* [Reproduced from the text provided by the International Atomic Energy Agency. The Introductory Note was prepared forInternational Legal Materials by Larry D. Johnson, Legal Adviser, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). The views expressed in this Introductory Note are those of the author and do not necessarily represent the views of the IAEA.[The Final Act and Text of the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal, of March 22, 1989, can be found at 28 I.L.M. 649 (1989); the IAEA Code of Practice on the International Transboundary Movement of Radioactive Waste appears at 30 I.L.M. 556 (1991); the Organization of African Unity Bamako Convention on the Ban of the Import into Africa and the Control of Transboundary Movement and Management of Hazardous Wastes Within Africa, done on January 29, 1991, appears at 30 I.L.M. 773 (1991); and the Convention on Nuclear Safety, of July 5, 1994, appears at 33 I.L.M. 1514 (1994).

[Documents from the Conference to adopt a Protocol to Amend the Vienna Convention on Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage and to adopt a Convention on Supplementary Funding appear at 36 I.L.M. 1454 (1997).

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