A new draft of the Technical Guidelines on Mercury Wastes can be accessed on the Technical Matters section. (Technical Matters, 30 January 2010)
New comments received from Parties and others on the Tecnical Guidelines on Mercury Wastes and Cement Kilns have been added to the Technical Matters section. (Technical Matters, 30 January 2010)
Please be informed that during this period several meetings will take place in Geneva. For this reason, we would like to kindly recommend to make your hotel reservations promptly in advanced to ensure that there will be no problems finding accommodations during this period.
The Secretariat of the Basel Convention on the Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal is
seeking applications for a 20-day consultancy position to assist the Basel Convention Implementation
and Compliance Committee in in reviewing and assessing the application of the control system for the
transboundary movement of wastes (notification document and movement document) and the difficulties
that Parties face in implementing the system.
Interesting candidates are invited to consult the attached terms of reference and to submit
their candidature by 29 January 2010 to juliette.kohler@unep.ch, with the reference "documents",
and using the attached P11 form: