The Conference of the Parties (COP) is the governing body of the Basel Convention and is composed of all governments that have ratified or acceded to it. This section contains general information about the Conference of the Parties and all the meetings documents

Rules of procedure for meetings of the Conference of the Parties (English, Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian, Spanish) to the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal.

The Expanded Bureau provides administrative and general operational directions to the secretariat between the meetings of the Conference of the Parties; performs functions requested by the Conference of the Parties or the Open-ended Working Group, especially administrative tasks, taking into account the approved budget. In this section you can find information about the Expanded Bureau as well as all the meeting documents