The Conference of the Parties,

Noting the priority areas for action recognized in decision SC-11/17, on effectiveness evaluation, as they relate to measures to reduce or eliminate releases from stockpiles and wastes,

1. Welcomes with appreciation decision BC-16/3, on technical guidelines on the environmentally sound management of wastes consisting of, containing or contaminated with persistent organic pollutants, in which the Conference of the Parties to the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal, at its sixteenth meeting, adopted updated general technical guidelines on the environmentally sound management of wastes consisting of, containing or contaminated with persistent organic pollutants and other technical guidelines specific to persistent organic pollutants listed in that decision;