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Source: Live Mint, New Delhi, April, 2017 :- The environment ministry has sought comments and suggestions from stakeholders on three important international meetings that start in less than a fortnight where subjects like transboundary movement of hazardous waste, international trade of hazardous waste and long period pollutants will be discussed. The meeting of the three international Conventions - Conferences of the Parties (CoP) to the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions - are starting on 24 April in Geneva and will continue till 5 May. The meetings will also feature a high-level segment on 4-5 May. The theme of the meetings and the high-level segment this year is ‘A future detoxified: sound management of chemicals and waste’.

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