strategy
Respecting decisions of other countries on safe management of radioactive waste
Context:
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. Agenda 21 recommends that countries respect, in accordance with international law, the decisions, as far as applicable to them, taken by parties to other relevant regional environmental conventions dealing with other aspects of safe and environmentally sound management of radioactive waste. Broader:
Ensuring safe management of radioactive wastesImplementing code of practice on transboundary movements of radioactive waste Facilitates:
Supporting international codes for the safe management and disposal of radioactive waste Values:
UnsafeWastageMismanagement Subjects:
Fundamental Sciences → RadiationSocietal Problems → Safety
Societal Problems → Waste
Management → Management
Type Classification:
E: Emanations of other strategies Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
