January

• BAN of India engaged in actions and extensive press work with Greenpeace in Netherlands, Spain, New Zealand, Australia and Singapore against shipbreaking, which helped push the issue to international prominence, ultimately helping governments to place the issue onto the agenda of the IMO and the Basel Conventions.
  
  
• BAN rapidly responded to the international dumping scandal in Cambodia by visiting Cambodia for a field investigation. BAN helped local NGOs and the Cambodian government in their response to the crisis. We had several high-level meetings with government officials and opposition party leaders as well as a very well attended press conference calling for Cambodia to ban the import of hazardous waste, and to accede to the Basel Convention and the Basel Ban Amendment. Extensive Press work and editorials published to advocate for the Basel Convention and Ban. Produced model legislation for developing countries to ban imports of hazardous wastes and to implement the Basel Convention and Basel Ban Amendment

February

• BAN provided comments to Cambodian Government on deal signed between Formosa Plastics and the government regarding toxic waste dumped in Cambodia. Released International Press Release with Greenpeace and Legal Aid of Cambodia condemning the final deal.

March

• Victory! -- BAN worked in Coalition with California and Taiwanese Groups to have Formosa Plastics (FPG) Waste's California importation plans blocked. Ship loaded with repackaged waste is forced to set sail for Taiwan instead of California. BAN called for FPG to take responsibility for their wastes at home.

April

• BAN attended with two representatives, the 15th Technical Working Group and 2nd Joint meeting of the Technical Working Group and the Consultative Sub-Group of Legal and Technical Experts for the Basel Convention. There BAN released 4 papers and addressed the issues of shipbreaking, clinical waste, and was instrumental in finalizing terms of reference for the Phase II study on Annex VII that is favorable toward maintaining and implementing the Basel Ban Amendment.
  
  
• BAN attended the 9th Session of the Ad Hoc Group of Legal and Technical Experts to Consider and Develop a Draft Protocol on Liability, in Geneva. BAN released a paper on the draft liability protocol and worked strenuously for reform of the text.

May

• Victory! -- Working with other groups, BAN succeeded in getting the proposed import of FPG waste from Taiwan to be rejected from disposal in the US state of Nevada. BAN continued to call for FPG to take responsibility for the waste at home.

June

• BAN attended the 4th Session of the Open-Ended Ad Hoc Committee for the Implementation of the Basel Convention. There BAN and Greenpeace were able to insert the necessary language to achieve an emphasis on waste minimization and capacity building for developing countries in the first drafts of the Challenges for the Next Decade Declaration. BAN also released a paper entitled "Saving the Liability Protocol" signaling the serious flaws in the liability proposal.

July

• Victory! -- BAN formed a unique coalition of environmental and labor groups and thus succeeded in halting the shipment of waste from FPG destined for Idaho. It was halted just hours before sailing with the help of the Longshoremen. BAN was instrumental in having the US government convene a special intra-regional panel on the FPG waste and the larger issue of waste imports.

August

• BAN attended the 10th Session of the Open-Ended Ad Hoc Group of Legal and Technical Experts to Consider and Develop a Draft Protocol on Liability with two representatives including legal counsel. BAN worked actively with key Parties to expose serious issues impacting developing countries in particular, releasing 2 floor position papers and a renewed paper on the flaws of the protocol.

September

• BAN attended as sole NGO representative, special drafting group meeting held in Bern, Switzerland for the "Challenges for the Next Decade Declaration and Decision." There was able to ensure that waste minimization was considered integral to Environmentally Sound Management and that it was moreover to be emphasized.

November

• Victory! -- After discovering that FPG waste dumped on Cambodia was proposed for export to France, BAN alerted French affiliate groups in September. In November BAN and affiliate group CNIID forced the rejection of the waste from France.
  
  
• Released via Seattle press conference and international release, a report entitled: "When Trade is Toxic: The WTO Threat to Public and Planetary Health". This ground breaking report on the interface between toxics issues and the WTO, emphasized in particular issues of toxic trade and the threat of the WTO to the Basel Convention, the proposed POPs treaty and the ability for governments to ban the use, manufacture and trade in POPs and other toxic chemicals.
  
  
• BAN helped launch WTO billboard Campaign in Seattle. BAN's billboard asked the Question: WTO: Promoting a Free Trade in Toxic Wastes? It showed African children sitting on waste barrels.
  
  
• BAN attended Seattle WTO meeting and participated in numerous NGO workshops on toxics issues, protests, marches and press conferences.

December

• BAN attended Basel Conference of Parties -- 10th anniversary meeting with 4 representatives including 2 legal experts. BAN was able to ensure that the "Next Decade" Decision and Declaration retained the emphasis on waste minimization and was able to plant the idea of a pilot project on POPs destruction. BAN member Ravi Agarwal was panelist in a Clean Production Side Workshop. BAN distributed 4 updated briefing papers and the WTO Toxic Trade report. BAN conducted a Press Conference with Greenpeace on the outcome of the meeting.