Mozambique: Assembly Ratifies Environmental Protocols

Maputo — The Mozambican parliament, the Assembly of the Republic on Thursday ratified the Rotterdam Convention on the prior informed consent procedure for international trade in hazardous pesticides and other chemicals.

This Convention states that its objective is "to promote shared responsibility and cooperative efforts" among those involved in such trade. The basic principle is that the dangerous chemicals covered by the Convention can only be exported with the "prior informed consent" of the importer. It is thus a weapon against the dumping of toxic waste on developing countries.

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