Division for Sustainable Development
Links to Sustainable Development Topics by Alphabetical Order
2010/2011 CSD Topics
International Legal Instruments & Mechanisms <ARCHIVE>
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Selected Conventions of Relevance to Sustainable Development
Global
- Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage (World Heritage Convention)
- Convention on Biological Diversity
- Convention on the Ban of the Import into Africa and the Control of Transboundary Movement and Management of Hazardous Wastes within Africa (Bamako Convention)
- Convention on Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS)
- Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal (Basel Convention)
- Convention to Combat Desertification, particularly in Africa
- Conventions in the field of marine safety and preventing marine pollution
- Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES)
- Convention on the Law of the Sea
- International Convention on Liability and Compensation for Damage in Connection with the Carriage of Hazardous and Noxious Substances by Sea
- International Convention on Oil Pollution Preparedness, Response and Cooperation
- Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPS Convention)
- Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade (Rotterdam Convention)
- Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer (Vienna Convention) and the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer
- Convention on Wetlands of International Importance especially as Waterfowl Habitat (Ramsar Convention)
- Framework Convention on Climate Change
Regional
- ASEAN Agreement on Transboundary Haze Pollution
- UN ECE Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-Making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters (Aarhus Convention)
- UN ECE Convention on Environmental Impact Assessment (Espoo Convention)
- UN ECE Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution
- UN ECE Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes (Helsinki Convention)
- UN ECE Convention on the Transboundary Effects of Industrial Accidents
Regional Seas
- Antarctic: Convention on the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources
- Baltic: Convention on the Protection of the Marine Environment of the Baltic Sea Area (Helsinki Convention)
- Caspian: Framework Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment of the Caspian Sea
- North-East Atlantic: The Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment of the North-East Atlantic
- UNEP Regional Seas Conventions