Fourth Conference of the Parties

• Time and Place
  Time: 23-27 February 1998
  Place: Kuching, Malaysia
  Venue: Riverside Majestic Hotel
• BASEL BAN VICTORY AT COP4!
• Final Decision on Annex VII
• COP4 Country Performance Reviews
• Provisional Agenda
• BAN Annotated Agenda
• Greenpeace Briefs for COP-4 (links to Greenpeace International's website)
  • COP-4: the Key Issues at a Glance
  • How to Identify the Attempts to Undermine the Ban -- A Quick Guide
• Annex VII Amendment Proposals
  • Background on Annex VII
  • UNEP/CHW.4/8-Amendment of the Basel Convention -- Proposal of Monaco
  • UNEP/CHW.4/9-Amendment of the Basel Convention -- Proposal of Israel
• ACP-EU Joint Assembly Resolution
• EU Commission Legal Opinion on Article 11
• Hazardous Waste Definitions
  • Background on Basel Hazardous Waste Definitions
  • UNEP/CHW.4/2 -- Draft Position Paper on Hazard Characterization and Classification of Wastes within the Framework of the Basel Convention
  • UNEP/CHW.4/3 -- Consolidated Lists of Wastes and the Applicable Procedure for Their Review or Adjustment
  • UNEP/CHW.4/4 -- Wastes Placed on List C Awaiting Classification
  • Proposed Amendment: European Community
  • Proposed Amendment: Chile
• Slovenia Letter Proposing their Entry into Annex VII