretariat of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES Secretariat); B-XB0462 - World Customs Organization (WCO). Links indicated by: E-XE2966 - Inter-Organization Programme for the Sound Management of Chemicals (IOMC); E-XE4513 - Secretariat of the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (Secretariat of the Stockholm Convention); E-XK1276 - Secretariat for the Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer and the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer (Ozone Secretariat).
Relations with Non-Governmental Organizations
Cooperation and collaboration with NGOs to support implementation of the Convention.
Publications
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UN Sustainable Development Goals **
UIA Org ID
XE2653
** UN SDGs are linked to the subject classification.
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