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The Ministry of the Environment, Government of Japan, is to host the first meeting of the technical expert group to complete the development of a framework for the environmentally sound management of hazardous and other wastes.  The meeting will take place from 17 to 19 April 2012 at the Four Seasons Hotel Tokyo at Chinzan-so (10-8, Sekiguchi 2-chome, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 112-8680, Japan).At its tenth meeting, held from 17 to 21 October 2011 in Cartagena, Colombia, the Conference of the Parties to the Basel Convention adopted decision BC-10/3 on the Indonesian-Swiss country-led initiative to improve the effectiveness of the Basel Convention.Section B of this decision notes that a more systematic and comprehensive effort is needed to improve guidance on environmentally sound management of wastes and suggests actions to complete the development of a framework for the environmentally sound management of hazardous wastes and other wastes, including consideration of ways in which the framework and its elements might be linked to the issue of transboundary movement of hazardous and other wastes. The decision further mandates a technical expert group, consisting of members nominated by Parties based on equitable geographical representation of the five regional groups of the United Nations, to undertake the work to develop the abovementioned framework. The group, which is also open to observers, may call on additional experts as needed. Accordingly, each regional group was requested to nominate through its Bureau representative six members with specific knowledge and expertise in the field. Invitations to the first meeting of the technical expert group have now been sent to the nominated members of the group.  Those wishing to register for the meeting as observers should view the communication recently issued by the Secretariat on this matter.Further information on the meeting, including the composition of the Technical Expert Group and meeting documents, can be accessed here. 
Date:
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Country:
Japan
City:
Tokyo
Event type:
Expert
Event kind:
Official