Basel Convention
Also known as Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal
international treaty to prevent transfer of hazardous waste from developed to less developed countries
Key facts
- Type
- United Nations treaty
- Signed
- 22 March 1989 ( 1989-03-22 )
- Location
- Basel , Switzerland
- Effective
- 5 May 1992
- Condition
- Ninety days after the ratification by at least 20 signatory states
- Depositary
- Secretary-General of the United Nations
- Languages
- Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, Spanish
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