Permalink: https://media.greenpeace.org/archive/Toxics-Action-against-Basel-Convention-27MZIFIXZ5F9.htmlConceptually similarToxics Action against Basel ConventionGP02264Completed★★★★Toxic Action Ban of Waste Exports in GenevaGP027N5Completed★★★★★★Toxic Action Ban of Waste Exports in GenevaGP027MZCompleted★★★★★★Toxic Action Ban of Waste Exports in GenevaGP027N0Completed★★★★Toxics Action Newspaper BAZ in Basel SwitzerlandGP01RZGCompleted★★★★Toxics Action Waste Returned to Sender in GenevaGP0T1PCompleted★★★★Toxics Action Waste Returned to Sender in GenevaGP07O7Completed★★★★Toxics Action Waste Returned to Sender in GenevaGP0873Completed★★★★Toxics Action Waste Returned to Sender in GenevaGP01WI0Completed★★★★View AllGP02265Toxics Action against Basel ConventionIn order to protest against the diluted Basel Convention activists of the international environmental group Greenpeace roped down and hanged a banner reading: 'DANGER BASEL CONVENTION LEGALIZES TOXIC TERROR' at a tower building across the congress center Plaza.Um gegen die ‚verwässerte Giftmüllkonvention zu protestieren, haben sich Mitglieder der internationalen Umweltschutzorganisation Greenpeace gegenüber dem Kongresszentrum Plaza an einem Hochhaus abgeseilt und ein Transparent aufgehängt. © Greenpeace / Dominik LabhardtLocations:Alpine Countries-Basel-SwitzerlandDate:22 Mar, 1989Credit:© Greenpeace / Dominik LabhardtMaximum size:2590px X 1738pxRestrictions:FOR NON-COMMERCIAL GREENPEACE PUBLISHED MATERIAL. NO FUNDRAISING OR SALES. FOR ALL EXTERNAL ENQUIRIES PLEASE CONTACT YOUR LOCAL PHOTO REPRESENTATIVE OR GREENPEACE INTERNATIONAL PHOTO LIBRARY.Keywords:Actions and protests-Banners-Buildings-Climbing actions-Day-Greenpeace activists-KWCI (GPI)-Outdoors-Toxic waste-Toxics (campaign title)Shoot:Swiss Activists call for Worldwide Toxic Export BanIn order to protest against the diluted Basel Convention activists of the international environmental group Greenpeace roped down and hanged a banner at a multistory building across the congress center Plaza.Despite signing the UN convention as a control of transboundary movements of hazardous wastes the problem is not solved. Because the wastes exports were not banned thereby but only regularized.Related Collections:Swiss Activists call for Worldwide Toxic Export Ban (All Photographers)