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1.Welcomes the activities undertaken and progress made by the Secretariat, the Basel Convention regional and coordinating centres and parties in mobilizing resources and sustainable financing for the implementation of the Convention, and in coordinating resource mobilization activities under other relevant multilateral environmental agreements;
2.Also welcomes the financial support provided by donors to date to assist parties in implementing the Convention;
3.Takes note of the outcome of the consultative process on financing options for chemicals and wastes;1
(a)To continue its efforts to build the capacity of the Basel Convention regional and coordinating centres to mobilize resources in their regions and to facilitate discussions with project partners and donors with the aim of developing projects to be implemented at the national or regional levels;
(b)To facilitate discussions with the Global Environment Facility and the participating organizations of the Inter-Organization Programme for the Sound Management of Chemicals in order to ensure that provisions relevant to the Basel Convention are taken into account in the development of technical assistance projects and activities in follow-up to decision VIII/34;
(c)To strengthen cooperation with other relevant international and regional organizations and donors with the aim of developing projects to be implemented at the regional or country level;
(d)To explore further joint activities to mobilize resources for the implementation of the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal, the Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade and the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants;