Basel Convention v Hong Kong Convention
In a related development, Basel Parties disagreed that the International Maritime Organization’s Hong Kong Convention on ship recycling, provided a level of control equal to that of the Basel Convention. Legal experts and developing countries in attendance voiced the concern that because the Hong Kong Convention has no intention of minimising movement of toxic ships to developing countries, it was not sufficient, not legally equivalent, and therefore the Basel Convention must continue to be active to prevent the dumping of old toxic ships on the beaches of developing countries.
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Basel final day: Rich nations can’t dump toxic waste on poor nations omatic pressure to ratify, and countries such as the United States who have never ratified the Convention will have to accept the ban as an integral part of the Convention once it enters force. <span>Basel Convention v Hong Kong Convention In a related development, Basel Parties disagreed that the International Maritime Organization’s Hong Kong Convention on ship recycling, provided a level of control equal to that of the Basel Convention. Legal experts and developing countries in attendance voiced the concern that because the Hong Kong Convention has no intention of minimising movement of toxic ships to developing countries, it was not sufficient, not legally equivalent, and therefore the Basel Convention must continue to be active to prevent the dumping of old toxic ships on the beaches of developing countries. Hide All Basel Convention Basel Convention Tenth Conference of … Basel Ban Amendment Indonesia and … Center for … the NGO Platform on … Basel Action Network Organization of … Non-OECD c Summary
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