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Protocol on Heavy Metals (1998)

The Parties, Determined to implement the Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution, Concerned that emissions of certain heavy metals are transported across national boundaries and may cause damage to ecosystems of environmental and economic importance and may have harmful effects on human health, Considering that combustion and industrial processes are …

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Protocol on Acidification, Eutrophication and Ground-Level Ozone (1999)

The Parties, Determined to implement the Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution, Aware that nitrogen oxides, sulphur, volatile organic compounds and reduced nitrogen compounds have been associated with adverse effects on human health and the environment, Concerned that critical loads of acidification, critical loads of nutrient nitrogen and critical levels …

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Convention on the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources

The Contracting Parties, RECOGNISING the importance of safeguarding the environment and protecting the integrity of the ecosystem of the seas surrounding Antarctica; NOTING the concentration of marine living resources found in Antarctic waters and the increased interest in the possibilities offered by the utilisation of these resources as a source …

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Convention for the Protection and Development of the Marine Environment of the Wider Caribbean (Cartagena) and Protocols of 1983 and 1990

Cartagena de Indias, 24 March 1983 The Contracting Parties, Fully aware of the economic and social value of the marine environment, including coastal areas, of the wider Caribbean region, Conscious of their responsibility to protect the marine environment of the wider Caribbean region for the benefit and enjoyment of present …

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Convention Establishing the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency

PREAMBLE THE CONTRACTING STATES CONSIDERING the need to strengthen international cooperation for economic development and to foster the contribution to such development of foreign investment in general and private foreign investment in particular; RECOGNIZING that the flow of foreign investment to developing countries would be facilitated and further encouraged by …

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Convention for the Regulation of Antarctic Mineral Resource Activities

Preamble The States Parties to this Convention, hereinafter referred to as the Parties, Recalling the provisions of the Antarctic Treaty; Convinced that the Antarctic Treaty system has proved effective in promoting international harmony in furtherance of the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations, in ensuring the …

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Basle Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal

BASEL CONVENTION ON THE CONTROL OF TRANSBOUNDARY MOVEMENTS OF HAZARDOUS WASTES AND THEIR DISPOSAL[1] Preamble[2] The Parties to this Convention, Aware of the risk of damage to human health and the environment caused by hazardous wastes and other wastes and the transboundary movement thereof, Mindful of the growing threat to …

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Protocol of Brasilia (1991)

The Argentine Republic, the Federal Republic of Brazil, the Republic of Paraguay, and the Eastern Republic of Uruguay, hereinafter referred to as the “State Parties”: In compliance with the dispositions found in Article 3 and in Annex III of the Treaty of Asuncion signed on the 26th day of March …

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Convention on Environmental Impact Assessment in a Transboundary Context (ESRO)

The Parties to this Convention, Aware of the interrelationship between economic activities and their environmental consequences, Affirming the need to ensure environmentally sound and sustainable development, Determined to enhance international co-operation in assessing environmental impact in particular in a transboundary context, Mindful of the need and importance to develop anticipatory …

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OAU Convention on the Ban of the Import into Africa and the Control of Transboundary Movement and Management of Hazardous Wastes within Africa (Bamako Convention)

Adopted 30 January 1991 Bamako, Mali PREAMBLE The Parties to this Convention, 1.  Mindful of the growing threat to human health and the environment posed by the increased generation and the complexity of hazardous wastes, 2.  Further mindful that the most effective way of protecting human health and the environment …

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Convention on Biological Diversity (Rio)

5 JUNE 1992 Preamble The Contracting Parties, Conscious of the intrinsic value of biological diversity and of the ecological, genetic, social, economic, scientific, educational, cultural, recreational and aesthetic values of biological diversity and its components, Conscious also of the importance of biological diversity for evolution and for maintaining life sustaining …

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Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment of the North-East Atlantic

PREAMBLE THE CONTRACTING PARTIES, recognising that the marine environment and the fauna and flora which it supports are of vital importance to all nations; recognising the inherent worth of the marine environment of the North-East Atlantic and the necessity for providing coordinated protection for it; recognising that concerted action at …

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