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International agreements for hazardous substances

Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants

International administering body: United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). New Zealand agencies responsible: Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT), Ministry of Economic Development (MED), Ministry for the Environment (MfE), EPA.

Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade

International administering body: UNEP. New Zealand agencies responsible: MFAT, MfE, MED.

Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer

International administering body: UNEP. New Zealand agencies responsible: MfE, MED, MFAT.

Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer

International administering body: UNEP. New Zealand agencies responsible: MfE, MED, MFAT, EPA.

Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal

International administering body: UNEP. New Zealand agencies responsible: EPA, MfE, MED, MFAT, Customs.

Waigani Convention to Ban the Importation into Forum Island Countries of Hazardous and Radioactive Wastes and to Control the Transboundary Movement and Management of Hazardous Wastes within the South Pacific Region

International administering body: Pacific Regional Environment Programme.New Zealand agencies responsible: MFAT, MED, MfE, Customs.

Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on their Destruction

International administering body: United Nations (UN). New Zealand agencies responsible: Ministry of Defence (MOD), MFAT.^ Back to top