Conventions and Treaties

LIST OF TREATIES

Environment

Note: An asterisk indicates that a treaty has either expired, been terminated, has been superseded by a subsequent agreement or has been amended.
(Updated on 5 April 2023)

# Treaty/ Convention/ Agreement Date and place of adoption Date of Signature Ratification(R)/ Accession (a)/ Acceptance(A)/ Approval (Ap)/ Participation(P)/ Succession(S)
110 Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer 22 Mar 1985, Vienna 26-Apr-1988 (a)
111 Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer 16 Sep 1987, Montreal 12-Jul-1988 16-May-1989
112 Amendment to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer 29 June 1990, London 31-Jul-1991
113 Amendment to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer 25 Nov 1992, Copenhagen 27-Sep-2001
114 Amendment to the Montreal Protocol on substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer adopted by the Ninth Meeting of the Parties 17 Sep 1997, Montreal 27-Sep-2001
115 Amendment to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer 3 Dec 1999, Beijing 3-Sep-2002 (a)
116 Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal 22 Mar 1989, Basel 28-Apr-1992 (a)
117 United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change 9 May 1992, New York 12-Jun-1992 9-Nov-1992
118 Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change 16-Mar-1998 30-Dec-1998
119 Doha Amendment to the Kyoto Protocol 8-Dec-12 1-Jul-2015 (a)
120 Convention on Biological Diversity 5 June 1992, Rio de Janeiro 12-Jun-1992 9-Nov-1992
121 Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety to the Convention on Biological Diversity 29 Jan 2000, Montreal 3-Sep-2002 (a)
122 United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification in those Countries Experiencing Serious Drought and/or Desertification, Particularly in Africa 14 Oct 1994, Paris 3-Sep-2002 (a)
123 Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants 22 May 2001, Sweden 17-Oct-2006
124 Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade 10 Sep 1998, Rotterdam 17-Oct-2006 (a)
125 UN Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora 30-Mar-73 12-Dec-2012 (a)
126 Paris Agreement 12-Dec-15 22-Apr-2016
127 Ban Amendment to the Basel Convention 12-Apr-17 (R)
128 Kigali Amendment to the Montreal Protocol 6-Nov-17 (R)
129 Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization 1-Jul-19 29-Sep-19
130 Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals 1-Nov-20

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