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Preventing illegal international traffic in hazardous wastes

Implementation:
This strategy features in the framework of Agenda 21 as formulated at UNCED (Rio de Janeiro, 1992), now coordinated by the United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development and implemented through national and local authorities.
Broader:
Preventing waste
Improving hazardous waste management
Controlling transboundary movement of hazardous waste
Narrower:
Strengthening capacity to detect illegal traffic
Developing community detection of traffic in hazardous wastes
Monitoring illegal traffic in hazardous waste at the regional level
Monitoring compliance violations of hazardous waste export/import laws
Adopting laws to prevent the illegal export or import of hazardous waste
Setting up information systems to detect illegal traffic in hazardous waste
Exchanging information on illegal transboundary movement of hazardous waste
Values:
Hazard
Wastage
Illegality
Subjects:
Transportation, Telecommunications → Traffic
Societal Problems → Prevention
Societal Problems → Hazards
Societal Problems → Waste
Law → Legality
Type Classification:
C: Cross-sectoral strategies
Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
GOAL 3: Good Health and Well-beingGOAL 7: Affordable and Clean EnergyGOAL 11: Sustainable Cities and CommunitiesGOAL 16: Peace and Justice Strong Institutions

About the Encyclopedia

The Encyclopedia of World Problems and Human Potential is a unique, experimental research work of the Union of International Associations. It is currently published as a searchable online platform with profiles of world problems, action strategies, and human values that are interlinked in novel and innovative ways. These connections are based on a range of relationships such as broader and narrower scope, aggravation, relatedness and more. By concentrating on these links and relationships, the Encyclopedia is uniquely positioned to bring focus to the complex and expansive sphere of global issues and their interconnected nature.

The initial content for the Encyclopedia was seeded from UIA’s Yearbook of International Organizations. UIA’s decades of collected data on the enormous variety of association life provided a broad initial perspective on the myriad problems of humanity. Recognizing that international associations are generally confronting world problems and developing action strategies based on particular values, the initial content was based on the descriptions, aims, titles and profiles of international associations.

About UIA

The Union of International Associations (UIA) is a research institute and documentation centre, based in Brussels. It was established in 1907, by Henri la Fontaine (Nobel Peace Prize laureate of 1913), and Paul Otlet, a founding father of what is now called information science.
 

Non-profit, apolitical, independent, and non-governmental in nature, the UIA has been a pioneer in the research, monitoring and provision of information on international organizations, international associations and their global challenges since 1907.

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