Convention to Ban the Importation into Forum Island Countries of Hazardous and Radioactive Wastes and to Control the Transboundary Movement and Management of Hazardous Wastes within the South Pacific Region (Waigani Convention)

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Convention to Ban the Importation into Forum Island Countries of Hazardous and Radioactive Wastes and to Control the Transboundary Movement and Management of Hazardous Wastes within the South Pacific Region (Waigani Convention)

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ABSTRACT

to prohibit the importation of hazardous wastes into Pacific Island developing Parties, and to regulate and facilitate the environmentally sound management of such wastes generated within the Convention area;