Despite the fact that international instruments prohibit such activities, recent recurrent incidents involving the transboundary movement of hazardous wastes on the African continent highlight their inadequacies and ineffectiveness of international law in solving this problem. Despite some noticeable milestones achieved by the Bamako Convention, its shortcomings are conspicuous. In addition, the ban on transboundary movement of hazardous wastes is simply one dimension of the bigger problem faced by (many poor) African countries: poor management of the environment that ranges from water and air pollution, poor disposal of wastes, improper and inadequate treatment of domestically generated hazardous wastes, congestion, noise, and dumping. These international instruments deal with only a dimension of the problem faced by African states. It is argued that additional measures must be taken to complement these efforts. Such measures include the enactment of strong laws and policies, education of the masses and a virile civil society.

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国际文书在打击和制止非洲危险废物越境转移和环境恶化方面的效力和不足之处

尽管国际文书禁止此类活动，但最近发生的涉及危险废物在非洲大陆越境转移的经常性事件突出表明了它们在解决这一问题方面的不足和国际法的无效性。尽管《巴马科公约》取得了一些明显的里程碑，但其缺点仍然很明显。此外，禁止危险废物越境转移仅仅是（许多贫穷的）非洲国家面临的更大问题的一个方面：对环境的管理不善，包括水和空气污染，废物处置不善，处理不当和不充分国内产生的危险废物，拥堵，噪音和倾倒。这些国际文书只涉及非洲国家面临的问题的一个方面。据认为，必须采取其他措施来补充这些努力。这些措施包括颁布强有力的法律和政策，群众教育和有活力的公民社会。