No |
International Conventions, Treaties & Protocols (ICTPs) and Place |
Year of Adoption |
Signed/Ratified/ Accessed |
1 |
International Convention for Protection of Birds, Paris |
1950 |
17-01-1963
(Entry into force) |
2 |
International Plant Protection Convention, Rome |
1951 |
01-09-1978 |
3 |
International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution of the Sea by Oil, London |
1954 |
28-12-1981
(Entry into force) |
4 |
Plant Protection Agreement for the South East Asia and Pacific Region (as amended), Rome |
1956 |
04-12-1974 (AC)
(Entry into force) |
5 |
Convention on the continental Shelf, Geneva |
1958 |
Signed |
6 |
Convention Concerning the Protection of Workers against Ionizing Radiation, Geneva |
1960 |
Signed |
7 |
Convention on Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage, Vienna |
1963 |
Signed |
8 |
Treaty Banning Nuclear Weapon Tests in the Atmosphere, in outer Space and under Water, Moscow |
1963 |
13-03-1985 |
9 |
International Convention on Civil Liability on Pollution Damage (as amended), Brussels |
1969 |
Signed |
10 |
International Convention Relating to Intervention on the High Seas in Cases of Oil Pollution Casualties, Brussels |
1969 |
04-02-1982
(Entry into force) |
11 |
Convention on Wetlands of International Importance especially as Waterfowl Habitat (Ramsar Convention), Ramsar |
1971 |
20-04-1992
(Ratified) |
12 |
Treaty on the Prohibition of the Emplacement of Nuclear Weapons and Other Weapons of Mass Destruction non the Sea Bed and the Ocean Floor and in the Subsoil Thereof, London-Moscow-Washington |
1971 |
Signed |
13 |
International Convention on the Establishment of an International Fund for Compensation for Pollution Damage (as amended), Brussels |
1971 |
Signed |
14 |
Convention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping of Wastes and Other Matters (as amended), London-Mexico city-Washington |
1972 |
Signed |
15 |
Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and natural Heritage, Paris |
1972 |
03-11-1983
(Ratified) |
16 |
Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and flora (CITES), Washington |
1973 |
18-02-1982 |
17 |
Protocol Relating to Intervention on the High Seas in Cases of Marine Pollution by Substances Other than Oil, London |
1973 |
Signed |
18 |
International Convention Prevention of Pollution from Ships, London |
1973 |
Signed |
19 |
Protocol of 1978 Relating to the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, London |
1973 |
Signed |
20 |
Convention Concerning the Prevention and Control of Occupational Hazards caused by Carcinogenic Substances and Agents, Geneva |
1974 |
Signed |
21 |
Convention on the Prohibition of Military or Any Other Hostile Use of Environmental Modification Techniques, Geneva |
1976 |
03-10-1979
(Entry into force) |
22 |
Convention Concerning the Protection of Workers Against Occupational Hazards in the Working Environment due to Air Pollution, Noise and Vibration, Geneva |
1977 |
Signed |
23 |
Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals, Bonn |
1979 |
Signed |
24 |
Convention Concerning Occupational Safety and Health and the Working Environment, Geneva |
1981 |
Signed |
25 |
United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, Montego bay |
1982 |
10-12-1982 |
26 |
Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer, Vienna |
1985 |
02-08-1990 (AC) |
27 |
Convention Concerning Occupational Health Services, Geneva |
1985 |
Signed |
28 |
Convention on Early Notification of a Nuclear Accident, Vienna |
1986 |
07-01-1988
(Ratified) |
29 |
Convention on Assistance in the Case of a Nuclear Accident of Radiological Emergency, Vienna |
1986 |
07-01-1988
(Ratified) |
30 |
Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer, Montreal |
1987 |
31-10-1990
(Entry into force) |
31 |
Agreement on the Network of Aquaculture Centres in Asia and the Pacific, Bangkok |
1988 |
15-05-1990
(Ratified) |
32 |
Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal, Basel |
1989 |
01-04-1993 (AC) |
33 |
International Convention of Salvage, London |
1989 |
Signed |
34 |
Convention Concerning Safety in the Use of Chemicals at Work, Geneva |
1990 |
Signed |
35 |
London Amendment to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer, London |
1990 |
16-06-1994
(Entry into force) |
36 |
International Convention on Oil Pollution Preparedness, Response and Cooperation, London |
1990 |
30-11-1990 |
37 |
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), New York |
1992 |
16-02-1994 |
38 |
Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), Rio De Janeiro |
1992 |
20-03-1994 |
39 |
United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD), Paris |
1992 |
21-06-1994 |
40 |
Agenda 21, UNCED, Rio de Janeiro |
1992 |
Signed |
41 |
Copenhagen Amendment to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer, Copenhagen |
1992 |
– |
42 |
Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on their Destruction, Paris |
1993 |
14-01-1993 |
43 |
United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification in those Countries Experiencing Serious Drought and/or Desertification, Particularly in Africa, Paris |
1994 |
26-01-1996 |
44 |
Agreement Relating to the Implementation of Part XI of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea of 10 December 1982, New York |
1994 |
28-07-1996 |
45 |
Convention on Nuclear Safety, Vienna |
1994 |
21-09-1995 (AT) |
46 |
Agreement for the Implementation of the Provisions of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea of 10 December 1982 Relating to the Conservation and Management of Straddling Fish Stocks and Highly Migratory Fish Stocks, New York |
1995 |
Accessed |
47 |
Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, Kyoto |
1997 |
11-12-1997 (AD)
21-08-2001 (AC) |
48 |
Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety to the Convention on Biological Diversity, Montreal |
2000 |
Signed |
49 |
Convention on persistent Organic Pollutants, Stockholm |
2001 |
12-03-2007 |