Programme of work
At each of its meeting, the Conference of the Parties adopts a programme of work and budget for the following biennium. Entitled to prepare reports on its activities, the secretariat carries out the implementation of its functions.
Taking action for Africa with a safe chemicals and waste future
The Third Conference of the Parties to the Bamako Convention took place from 12 to 14 February 2020 in Brazzaville, Republic of Congo, at the end of which was published the Report of the Conference of the Parties to the Bamako Convention on the Ban of the Import into Africa and the Control of Transboundary Movement and Management of Hazardous Wastes within Africa on the work of its third meeting.
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Decisions and outcomes
The Parties have agreed to adopt measures to enhance cooperation and address environmental challenges toward a more sustainable and resilient future.
Specific outline decisions are detailed in the following extracts, CB3/1 and CB3/2 corresponding to the points in the document annex from which they are taken:
Decision CB.3/1: Proposed list of hazardous substances to be considered hazardous waste
Decision CB.3/2: Workplan and budget for the biennium 2020–2021
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CB.3/1: Proposed list of hazardous substances to be considered hazardous wastes under article 2, paragraph 1 (d) of the Bamako Convention on the Ban of the Import into Africa and the Control of Transboundary Movement and Management of Hazardous Wastes within Africa
The Conference of the Parties,
Recalling article 2, paragraph 1 (d), of the Bamako Convention on the Ban of the Import into Africa and the Control of Transboundary Movement and Management of Hazardous Wastes within Africa, in which “hazardous wastes” includes hazardous substances that have been banned, cancelled or refused registration by government regulatory action, or voluntarily withdrawn from registration in the country of manufacture, for human health or environmental reasons,
Recalling also decision CB.1/22, in which the secretariat was requested, in cooperation with the secretariat of the Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade, to produce a list of substances as described in article 2, paragraph 1 (d), of the Bamako Convention, in order to establish a new annex VI thereto, to be approved by the Conference of the Parties at its second meeting,
Recalling further decision CB.2/8, in which the need was recognized to establish a dynamic list of substances as described in article 2, paragraph 1 (d), in order to complete a new annex listing such substances to provide the parties with a complete definition of hazardous wastes as defined by the Bamako Convention and to increase the implementation and enforcement of the Convention,
Acknowledging the list of hazardous substances set out in that decision and commending the parties for providing substantive comments thereon,
Decides:
- To encourage parties to use, as appropriate, the list of hazardous substances in their national implementation of the Bamako Convention;
- To invite parties wishing to do so to propose the list as a new annex in accordance with Article 18 of the Convention, noting that the text of any proposed amendment will be communicated to the parties by the secretariat at least six months before the meeting at which it is proposed for adoption;
- To convene an extraordinary meeting of the Conference of the Parties to consider and possibly adopt the proposed amendment, following communication from the secretariat;
- To request the secretariat, in consultation with the parties and through the Bureau, to prepare a proposal on the timing and organization of the extraordinary meeting of the Conference of the Parties, taking into account the proposed amendment;
- To request the Bureau, in the event that it is not possible to convene an extraordinary meeting of the Conference of the Parties, to include on the agenda for the fourth meeting of the Conference of the Parties the consideration and possible adoption of the proposed amendment.
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CB.3/2: Workplan and budget for the biennium 2020–2021
The Conference of the Parties,
Recalling article 14, paragraph 1, of the Bamako Convention on the Ban of the Import into Africa and the Control of Transboundary Movement and Management of Hazardous Wastes within Africa, by which the secretariat is requested to prepare a regular budget to be approved by the Conference of the Parties,
Recalling also the financial rules for the administration of the Bamako Convention adopted by decision CB.1/8, which provide for the preparation of a budget proposal for the following calendar year, to be approved by the Conference of the Parties,
Recalling further decision CB.2/2, in which $100,000 was appropriated for the revolving fund for assistance in case of emergency situations, in replacement of the appropriation in the amount of
$2,500,000 approved under decision CB.1/9 for the same purposes,
Recalling resolution 1/16 of the United Nations Environment Assembly establishing the general trust fund for the core programme budget and the special trust fund for voluntary contributions in support of the Bamako Convention,
Taking note of the report of the secretariat on the implementation of the Bamako Convention for the biennium 2018–2019,
Welcoming the workplan and budget for the biennium 2020–2021,
Decides:
- To approve the workplan and budget of the Bamako Convention for the biennium 2020–2021 in the amount of $995,000 for the purposes set out in the table in the annex to the present decision;
- To agree that the assessment of contributions to the revolving fund for assistance in case of emergency situations shall be in accordance with annex II to decision CB.3/6;
- To approve a budget of $2,500,000 for the revolving fund for assistance in case of emergency situations;
- To request the secretariat to review the financial rules with a view to providing operational clarity with respect to the management of the revolving fund, the general trust fund, voluntary contributions and any matter related thereto;
- To authorize the Executive Secretary of the Bamako Convention to make commitments and payments subject to the allocations approved by the Conference of the Parties;
- To request the secretariat to prepare a budget for the biennium 2022–2023 for consideration by the Conference of the Parties at its fourth meeting;
- To request the secretariat, in preparing the workplan and budget for the biennium 2022–2023, to present a realistic and results-based budget, reflecting the contributions of the parties in two scenarios:
- Maintaining the budget at the 2020–2021 level in nominal terms;
- Reflecting changes to the 2020–2021 budget to meet the projected needs, costs or savings related thereto.
Annex to decision CB.3/2 - Workplan and budget estimates for the biennium 2020–2021 (Pdf)