Editing Basel (section)

=== Basel as a historical, international meeting place ===
[[File:Herrliberger_Basel.jpg|left|Image of Basel in the''Topographie der Eidgenossenschaft'' (Topography of the [Swiss] Confederation) from 1761|thumb]]
Basel has often been the site of peace negotiations and other international meetings. The [[Treaty of Basel (1499)]] ended the [[Swabian War]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Lay |first=Paul |date=1999-09-09 |title=The Treaty of Basel: An end to the Swabian War was reached on 22 September 1499. |url=https://www.historytoday.com/archive/months-past/treaty-basel |access-date=2023-06-16 |website=History Today Ltd. |archive-date=16 May 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200516173654/https://www.historytoday.com/archive/months-past/treaty-basel |url-status=live }}</ref> Two years later Basel joined the [[Switzerland|Swiss Confederation]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Livingston |first=Mark |date=2001 |title=Basel celebrates joining the Swiss Confederation |url=https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/basel-celebrates-joining-the-swiss-confederation/2130988 |access-date=2023-06-16 |website=SWI swissinfo.ch}}</ref> The [[Peace of Basel]] in 1795 between the [[French First Republic|French Republic]] and Prussia and Spain ended the [[First Coalition]] against France during the [[French Revolutionary Wars]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Pagán |first=Carmen E. |date=2023-04-27 |title=Prussia |url=https://www.britannica.com/place/Prussia |access-date=2023-06-16 |website=Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. |archive-date=8 May 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150508092225/http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/480893/Prussia |url-status=live }}</ref> In more recent times, the [[World Zionist Organization]] held its first congress in Basel from 29 August through 31 August 1897. Because of the [[Balkan Wars]], the (Socialist) [[Second International]] held an extraordinary congress at Basel in 1912.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Tosstorff |first=Reiner |title=The Cambridge History of Socialism |date=2022-11-03 |chapter=The Second International Reconstituted: The Labour and Socialist International, 1923–1940 |chapter-url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/abs/cambridge-history-of-socialism/second-international-reconstituted-the-labour-and-socialist-international-19231940/96C5CA2C8F464D10DDCF672EC01AB279 |website=2023-06-16|pages=300–320 |doi=10.1017/9781108611107.016 |isbn=9781108611107 }}</ref> In 1989, the [[Basel Convention]] was opened for signature with the aim of preventing the export of [[hazardous waste]] from wealthy to [[developing country|developing nations]] for disposal.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Secretariat of the Basel Convention |title=Convention Overview |url=https://www.basel.int/TheConvention/Overview/tabid/1271/Default.aspx |access-date=2023-06-16 |website=Basel Convention}}</ref>