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- —available technical and scientific know-how;
- —sources of advice and expertise; and
- —availability of resources
with a view to assisting them, upon request, in such areas as:
- —the handling of the notification system of this Convention;
- —the management of hazardous wastes and other wastes;
- —environmentally sound technologies relating to hazardous wastes and other wastes, such as low- and non-waste technology;
- —the assessment of disposal capabilities and sites;
- —the monitoring of hazardous wastes and other wastes; and
- —emergency responses;
- (h) To provide Parties, upon request, with information on consultants or consulting firms having the necessary technical competence in the field, which can assist them to examine a notification for a transboundary movement, the concurrence of a shipment of hazardous wastes or other wastes with the relevant notification, and/or the fact that the proposed disposal facilities for hazardous wastes or other wastes are environmentally sound, when they have reason to believe that the wastes in question will not be managed in an environmentally sound manner. Any such examination would not be at the expense of the Secretariat;
- (i) To assist Parties upon request in their identification of cases of illegal traffic and to circulate immediately to the Parties concerned any information it has received regarding illegal traffic;
- (j) To co-operate with Parties and with relevant and competent international organizations and agencies in the provision of experts and equipment for the purpose of rapid assistance to States in the event of an emergency situation; and
- (k) To perform such other functions relevant to the purposes of this Convention as may be determined by the Conference of the Parties.
2. The secretariat functions will be carried out on an interim basis by UNEP until the completion of the first meeting of the Conference of the Parties held pursuant to Article 15.
