The eighth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Basel Convention, COP8, will be hosted by the Government of Kenya and will take place in the United Nations Office at Nairobi from 27 November to 1 December 2006. The theme of the meeting will be, “Creating innovative solutions through the Basel Convention for the environmentally sound management of electronic wastes.” In this context, electronic wastes include end-of-life computers, including printers and accessories and television sets.  

dates: 27 November-1 December 2006  
location: Nairobi, Kenya  
contact: Secretariat of the Basel Convention  
phone: 41-22-917-8218  
fax: 41-22-797-3454  
e-mail: BaselCOP8@unep.ch  
www: http://cop8.basel.int/