The following parties to the Bamako Convention attended COP 1: Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Cote d’Ivoire, Ethiopia, Gambia, Libya, Mali, Mozambique, Mauritius, Niger, Senegal, Togo and Tunisia. In addition, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Nigeria, Swaziland and Zambia participated as observers.

The conference was held from 30 January to 01 February 2018 in Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire. While pursuing the objectives of the Convention, COP 2 has been a platform to discuss ways and means of ensuring that the continent rids itself of hazardous wastes and contribute to the achievement of a pollution-free planet.

The Conference dealt , among other issues, on the need for a more effective implementation of the Bamako Convention in Africa by giving Parties a platform to discuss appropriate legal, administrative and other measures to prohibit the import into Africa and control the transboundary movement of hazardous wastes within Africa. Parties also discussed the new list of substances which have been banned, cancelled or refused registration by government regulatory action, or voluntarily withdrawn from registration in the country of manufacture, for human health or environmental reason under paragraph 1(d) of Article 2 of the Bamako Convention.