Status- Table of contents


CHAPTER XXVII. Environment


1. Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution

Geneva, 13 November 1979.


1.a. Protocol to the 1979 Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution on Long-term Financing of the Co-operative Programme for Monitoring and Evaluation of the Long-range Transmission of Air Pollutants in Europe (EMEP)

Geneva, 28 September 1984.


1.b. Protocol to the 1979 Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution on the Reduction of Sulphur Emissions or their Transboundary Fluxes by at least 30 per cent

Helsinki, 8 July 1985.


1.c. Protocol to the 1979 Convention on long-range transboundary air pollution concerning the control of emissions of nitrogen oxides or their transboundary fluxes

Sofia, 31 October 1988.


1.d. Protocol to the 1979 Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution concerning the Control of Emissions of Volatile Organic Compounds or their Transboundary Fluxes

Geneva, 18 November 1991.


1.e. Protocol to the 1979 Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution on Further Reduction of Sulphur Emissions

Oslo, 14 June 1994.


1.f. Protocol to the 1979 Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution on Heavy Metals

Aarhus, 24 June 1998.


1.g. Protocol to the 1979 Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution on Persistent Organic Pollutants

Aarhus, 24 June 1998.


1.h. Protocol to the 1979 Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution to Abate Acidification, Eutrophication and Ground-level Ozone

Gothenburg (Sweden), 30 November 1999.



2. Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer

Vienna, 22 March 1985.


2.a. Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer

Montreal, 16 September 1987.


2.b. Amendment to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer

London, 29 June 1990.


2.c. Amendment to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer

Copenhagen, 25 November 1992.


2.d. Amendment to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer adopted by the Ninth Meeting of the Parties

Montreal, 17 September 1997.


2.e. Amendment to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer

Beijing, 3 December 1999.



3. Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal

Basel, 22 March 1989.


3.a. Amendment to the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal

Geneva, 22 September 1995.


3.b. Basel Protocol on Liability and Compensation for Damage Resulting from Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal

Basel, 10 December 1999.



4. Convention on Environmental Impact Assessment in a Transboundary Context

Espoo, Finland, 25 February 1991.


4.a. Amendment to the Convention on Environmental Impact Assessment in a Transboundary Context

Sofia, 27 February 2001.


4.b. Protocol on Strategic Environmental Assessment to the Convention on Environmental Impact Assessment in a Transboundary Context

Kiev, 21 May 2003.


4.c. Amendment to the Convention on Environmental Impact Assessment in a Transboundary Context

Cavtat, 4 June 2004.



5. Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes

Helsinki, 17 March 1992.


5.a. Protocol on Water and Health to the 1992 Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes

London, 17 June 1999.


5.b. Amendments to Articles 25 and 26 of the Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes

Geneva, 17 February 2004.



6. Convention on the Transboundary Effects of Industrial Accidents

Helsinki, 17 March 1992.


7. United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change

New York, 9 May 1992.


7.a. Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change

Kyoto, 11 December 1997.


7.b. Amendment to Annex B of the Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change

Nairobi, 17 November 2006.



8. Convention on biological diversity

Rio de Janeiro, 5 June 1992.


8.a. Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety to the Convention on Biological Diversity

Montreal, 29 January 2000.



9. Agreement on the Conservation of Small Cetaceans of the Baltic and North Seas

New York, 17 March 1992.


9.a. Amendment to the Agreement on the Conservation of Small Cetaceans of the Baltic and North Seas

Esbjerg, 22 August 2003.


10. United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification in those Countries Experiencing Serious Drought and/or Desertification, Particularly in Africa

Paris, 14 October 1994.


11. Lusaka Agreement on Co-operative Enforcement Operations Directed at Illegal Trade in Wild Fauna and Flora

Lusaka, 8 September 1994.


12. Convention on the Law of the Non-Navigational Uses of International Watercourses

New York, 21 May 1997.


13. Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-Making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters

Aarhus, Denmark, 25 June 1998.


13.a. Protocol on Pollutant Release and Transfer Registers

Kiev, 21 May 2003.


13.b. Amendment to the Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-Making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters

Almaty, 27 May 2005.



14. Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade

Rotterdam, 10 September 1998.


15. Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants

Stockholm, 22 May 2001.



16. Protocol on Civil Liability and Compensation for Damage Caused by the Transboundary Effects of Industrial Accidents on Transboundary Waters to the 1992 Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes and to the 1992 Convention on the Transboundary Effects of Industrial Accidents

Kiev, 21 May 2003.