Transcript indonesian-swiss cli

Indonesian-Swiss Country-led Initiative
on an informal process to improve the effectiveness
of the Basel Convention
Presentation at the GEN Mission Briefing on the COP
10 of the Basel Convention, 14th September 2011,
Geneva
Mohammad K. Koba
Permanent Mission of Indonesia
to the UN, WTO & other International
Organizations in Geneva
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Franz Perrez
Federal Office for the
Environment
Switzerland
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COP 9 Decision IX/26 - President’s statement
• Launch a process which will reaffirm the objectives of the
Ban Amendment and explore means by which these
objectives could be achieved.
• Parties are called to create enabling conditions, through,
among other measures, country-led initiatives conducive to
attainment of the objectives of the Amendment.
Indonesian Swiss Country-Led Initiative / CLI was launched
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Objectives of the CLI
> The objective of the CLI is to find, in a constructive and
open-minded manner, a way forward to achieve the
objectives of the Basel Convention and its Ban
Amendment!
> It should lead to recommendations for COP 10 on a way
forward to attain the objectives of the Ban Amendment
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Objetives of the Basel Convention:
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To control transboundary movements
To reduce transboundary movements.
To treat waste close to the point of generation.
To minimize hazardous waste generation.
To promote environmental sound management of
hazardous wastes
Initial objective of the BAN Amendment:
to protect developing countries and countries with economies
in transition from unwanted imports of hazardous wastes
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Process of the CLI
> Open-minded and dynamic consultations among
experts and key players
> Compromise between formal process established
under the COP and purely informal set up
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Transparent process:
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Dissemination of documents to all Parties to the Basel
Convention, NGOs, IGOs and Non-Parties
Invitation to submit comments and inputs
Publication on the BC’s website
Briefings on the CLI hold at different meetings and
occasion:
Expanded Bureau, Compliance Committee
OEWG Basel Convention
Regional meetings
Missions in Geneva
COP 5 Rotterdam Convention
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Three meetings during 2009 and 2010
• Analysed movements of hazardous wastes:
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Quantities of waste moved
Reasons for movements
Consequences of mismanagement
Developed proposals for promoting ESM:
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Through better control over movements
Through better management of hazardous wastes
Final outcome: a draft omnibus decision submitted to the
COP 10 by Switzerland and Indonesia
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Follow up after the three CLI meetings
1. Joint demarche by Indonesian and Swiss
Ambassadors to all Parties to Basel, in
capitals
– A lot of support for the proposal, and a few
inputs
2. Events at the COP 10 on the CLI:
– An information session, October 16
– Reception, October 18
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Main conclusions of the CLI meetings
1. Quantities of tbm are increasing
2. Main driver of transboundary movements is
economic
– Other drivers include:
• Legal issues;
• Enforcement issues
• Awareness raising and knowledge.availability of
technology
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Main conclusion of the CLI
1. Quantities of tbm are increasing
2. Main driver of transboundary movements is
economic
3. Poor waste management impacts human
health and the environment
– All countries face problems
– The poorer countries are hardest hit
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Proposals
The 3 builiding blocks of the draft omnibus
decision
Ban Amendment
ESM
•Legal clarity
•lllegal traffic
•Vulnerable countries
•Regional centers
•Capacity building
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Proposals
• 1. The Ban Amendment
– 20 years since ban first proposed
– Still not in force
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Many countries have implemented the Ban
Others will not, regardless of its status
Most tbm is not affected by the Ban
It is doubtful that bringing the Amendment into force
will have a profound practical significance
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Proposals
The same transboundary movements of hazardous waste (TBM)
independently whether the Ban amendment is in force or not
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Proposals
• 1. The Ban Amendment
– 20 years since first proposed
– Still not in force
– Situation has changed
– But the Ban remains a powerful political goal and
signal for many countries
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Proposals
• 1. The Ban Amendment
We propose:
– Practical assistance for countries that wish to
implement the Ban amendment; and
– Interpretation of Article 17 paragraph 5 of the
Convention to secure the earliest possible coming
into force of the Amendment
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Proposals
• 2. Standards and guidelines for ESM
– Problems from inadequate waste management
occur in most countries
– Serious problems result from local arisings and
from illegal waste transfers
– Attempts to reduce waste arisings have been
offset by increased production and growth
throughout the world
– We need real action; not only political
declarations
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Proposals
• 2. Standards and guidelines for ESM
We propose:
– A new framework of requirements for the
environmentally sound management of wastes
– To be prepared by a technical working group
– Taking into account existing activities
– And identifying gaps and priority areas for action
for the Convention
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Proposals
• 3. Providing further legal clarity
– Some provisions of the Convention are interpreted
differently by Parties
– Particular problems arise with end-of-life and near
end-of-life goods
– The status of charitable donations is also unclear:
this leads to abuse
– We need a more useful definition of when used
goods become waste
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Proposals
• 3. Providing further legal clarity
We propose that the COP seeks:
– Improved clarity for a number of terms used in
the Convention;
– Improved advice on the status of goods that will
soon become wastes
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Proposals
• 4. Strengthening the Basel Convention
Regional and Coordinating Centres
– Important role in training, technical assistance and
awareness raising;
– many of our proposals are best taken at regional
levels
– BCRCs are ideally placed to take them forward;
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Proposals
• 4. Strengthening the Basel Convention
Regional and Coordinating Centres
We propose
– a number of activities for integration into the plan
for the development of the BCRC:
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Proposals
• 4. Strengthening the role of the BCRCs
– assisting Parties to ratify Ban Amendment or prohibit
imports;
– promulgating guidance and standards of ESM;
– training and joint actions to combat illegal traffic;
– identifying the difficulties that vulnerable countries face
with unwanted imports of hazardous wastes;
– seeking political and public engagement with the work of
the Convention;
– seeking further collaboration with other agencies.
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Proposals
• 5. Combating illegal traffic in hazardous
wastes
– One of the main challenges in preventing harm to
human health and the environment;
– Coordinated action with other agencies is
essential;
– We propose: a series of measures to strengthen
cooperation
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Proposals
• 6. Assisting vulnerable countries to prohibit
the import of hazardous wastes
– Parties have the right to prohibit the import of
hazardous wastes
– there remain obstacles to the full use of these
provisions
– We propose: a set of measures to facilitate the
use of these provisions
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Proposals
• 7. Building Capacity
– This will all cost money!
– We propose: a set of measures for:
• identifying the resources needed
• attracting attention (and thereby funding) to the Convention
• demonstrating the human health cost of hazardous waste
mismanagement
• sharing expertise with other organisations
• Involving the private sector
• incorporating hazardous waste awareness into other programmes
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Conclusion
• We think that these proposals are balanced
and ambitious
• Parts could be integrated into the work on the
Strategic Framework
• There is a need for further development,
commitment and money
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Conclusion
Developing and executing these proposals will
help the Convention to move forward and
address the challenges of hazardous waste
management globally
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National Coordinators of the CLI:
Mr. Herry Hamdani for Indonesia,
[email protected]
Ministry of Environment, Republic of Indonesia
Gabi Eigenmann for Switzerland,
[email protected]
Swiss Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
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