Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements

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will not be managed in an environmentally sound manner. Any such examination would not be at the expense of the Secretariat; (i) To assist Parties upon request in their identification of cases of illegal traffic and to circulate immediately to the Parties concerned any information it has received regarding illegal traffic; (j) To co-operate with Parties and with relevant and competent international organizations and agencies in the provision of experts and equipment for the purpose of rapid assistance to States in the event of an emergency situation; and (k) To perform such other functions relevant to the purposes of this <strong>Convention</strong> as may be determined by the Conference of the Parties. 2. The secretariat functions will be carried out on an interim basis by UNEP until the completion of the first meeting of the Conference of the Parties held pursuant to Article 15. 3. At its first meeting, the Conference of the Parties shall designate the Secretariat from among those existing competent intergovernmental organizations which have signified their willingness to carry out the secretariat functions under this <strong>Convention</strong>. At this meeting, the Conference of the Parties shall also evaluate the implementation by the interim Secretariat of the functions assigned to it, in particular under paragraph 1 above, and decide upon the structures appropriate for those functions. | 41
ARTICLE 17 AMENDMENT OF THE CONVENTION 1. Any Party may propose amendments to this <strong>Convention</strong> and any Party to a protocol may propose amendments to that protocol. Such amendments shall take due account, inter alia, of relevant scientific and technical considerations. 2. Amendments to this <strong>Convention</strong> shall be adopted at a meeting of the Conference of the Parties. Amendments to any protocol shall be adopted at a meeting of the Parties to the protocol in question. The text of any proposed amendment to this <strong>Convention</strong> or to any protocol, except as may otherwise be provided in such protocol, shall be communicated to the Parties by the Secretariat at least six months before the meeting at which it is proposed for adoption. The Secretariat shall also communicate proposed amendments to the Signatories to this <strong>Convention</strong> for information. 3. The Parties shall make every effort to reach agreement on any proposed amendment to this <strong>Convention</strong> by consensus. If all efforts at consensus have been exhausted, and no agreement reached, the amendment shall as a last resort be adopted by a three-fourths majority vote of the Parties present and voting at the meeting, and shall be submitted by the Depositary to all Parties for ratification, approval, formal confirmation or acceptance. 4. The procedure mentioned in paragraph 3 above shall apply to amendments to any protocol, except that a two-thirds majority of the Parties to that protocol present and voting at the meeting shall suffice for their adoption. | 42
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Page 35 and 36: ARTICLE 13 TRANSMISSION OF INFORMAT
Page 37 and 38: (f) Information on accidents occurr
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Page 45 and 46: (a) Annexes to this Convent
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Page 49 and 50: ARTICLE 24 RIGHT TO VOTE 1. Except
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Page 53 and 54: ANNEX I CATEGORIES OF WASTES TO BE
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Page 69 and 70: ANNEX VI ARBITRATION ARTICLE 1 Unle
Page 71 and 72: ARTICLE 7 The tribunal may hear and
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PROTOCOL ON LIABILITY AND COMPENSAT
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compensation is available for damag
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the same origin that causes damage
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(d) Notwithstanding subparagraph (a
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shall notify the Secretariat of the
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(d) Wholly the result of the wrongf
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ARTICLE 9 Contributory fault Compen
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for amounts not less than the minim
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(c) The defendant has his habitual
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(d) Where the judgement is contrary
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(d) To consider and undertake any a
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3. In their instruments of formal c
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ARTICLE 31 Withdrawal 1. At any tim
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28. Samoa 29. Sao Tome and Principe
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