With reference to the Rotterdam convention on Prior Informed Consent procedures, consider the following statements:

It is a non-binding instrument.

India is not a party to the convention.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Question

Rotterdam Convention on Prior Informed Consent Procedures (PIC) entered into force in 2004.
It is an international treaty designed to facilitate informed decision-making by countries with regard to trade in hazardous chemicals.
It is a legally binding instrument.
India acceded to the Convention in 2006.
Its objective is to promote shared responsibility and cooperative efforts among State Parties in the international trade of certain hazardous chemicals in order to protect human health and the environment from potential harm.
To contribute to the environmentally sound use of these hazardous chemicals by facilitating information exchange about their characteristics, providing for a national decision-making process on their import and export, and by disseminating these decisions to the Parties.

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Neither 1 nor 2

Rotterdam Convention on Prior Informed Consent Procedures (PIC) entered into force in 2004.
It is an international treaty designed to facilitate informed decision-making by countries with regard to trade in hazardous chemicals.
It is a legally binding instrument.
India acceded to the Convention in 2006.
Its objective is to promote shared responsibility and cooperative efforts among State Parties in the international trade of certain hazardous chemicals in order to protect human health and the environment from potential harm.
To contribute to the environmentally sound use of these hazardous chemicals by facilitating information exchange about their characteristics, providing for a national decision-making process on their import and export, and by disseminating these decisions to the Parties.