Agenda
21 (1992)
A comprehensive plan of action to be taken globally, nationally and locally by organizations of the United Nations System, Governments, and Major Groups in every area in which human impacts on the environment.
Chap. 2 International
cooperation
Chap.31. Scientific
and technological community
Chap.34. Transfer
of environmentally sound technology, cooperation and capacity building
[www.un.org]
Basel Convention on the control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and its
Disposal (1992)
In the late 1980s, a tightening of environmental regulations in industrialized countries led to a dramatic rise in the cost of hazardous waste disposal. Searching for cheaper ways to get rid of the wastes, “toxic traders” began shipping hazardous waste to developing countries and to Eastern Europe. When this activity was revealed, international outrage led to the drafting and adoption of the Basel Convention.
[www.basel.int]
Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety to the Convention on Biological Diversity
(2000)
The Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity adopted a supplementary agreement to the Convention known as the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety on 29 January 2000. The Protocol seeks to protect biological diversity from the potential risks posed by living modified organisms resulting from modern
biotechnology.
[www.biodiv.org]
Convention on Biological
Diversity (1992)
One of the key agreements adopted at
the 1992 Earth Summit in Rio was the Convention on Biological Diversity. This pact among the vast majority of the world's governments sets out commitments for maintaining the world's ecological underpinnings as we go about the business of economic development. The Convention establishes three main goals: the conservation of biological diversity, the sustainable use of its components, and the fair and equitable sharing of the benefits from the use of genetic resources.
[www.biodiv.org]
Convention
on Nuclear Safety (1996)
To achieve and maintain a high level of nuclear safety worldwide through the enhancement of national measures and international co-operation
[www.iaea.org]
Convention on the Law of the Sea (1982)
[www.un.org]
Convention on Protection of the Ozone
Layer (1985)
The
first general ozone agreement. The specific committments came in 1987 through the Montreal Protocol.
[www.unep.org]
Convention to Combat Desertification in Countries Experiencing Serious Drought and/or Desertification (1987)
[www.unccd.entico.com]
International Undertaking on Plant Genetic
Resources (1983)
The International Undertaking is the first comprehensive international agreement dealing with plant genetic resources for food and agriculture. It was adopted by the FAO Conference in 1983,
as an instrument to promote international harmony in matters regarding access to plant genetic resources for food and agriculture
[www.fao.org]
International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and
Agriculture (2001)
This legally-binding Treaty covers all plant genetic resources relevant for food and agriculture. It is in harmony with the Convention on Biological Diversity.
[www.fao.org]
Kyoto
Protocol (1992)
[unfccc.int]
Montreal
Protocol
Secretariat of the
World Summit on the Information So
[www.unep.org]
The Ministerial Declaration on Trade in Information Technology Products Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS)
Concluded
by 29 participants at the Singapore Ministerial Conference in December 1996.
[www.wto.org]
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