Resolution No.1

TRANSBOUNDARY MOVEMENT OF ALL FORMS OF HAZARDOUS WASTES

The Meeting:

            NOTING with great concern the problems created in the Wider Caribbean Region by the transboundary movement of all forms of hazardous wastes,

            RECALLING the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and the Convention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping of Wastes and Other Matter,

            AUTHORIZES the Secretariat to address an appeal to the Contracting Parties and to the other States and territories of the Wider Caribbean Region urging them to adopt strong national and international measures to control the transboundary movement of all forms of hazardous wastes in the region,

            INVITES Governments to provide the Secretariat with information about movements of hazardous wastes in the Wider Caribbean Region,

            REQUESTS the Secretariat to prepare within six months an assessment of the nature of such movements in the Wider Caribbean Region, including the carriage of all forms of hazardous wastes by ships transiting the Wider Caribbean Region, and to submit it to the next meeting of the Monitoring Committee,

            FURTHER REQUESTS the Secretariat to suggest a mechanism to assist Contracting Parties and the other States and territories of the Wider Caribbean Region in monitoring the movement of all forms of hazardous wastes in and through the Wider Caribbean Region, and in the light of this assessment,

            INSTRUCTS the next Meeting of the Monitoring Committee and of the Bureau to examine the information provided by the States and Territories on the problems they have encountered by the transboundary movement of hazardous wastes, examine similar protocols, and take into account the comments of the governments,

            The meeting FURTHER URGES the Monitoring Committee and the Bureau at their next meeting to decide on the steps deemed appropriate in order to mitigate and avoid the negative environmental implications of the transboundary movement of hazardous wastes into the Wider Caribbean Region.