Appendix A - Key Legal, Strategy, and Policy Documents and International Protocols: (2) Key International Legal Documents: (E) International Agreements that Affect US CBRN Activities with Mexico (1) Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal: The Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal is the most comprehensive global environmental agreement on hazardous and other wastes. While the US is not a party to the agreement, it is a signatory and conducts activities with many of the conventions 178 parties to help protect human health and the environment against the adverse effects resulting from the generation, management, transboundary movements, and disposal of hazardous and other wastes. (2) Convention on the Transboundary Effect of Industrial Accidents: This convention applies to the prevention of, preparedness for, and response to industrial accidents capable of causing transboundary effects, including the effects of such accidents caused by natural disasters, and to international cooperation concerning mutual assistance, research and development, exchange of information, and exchange of technology in the area of prevention of, preparedness for, and response to industrial accidents. (3) International Convention on Oil Pollution Preparedness provides emergency response planning for oil pollution incidents. (4) The Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development Guiding Principles for Chemical Accident Prevention, Preparedness, and Response: A comprehensive document to help public authorities, industry, and communities worldwide prevent and prepare for accidents involving hazardous substances resulting from technological and natural disasters, as well as sabotage