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The Conference of the Parties,
Acknowledging the work undertaken by other organizations, in particular the International Labour Organization, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, the United Nations Institute for Training and Research and the World Health Organization, on nanotechnology, the safety of nanomaterials and waste containing nanomaterials,
1.Takes note of the report on issues related to waste containing nanomaterials and options for further work under the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal;11UNEP/CHW/OEWG.11/INF/24.
2.Also takes note of comments2 received on the report referred to in paragraph 1 of the present decision pursuant to decision OEWG-11/10;2UNEP/CHW.14/INF/19.
3.Encourages Parties and others to undertake further research and develop other measures, as appropriate, to generate the information needed to better understand the potential risks posed by waste containing nanomaterials;
4.Invites Parties and others to make available to the Secretariat, by 31 December 2019, information related to activities aimed at addressing issues related to waste containing nanomaterials, including case studies about and best practices relating to the management of waste containing nanomaterials;
5.Encourages Parties to develop strategies for the environmentally sound management of waste containing nanomaterials;
6.Requests the Secretariat:
(a)To compile the information referred to in paragraph 4 of the present decision for consideration by the Open‑ended Working Group at its twelfth meeting;
(b)To report on the implementation of the present decision to the Open‑ended Working Group at its twelfth meeting and to the Conference of the Parties at its fifteenth meeting.