A/HRC/15/22 B. Statements and interventions 5. The Special Rapporteur conveyed a statement to the High Level Expert Meeting on the New Future of Human Rights and Environment, held in Nairobi, Kenya, from 30 November to 1 December 2009. The statement focused on the added value of the mandate entrusted to the Special Rapporteur vis-à-vis the treaties, guidelines, mechanisms and procedures adopted in the field of environmental law to regulate the sound management and disposal of toxic and dangerous products and wastes. It also analysed the adverse effects that hazardous products and wastes may have on the enjoyment of human rights, and highlighted the advantages of a human rights-based approach to the management and disposal of such products and wastes. 6. On 4 December 2009, the Special Rapporteur conveyed, along with other special procedures mandate holders, a message on the occasion of the United Nations Climate Change Conference, which took place in Copenhagen, Denmark, from 7 to 18 December 2009. The joint statement highlighted the serious threats that global warming posed to the full enjoyment of a broad range of human rights, and urged participants in the Conference to step up their efforts to achieve a new agreement to prevent further climate change, protect affected individuals from its adverse impact and lead to the formulation of global and national mitigation and adaptation responses based on internationally recognized human rights norms and standards. 7. The Special Rapporteur regrets that he was unable to participate in the panel discussion organized by the Human Rights Council on the adverse effects of the movement and dumping of toxic and dangerous products and wastes on the enjoyment of human rights.1 The aim of the debate, which took place in Geneva on 8 June 2010, was to discuss existing problems, current trends, good practices and possible solutions, with a view to informing the future work of the Special Rapporteur. The mandate holder contributed to the discussion with a statement that was delivered on his behalf. The statement focused on the progress made and the difficulties encountered by the Special Rapporteur in carrying out his mandate, and recommended that the mandate be reviewed and extended in order to strengthen the protection of the victims of the unsound management and disposal of hazardous products and wastes. III. Review of the mandate of the Special Rapporteur A. Added value of the mandate 8. In the last two decades, an emerging body of norms, standards and principles of international environmental law has been developed to regulate the production, management, use, trade and disposal of toxic and dangerous products and wastes. This extensive international legal framework seeks to eliminate, or reduce to a minimum, the risks that these hazardous products and wastes pose to human health and the environment, and includes: 1 4 Human Rights Council resolution 12/18, para. 5. GE.10-14907