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Consider the following statements with regard to Basel Convention

Basel Convention deals with transboundary movement of hazardous wastes.
The Convention does not contain any provision to penalize the parties in case of illegal trafficking of hazardous wastes.

Which of the given statements are correct?

1 Only

2 Only

Both 1 and 2

Neither 1 nor 2

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Explanation:

1 Only

The Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal was adopted on 22 March 1989 by the Conference of Plenipotentiaries in Basel, Switzerland, in response to a public outcry following the discovery, in the 1980s, in Africa and other parts of the developing world of deposits of toxic wastes imported from abroad.

The provisions of the Convention center around the following principal aims:

the reduction of hazardous waste generation and the promotion of environmentally sound management of hazardous wastes, wherever the place of disposal;
the restriction of transboundary movements of hazardous wastes except where it is perceived to be in accordance with the principles of environmentally sound management; and
a regulatory system applying to cases where transboundary movements are permissible.

India is a member of the Basel Convention. It ratified the convention in June 1992 and brought it into force on 22nd September 1992.