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To subscribe, E-mail the words . . As we will see below, President George Bush and few of his friends in Congress are now doing their best to crowbar those doors back open, but for now many remain shut. The agreement, known as the Lom IV Convention, bans all shipment of hazardous or radioactive wastes from EEC countries to ACP countries. In addition, the ACP countries agreed not to import any wastes from non-EEC countries. The Lom Convention is the first international treaty to ban the trade in radioactive wastes, and the first commitment by EEC countries to ban waste exports.