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| Domain | Definition |
Public Administration | Adopted in March 1989, the full name of this international agreement explains its scope and object:the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal. It is situated in Geneva, under the aegis of the United Nations Environment Programme. Source: European Union. (references) |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Opened for signature - March 22, 1989
Entered into force - May 5, 1992
Objective - to reduce transboundary movements of wastes subject to the Convention to a minimum consistent with the environmentally sound and efficient management of such wastes; to minimize the amount and toxicity of wastes generated and ensure their environmentally sound management as closely as possible to the source of generation; and to assist LDCs in environmentally sound management of the hazardous and other wastes they generate
parties - (149) Albania, Algeria, Andorra, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, The Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Benin, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada, Cape Verde, Chile, People's Republic of China, Colombia, Comoros, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Costa Rica, Côte d'Ivoire, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Estonia, Ethiopia, EU, Finland, France, The Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Guinea, Guyana, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iran, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Kenya, Kiribati, South Korea, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lebanon, Lesotho, Libya, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Malta, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Federated States of Micronesia, Moldova, Monaco, Mongolia, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Nauru, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Russia, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Serbia and Montenegro, Seychelles, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Tanzania, Thailand, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Uganda, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, Vietnam, Yemen, Zambia
Countries that have signed, but not yet ratified - (3) Afghanistan, Haiti, United States
Source: CIA World Factbook, 2003 edition
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Basel Convention."
Crosswords: BASEL CONVENTION |
| Specialty definitions using "BASEL CONVENTION": banned chemical ♦ severely restricted chemical. (references) |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Business | Hazardous waste is defined as having one or more hazardous characteristics corresponding to the list adopted in the Basel Convention and in EU directives. (references) | |
In order to prevent illegal waste traffic from developed countries to Turkey, the Basel Convention was signed in 1989 and ratified in 1994. The Regulations on Hazardous Waste Control were prepared within the framework of Turkish Environmental Law and the Basel Convention, and came into force in 1995. In accordance with regulatory provisions, all waste export is prohibited, except for metallic scraps which contain 85% or more metal. (references) | ||
Economic History | China | It is a signatory to the Basel Convention governing the transport and disposal of hazardous waste and the Montreal Protocol for the Protection of the Ozone Layer, as well as the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species and other major environmental agreements. (references) |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
basel convention | 11 |
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| Language | Translations for "BASEL CONVENTION"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | Basel-konventionen. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | Verdrag van Bazel. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | Baselin sopimus. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
French | Convention de Bâle. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Konvention von Basel. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | σύμβαση της 'ασιλείας. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | Convenzione di Basilea. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | aselbay onventioncay Convenção de Basileia (Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their disposal). (various references) Convenio de Basilea. (various references) Baselkonventionen. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-b-c-e-e-i-l-n-n-n-o-o-s-t-v" | |
-3 letters: conventional, nonelections, nonviolences. | |
-4 letters: centennials, conventions, noncabinets, nonelection, nonviolence. | |
-5 letters: abstinence, antinovels, centennial, cobaltines, coenobites, convenient, convention, elevations, evocations, investable, nonactions, noncabinet, nonelastic, nonnatives, nonobscene, nonviolent, noticeable, novocaines, valentines. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)42 41 53 45 4C 43 4F 4E 56 45 4E 54 49 4F 4E |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000010 01000001 01010011 01000101 01001100 00100000 01000011 01001111 01001110 01010110 01000101 01001110 01010100 01001001 01001111 01001110 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)B A S E L   C O N V E N T I O N |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0042 0041 0053 0045 004C 0043 004F 004E 0056 0045 004E 0054 0049 004F 004E |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)3635533946237494856394854434948 |
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