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1.Urges parties that have not yet done so to transmit to the Secretariat their completed questionnaires on transmission of information for the year 2009 and for previous years, as soon as possible and in electronic form, using the revised questionnaire adopted by the Conference of the Parties at its sixth meeting and bearing in mind that, in accordance with the provisions of paragraph 3 of Article 13 of the Convention, parties must transmit before the end of each calendar year their reports on the previous calendar year;
2.Requests that such reports be provided by parties to the Secretariat for the calendar year 2010 before the end of the calendar year 2011, in electronic form;
3.Invites parties to fill in any data gaps that may exist in their reported data on the generation and transboundary movement of hazardous and other wastes, especially the data regarding electronic wastes, for the years 2006 and later;
4.Requests the Secretariat to assist parties in improving the comparability of their data on the transboundary movements of hazardous and other wastes;
(a)For each of the years 2008–2010, an annual compilation document based on the information provided in part I of the completed questionnaires on transmission of information submitted by parties;
(b)For the triennium 2010–2012 and for each triennium thereafter, a summary, including graphic representations, of the data on transboundary movements of hazardous and other wastes provided in part II of the completed questionnaires on transmission of information submitted by parties;
(c)For the triennium 2010–2012 and for each triennium thereafter, a country fact sheet for each party submitting completed questionnaires on transmission of information, based on the information provided in such questionnaires;
6.Further requests the Secretariat, within available resources, to translate into English any information submitted by parties in part I of their questionnaires, on transmission of information, in any official language of the United Nations other than English before incorporating such information into the reporting database;
7.Requests the Secretariat to continue to provide training to developing countries and other countries that are in need of assistance to meet their reporting obligations by organizing workshops through the Basel Convention regional centres or by other appropriate means, subject to the availability of resources;