Basel, Rotterdam, Stockholm Conventions : Important Topics for UPSC Exams

Basel, Rotterdam, Stockholm Conventions : Important Topics for UPSC Exams

Basel, Rotterdam, Stockholm Conventions

• An inter-ministerial Indian delegation headed by the Secretary, Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, left to participate in the 2017 Conference of Parties (COPs) to the Basel, Rotterdam, Stockholm (BRS) Conventions.
• Conference of Parties (COPs) to the BRS Convention include –
• 13th meeting of the Conference of Parties to “Basel Convention (BC COP 13);
• 8th meeting of the Conference of Parties to “Rotterdam Convention (RC COP 8)
• 8th meeting of the Conference of Parties to “Stockholm Convention (SC COP 8)
• It was held in Geneva.
• The theme of the meetings and the high-level segment will be - "A future detoxified: sound management of chemicals and waste".
• While the Basel Convention discussed the control of transboundary movements of hazardous wastes and their disposal, the Rotterdam Convention deliberated on the prior informed consent procedure for certain hazardous chemicals and pesticides in international trade” and the Stockholm Convention is on persistent organic pollutants (POPs)”
• The Basel Convention was adopted on March 22, 1989 by the Conference of Plenipotentiaries in Basel, Switzerland, in response to a public outcry, following the discovery, in the 1980s, in Africa and other parts of the developing world of deposits of toxic wastes imported from abroad.

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