联合国关于有毒废物越界运输的巴塞尔公约于1999年12月召开了第5次缔约国会议,通过了关于有害废物越界运输和处置导致伤害的责任和补偿的巴塞尔议定书.但唯独美国至今没有批准该议定书.美国每年给予巴塞尔公约秘书处财政支持并在危害性特征方面做了大量工作,但要批准巴塞尔公约 The United Nations Basel Convention on the Transboundary Movement of Hazardous Wastes held its fifth Meeting of the States Parties in December 1999 to adopt the Basel Protocol on Liability and Compensation for Hazardous Wastes Transboundary Operations and Disposal, but the United States has so far not ratified The United States annually gives the Basel Convention secretariat financial support and does a great deal of work on the harmful traits, but it wants to ratify the Basel Convention