The Convention, which was negotiated under the auspices of the United Nations Environment Program with the active participation of the United States, makes environmentally sound management the prerequisite to any transboundary movement of wastes.
Message to the Senate Transmitting the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and...
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