XXVII. Environment
1. Vienna Convention for the Protection
of the Ozone Layer, 1985 |
26. Convention on Fishing and Conservation
of the Living Resources of the High Seas, 1958 |
2. Montreal Protocol on Substances
that Deplete the Ozone Layer, 1987 |
27. Convention on the High Seas, 1958 |
3. Amendment to the Montreal Protocol
on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer. Adopted at the Second Meeting
of the Parties at London, 29 June 1990 |
28. United Nations Convention on the
Law of the Sea, 1982 |
4. Amendment to the Montreal Protocol
on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer. Adopted at the Fourth Meeting
of the Parties at Copenhagen, 25 November 1992 |
29. Agreement relating to the Implementation
of Part XI of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea of 10
December 1982, 1994 |
5. United Nations Framework Convention
on Climate Change, 1992 |
30. Basel Convention on the Control
of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal, 1989 |
6. Convention on the Law of Non-Navigational
Uses of International Watercourses |
31. Convention on the Prevention of
Marine Pollution by Dumping of Wastes and Other Matter (as amended), 1972 |
7. Convention to Combat Desertification
in those Countries Experiencing Serious Drought and/or Desertification
particularly in Africa, 1994 |
32. Protocol of 1978 Relating to the
International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships of
1973, 1978 |
8. Convention on Biological Diversity,
1992 |
33. International Convention Relating
to Intervention on the High Seas in Cases of Oil Pollution Casualties,
1969 |
9. Convention Relative to the Preservation
of Fauna and Flora in their Natural State, 1933 |
34. International Convention on Civil
Liability for Oil Pollution Damage (as amended), 1969 |
10. Convention on Wetlands of International
Importance Especially as Waterfowl Habitat, 1971 |
35. Convention on Nuclear Safety,
1994 |
11. Protocol to Amend the Convention
on Wetlands of International Importance Especially as Waterfowl Habitat,
1982 |
36. Convention on the Physical Protection
of Nuclear Material, 1979 |
12. International Plant Protection
Convention, 1951 |
37. Convention on the Physical Protection
of Nuclear Material, 1986 |
13. International Convention for the
Protection of New Varieties of Plants (as amended) (UPOV), 1961 |
38. Convention on Assistance in the
Case of Nuclear Accident or Radiological Emergency, 1986 |
14. International Convention for the
Conservation of Atlantic Tunas, 1966 |
39. Treaty Banning Nuclear Weapon
Tests in the Atmosphere, in Outer Space and Under Water, 1963 |
15. Convention on the Conservation
of Migratory Species of Wild Animals, 1979 |
40. Treaty on the Prohibition of
the Emplacement of Nuclear Weapons and Other Weapons of Mass Destruction
on the Sea Bed and the Ocean Floor and in the Subsoil Thereof, 1971 |
16. Convention on the Conservation
of the Living Resources of the South-East Atlantic, 1969 |
41. Treaty on Principles Governing
the Activities of States in the Exploration and Use of Outer Space Including
the Moon and Other Celestial Bodies, 1967 |
17. International Convention for the
Regulation of Whaling (as amended), 1946 |
42. Convention on the Prohibition
of the Development, Production and Stockpiling of Bacteriological (Biological)
and Toxin Weapons, and on Their Destruction, 1972 |
18. Lusaka Agreement on Co-Operative
Enforcement Operations directed at Illegal Trade in Wild Fauna and Flora,
1994 |
43. Convention on the Prohibition
of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons
and Their Destruction, 1993 |
19. Convention on International Trade
in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) |
20. The Antarctic Treaty |
21. Protocol on Environmental Protection
to the Antarctic Treaty |
22. Convention on the Conservation
of Antarctic Marine Living Resources, 1980 |
23. Convention for the Conservation
of Antarctic Seals, 1972 |
24. Convention on the Regulation of
Antarctic Mineral Resource Activities, 1988 |
25. Convention on the Continental
Shelf, 1958 |
Reference Sources:
WWW Sources:
XXVII. Environment
No.1
Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone
Layer
Full
Text / Current Parties
Date: 22 March 1985
Done at: Vienna
Entry into force: 22 September 1988 in accordance
with art.17(1)
Reference: v1513 U.N.T.S.
Depositary: Secretary-General of the United Nations
Status: acceded on 15 January 1990
XXVII.
Environment
No.2
Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the
Ozone Layer
Full
Text / Current
Parties
Date: 16 September 1987
Done at: Montreal
Entry into force: 1 January 1989 in accordance
with art. 16(1)
Reference: v1522 U.N.T.S.
Status: acceded on 15 January 1990
XXVII. Environment
No.3
Amendment to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete
the Ozone Layer
Full Text / Current Parties
Date: 29 June 1990
Done at: London
Entry into force: 10 August 1992 in accordance
with art. 2(1) of the amendment
Reference: Annex II of the Report of the Second
Meeting (UNEP/O.L.Pro.2/3)
Depositary: Secretary-General of the United Nations
Status: accepted on 12 May 1992
XXVII. Environment
No.4
Amendment to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete
the Ozone Layer
Full Text / Current Parties
Date: 25 November 1992
Done at: Copenhagen
Entry into force: 14 June 1994 in accordance with art.
3(1) of the amendment
Reference: Annex III of the Report of the Fourth Meeting
(UNEP/OzL.Pro.4/15)
Depositary: Secretary-General of the United Nations
Status: acceded to on 13 March 2001
XXVII. Environment
No.5
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate
Change
Full
Text / Current Parties
Date: 9 May 1992
Done at: New York
Entry into force: 21 March 1994 in accordance
with art.23(1)
Reference: Doc. A/AC.237/18 (Part II)/Add.1 and
Corr.1
Depositary: Secretary-General of the United Nations
Status: signed 15 June 1993; ratified on 29 August
1997 (date of receipt of ratification documents)
XXVII. Environment
No.6
Convention on the Law of Non-Navigational Uses
of International Watercourses
Full
Text / Current Parties
Date: 21 May 1997
Done at: General Assembly, New York
Entry into force: Not yet in force in accordance
with art.36
Reference: Doc. A/51/869
Depositary: Secretary-General of the United Nations
Status: signed on 13 August 1997; ratified on 26
October 1998
XXVII. Environment
No.7
Convention to Combat Desertification in those
Countries Experiencing Serious Drought and/or Desertification particularly
in Africa
Full
Text / Current Parties
Date: 14 October 1994
Done at: Paris
Entry into force: 26 December 1996 in accordance
with art. 36(1)
Reference: Doc. A/AC.241/15/Rev.3
Depositary: Secretary-General of the United Nations
Status: signed 9 January 1995; ratified on 30 September
1997 (date of receipt of ratification documents)
XXVII. Environment
No.8
Convention on Biological Diversity
Full
Text / Current Parties
Date: 5 June 1992
Done at: Rio de Janeiro
Entry into force: 29 December 1993 in accordance
with art. 36(1)
Reference: Doc. UNEP/Bio.Div/N7-INC.5/4
Depositary: Secretary-General of the United Nations
Status: signed on 4 June 1993, ratified 2 November
1995
XXVII. Environment
No.9
Convention Relative to the Preservation of Fauna
and Flora in their Natural State
Full Text / Current Parties
Date: 8 November 1933
Done at: London
Entry into force: 14 January 1936
Reference: v172 League of Nations Treaty Series
p72
Depositary: United Kingdom
Status: signed on 8 November 1933; ratified on
19 November 1935; in force for South Africa on 14 January 1936
XXVII.
Environment
No.10
Convention on Wetlands of International Importance
Especially as Waterfowl Habitat
Full
Text / Current
Parties
Date: 2 February 1971
Done at: Ramsar, Iran
Entry into force: 12 December 1975 in accordance
with art.10
Reference: v996 U.N.T.S. p245
Depositary: Director-General of UNESCO
Status: ratified on 12 March 1975; in force for
South Africa on 12 December 1975
XXVII.
Environment
No.11
Protocol to Amend the Convention on Wetlands of
International Importance Especially as Waterfowl Habitat
Full
Text / Current
Parties
Date: 3 December 1982
Done at: Paris
Entry into force: 1 December 1986 in accordance
with art.6
Reference:
Depositary: Director-General of UNESCO
Status: signed on 26 May 1983 (definitive signature)
XXVII.
Environment
No.12
International Plant Protection Convention
Full
Text / Current
Parties
Date: 6 December 1951; amended November 1979
Done at: Rome
Entry into force: 3 April 1952 in accordance
with art.XIV; amendment on 4 April 1991
Reference: v150 U.N.T.S. p67
Depositary: Director-General of the Food and Agriculture
Organization of the United Nations
Status: ratified on 21 September 1956
XXVII.
Environment
No.13
International Convention for the Protection of
New Varieties of Plants (as amended) (UPOV)
Full
Text / Current
Parties
Date: 2 December 1961
Done at: Paris
Entry into force: 10 August 1968 in accordance
with art.31
Amended: 10 November 1972 in Geneva (in force
on 11 February 1977); 23 October 1978 in Geneva (in force on 8 November
1981); 19 March 1991 in Geneva (not yet in force)
Reference: v815 U.N.T.S. p89
Depositary: 1961 and 1972: France; 1978 and 1991
(UPOV)
Status: in force for South Africa on 6 November
1977
XXVII.
Environment
No.14
International Convention for the Conservation
of Atlantic Tunas
Full
Text / Current
Parties
Date: 14 May 1966
Done at: Rio de Janeiro
Entry into force: 21 March 1969 in accordance
with art.XIV
Amended: 10 July 1984 in Paris (not yet in force);
5 June 1992 in Madrid (not yet in force).
Reference: v673 U.N.T.S. p63
Depositary: Director-General of the Food and Agriculture
Organization of the United Nations
Status: adhered to since 17 October 1967, and entered
into force on 21 March 1969
XXVII.
Environment
No.15
Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species
of Wild Animals
Full
Text / Current
Parties
Date: 23 June 1979
Done at: Bonn
Entry into force: 1 November 1983 in accordance
with art.XVIII
Reference:
Depositary: Germany
Status: acceded on 27 September 1991, in force
for South Africa on 1 December 1991
XXVII. Environment
No.16
Convention on the Conservation of the Living Resources
of the South-East Atlantic
Full Text / Current Parties
Date: 23 October 1969
Done at: Rome
Entry into force: 24 October 1971 in accordance
with art.XVIII
Reference: v801 U.N.T.S. p101
Depositary: Director-General of the Food and Agriculture
Organization of the United Nations
Status: signed on 23 October 1969; ratified on
2 October 1970; in force for South Africa on 24 October 1971
XXVII.
Environment
No.17
International Convention for the Regulation of
Whaling (as amended)
Full
Text / Current
Parties
Date: 2 December 1946; amended 19 November 1956
Done at: Washington. D.C.
Entry into force: 10 November 1948; amendment
on 4 May 1959 in accordance with art.10
Reference: v161 U.N.T.S. p72
Depositary: U.S.A.
Status: in force for South Africa on 10 November
1948
XXVII. Environment
No.18
Lusaka Agreement on Co-Operative Enforcement Operations
Directed at Illegal Trade in Wild Fauna and Flora
Full Text / Current
Parties
Date: 8 September 1994
Done at: Lusaka
Entry into force: 10 December 1996 in accordance
with art. 13(1)
Reference: UNEP doc. No.94/7929
Depositary: Secretary-General of the United Nations
Status: signed on 9 September 1994
XXVII. Environment
No.19
Convention on International Trade in Endangered
Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES)
Full
Text / Appendices
I & II (1995) / Appendix
III (1995) / Current
Parties
Date: 3 March 1973, amended at Bonn, Germany on
22 June 1979
Done at: Washington, D.C.
Entry into force: 90 days after the date of deposit
of the instrument of ratification in accordance with art. XXII(2)
Reference: v993 U.N.T.S. p244
Depositary: Switzerland
Status: ratified on 15 July 1975, in force for South Africa
on 13 October 1975; Withdrawal of reservation concerning the transfer of the
African Elephant, Loxodonta Africana, from Appendix II to Appendix I: notified
on 6 September 2000
XXVII. Environment
No.20
The Antarctic Treaty
Full
Text / Current
Parties
Date: 1 December 1959
Done at: Washington, D.C.
Entry into force: 23 June 1961 in accordance
with art. XIII
Reference: v402 U.N.T.S. p71
Depositary: U.S.A.
Status: ratified on 21 June 1960 (original signatory),
in force for South Africa on 23 June 1961
XXVII.
Environment
No.21
Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic
Treaty
Full
Text / Current
Parties
Date: 3 October 1991
Done at: Madrid
Entry into force: not yet in force
Reference:
Depositary: U.S.A.
Status: signed on 4 October 1991, ratified on 3
August 1995
XXVII.
Environment
No.22
Convention on the Conservation of Antarctic Marine
Living Resources
Full Text / Current Parties
Date: 20 May 1980
Done at: Canberra
Entry into force: 7 April 1982 in accordance
with art.XXVIII
Reference:
Depositary: Australia
Status: signed on 11 September 1980, ratified on
23 July 1981; in force for South Africa on 7 April 1982
XXVII.
Environment
No.23
Convention for the Conservation of Antarctic Seals
Full
Text / Current
Parties
Date: 1 June 1972
Done at: London
Entry into force: 11 March 1978 in accordance
with art.13
Reference:
Depositary: United Kingdom
Status: signed on 9 June 1972, ratified on 15
August 1972.
XXVII.
Environment
No.24
Convention on the Regulation of Antarctic Mineral
Resource Activities
Full
Text / Current
Parties
Date: 2 June 1988
Done at: Wellington
Entry into force: Not yet in force under
art.62
Reference:
Depositary: New Zealand
Status: signed on 25 November 1988
XXVII. Environment
No.25
Convention on the Continental Shelf
Full
Text / Current Parties
Date: 29 April 1958
Done at: Geneva
Entry into force: 10 June 1964 in accordance
with art.11
Reference: v499 U.N.T.S. p311
Depositary: Secretary-General of the United Nations
Status: acceded on 9 April 1963
XXVII. Environment
No.26
Convention on Fishing and Conservation of the
Living Resources of the High Seas
Full
Text / Current Parties
Date: 29 April 1958
Done at: Geneva
Entry into force: 30 March 1966
Reference: v559 U.N.T.S. p285
Depositary: Secretary-General of the United Nations
Status: acceded on 9 April 1963
XXVII. Environment
No.27
Convention on the High Seas
Full
Text / Current Parties
Date: 29 April 1958
Done at: Geneva
Entry into force: 30 September 1962 in accordance
with art.34
Reference: v450 U.N.T.S. p11
Depositary: Secretary-General of the United Nations
Status: acceded on 9 April 1963
XXVII. Environment
No.28
United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea
Full
Text / Current Parties
Date: 10 December 1982
Done at: Montego Bay, Jamaica
Entry into force: 16 November 1994 in accordance
with art.308(1)
Reference: A/CONF.62/122 and Corr.1 to 11
Depositary: Secretary-General of the United Nations
Status: signed on 5 December 1984; Reservation:
"Pursuant to the provisions of Article 310 of
the Convention the South African Government declares that the signature
of the Convention by South Africa in no way implies recognition by South
Africa of the United Nations Council for Namibia or its competence to act
on behalf of South West Africa/Namibia."
Ratified on 23 December 1997
Upon ratification, the above reservation was withdrawn.
New declaration:
"The Government of the Republic of South Africa shall,
at the appropriate time, make declarations provided for in articles 287
and 298 of the Convention relating to the settlement of disputes."
XXVII.
Environment
No.29
Agreement relating to the Implementation of Part
XI of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea of 10 December
1982
Full
Text / Current
Parties
Date: 28 July 1994
Done at: New York
Entry into force: provisional application on 16
November 1994 in accordance with art.7(1) and entry into force on
28 July 1996 in accordance with art.6(1)
Reference: Doc. A/RES/48/263
Depositary: Secretary-General of the United Nations
Status: signed on 3 October 1994; provisional
application as of 16 November 1994. Notification to the Secretary-General
of intention to continue to participate as a member of the International
Seabed Authority on a provisional basis, in accordance with par.12(a),
first sentence, of section I of the Annex. Notification of continuation
of provisional application on 19 July 1996;
Ratified on 23 December 1997
XXVII. Environment
No.30
Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary
Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal
Full
Text / Current Parties
Date: 22 March 1989
Done at: Basel, Switzerland
Entry into force: 5 May 1992 in accordance
with art. 25(1)
Reference: Doc. UNEP/WG.190/4
Depositary: Secretary-General of the United Nations
Status: acceded on 5 May 1994
XXVII.
Environment
No.31
Convention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution
by Dumping of Wastes and Other Matter (as amended)
Full
Text / Current
Parties
Date: 29 December 1972
Done at: London, Mexico City, Moscow and Washington,
D.C.
Entry into force: 30 August 1975 in accordance
with art.19
Reference:
Depositary Governments: U.K., Mexico, Russian
Federation and U.S.A.
Status: acceded on 7 August 1978
XXVII. Environment
No.32
Protocol of 1978 Relating to the International
Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, 1973
Full
Text / Current Parties
Date: 17 February 1978
Done at: London
Entry into force: 2 October 1983 in accordance
with art.V
Reference:
Depositary: Secretary-General of the International
Maritime Organization of the United Nations
Status: In force for South Africa on 28 February
1985, Annex V in force on 13 August 1992
XXVII.
Environment
No.33
International Convention Relating to Intervention
on the High Seas in Cases of Oil Pollution Casualties
Full
Text / Current
Parties
Date: 29 November 1969
Done at: Brussels
Entry into force: 6 May 1975 in accordance
withart.XI
Reference: v970 U.N.T.S. p211
Depositary: Secretary-General of the International
Maritime Organization of the United Nations
Status: acceded on 1 July 1986; in force for South
Africa on 29 September 1986
XXVII.
Environment
No.34
International Convention on Civil Liability for
Oil Pollution Damage (as amended)
Full
Text / Current
Parties
Date: 29 November 1969
Done at: Brussels
Entry into force: 19 June 1975 in accordance
with art.XV
Amended: 19 November 1976 in London (in force
on 8 April 1981); amended on 25 May 1984 in London (not yet in force)
Reference: v973 U.N.T.S. p3
Depositary: Secretary-General of the International
Maritime Organization of the United Nations
Status: acceded on 17 March 1976; in force for
South Africa on 15 June 1976
XXVII. Environment
No.35
Convention on Nuclear Safety
Full
Text / Current
Parties
Date: 17 June 1994
Done at: Vienna
Entry into force: 24 October 1986 in accordance
with art.31(1)
Reference: IAEA INFCIRC/449
Depositary: International Atomic Energy Agency
Status: signed on 20 September 1994, ratified on
24 December 1996
XXVII. Environment
No.36
Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear
Material
Full
Text / Current
Parties
Date: 26 October 1979
Done at: Vienna
Entry into force: 8 February 1987
in accordance with art. 19(1)
Reference: IAEA INFCIRC/274/Rev.1
Depositary: International Atomic Energy Agency
Status: signed on 18 May 1981
XXVII. Environment
No.37
Convention on Early Notification of a Nuclear
Accident
Full
Text / Current
Parties
Date: 26 September 1986
Done at: Vienna
Entry into force: 27 October
1986 in accordance with art.12
Reference: IAEA INFCIRC/335
Depositary: International Atomic Energy Agency
Status: signed and ratified on 10 August 1987 (reservation);
in force for South Africa on 10 September 1987
XXVII. Environment
No.38
Convention on Assistance in the Case of Nuclear
Accident or Radiological Emergency
Full
Text / Current
Parties
Date: 26 September 1986
Done at: Vienna
Entry into force: 26 February 1987 in accordance
with art.14(3)
Reference: IAEA INFCIRC/336
Depositary: International Atomic Energy Agency
Status: signed and ratified on 10 August 1987 (reservation);
in force for South Africa on 10 September 1987
XXVII. Environment
No.39
Treaty Banning Nuclear Weapon Tests in the Atmosphere,
in Outer Space and Under Water
Full
Text / Current
Parties
Date: 5 August 1963 (original parties; open for signature
on 8 August 1963
Done at: London, Moscow and Washington, D.C.
Entry into force: 10 October 1963 in accordance
with art.III
Reference: v480 U.N.T.S. p43
Depositary: U.K., Russian Federation and U.S.A.
Status: acceded to London text on 10 October 1963,
Washington D.C. text on 10 October 1963, and Moscow text on 22 November
1963
XXVII. Environment
No.40
Treaty on the Prohibition of the Emplacement of
Nuclear Weapons and Other Weapons of Mass Destruction on the Sea Bed and
the Ocean Floor and in the Subsoil Thereof
Full
Text / Current
Parties
Date: 12 December 1971
Done at: London, Moscow and Washington, D.C.
Entry into force: 18 May 1972 in accordance
with art.X
Reference: G.A. Res. 2660 (XXV), annex
Depositary Governments: U.K., Russian Federation
and U.S.A
Status: signed Washington D.C. text on 11 February
1971, ratified Washington D.C. text on 14 November 1973, and ratified London
text on 26 November 1973
XXVII. Environment
No.41
Treaty on Principles Governing the Activities
of States in the Exploration and Use of Outer Space Including the Moon
and Other Celestial Bodies
Full
Text / Current
Parties
Date: 27 January 1967
Done at: London, Moscow, and Washington, D.C.
Entry into force: 10 October 1967 in accordance
with art.XIV
Reference: G.A. Res. 2222 (XXI), annex; v610 U.N.T.S.
p205
Depositary: U.K., Russian Federation and U.S.A.
Status: signed Washington, D.C. text on 1 March
1967; ratified Washington D.C. text on 30 September 1968; ratified London
text on 8 October 1968
XXVII. Environment
No.42
Convention on the Prohibition of the Development,
Production and Stockpiling of Bacteriological (Biological) and Toxin Weapons,
and on Their Destruction
Full
Text / Current
Parties
Date: 10 April 1972
Done at: London, Moscow and Washington, D.C.
Entry into force: 26 March 1975 in accordance
with art.XIV
Reference: G.A. Res. 2826 (XXVI), annex; v1015
U.N.T.S. p163
Depositary Governments: U.K., Russian Federation
and U.S.A.
Status: signed Washington D.C. text on 11 April
1972, ratified Washington D.C. text on 3 November 1975
XXVII. Environment
No.43
Convention on the Prohibition of the Development,
Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and Their Destruction
Full
Text / Current Parties
Date: 13 January 1993
Done at: Paris
Entry into force: 29 April 1997 in accordance
with art.21(1)
Reference: Doc. CD/CW/WP.400/Rev.1
Depositary: Secretary-General of the United Nations
Status: signed on 14 January 1993 and ratified
on 13 September 1995
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