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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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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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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THE STATES PARTIES TO THIS CONVENTION, RECOGNIZING the right of all States to develop and apply nuclear energy for peaceful purposes and their legitimate interests in the potential benefits to be derived from the peaceful application of nuclear energy, CONVINCED of the need for facilitating international co-operation in the peaceful …
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The High Contracting Parties, Recalling that every State has the duty, in conformity with the Charter of the United Nations, to refrain in its international relations from the threat or use of force against the sovereignty, territorial integrity or political independence of any State, or in any other manner inconsistent …
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PROTOCOL ON THE STATUTE OF THE AFRICAN COURT OF JUSTICE AND HUMAN RIGHTS The Member States of the African Union, Parties to this Protocol, RECALLING the objectives and principles enunciated in the Constitutive Act of the African Union, adopted on 11 July 2000 in Lome, Togo, in particular the commitment …
Leer »African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights (Banjul)
Preamble The African States members of the Organization of African Unity, parties to the present convention entitled “African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights”, Recalling Decision 115 (XVI) of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government at its Sixteenth Ordinary Session held in Monrovia, Liberia, from 17 to 20 …
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Proclaimed by General Assembly resolution 36/55 of 25 November 1981 The General Assembly, Considering that one of the basic principles of the Charter of the United Nations is that of the dignity and equality inherent in all human beings, and that all Member States have pledged themselves to take joint …
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Preamble The parties to this Agreement, Recognizing: (a) The significant assistance to economic growth, especially in developing producing countries, that can be given by commodity agreements in helping to secure stabilization of prices and steady development of export earnings and of primary commodity markets; (b) The community and interrelationship of …
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AGREEMENT relating to the implementation of part XI of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea of 10 December 1982 THE STATES PARTIES TO THIS AGREEMENT, RECOGNIZING the important contribution of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea of 10 December 1982 (hereinafter referred …
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Article 1 General provisions 1. The International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea is constituted and shall function in accordance with the provisions of this Convention and this Statute. 2. The seat of the Tribunal shall be in the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg in the Federal Republic …
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The Government of the Kingdom of Denmark and the Government of Canada, Conscious of the economic and social importance of the marine environment of the waters lying between Canada and Greenland and of its living resources, Conscious of their responsibility to protect and enhance this unique marine environment for the …
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