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184 Additional Protocol Concerning Compensation For Loss And Damage And For The Works To Be Carried Out By Finland In Connection With The Implementation Of The Agreement Concerning The Regulation Of Lake Inari By Means Of The Kaitakoski Hydroelectric Power Station And Dam Pre.1 The Government of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, the Government of Norway and the Government of Finland,
184 Additional Protocol Concerning Compensation For Loss And Damage And For The Works To Be Carried Out By Finland In Connection With The Implementation Of The Agreement Concerning The Regulation Of Lake Inari By Means Of The Kaitakoski Hydroelectric Power Station And Dam Pre.2 Considering that, when they come into operation, the Kaitakoski hydro-electric power station and dam will serve as the control installation for Lake Inari in place of the Niskakoski dam, and
184 Additional Protocol Concerning Compensation For Loss And Damage And For The Works To Be Carried Out By Finland In Connection With The Implementation Of The Agreement Concerning The Regulation Of Lake Inari By Means Of The Kaitakoski Hydroelectric Power Station And Dam Pre.3 Desiring to serve in the best possible manner the interests of all three Parties in the regulation of Lake Inari,
184 Additional Protocol Concerning Compensation For Loss And Damage And For The Works To Be Carried Out By Finland In Connection With The Implementation Of The Agreement Concerning The Regulation Of Lake Inari By Means Of The Kaitakoski Hydroelectric Power Station And Dam Pre.4 Have decided to conclude, this Agreement and have for this purpose appointed as their plenipotentiaries:
184 Additional Protocol Concerning Compensation For Loss And Damage And For The Works To Be Carried Out By Finland In Connection With The Implementation Of The Agreement Concerning The Regulation Of Lake Inari By Means Of The Kaitakoski Hydroelectric Power Station And Dam Pre.5 The Government of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics: Dmitry Grigorevich Kotilevsky, Chief Engineer of the Central Power Board under the State Planning Committee of the USSR;
184 Additional Protocol Concerning Compensation For Loss And Damage And For The Works To Be Carried Out By Finland In Connection With The Implementation Of The Agreement Concerning The Regulation Of Lake Inari By Means Of The Kaitakoski Hydroelectric Power Station And Dam Pre.6 The Government of Norway: Hans-Christian Boehlke, Chief of Division in the Royal Ministry of Foreign Affairs;
184 Additional Protocol Concerning Compensation For Loss And Damage And For The Works To Be Carried Out By Finland In Connection With The Implementation Of The Agreement Concerning The Regulation Of Lake Inari By Means Of The Kaitakoski Hydroelectric Power Station And Dam Pre.7 The Government of Finland: Soini Palasto, Consul-General, Adviser to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs;
184 Additional Protocol Concerning Compensation For Loss And Damage And For The Works To Be Carried Out By Finland In Connection With The Implementation Of The Agreement Concerning The Regulation Of Lake Inari By Means Of The Kaitakoski Hydroelectric Power Station And Dam Pre.8 who, having exhibited their full powers, found in good and due form, have agreed as follows:
2597 Convention Respecting Measures For The Preservation And Protection Of The Fur Seals In The North Pacific Ocean Pre.1 His Majesty the King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and of the British Dominions beyond the Seas, Emperor of India, the United States of America, His Majesty the Emperor of Japan, and His Majesty the Emperor of all the Russias, being desirous of adopting effective means for the preservation and protection of the fur seals which frequent the waters of the North Pacific Ocean, have resolved to conclude a Convention for the purpose, and to that end have named as their Plenipotentiaries:
2597 Convention Respecting Measures For The Preservation And Protection Of The Fur Seals In The North Pacific Ocean Pre.2 [Names of plenipotentiaries not listed here.]
2597 Convention Respecting Measures For The Preservation And Protection Of The Fur Seals In The North Pacific Ocean Pre.3 Who, after having communicated to one another their respective full powers, which were found to be in due and proper form, have agreed upon the following Articles:
2598 Treaty Concerning The Archipelago Of Spitsbergen Pre.1 The President of the United States of America; His Majesty the King of Great Britain and Ireland and of the British Dominions beyond the Seas, Emperor of India; His Majesty the King of Denmark; the President of the French Republic; His Majesty the King of Italy; His Majesty the Emperor of Japan; His Majesty the King of Norway; Her Majesty the Queen of the Netherlands; His Majesty the King of Sweden,
2598 Treaty Concerning The Archipelago Of Spitsbergen Pre.2 DESIROUS, while recognising the sovereignty of Norway over the Archipelago of Spitsbergen, including Bear Island, of seeing these territories provided with an equitable regime, in order to assure their development and peaceful utilisation,
2598 Treaty Concerning The Archipelago Of Spitsbergen Pre.3 HAVE APPOINTED as their respective Plenipotentiaries with a view to concluding a Treaty to this effect:
2598 Treaty Concerning The Archipelago Of Spitsbergen Pre.4 [Names of plenipotentiaries not reproduced here.]
2598 Treaty Concerning The Archipelago Of Spitsbergen Pre.5 Who, having communicated their full powers, found in good and due form, have agreed as follows:
2612 International Agreement For The Regulation Of Whaling Pre.1 The Governments of the Union of South Africa, the United States of America, the Argentine Republic, the Commonwealth of Australia, Germany, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the Irish Free State, New Zealand and Norway, desiring to secure the prosperity of the whaling industry and, for that purpose, to maintain the stock of whales, have agreed as follows:
2615 Convention On Nature Protection And Wildlife Preservation In The Western Hemisphere Pre.1 Preamble
2615 Convention On Nature Protection And Wildlife Preservation In The Western Hemisphere Pre.2 The Governments of the American Republics, wishing to protect and preserve in their natural habitat representatives of all species and genera of their native flora and fauna, including migratory birds, in sufficient numbers and over areas extensive enough to assure them from becoming extinct through any agency within man's control; and
2615 Convention On Nature Protection And Wildlife Preservation In The Western Hemisphere Pre.3 Wishing to protect and preserve scenery of extraordinary beauty, unusual and striking geologic formations, regions and natural objects of aesthetic, historic or scientific value, and areas characterized by primitive conditions in those cases covered by this Convention; and
2615 Convention On Nature Protection And Wildlife Preservation In The Western Hemisphere Pre.4 Wishing to conclude a convention on the protection of nature and the preservation of flora and fauna to effectuate the foregoing purposes have agreed upon the following Articles:
2617 Constitution Of The Food And Agriculture Organization Of The United Nations Pre.1 Preamble
2617 Constitution Of The Food And Agriculture Organization Of The United Nations Pre.2 The Nations accepting this Constitution, being determined to promote the common welfare by furthering separate and collective action on their part for the purpose of: raising levels of nutrition and standards of living of the peoples under their respective jurisdictions;
2617 Constitution Of The Food And Agriculture Organization Of The United Nations Pre.3 securing improvements in the efficiency of the production and distribution of all food and agricultural products;
2617 Constitution Of The Food And Agriculture Organization Of The United Nations Pre.4 bettering the condition of rural populations;
2617 Constitution Of The Food And Agriculture Organization Of The United Nations Pre.5 and thus contributing towards an expanding world economy and ensuring humanity's freedom from hunger;
2617 Constitution Of The Food And Agriculture Organization Of The United Nations Pre.6 hereby establish the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, hereinafter referred to as the "Organization" through which the Members will report to one another on the measures taken and the progress achieved in the field of action set forth above.
2621 International Convention For The Regulation Of Whaling Pre.1 The Governments whose duly authorised representatives have subscribed hereto,
2621 International Convention For The Regulation Of Whaling Pre.2 Recognizing the interest of the nations of the world in safeguarding for future generations the great natural resources represented by the whale stocks;
2621 International Convention For The Regulation Of Whaling Pre.3 Considering that the history of whaling has seen over-fishing of one area after another and of one species of whale after another to such a degree that it is essential to protect all species of whales from further over-fishing;
2621 International Convention For The Regulation Of Whaling Pre.4 Recognizing that the whale stocks are susceptible of natural increases if whaling is properly regulated, and that increases in the size of whale stocks will permit increases in the number of whales which may be captured without endangering these natural resources;
2621 International Convention For The Regulation Of Whaling Pre.5 Recognizing that it is in the common interest to achieve the optimum level of whale stocks as rapidly as possible without causing widespread economic and nutritional distress;
2621 International Convention For The Regulation Of Whaling Pre.6 Recognizing that in the course of achieving these objectives, whaling operations should be confined to those species best able to sustain exploitation in order to give an interval for recovery to certain species of whales now depleted in numbers;
2621 International Convention For The Regulation Of Whaling Pre.7 Desiring to establish a system of international regulation for the whale fisheries to ensure proper and effective conservation and development of whale stocks on the basis of the principles embodied in the provisions of the International Agreement for the Regulation of Whaling, signed in London on 8th June, 1937, and the protocols to that Agreement signed in London on 24th June, 1938, and 26th November, 1945; and
2621 International Convention For The Regulation Of Whaling Pre.8 Having decided to conclude a convention to provide for the proper conservation of whale stocks and thus make possible the orderly development of the whaling industry;
2621 International Convention For The Regulation Of Whaling Pre.9 Have agreed as follows:-
2624 Agreement For The Establishment Of The Indo-Pacific Fisheries Commission Pre.1 THE GOVERNMENTS of Burma, China, France, India, the Netherlands, the Republic of the Philippines, the United Kingdom and the United States of America, members of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, having a mutual interest in the development and proper utilization of the living aquatic resources of the Indo-Pacific areas, and desiring to further the attainment of these ends through international cooperation by the establishment of an Indo-Pacific Fisheries Council agree as follows:
2625 International Convention For The Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Pre.1 The Governments whose duly authorized representatives have subscribed hereto, sharing a substantial interest in the conservation of the fishery resources of the Northwest Atlantic Ocean, have resolved to conclude a convention for the investigation, protection and conservation of the fisheries of the Northwest Atlantic Ocean, in order to make possible the maintenance of a maximum sustained catch from those fisheries and to that end have, through their duly authorized representatives, agreed as follows :
2626 International Convention For The Permanent Control Of Outbreak Areas Of The Red Locust Pre.1 The Governments of Belgium, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the Union of South Africa and Southern Rhodesia, wishing to improve and extend the International Organisation provisionally established to carry out the recommendations of the 5th International Anti-Locust Conference held at Brussels on 1st September, 1938, with a view to preventing outbreaks of the Red Locust, and considering that the time has come to give effect to the suggestions made by experts of the countries primarily concerned at their meetings at Lusaka in September, 1945, and June, 1947, have agreed as follows:
2627 Convention For The Establishment Of An Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission Pre.1 The United States of America and the Republic of Costa Rica considering their mutual interest in maintaining the populations of yellowfin and skipjack tuna and of other kinds of fish taken by tuna fishing vessels in the eastern Pacific Ocean which by reason of continued use have come to be of common concern and desiring to co-operate in the gathering and interpretation of factual information to facilitate maintaining the populations of these fishes at a level which will permit maximum sustained catches year after year, have agreed to conclude a Convention for these purposes and to that end have named as their Plenipotentiaries: who, having communicated to each other their full powers, found to be in good and due form, have agreed as follows:
2633 International Convention For The Protection Of Birds Art.1 Article 1
2633 International Convention For The Protection Of Birds Art.1.1x The purpose of this Convention is to protect birds in the wild state.
2638 Agreement Concerning Measures For The Protection Of The Stocks Of Deep Sea Prawns (Pandalus Borealis), European Lobsters (Homarus Vulgaris), Norway Lobsters (Nephrops Norvegicus) And Crabs (Cancer Pagurus) Pre.1 The Governments of Denmark, Norway and Sweden, being desirous of concluding an agreement relating to measures for the protection of stocks of deep-sea prawns (Pandalus borealis), European lobsters (Homarus vulgaris), Norway lobsters (Nephrops norvegicus) and crabs (Cancer pagurus), have agreed as follows:
2663 Plant Protection Agreement For The Asia And Pacific Region Pre.1 THE CONTRACTING GOVERNMENTS, desiring to prevent, through concerted action, the introduction into and spread within the South East Asia and Pacific Region of destructive plant diseases and pests, have concluded the following Agreement, which is a supplementary agreement under Article III of the International Plant Protection Convention of 1951:
2668 Interim Convention On Conservation Of North Pacific Fur Seals Pre.1 The Governments of Canada, Japan, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, and the United States of America,
2668 Interim Convention On Conservation Of North Pacific Fur Seals Pre.2 DESIRING to take effective measures towards achieving the maximum sustainable productivity of the fur seal resources of the North Pacific Ocean so that the fur seal populations can be brought to and maintained at the levels which will provide the greatest harvest year after year, with due regard to their relation to the productivity of other living marine resources of the area,
2668 Interim Convention On Conservation Of North Pacific Fur Seals Pre.3 RECOGNIZING that in order to determine such measures it is necessary to conduct adequate scientific research on the said resources, and
2668 Interim Convention On Conservation Of North Pacific Fur Seals Pre.4 DESIRING to provide for international cooperation in achieving these objectives,
2668 Interim Convention On Conservation Of North Pacific Fur Seals Pre.5 Agree as follows:
2680 Northeast Atlantic Fisheries Convention Pre.1 The States Parties to this Convention
2680 Northeast Atlantic Fisheries Convention Pre.2 Desiring to ensure the conservation of the fish stocks and the rational exploitation of the fisheries of the North-East Atlantic Ocean and adjacent waters, which are of common concern to them;
2680 Northeast Atlantic Fisheries Convention Pre.3 Have agreed as follows:
2690 Agreement Concerning Cooperation In The Quarantine Of Plants And Their Protection Against Pests And Diseases Pre.1 The Contracting Parties,
2690 Agreement Concerning Cooperation In The Quarantine Of Plants And Their Protection Against Pests And Diseases Pre.2 Considering the danger presented by the diseases and pests of agricultural plants and by weeds to the national economy of all countries,
2690 Agreement Concerning Cooperation In The Quarantine Of Plants And Their Protection Against Pests And Diseases Pre.3 Desirous of expanding co-operation in the quarantine of plants and their protection from pests, diseases and weeds and of co-ordinating measures in regard to quarantine and the control of pests and diseases of agricultural plants and the control of weeds,
2690 Agreement Concerning Cooperation In The Quarantine Of Plants And Their Protection Against Pests And Diseases Pre.4 With a view to the mutual protection of their territories against the importation of quarantinable pests, diseases and weeds and to developing economic and trade relations between their countries,
2690 Agreement Concerning Cooperation In The Quarantine Of Plants And Their Protection Against Pests And Diseases Pre.5 Having decided to conclude an Agreement for this purpose, have hereby agreed as follows:
2719 Protocol Of Signature To The Agreement Concerning The International Commission For The Protection Of The Rhine Against Pollution Pre.1 The Governments of the Federal Republic of Germany, the French Republic, the Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg, the Kingdom of the Netherlands and the Swiss Confederation,
2719 Protocol Of Signature To The Agreement Concerning The International Commission For The Protection Of The Rhine Against Pollution Pre.2 Anxious to assure the quality of the waters of the Rhine by attempting to prevent further pollution and to improve the present state,
2719 Protocol Of Signature To The Agreement Concerning The International Commission For The Protection Of The Rhine Against Pollution Pre.3 Convinced of the urgency of this mission,
2719 Protocol Of Signature To The Agreement Concerning The International Commission For The Protection Of The Rhine Against Pollution Pre.4 Wishing to strengthen the collaboration between the signatory Governments already existing since 1950 in this matter,
2719 Protocol Of Signature To The Agreement Concerning The International Commission For The Protection Of The Rhine Against Pollution Pre.5 Have agreed to the following:
2728 Nordic Mutual Emergency Assistance Agreement In Connection With Radiation Accidents Pre.1 The Contracting Parties, desiring to assist each other to the extent possible in the event of an incident involving damage from ionizing radiation, and desiring to establish in advance the terms upon which a Contracting State requesting assistance (hereinafter referred to as the "Requesting State") may use the assistance provided by another Contracting State or by the International Atomic Energy Agency (hereinafter referred to as the "Assisting Party"), have agreed as follows:
2729 Act Regarding Navigation And Economic Cooperation Between The States Of The Niger Basin Pre.1 The Federal Republic of Cameroon, the Republic of Chad, the Republic of Dahomey, the Republic of Guinea, the Republic of the Ivory Coast, the Republic of Mali, the Republic of Niger, the Federal Republic of Nigeria, the Republic of Upper Volta,
2729 Act Regarding Navigation And Economic Cooperation Between The States Of The Niger Basin Pre.2 CONSIDERING their attainment of independence and the need for regulating by new agreement the question of the utilisation of the River Niger, its tributaries and sub-tributaries of which they are the riparian States;
2729 Act Regarding Navigation And Economic Cooperation Between The States Of The Niger Basin Pre.3 DESIROUS of developing close co-operation for the judicious exploitation of the resources of the River Niger basin as well as to guarantee the freedom of navigation on the River, its tributaries and sub-tributaries and to ensure equality of treatment to those who use it;
2729 Act Regarding Navigation And Economic Cooperation Between The States Of The Niger Basin Pre.4 CONSIDERING that, in the wake of technical progress, several of the riparian States have already drawn up plans for hydraulic developments such as irrigation, water supply, hydro-electric installations, civil works, soil and river basin improvement, and also plans for dealing with the problems of water pollution, exploitation of fishery resources, the improvement of agricultural practices and industrial development of the basin;
2729 Act Regarding Navigation And Economic Cooperation Between The States Of The Niger Basin Pre.5 CONSIDERING that the schemes planned in each State are likely to affect the regime of the River and the use of its water by other riparian States;
2729 Act Regarding Navigation And Economic Cooperation Between The States Of The Niger Basin Pre.6 CONSIDERING the need to establish a joint institution to increase co-operation amongst the States interested in common projects concerned with the basin of the River Niger and to ensure the maintenance and application of the agreed major principles;
2729 Act Regarding Navigation And Economic Cooperation Between The States Of The Niger Basin Pre.7 SOLEMNLY AFFIRM the following principles which will govern the measures of co-operation for the purpose of achieving the objectives of the present Act and declare that:
2741 Convention For The International Council For The Exploration Of The Sea Pre.1 PREAMBLE
2741 Convention For The International Council For The Exploration Of The Sea Pre.2 The Governments of the State Parties to this Convention
2741 Convention For The International Council For The Exploration Of The Sea Pre.3 Having participated in the work of the International Council for the Explorations of the Sea, which was established at Copenhagen in 1902 as a result of conferences held in Stockholm in 1899 and in Christiania in 1901 and entrusted with the task of carrying out a programmed of international investigation of the sea
2741 Convention For The International Council For The Exploration Of The Sea Pre.4 Desiring to provide a new constitution for the aforesaid Council with a view to facilitating the implementation of its programmed
2741 Convention For The International Council For The Exploration Of The Sea Pre.5 Have agreed as follows:
2742 Agreement Concerning The Niger River Commission And The Navigation And Transport On The River Niger Pre.1 The Contracting Parties
2742 Agreement Concerning The Niger River Commission And The Navigation And Transport On The River Niger Pre.2 Having adopted at the Conference of the Riparian States of the River Niger, its tributaries and sub-tributaries, held at Niamey from the 24th to the 26th October, 1963, an Act regarding the navigation and economic co-operation between the States of the River Niger Basin,
2742 Agreement Concerning The Niger River Commission And The Navigation And Transport On The River Niger Pre.3 Desirous of giving effect to Article 5 of the said Act, by which they have undertaken to establish an Inter-Governmental Organization entrusted with the fostering, the promotion and the co-ordination of studies and programmes relating to the utilization and development of the resources of the River Niger Basin,
2742 Agreement Concerning The Niger River Commission And The Navigation And Transport On The River Niger Pre.4 Desirous of specifying some questions relating to navigation and transportation on the River,
2742 Agreement Concerning The Niger River Commission And The Navigation And Transport On The River Niger Pre.5 Have agreed as follows:
2742 Agreement Concerning The Niger River Commission And The Navigation And Transport On The River Niger Sect.1 CHAPTER I RIVER NIGER COMMISSION
2751 International Convention For The Conservation Of Atlantic Tunas Pre.1 The Government whose duly authorized representatives have subscribed hereto, considering their mutual interest in the populations of tuna and tuna-like fishes found in the Atlantic Ocean, and desiring to co-operate in maintaining the populations of these fishes at levels which will permit the maximum sustainable catch for food and other purposes, resolve to conclude a Convention for the conservation of the resources of tuna and tuna-like fishes of the Atlantic Ocean, and to that end agree as follows:
2757 Convention On The International Hydrographic Organization Pre.1 The Governments Parties to this Convention,
2757 Convention On The International Hydrographic Organization Pre.2 CONSIDERING that the International Hydrographic Bureau was established in June 1921 to contribute to making navigation easier and safer throughout the world by improving nautical charts and documents;
2757 Convention On The International Hydrographic Organization Pre.3 DESIRING to pursue on an intergovernmental basis their cooperation in hydrography;
2757 Convention On The International Hydrographic Organization Pre.4 HAVE AGREED as follows :
2758 Convention On The Conduct Of Fishing Operations In The North Atlantic Pre.1 The Governments of Belgium, Canada, Denmark, the French Republic, the Federal Republic of Germany, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, the Polish People's Republic, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and the United States of America,
2758 Convention On The Conduct Of Fishing Operations In The North Atlantic Pre.2 Desiring to ensure good order and conduct on the fishing grounds in the North Atlantic area;
2758 Convention On The Conduct Of Fishing Operations In The North Atlantic Pre.3 Have agreed as follows:
2768 Agreement For The Establishment For Arab Centre For The Studies Of Dry And Barren Land Pre.1 The Governments of
2768 Agreement For The Establishment For Arab Centre For The Studies Of Dry And Barren Land Pre.2 The Hashimite Kingdom of Jordan
2768 Agreement For The Establishment For Arab Centre For The Studies Of Dry And Barren Land Pre.3 The Tunesian Republic
2768 Agreement For The Establishment For Arab Centre For The Studies Of Dry And Barren Land Pre.4 People's Democratic Republic of Algeria
2768 Agreement For The Establishment For Arab Centre For The Studies Of Dry And Barren Land Pre.5 The Democratic Republic of the Sudan
2768 Agreement For The Establishment For Arab Centre For The Studies Of Dry And Barren Land Pre.6 The Republic of Iraq Saudi Arabian Kingdom Syrian Arab Republic United Arab Republic Yemen Arab Republic The State of Kuweit Lebanon Republic
2768 Agreement For The Establishment For Arab Centre For The Studies Of Dry And Barren Land Pre.7 Libyan Arab Republic The Kingdom of Morocco
2768 Agreement For The Establishment For Arab Centre For The Studies Of Dry And Barren Land Pre.8 People's Republic of Southern Yemen
2768 Agreement For The Establishment For Arab Centre For The Studies Of Dry And Barren Land Pre.9 Desiring to promote their cultural and economic ties and to co-operate in developing and improving the means of utilization of their resources and in realization to the ends of the Arab League charter have agreed on the following provisions which have been approved by the Arab League Council.
2769 African Convention On The Conservation Of Nature And Natural Resources Pre.1 PREAMBLE
2769 African Convention On The Conservation Of Nature And Natural Resources Pre.2 We the Heads of State and Government of Independent African States,
2769 African Convention On The Conservation Of Nature And Natural Resources Pre.3 FULLY CONSCIOUS that soil, water, flora and faunal resources constitute a capital of vital importance to mankind;
2769 African Convention On The Conservation Of Nature And Natural Resources Pre.4 CONFIRMING, as we accepted upon declaring our adherence to the Charter of the Organization of African Unity, that we know that it is our duty "to harness the natural and human resources of our continent for the total advancement of our peoples in spheres of human endeavour";
2769 African Convention On The Conservation Of Nature And Natural Resources Pre.5 FULLY CONSCIOUS of the ever-growing importance of natural resources from an economic, nutritional, scientific, educational, cultural and aesthetic point of view;
2769 African Convention On The Conservation Of Nature And Natural Resources Pre.6 CONSCIOUS of the dangers which threaten some of these irreplaceable assets;
2769 African Convention On The Conservation Of Nature And Natural Resources Pre.7 ACCEPTING that the utilization of the natural resources must aim at satisfying the needs of man according to the carrying capacity of the environment;
2769 African Convention On The Conservation Of Nature And Natural Resources Pre.8 DESIROUS of undertaking individual and joint action for the conservation, utilization and development of these assets by establishing and maintaining their rational utilization for the present and future welfare of mankind;
2769 African Convention On The Conservation Of Nature And Natural Resources Pre.9 CONVINCED that one of the most appropriate means of achieving this end is to bring into force a convention;
2769 African Convention On The Conservation Of Nature And Natural Resources Pre.10 HAVE AGREED AS FOLLOWS:
2769 African Convention On The Conservation Of Nature And Natural Resources Art.10 Article X Conservation Areas
2769 African Convention On The Conservation Of Nature And Natural Resources Art.10.1 1. The Contracting States shall maintain and extend where appropriate, within their territory and where applicable in their territorial waters, the Conservation areas existing at the time of entry into force of the present convention and, preferably within the framework of land use planning programmers, assess the necessity of establishing additional conservation areas in order to:
2769 African Convention On The Conservation Of Nature And Natural Resources Art.10.1.a (a) protect those ecosystems which are most representative of and particularly those which are in any respect peculiar to their territories;
2769 African Convention On The Conservation Of Nature And Natural Resources Art.10.1.b (b) ensure conservation of all species and more particularly of those listed or may be listed in the annex to this convention.
2770 European Agreement On The Restriction Of The Use Of Certain Detergents In Washing And Cleaning Products Pre.1 The Governments of the Kingdom of Belgium, the Kingdom of Denmark, the French Republic, the Federal Republic of Germany, the Italian Republic, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, the Kingdom of the Netherlands, the Swiss Confederation and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland,
2770 European Agreement On The Restriction Of The Use Of Certain Detergents In Washing And Cleaning Products Pre.2 Considering that the Parties to the Brussels Treaty of 17th March 1948, as amended on 23rd October 1954, resolved to strengthen the social ties by which they are united and to make every effort in common, both by direct consultation and in specialized Agencies, to raise the standard of living of their peoples and promote the harmonious development of social services in their respective countries;
2770 European Agreement On The Restriction Of The Use Of Certain Detergents In Washing And Cleaning Products Pre.3 Considering that the social activities governed by the Brussels Treaty and carried on, until 1959, under the auspices of the Brussels Treaty Organisation and the Western European Union are now conducted within the framework of the Council of Europe, in accordance with the decision taken on 21st October 1959 by the Council of Western European Union and with Resolution (59) 23 adopted on 16th November 1959 by the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe;
2770 European Agreement On The Restriction Of The Use Of Certain Detergents In Washing And Cleaning Products Pre.4 Considering that the Swiss Confederation and the Kingdom of Denmark have participated since 6th May 1964 and 2nd April 1968 respectively in activities in the field of public health carried on under the aforesaid resolution;
2770 European Agreement On The Restriction Of The Use Of Certain Detergents In Washing And Cleaning Products Pre.5 Whereas the aim of the Council of Europe is to achieve greater unity between its members, so as to further economic and social progress by agreements and by common action in economic, social, cultural, scientific, legal and administrative matters;
2770 European Agreement On The Restriction Of The Use Of Certain Detergents In Washing And Cleaning Products Pre.6 Whereas the said governments have striven to encourage progress as far as may be practicable not only in social matters but in the related field of public health, and have undertaken to harmonies their national legislations in pursuance of the action mentioned in the foregoing paragraph;
2770 European Agreement On The Restriction Of The Use Of Certain Detergents In Washing And Cleaning Products Pre.7 Whereas it is becoming increasingly necessary to secure harmonization of the laws on the control of fresh water pollution;
2770 European Agreement On The Restriction Of The Use Of Certain Detergents In Washing And Cleaning Products Pre.8 Being convinced that appropriate measures are essential not only from the standpoint of human needs but also to ensure the protection of nature in general, the paramount objectives being to protect effectively:
2770 European Agreement On The Restriction Of The Use Of Certain Detergents In Washing And Cleaning Products Pre.9.a a. the supply of water for the population, for industry, for agriculture and for other business occupations;
2770 European Agreement On The Restriction Of The Use Of Certain Detergents In Washing And Cleaning Products Pre.10.b b. the natural aquatic fauna and flora, and in particular so far as they contribute to human well-being;
2770 European Agreement On The Restriction Of The Use Of Certain Detergents In Washing And Cleaning Products Pre.11.c c. the unhindered enjoyment of places devoted to leisure and sport;
2770 European Agreement On The Restriction Of The Use Of Certain Detergents In Washing And Cleaning Products Pre.12 Observing that the general household and industrial use of certain types of detergents might cause considerable prejudice to these interests;
2770 European Agreement On The Restriction Of The Use Of Certain Detergents In Washing And Cleaning Products Pre.13 Feeling, therefore, that some restriction must be put on the use of such products,
2770 European Agreement On The Restriction Of The Use Of Certain Detergents In Washing And Cleaning Products Pre.14 Have agreed as follows:
2783 Convention On The Conservation Of The Living Resources Of The Southeast Atlantic Pre.1 Preamble
2783 Convention On The Conservation Of The Living Resources Of The Southeast Atlantic Pre.2 The Governments of the States parties to this Convention, considering their mutual interest in the living resources of the Southeast Atlantic and desiring to cooperate in the conservation and rational exploitation of these resources, have agreed as follows:
2785 International Convention On Civil Liability For Oil Pollution Damage Pre.1 THE STATES PARTIES TO THE PRESENT CONVENTION,
2785 International Convention On Civil Liability For Oil Pollution Damage Pre.2 CONSCIOUS of the dangers of pollution posed by the worldwide maritime carriage of oil in bulk,
2785 International Convention On Civil Liability For Oil Pollution Damage Pre.3 CONVINCED of the need to ensure that adequate compensation is available to persons who suffer damage caused by pollution resulting from the escape or discharge of oil from ships,
2785 International Convention On Civil Liability For Oil Pollution Damage Pre.4 DESIRING to adopt uniform international rules and procedures for determining questions of liability and providing adequate compensation in such cases,
2785 International Convention On Civil Liability For Oil Pollution Damage Pre.5 HAVE AGREED as follows:
2787 Benelux Convention On The Hunting And Protection Of Birds Pre.1 The Government of the Kingdom of Belgium, the Government of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, the Government of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.
2787 Benelux Convention On The Hunting And Protection Of Birds Pre.2 Having regard to article 6 of the Treaty instituting the Benelux Economic Union, signed at The Hague on 3 February 1958,
2787 Benelux Convention On The Hunting And Protection Of Birds Pre.3 Having regard to the International Convention for the protection of birds, signed at Paris on 18 October 1950, to which the three Benelux countries are parties;
2787 Benelux Convention On The Hunting And Protection Of Birds Pre.4 Being desirous of harmonizing the principles governing their laws and regulations on the subject of hunting and the protection of birds in the wild state, which were established in the interests of land-holders, agriculture and the efficient protection of nature;
2787 Benelux Convention On The Hunting And Protection Of Birds Pre.5 Considering that such harmonization will make for greater uniformity in the laws relating to the transport of game and birds in the wild state and thereby facilitate the elimination of formalities and inspection measures at the frontiers between the benelux countries;
2787 Benelux Convention On The Hunting And Protection Of Birds Pre.6 Having regard to the advice of the Benelux Consultative Interparliamentary Council of 25 April 1970; Have agreed on the following provisions:
2787 Benelux Convention On The Hunting And Protection Of Birds Sect.1 Part I
2796 Agreement Between Denmark, Finland, Norway, And Sweden Concerning Cooperation In Measures To Deal With Pollution Of The Sea By Oil Pre.1 The Governments of Norway, Denmark, Finland and Sweden,
2796 Agreement Between Denmark, Finland, Norway, And Sweden Concerning Cooperation In Measures To Deal With Pollution Of The Sea By Oil Pre.2 Desiring to co-operate in dealing with any significant pollution of the sea by oil which threatens the coasts or related interests of one of the Contracting States, and to co-operate in furthering supervision of compliance with the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution of the Sea by Oil and the national regulations based on that Convention, and
2796 Agreement Between Denmark, Finland, Norway, And Sweden Concerning Cooperation In Measures To Deal With Pollution Of The Sea By Oil Pre.3 Taking into account the Agreement of June 9 1969 for Co-operation in Dealing with Pollution of the North Sea by Oil,
2796 Agreement Between Denmark, Finland, Norway, And Sweden Concerning Cooperation In Measures To Deal With Pollution Of The Sea By Oil Pre.4 Have agreed as follows;
2806 Agreement Between The Government Of Canada, The Government Of The Republic Of Iceland And The Government Of The Kingdom Of Norway Concerning An International Observer Scheme For Land-Based Whaling Stations In The North Atlantic Area Art.1 ARTICLE I
2806 Agreement Between The Government Of Canada, The Government Of The Republic Of Iceland And The Government Of The Kingdom Of Norway Concerning An International Observer Scheme For Land-Based Whaling Stations In The North Atlantic Area Art.1.1x The purpose of this Agreement is to establish a scheme to provide for an exchange of Observers to maintain surveillance over whaling operations at the land-based whaling stations in Canada, Iceland and Norway.
2807 Convention On The Prohibition Of The Development, Production And Stockpiling Of Bacteriological (Biological) And Toxin Weapons, And On Their Destruction Pre.1 The States Parties to this Convention,
2807 Convention On The Prohibition Of The Development, Production And Stockpiling Of Bacteriological (Biological) And Toxin Weapons, And On Their Destruction Pre.2 Determine to act with a view to achieving effective progress toward general and complete disarmament, including the prohibition and elimination of all types of weapons of mass destruction, and convinced that the prohibition of the development, production and stockpiling of chemical and bacteriological (biological) weapons and their elimination, through effective measures, will facilitate the achievement of general and complete disarmament under strict and effective control,
2807 Convention On The Prohibition Of The Development, Production And Stockpiling Of Bacteriological (Biological) And Toxin Weapons, And On Their Destruction Pre.3 Recognizing the important significance of the Protocol for the Prohibition of the Use in War of Asphyxiating, Poisonous or Other Gases, and of Bacteriological Methods of Warfare, signed at Geneva on June 17, 1925, and conscious also of the contribution which the said Protocol has already made and continues to make, to mitigating the horrors of war,
2807 Convention On The Prohibition Of The Development, Production And Stockpiling Of Bacteriological (Biological) And Toxin Weapons, And On Their Destruction Pre.4 Reaffirming their adherence to the principles and objectives of that Protocol and calling upon all States to comply strictly with them,
2807 Convention On The Prohibition Of The Development, Production And Stockpiling Of Bacteriological (Biological) And Toxin Weapons, And On Their Destruction Pre.5 Recalling that the General Assembly of the United Nations has repeatedly condemned all actions contrary to the principles and objectives of the Geneva Protocol of June 17, 1925,
2807 Convention On The Prohibition Of The Development, Production And Stockpiling Of Bacteriological (Biological) And Toxin Weapons, And On Their Destruction Pre.6 Desiring to contribute to the strengthening of confidence between peoples and the general improvement of the international atmosphere,
2807 Convention On The Prohibition Of The Development, Production And Stockpiling Of Bacteriological (Biological) And Toxin Weapons, And On Their Destruction Pre.7 Desiring also to contribute to the realization of the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations,
2807 Convention On The Prohibition Of The Development, Production And Stockpiling Of Bacteriological (Biological) And Toxin Weapons, And On Their Destruction Pre.8 Convinced of the importance and urgency of eliminating from the arsenals of States, through effective measures, such dangerous weapons of mass destruction as those using chemical or bacteriological (biological) agents,
2807 Convention On The Prohibition Of The Development, Production And Stockpiling Of Bacteriological (Biological) And Toxin Weapons, And On Their Destruction Pre.9 Recognizing that an agreement on the prohibition of bacteriological (biological) and toxin weapons represents a first possible step towards the achievement of agreement on effective measures also for the prohibition of the development, production and stockpiling of chemical weapons, and determined to continue negotiations to that end,
2807 Convention On The Prohibition Of The Development, Production And Stockpiling Of Bacteriological (Biological) And Toxin Weapons, And On Their Destruction Pre.10 Determined, for the sake of all mankind, to exclude completely the possibility of bacteriological (biological) agents and toxins being used as weapons,
2807 Convention On The Prohibition Of The Development, Production And Stockpiling Of Bacteriological (Biological) And Toxin Weapons, And On Their Destruction Pre.11 Convinced that such use would be repugnant to the conscience of mankind and that no effort should be spared to minimize this risk,
2807 Convention On The Prohibition Of The Development, Production And Stockpiling Of Bacteriological (Biological) And Toxin Weapons, And On Their Destruction Pre.12 Have agreed as follows:
2808 Convention For The Conservation Of Antarctic Seals Pre.1 The Contracting Parties
2808 Convention For The Conservation Of Antarctic Seals Pre.2 RECALLING the Agreed Measures for the Conservation of Antarctic Fauna and Flora, adopted under the Antarctic Treaty signed at Washington on 1 December 1959;
2808 Convention For The Conservation Of Antarctic Seals Pre.3 RECOGNIZING the general concern about the vulnerability of Antarctic seals to commercial exploitation and the consequent need for effective conservation measures;
2808 Convention For The Conservation Of Antarctic Seals Pre.4 RECOGNIZING that the stocks of Antarctic seals are an important living resource in the marine environment which requires an international agreement for its effective conservation;
2808 Convention For The Conservation Of Antarctic Seals Pre.5 RECOGNIZING that this resource should not be depleted by over-exploitation, and hence that any harvesting should be regulated so as not to exceed the levels of the optimum sustainable yield;
2808 Convention For The Conservation Of Antarctic Seals Pre.6 RECOGNIZING that in order to improve scientific knowledge and so place exploitation on a rational basis, every effort should be made both to encourage biological and other research on Antarctic seal populations and to gain information from such research and from the statistics of future sealing operations, so that further suitable regulations may be formulated;
2808 Convention For The Conservation Of Antarctic Seals Pre.7 NOTING that the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research of the International Council of Scientific Unions (SCAR) is willing to carry out the tasks requested of it in this Convention;
2808 Convention For The Conservation Of Antarctic Seals Pre.8 DESIRING to promote and achieve the objectives of protection, scientific study and rational use of Antarctic seals, and to maintain a satisfactory balance with the ecological system,
2808 Convention For The Conservation Of Antarctic Seals Pre.9 HAVE AGREED as follows:
2827 Agreement On Conservation Of Polar Bears Pre.1 The Governments of Canada, Denmark, Norway, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and the United States of America,
2827 Agreement On Conservation Of Polar Bears Pre.2 Recognizing the special responsibilities and special interests of the States of the Arctic Region in relation to the protection of the fauna and flora of the Arctic Region;
2827 Agreement On Conservation Of Polar Bears Pre.3 Recognizing that the polar bear is a significant resource of the Arctic Region which requires additional protection;
2827 Agreement On Conservation Of Polar Bears Pre.4 Having decided that such protection should be achieved through co-ordinated national measures taken by the States of the Arctic Region;
2827 Agreement On Conservation Of Polar Bears Pre.5 Desiring to take immediate action to bring further conservation and management measures into effect;
2827 Agreement On Conservation Of Polar Bears Pre.6 Having agreed as follows:
2836 Implementing Agreement On The Technical Exchange Of Information In The Field Of Reactor Safety Research And Development To The Agreement on an International Energy Programme Pre.1 THE GOVERNMENTS OF THE REPUBLIC OF AUSTRIA, THE KINGDOM OF BELGIUM, CANADA, THE KINGDOM OF DENMARK, THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY, IRELAND, THE ITALIAN REPUBLIC, JAPAN, THE GRAND DUCHY OF LUXEMBOURG, THE KINGDOM OF THE NETHERLANDS, SPAIN, THE KINGDOM OF SWEDEN, THE SWISS CONFEDERATION, THE REPUBLIC OF TURKEY, THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND, AND THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
2836 Implementing Agreement On The Technical Exchange Of Information In The Field Of Reactor Safety Research And Development To The Agreement on an International Energy Programme Pre.2 DESIRING to promote secure oil supplies on reasonable and equitable terms,
2836 Implementing Agreement On The Technical Exchange Of Information In The Field Of Reactor Safety Research And Development To The Agreement on an International Energy Programme Pre.3 DETERMINED to take common effective measures to meet oil supply emergencies by developing an emergency self-sufficiency in oil supplies, restraining demand and allocating available oil among their countries on an equitable basis,
2836 Implementing Agreement On The Technical Exchange Of Information In The Field Of Reactor Safety Research And Development To The Agreement on an International Energy Programme Pre.4 DESIRING to promote co-operative relations with oil producing countries and with other oil consuming countries, including those of the developing world, through a purposeful dialogue, as well as through other forms of co-operation, to further the opportunities for a better understanding between consumer and producer countries,
2836 Implementing Agreement On The Technical Exchange Of Information In The Field Of Reactor Safety Research And Development To The Agreement on an International Energy Programme Pre.5 MINDFUL of the interests of other oil consuming countries, including those of the developing world,
2836 Implementing Agreement On The Technical Exchange Of Information In The Field Of Reactor Safety Research And Development To The Agreement on an International Energy Programme Pre.6 DESIRING to play a more active role in relation to the oil industry by establishing a comprehensive international information system and a permanent framework for consultation with oil companies,
2836 Implementing Agreement On The Technical Exchange Of Information In The Field Of Reactor Safety Research And Development To The Agreement on an International Energy Programme Pre.7 DETERMINED to reduce their dependence on imported oil by undertaking long-term co-operative efforts on conservation of energy, on accelerated development of alternative sources of energy, on research and development in the energy field and on uranium enrichment,
2836 Implementing Agreement On The Technical Exchange Of Information In The Field Of Reactor Safety Research And Development To The Agreement on an International Energy Programme Pre.8 CONVINCED that these objectives can only be reached through continued co-operative efforts within effective organs,
2836 Implementing Agreement On The Technical Exchange Of Information In The Field Of Reactor Safety Research And Development To The Agreement on an International Energy Programme Pre.9 EXPRESSING the intention that such organs be created within the framework of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development,
2836 Implementing Agreement On The Technical Exchange Of Information In The Field Of Reactor Safety Research And Development To The Agreement on an International Energy Programme Pre.10 RECOGNISING that other Member countries of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development may desire to join in their efforts,
2836 Implementing Agreement On The Technical Exchange Of Information In The Field Of Reactor Safety Research And Development To The Agreement on an International Energy Programme Pre.11 CONSIDERING the special responsibility of governments for energy supply,
2836 Implementing Agreement On The Technical Exchange Of Information In The Field Of Reactor Safety Research And Development To The Agreement on an International Energy Programme Pre.12 CONCLUDE that it is necessary to establish an International Energy Program to be implemented through an International Energy Agency, and to that end,
2836 Implementing Agreement On The Technical Exchange Of Information In The Field Of Reactor Safety Research And Development To The Agreement on an International Energy Programme Pre.13 HAVE AGREED as follows:
2836 Implementing Agreement On The Technical Exchange Of Information In The Field Of Reactor Safety Research And Development To The Agreement on an International Energy Programme Art.41 Article 41
2836 Implementing Agreement On The Technical Exchange Of Information In The Field Of Reactor Safety Research And Development To The Agreement on an International Energy Programme Art.41.1 1. The Participating Countries are determined to reduce over the longer term their dependence on imported oil for meeting their total energy requirements.
2836 Implementing Agreement On The Technical Exchange Of Information In The Field Of Reactor Safety Research And Development To The Agreement on an International Energy Programme Art.41.2 2. To this end, the Participating Countries will undertake national programs and promote the adoption of co-operative programs, including, as appropriate, the sharing of means and efforts, while concerning national policies, in the areas set out in Article 42.
2838 Agreement Concerning A Joint Project For Planning, Design, Experiment, Preparation, Performance And Reporting Of Reactor Safety Experiments Concerning Containment Response Art.2 II PURPOSE OF THE AGREEMENT
2838 Agreement Concerning A Joint Project For Planning, Design, Experiment, Preparation, Performance And Reporting Of Reactor Safety Experiments Concerning Containment Response Art.2.1x The purpose of this Agreement is to establish cooperation between the contracting parties in a project using jointly the Marviken reactor for certain safety experiments. The project covered by this Agreement comprises a joint programme for planning, design, experiment preparation, performance and reporting of reactor safety experiments concerning containment response.
2838 Agreement Concerning A Joint Project For Planning, Design, Experiment, Preparation, Performance And Reporting Of Reactor Safety Experiments Concerning Containment Response Art.3 III SCOPE OF THE PROJECT
2838 Agreement Concerning A Joint Project For Planning, Design, Experiment, Preparation, Performance And Reporting Of Reactor Safety Experiments Concerning Containment Response Art.3.1x The scope of the project is to prepare and perform containment response tests at Marviken within the framework of an international cooperation.
2838 Agreement Concerning A Joint Project For Planning, Design, Experiment, Preparation, Performance And Reporting Of Reactor Safety Experiments Concerning Containment Response Art.3.2x The project will be performed according to Appendices A-F and will aim at providing the contracting parties with further information mainly on certain dynamic phenomena in connection with containment blowdown situations.
2838 Agreement Concerning A Joint Project For Planning, Design, Experiment, Preparation, Performance And Reporting Of Reactor Safety Experiments Concerning Containment Response Art.3.3x The framework of the project is laid down in the appendices to this Agreement:
2838 Agreement Concerning A Joint Project For Planning, Design, Experiment, Preparation, Performance And Reporting Of Reactor Safety Experiments Concerning Containment Response Art.3.3x.ax Appendix A Description of programmes
2838 Agreement Concerning A Joint Project For Planning, Design, Experiment, Preparation, Performance And Reporting Of Reactor Safety Experiments Concerning Containment Response Art.3.3x.bx Appendix B Instrumentation
2838 Agreement Concerning A Joint Project For Planning, Design, Experiment, Preparation, Performance And Reporting Of Reactor Safety Experiments Concerning Containment Response Art.3.3x.cx Appendix C Organization
2838 Agreement Concerning A Joint Project For Planning, Design, Experiment, Preparation, Performance And Reporting Of Reactor Safety Experiments Concerning Containment Response Art.3.3x.dx Appendix D Budget
2838 Agreement Concerning A Joint Project For Planning, Design, Experiment, Preparation, Performance And Reporting Of Reactor Safety Experiments Concerning Containment Response Art.3.3x.ex Appendix E Time schedule
2838 Agreement Concerning A Joint Project For Planning, Design, Experiment, Preparation, Performance And Reporting Of Reactor Safety Experiments Concerning Containment Response Art.3.3x.fx Appendix F Reports
2838 Agreement Concerning A Joint Project For Planning, Design, Experiment, Preparation, Performance And Reporting Of Reactor Safety Experiments Concerning Containment Response Art.3.4x The project consists of three kinds of activities:
2838 Agreement Concerning A Joint Project For Planning, Design, Experiment, Preparation, Performance And Reporting Of Reactor Safety Experiments Concerning Containment Response Art.3.4x.a a) planning and design
2838 Agreement Concerning A Joint Project For Planning, Design, Experiment, Preparation, Performance And Reporting Of Reactor Safety Experiments Concerning Containment Response Art.3.4x.b b) experiment preparation and performance of the test programme and
2838 Agreement Concerning A Joint Project For Planning, Design, Experiment, Preparation, Performance And Reporting Of Reactor Safety Experiments Concerning Containment Response Art.3.4x.c c) data reduction and reporting of data and interpretation of results
2838 Agreement Concerning A Joint Project For Planning, Design, Experiment, Preparation, Performance And Reporting Of Reactor Safety Experiments Concerning Containment Response Art.3.5x The description in Appendix A reflects the fact that a certain minimum number of tests is necessary for the programme to be meaningful. It is consequently agreed that a minimum of 8 blowdown tests (blowdowns Nos 17 - 24) within the programme to be specified in accordance with Appendix A shall be performed.
2838 Agreement Concerning A Joint Project For Planning, Design, Experiment, Preparation, Performance And Reporting Of Reactor Safety Experiments Concerning Containment Response Art.3.6x The time schedule contains reserve time which partly is intended for repetition of experiments if needed.
2841 Convention For The Protection Of The Mediterranean Sea Against Pollution Pre.1 The Contracting Parties,
2841 Convention For The Protection Of The Mediterranean Sea Against Pollution Pre.2 Conscious of the economic, social, health and cultural value of the marine environment of the Mediterranean Sea area,
2841 Convention For The Protection Of The Mediterranean Sea Against Pollution Pre.3 Fully aware of their responsibility to preserve this common heritage for the benefit and enjoyment of present and future generations,
2841 Convention For The Protection Of The Mediterranean Sea Against Pollution Pre.4 Recognizing the threat posed by pollution to the marine environment, its ecological equilibrium, resources and legitimate uses,
2841 Convention For The Protection Of The Mediterranean Sea Against Pollution Pre.5 Mindful of the special hydrographic and ecological characteristics of the Mediterranean Sea area and its particular vulnerability to pollution,
2841 Convention For The Protection Of The Mediterranean Sea Against Pollution Pre.6 Noting that existing international conventions on the subject do not cover, in spite of the progress achieved, all aspects and sources of marine pollution and do not entirely meet the special requirements of the Mediterranean Sea area,
2841 Convention For The Protection Of The Mediterranean Sea Against Pollution Pre.7 Realizing fully the need for close co-operation among the States and international organizations concerned in a co-ordinated and comprehensive regional approach for the protection and enhancement of the marine environment in the Mediterranean Sea area,
2841 Convention For The Protection Of The Mediterranean Sea Against Pollution Pre.8 Have agreed as follows:
2846 Agreement Regarding Monitoring Of The Stratosphere Pre.1 The Government of the United States of America, the Government of the Republic of France and the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland;
2846 Agreement Regarding Monitoring Of The Stratosphere Pre.2 Conscious of concern over the potential impact of man's activities on the earth's stratosphere,
2846 Agreement Regarding Monitoring Of The Stratosphere Pre.3 Recognising that the accurate assessment and prediction of such impacts will require a better understanding of the upper atmosphere,
2846 Agreement Regarding Monitoring Of The Stratosphere Pre.4 Aware that it is necessary to expedite the long-term effort required to understand the impact of potential stratospheric modifiers, such as aviation and chemical substances,
2846 Agreement Regarding Monitoring Of The Stratosphere Pre.5 Believing that an improved capacity to measure and monitor stratospheric species, including ozone, is essential to this understanding,
2846 Agreement Regarding Monitoring Of The Stratosphere Pre.6 Bearing in mind the diversity of national and international activities already being carried out to assess concentrations of stratospheric species and their significance as well as the new international programmes being considered by the World Meteorological Organisation (hereinafter referred to as the'WMO") and the United Nations Environment Programme (hereinafter referred to as the "UNEP"), and
2846 Agreement Regarding Monitoring Of The Stratosphere Pre.7 Desiring to foster an acceleration of the worldwide effort to understand better the behaviour of the stratosphere, and the ozone layer in particular, and to demonstrate the feasibility and utility of collaborative international action in this regard,
2846 Agreement Regarding Monitoring Of The Stratosphere Pre.8 Have agreed as follows:
2852 North American Plant Protection Convention Pre.1 Having as a common purpose the strengthening of intergovernmental cooperation in plant quarantine and plant protection in North America in order to prevent the introduction and spread of plant pests and noxious weeds and to foster the preservation of plant resources of North America:
2852 North American Plant Protection Convention Pre.2 The parties to this Agreement agree as follows:
2852 North American Plant Protection Convention Pre.3.1 1. For the purpose of this Agreement, unless the context otherwise requires:
2852 North American Plant Protection Convention Pre.4.1.A A. "Plant Pest" means any living stage of: any insects, mites, nematodes, slugs, snails, protozoa, or other invertebrate animals, bacteria, fungi, other parasitic plants or reproductive parts thereof, viruses, o any organisms similar to or allied with any of the foregoing, or any infectious substances, which can directly or indirectly injure or cause disease or damage in any plants or parts thereof, or any processed, manufactured, or other products of plants.
2852 North American Plant Protection Convention Pre.5.1.B B. "Living Stage" includes the egg, pupal, and larval stages as well as any other living stage.
2852 North American Plant Protection Convention Pre.6.1.C C. "Noxious Weed" means any living stage, including but not limited to, seeds and reproductive parts, of any parasitic or other plant of a kind, or subdivision of a kind, which is of foreign origin, is new to or not widely prevalent in the United States, Canada, or Mexico, and can directly or indirectly injure crops, other useful plants, livestock, or poultry or other interests of agriculture, including irrigation, or navigation or the fish and wildlife resources of the United States, Canada or Mexico or the public health.
2852 North American Plant Protection Convention Pre.7.2 2. The Parties to this Agreement shall cooperate in preventing the introduction and spread of plant pests in North America by:
2852 North American Plant Protection Convention Pre.8.2.A A. Keeping under constant review new records and outbreaks of plant pests:
2852 North American Plant Protection Convention Pre.9.2.B B. Monitoring the movement and spread of established plants pests of concern to the parties of this Agreement:
2852 North American Plant Protection Convention Pre.10.2.C C. Reviewing progress in detection, eradication and control of plant pests of crops of major importance in North America:
2852 North American Plant Protection Convention Pre.11.2.D D. Reviewing plant quarantine measures adopted by participating governments and proposing revisions to existing plant quarantine measures and establishment of new measures moving toward uniform plant quarantine regulations:
2852 North American Plant Protection Convention Pre.12.2.E E. Examining and studying problems in plant quarantine and closely related fields:
2852 North American Plant Protection Convention Pre.13.2.F F. Keeping parties informed of plant quarantine and protection matters of mutual concern:
2852 North American Plant Protection Convention Pre.14.2.G G. Promoting arrangements for the training or technical personnel in the fields of plant quarantine and plant protection:
2852 North American Plant Protection Convention Pre.15.2.H H. Exchanging research and development information relating to plant pests and their control:
2852 North American Plant Protection Convention Pre.16.2.I I. Adopting compatible phytosanitary certificates patterned after the model certificate as proposed by the International Plant Protection Convention:
2852 North American Plant Protection Convention Pre.17.2.J J. Jointly participating in programs of research and methods development relating to plant protection and quarantine: and
2852 North American Plant Protection Convention Pre.18.2.K K. Taking such other actions as are mutually agreed upon.
2852 North American Plant Protection Convention Pre.19.3 3. To facilitate consultation regarding the cooperation regarding the cooperation contemplated in this Agreement representative of the agencies specified in paragraph 3 of this Agreement will meet annually at a North American Plant Protection Agreement (NAPPA) Workshop. The propose of such Workshops is to permit exchange of information relating to the implementation of this Agreement and to provide a forum for the discussion of particular problems which may arise in this field.
2852 North American Plant Protection Convention Pre.20.4 4. The agencies with principal responsibility in the implementation of this Agreement designated by the parties to this Agreement respectively shall be:
2852 North American Plant Protection Convention Pre.21.4.A A. for the United States- the United States Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
2852 North American Plant Protection Convention Pre.22.4.B B. for Canada- the Canada Department of Agriculture, Plant Quarantine Division: and
2852 North American Plant Protection Convention Pre.23.4.C C. for Mexico- Secretaria de Agricultura y Ganaderia de Mexico, Direccion General de Sanidad Vegetad:
2852 North American Plant Protection Convention Pre.24.5 5. This Agreement may be amended at any time by agreement of the parties.
2852 North American Plant Protection Convention Pre.25.6 6. This Agreement shall enter into force upon date of signature and shall continue in force indefinitely but may be discontinued at the request of any of the parties. Request for termination shall be submitted in writing to the other parties at least thirty (30) days prior to the desired effective date of termination.
2857 Convention On The Protection Of The Rhine Against Pollution By Chlorides Art.1 Article 1
2857 Convention On The Protection Of The Rhine Against Pollution By Chlorides Art.1.1 1. The Contracting Parties will strengthen their co-operation for the purpose of fighting against the pollution of the Rhine by chloride ions on the basis, during an initial stage, of the provisions of this Convention.
2857 Convention On The Protection Of The Rhine Against Pollution By Chlorides Art.1.2 2. Annex A to the Convention specifies what the Contracting Parties understand by the term "Rhine" for the purposes of the application of the aforementioned Convention.
2858 Convention For The Protection Of The Rhine Against Chemical Pollution Pre.1 The Government of the Federal Republic of Germany, the Government of the French Republic, the Government of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, the Government of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, the Government of the Swiss Confederation, and the European Economic Community,
2858 Convention For The Protection Of The Rhine Against Chemical Pollution Pre.2 Having regard to the Agreement of 29 April 1963 and the Additional Agreement of 3 December 1976 Concerning the International Commission for the Protection of the Rhine against Pollution,
2858 Convention For The Protection Of The Rhine Against Chemical Pollution Pre.3 Whereas chemical pollution of the Rhine threatens for certain uses of the waters of the Rhine;
2858 Convention For The Protection Of The Rhine Against Chemical Pollution Pre.4 Aware of the dangers that may result therefrom from certain uses of the waters of the Rhine;
2858 Convention For The Protection Of The Rhine Against Chemical Pollution Pre.5 Desirous of improving the quality of Rhine water for these uses;
2858 Convention For The Protection Of The Rhine Against Chemical Pollution Pre.6 Whereas the Rhine is used for other purposes such as navigation and as the receiving medium for waste waters;
2858 Convention For The Protection Of The Rhine Against Chemical Pollution Pre.7 Convinced that international action for the protection of the Rhine against chemical pollution must be assessed in conjunction with other efforts to protect the Rhine, particularly efforts to conclude agreements against pollution by chlorides and thermal pollution, and that such action is one of the continuous and coherent measures to protect fresh water and sea water from pollution;
2858 Convention For The Protection Of The Rhine Against Chemical Pollution Pre.8 Whereas the European Economic Community has taken measures to protect the aquatic environment particularly within the framework of the Council Directive of 4 May 1976 on pollution caused by certain dangerous substances discharged into the aquatic environment of the Community;
2858 Convention For The Protection Of The Rhine Against Chemical Pollution Pre.9 Having regard to the results of the Ministerial Conferences of 25 and 26 October 1972 in the Hague, 4 and 5 December 1973 and 1 April 1976 in Paris on the Protection of the Rhine against Pollution,
2858 Convention For The Protection Of The Rhine Against Chemical Pollution Pre.10 Have agreed as follows:
2883 Treaty For Amazonian Cooperation Art.1 ARTICLE I
2883 Treaty For Amazonian Cooperation Art.1.1x The Contracting Parties agree to undertake joint actions and efforts to promote the harmonious development of their respective Amazonian territories in such a way that these joint actions produce equitable and mutually beneficial results and achieve also the preservation of the environment, and the conservation and rational utilization of the natural resources of those territories.
2883 Treaty For Amazonian Cooperation Art.1.2x PARAGRAPH: to this end, they would exchange information and prepare operational agreements and understandings as well as the pertinent legal instruments which will permit the aims of the present Treaty to be attained.
2884 International Convention On Standards Of Training, Certification And Watchkeeping For Seafarers Pre.1 THE PARTIES TO THIS CONVENTION,
2884 International Convention On Standards Of Training, Certification And Watchkeeping For Seafarers Pre.2 DESIRING to promote safety of life and property at sea and the protection of the marine environment by establishing in common agreement international standards of training, certification and watchkeeping for seafarers,
2884 International Convention On Standards Of Training, Certification And Watchkeeping For Seafarers Pre.3 CONSIDERING that this end may best be achieved by the conclusion of an International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers,
2884 International Convention On Standards Of Training, Certification And Watchkeeping For Seafarers Pre.4 HAVE AGREED as follows:
2888 Convention On Future Multilateral Cooperation In The Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Pre.1 The CONTRACTING PARTIES,
2888 Convention On Future Multilateral Cooperation In The Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Pre.2 NOTING the coastal States of the Northwest Atlantic have, in accordance with relevant principles of international law, extended their jurisdiction over the living resources of their adjacent waters to limits of up to two hundred nautical miles from the baselines from which the breadth of the territorial sea is measured, and exercise within these areas sovereign rights for the purpose of exploring and exploiting, conserving and managing these resources;
2888 Convention On Future Multilateral Cooperation In The Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Pre.3 TAKING into account the work of the Third United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea in the field of fisheries;
2888 Convention On Future Multilateral Cooperation In The Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Pre.4 DESIRING to promote the conservation and optimum utilization of the fishery resources of the Northwest Atlantic area within a framework appropriate to the regime of extended coastal State jurisdiction over fisheries, and accordingly to encourage international cooperation and consultation with respect to these resources;
2888 Convention On Future Multilateral Cooperation In The Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Pre.5 HAVE AGREED as follows:
2899 South Pacific Forum Fisheries Agency Convention Pre.1 THE GOVERNMENTS COMPRISING THE SOUTH PACIFIC FORUM
2899 South Pacific Forum Fisheries Agency Convention Pre.2 Noting the Declaration on Law of the Sea and a Regional Fisheries Agency adopted at the 8th South Pacific Forum held in Port Moresby in August 1977;
2899 South Pacific Forum Fisheries Agency Convention Pre.3 Recognizing their common interest in the conservation and optimum utilization of the living marine resources of the South Pacific region and in particular of the highly migratory species;
2899 South Pacific Forum Fisheries Agency Convention Pre.4 Desiring to promote regional co-operation and co-ordination in respect of fisheries policies; Bearing in mind recent developments in the law of the sea;
2899 South Pacific Forum Fisheries Agency Convention Pre.5 Concerned to secure the maximum benefits from the living marine resources of the region for their peoples and for the region as a whole and in particular the developing countries; and
2899 South Pacific Forum Fisheries Agency Convention Pre.6 Desiring to facilitate the collection, analysis, evaluation and dissemination of relevant statistical scientific and economic information about the living marine resources of the region, and in particular the highly migratory species;
2899 South Pacific Forum Fisheries Agency Convention Pre.7 HAVE AGREED AS FOLLOWS:
2904 Convention On Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution Pre.1 The Parties to the present Convention,
2904 Convention On Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution Pre.2 Determined to promote relations and cooperation in the field of environmental protection,
2904 Convention On Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution Pre.3 Aware of the significance of the activities of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe in strengthening such relations and co-operation, particularly in the field of air pollution including long-range transport of air pollutants,
2904 Convention On Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution Pre.4 Recognizing the contribution of the Economic Commission for Europe to the multilateral implementation of the pertinent provisions of the Final Act of the Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe,
2904 Convention On Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution Pre.5 Cognizant of the references in the chapter on environment of the Final Act of the Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe calling for co- operation to control air pollution and its effects, including long-range transport of air pollutants, and to the development through international cooperation of an extensive programme for the monitoring and evaluation of long-rangetransport of air pollutants, starting with sulphur dioxide and with possible extension to other pollutants,
2904 Convention On Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution Pre.6 Considering the pertinent provisions of the Declaration of the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment, and in particular principle 21, which expresses the common conviction that States have, in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations and the principles of international law, the sovereign right to exploit their own resources pursuant to their own environmental policies, and the responsibility to ensure that activities within their jurisdiction or control do not cause damage to the environment of other States or of areas beyond the limits of national jurisdiction, Recognizing the existence of possible adverse effects, in the short and long term, of air pollution including transboundary air pollution,
2904 Convention On Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution Pre.7 Concerned that a rise in the level of emissions of air pollutants within the region as forecast may increase such adverse effects,
2904 Convention On Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution Pre.8 Recognizing the need to study the implications of the long-range transport of air pollutants and the need to seek solutions for the problems identified,
2904 Convention On Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution Pre.9 Affirming their willingness to reinforce active international cooperation to develop appropriate national policies and by means of exchange of information, consultation, research and monitoring, to coordinate national action for combating air pollution including long-range transboundary air pollution,
2904 Convention On Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution Pre.10 Have agreed as follows:
2904 Convention On Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution Art.2 Article 2
2904 Convention On Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution Art.2.1x The Contracting Parties, taking due account of the facts and problems involved, are determined to protect man and his environment against air pollution and shall endeavour to limit and, as far as possible, gradually reduce and prevent air pollution including long-range transboundary air pollution.
2905 International Plant Protection Convention (1979 Revised Text) Pre.1 PREAMBLE The contracting parties, recognizing the usefulness of international cooperation in controlling pests of plants and plant products and in preventing their spread, and especially their introduction across national boundaries, and desiring to ensure close coordination of measures directed to these ends, have agreed as follows:
2911 Convention On The Physical Protection Of Nuclear Material Pre.1 THE STATES PARTIES TO THIS CONVENTION,
2911 Convention On The Physical Protection Of Nuclear Material Pre.2 RECOGNIZING the right of all States to develop and apply nuclear energy for peaceful purposes and their legitimate interests in the potential benefits to be derived from the peaceful application of nuclear energy,
2911 Convention On The Physical Protection Of Nuclear Material Pre.3 CONVINCED of the need for facilitating international co-operation in the peaceful application of nuclear energy,
2911 Convention On The Physical Protection Of Nuclear Material Pre.4 DESIRING to avert the potential dangers posed by the unlawful taking and use of nuclear material,
2911 Convention On The Physical Protection Of Nuclear Material Pre.5 CONVINCED that offences relating to nuclear material are a matter of grave concern and that there is an urgent need to adopt appropriate and effective measures to ensure the prevention, detection and punishment of such offences,
2911 Convention On The Physical Protection Of Nuclear Material Pre.6 AWARE OF THE NEED FOR international co-operation to establish, in conformity with the national law of each State Party and with this Convention, effective measures for the physical protection of nuclear material,
2911 Convention On The Physical Protection Of Nuclear Material Pre.7 CONVINCED that this Convention should facilitate the safe transfer of nuclear material,
2911 Convention On The Physical Protection Of Nuclear Material Pre.8 STRESSING also the importance of the physical protection of nuclear material in domestic use, storage and transport,
2911 Convention On The Physical Protection Of Nuclear Material Pre.9 RECOGNIZING the importance of effective physical protection of nuclear material used for military purposes, and understanding that such material is and will continue to be accorded stringent physical protection,
2911 Convention On The Physical Protection Of Nuclear Material Pre.10 HAVE AGREED as follows:
2921 Convention On Future Multilateral Cooperation In Northeast Atlantic Fisheries Pre.1 The Contracting Parties,
2921 Convention On Future Multilateral Cooperation In Northeast Atlantic Fisheries Pre.2 Noting that the coastal states of the North-East Atlantic have, in accordance with relevant principles of international law, extended their jurisdiction over the living resources of their adjacent waters to limits of up to two hundred nautical miles from the baselines from which the breadth of the territorial sea is measured, and exercise within these areas sovereign rights for the purpose of exploring and exploiting, conserving and managing these resources,
2921 Convention On Future Multilateral Cooperation In Northeast Atlantic Fisheries Pre.3 Taking into account the work of the Third United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea in the field of fisheries,
2921 Convention On Future Multilateral Cooperation In Northeast Atlantic Fisheries Pre.4 Desiring to promote the conservation and optimum utilisation of the fishery resources of the North-East Atlantic area within a framework appropriate to the regime of extended coastal state jurisdiction over fisheries, and accordingly to encourage international co-operation and consultation with respect to these resources,
2921 Convention On Future Multilateral Cooperation In Northeast Atlantic Fisheries Pre.5 Considering that the North-East Atlantic Fisheries Convention of 24 January 1959* should accordingly be replaced,
2921 Convention On Future Multilateral Cooperation In Northeast Atlantic Fisheries Pre.6 Have agreed as follows:
2935 Regional Convention For The Conservation Of The Red Sea And Gulf Of Aden Environment Pre.1 The Governments of:
2935 Regional Convention For The Conservation Of The Red Sea And Gulf Of Aden Environment Pre.2 the Democratic Republic of the Sudan, the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Palestine represented by the Palestine Liberation Organization, the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen, the Somali Democratic Republic, the Yemen Arab Republic,
2935 Regional Convention For The Conservation Of The Red Sea And Gulf Of Aden Environment Pre.3 Realizing that pollution of the marine environment in the waters of the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden by oil and other harmful or noxious materials arising from human activities on land or at sea, especially through indiscriminate and uncontrolled discharge of these substances, presents a growing threat to marine life, fisheries, human health, recreational uses of beaches and other amenities,
2935 Regional Convention For The Conservation Of The Red Sea And Gulf Of Aden Environment Pre.4 Mindful of the special hydrographic and ecological characteristics of the marine environment of the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden and the particular vulnerability of its coral reefs where most biota exist,
2935 Regional Convention For The Conservation Of The Red Sea And Gulf Of Aden Environment Pre.5 Conscious of the need to ensure that the processes of urban and rural development and resultant land use should be carried out in such a manner as to preserve, as far as possible, marine resources and coastal amenities, and that such development should not lead to deterioration of the marine environment,
2935 Regional Convention For The Conservation Of The Red Sea And Gulf Of Aden Environment Pre.6 Convinced of the need to ensure that the processes of industrial development should not, in any way, cause damage to the marine environment, jeopardize its living resources or create hazards to human health,
2935 Regional Convention For The Conservation Of The Red Sea And Gulf Of Aden Environment Pre.7 Recognizing the need to develop an integrated management approach to the use of the marine environment and the coastal areas which will allow the achievement of environmental and development goals in a harmonious manner,
2935 Regional Convention For The Conservation Of The Red Sea And Gulf Of Aden Environment Pre.8 Recognizing also the need for a carefully planned research, monitoring and assessment programme in view of the scarcity of scientific information on marine pollution in the region,
2935 Regional Convention For The Conservation Of The Red Sea And Gulf Of Aden Environment Pre.9 Considering that the States of the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden have a special responsibility to protect the marine environment of the region,
2935 Regional Convention For The Conservation Of The Red Sea And Gulf Of Aden Environment Pre.10 Aware of the importance of co-operation and coordination of action on a regional basis with the aim of protecting the marine environment of the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden for the benefit of all concerned, including future generations,
2935 Regional Convention For The Conservation Of The Red Sea And Gulf Of Aden Environment Pre.11 Bearing in mind the existing international conventions relevant to the present Convention,
2935 Regional Convention For The Conservation Of The Red Sea And Gulf Of Aden Environment Pre.12 Aiming to fulfil the objectives of the Charter of the League of Arab States, and the Charter and Constitution of the Arab League Educational, Cultural and Scientific Organization,
2935 Regional Convention For The Conservation Of The Red Sea And Gulf Of Aden Environment Pre.13 Have agreed as follows:
2937 Convention For The Conservation Of Salmon In The North Atlantic Ocean Pre.1 THE CONVENTION FOR THE CONSERVATION OF SALMON IN THE NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN
2937 Convention For The Conservation Of Salmon In The North Atlantic Ocean Pre.2 THE PARTIES to this Convention,
2937 Convention For The Conservation Of Salmon In The North Atlantic Ocean Pre.3 RECOGNIZING that salmon originating in the rivers of different States intermingle in certain parts of the North Atlantic Ocean,
2937 Convention For The Conservation Of Salmon In The North Atlantic Ocean Pre.4 TAKING INTO ACCOUNT international law, the provisions on anadromous stocks of fish in the Draft Convention of the Third United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea and other developments in international fora relating to anadromous stocks,
2937 Convention For The Conservation Of Salmon In The North Atlantic Ocean Pre.5 DESIRING to promote the acquisition, analysis and dissemination of scientific information pertaining to salmon stocks in the North Atlantic Ocean,
2937 Convention For The Conservation Of Salmon In The North Atlantic Ocean Pre.6 DESIRING to promote the conservation, restoration, enhancement and rational management of salmon stocks in the North Atlantic Ocean through international co-operation,
2937 Convention For The Conservation Of Salmon In The North Atlantic Ocean Pre.7 HAVE AGREED as follows:
2939 Benelux Convention On Nature Conservation And Landscape Protection Art.1 Article I
2939 Benelux Convention On Nature Conservation And Landscape Protection Art.1.1 1. The purpose of this Convention is to regulate concerted action and co-operation among the three Governments in the field of conservation, management and rehabilitation of the natural environment and landscapes.
2939 Benelux Convention On Nature Conservation And Landscape Protection Art.1.2 2. For the purposes of this Convention, these terms shall have the following meaning:
2939 Benelux Convention On Nature Conservation And Landscape Protection Art.1.2.ax natural environment: the physical surroundings of man, including a-biotic (non-living) elements such as rocks, water and the atmosphere and biotic (living) elements embracing natural and semi-natural biocenoses including plants and animals in the wild states;
2939 Benelux Convention On Nature Conservation And Landscape Protection Art.1.2.bx natural area: an area in which the biocenoses are not, are no longer, or are only slightly influenced by human action, except where such action is intended to preserve or develop these biocenoses;
2939 Benelux Convention On Nature Conservation And Landscape Protection Art.1.2.cx landscape: a tangible part of the earth defined by the relation and interaction of various factors: soil, relief, water, climate, flora, fauna and man. Within a specified landscape unit, these phenomena give rise to a pattern resulting from the combination of natural, cultural, historical, functional and visual aspects. The landscape may be considered as a reflection of the attitude of the community to its natural environment and the way in which it acts on this environment;
2939 Benelux Convention On Nature Conservation And Landscape Protection Art.1.2.dx conservation, management and rehabilitation: passive or active measures intended to preserve or develop biological, cultural, historical and aesthetic values;
2939 Benelux Convention On Nature Conservation And Landscape Protection Art.1.2.ex transboundary park or area: a park or area lying across an intra-Benelux border.
2942 Constitutional Agreement Of The Latin American Organization For Fisheries Development Art.4 Article 4 - OBJECTIVES
2942 Constitutional Agreement Of The Latin American Organization For Fisheries Development Art.4.1x The main purpose of the Organization is to meet Latin American food requirements adequately, making use of Latin American fishery resource potential for the benefit of Latin American peoples, by concerted action in promoting the constant development of the countries and the permanent strengthening of regional cooperation in this sector. To this end, the objectives of OLDEPESCA are as follows:
2942 Constitutional Agreement Of The Latin American Organization For Fisheries Development Art.4.1x.a a. To promote adequate utilization of fishery resources, preserving the marine and freshwater environment through the application of rational policies for the conservation of resources.
2942 Constitutional Agreement Of The Latin American Organization For Fisheries Development Art.4.1x.b b. To encourage and strengthen the Latin American cooperation in the development of the rational exploitation of sea and freshwater fishery resources, for the benefit of the peoples in the region.
2942 Constitutional Agreement Of The Latin American Organization For Fisheries Development Art.4.1x.c c. To increase substantially a food supply of sufficient nutritional value, the prices, preparation and presentation of which are in keeping with the needs of the low-income inhabitants of the region.
2942 Constitutional Agreement Of The Latin American Organization For Fisheries Development Art.4.1x.d d. To increase in the same manner, consumption of marine and freshwater products in the region.
2942 Constitutional Agreement Of The Latin American Organization For Fisheries Development Art.4.1x.e e. To encourage, similarly, export diversification and expansion.
2942 Constitutional Agreement Of The Latin American Organization For Fisheries Development Art.4.1x.f f. To promote marketing systems to expand the regional exchange of products of the sector.
2942 Constitutional Agreement Of The Latin American Organization For Fisheries Development Art.4.1x.g g. To promote generation of jobs and improvement of incomes, through greater social and economic development of the communities related to the fish of the region.
2942 Constitutional Agreement Of The Latin American Organization For Fisheries Development Art.4.1x.h h. To improve and strengthen the productive, institutional, organizational and human resources capacity of the sector.
2942 Constitutional Agreement Of The Latin American Organization For Fisheries Development Art.4.1x.i i. To promote and organize utilization of the joint negotiating capacity of the Latin American region, as well as to determine, identify and channel international, technical and financial cooperation, through concrete regional coordination and cooperation within the scope of the sector.
2965 International Tropical Timber Agreement Pre.1 PREAMBLE
2965 International Tropical Timber Agreement Pre.2 THE PARTIES TO THIS AGREEMENT,
2965 International Tropical Timber Agreement Pre.3 RECALLING the Declaration and the Programme of Action on the Establishment of a New International Economic Order adopted by the General Assembly,
2965 International Tropical Timber Agreement Pre.4 RECALLING resolutions 93(IV) and 124(V) on the Integrated Programme for Commodities adopted by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development at its fourth and fifth sessions,
2965 International Tropical Timber Agreement Pre.5 RECOGNIZING the importance of, and the need for, proper and effective conservation and development of tropical timber forests with a view to ensuring their optimum utilization while maintaining the ecological balance of the regions concerned and of the biosphere,
2965 International Tropical Timber Agreement Pre.6 RECOGNIZING the importance of tropical timber to the economies of members, particularly to the exports of producing members and the supply requirements of consuming members,
2965 International Tropical Timber Agreement Pre.7 DESIRING to establish a framework of international co-operation between producing and consuming members in finding solutions to the problems facing the tropical timber economy,
2965 International Tropical Timber Agreement Pre.8 HAVE AGREED as follows:
2965 International Tropical Timber Agreement Sect.1 CHAPTER I - OBJECTIVES
2965 International Tropical Timber Agreement Art.1 Article 1
2965 International Tropical Timber Agreement Art.1.1x With a view to achieving the relevant objectives adopted by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development in its resolutions 93(IV) and 124(V) on the Integrated Programme for Commodities, for the benefit of both producing and consuming members and bearing in mind the sovereignty of producing members over their natural resources, the objectives of the International Tropical Timber Agreement, 1983 (hereinafter referred to as "this Agreement") are:
2965 International Tropical Timber Agreement Art.1.1x.a (a) To provide an effective framework for co-operation and consultation between tropical timber producing and consuming members with regard to all relevant aspects of the tropical timber economy;
2965 International Tropical Timber Agreement Art.1.1x.b (b) To promote the expansion and diversification of international trade in tropical timber and the improvement of structural conditions in the tropical timber market, by taking into account, on the one hand, a long-term increase in consumption and continuity of supplies, and, on the other, prices which are remunerative to producers and equitable for consumers, and the improvement of market access;
2965 International Tropical Timber Agreement Art.1.1x.c (c) To promote and support research and development with a view to improving forest management and wood utilization;
2965 International Tropical Timber Agreement Art.1.1x.d (d) To improve market intelligence with a view to ensuring greater transparency in the international tropical timber market;
2965 International Tropical Timber Agreement Art.1.1x.e (e) To encourage increased and further processing of tropical timber in producing member countries with a view to promoting their industrialization and thereby increasing their export earnings;
2965 International Tropical Timber Agreement Art.1.1x.f (f) To encourage members to support and develop industrial tropical timber reforestation and forest management activities;
2965 International Tropical Timber Agreement Art.1.1x.g (g) To improve marketing and distribution of tropical timber exports of producing members;
2965 International Tropical Timber Agreement Art.1.1x.h (h) To encourage the development of national policies aimed at sustainable utilization and conservation of tropical forests and their genetic resources, and at maintaining the ecological balance in the regions concerned.
2965 International Tropical Timber Agreement Sect.2.1x CHAPTER II - DEFINITIONS
2982 Convention For The Protection Of The Ozone Layer Pre.1 Preamble
2982 Convention For The Protection Of The Ozone Layer Pre.2 The Parties to this Convention,
2982 Convention For The Protection Of The Ozone Layer Pre.3 Aware of the potentially harmful impact on human health and the environment through modification of the ozone layer,
2982 Convention For The Protection Of The Ozone Layer Pre.4 Recalling the pertinent provisions of the Declaration of the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment, and in particular principle 21, which provides that "States have, in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations and the principles of international law, the sovereign right to exploit their own resources pursuant to their own environmental policies, and the responsibility to ensure that activities within their jurisdiction or control do not cause damage to the environment of other States or of areas beyond the limits of national jurisdiction",
2982 Convention For The Protection Of The Ozone Layer Pre.5 Taking into account the circumstances and particular requirements of developing countries,
2982 Convention For The Protection Of The Ozone Layer Pre.6 Mindful of the work and studies proceeding within both international and national organizations and, in particular, of the World Plan of Action on the Ozone Layer of the United Nations Environment Programme,
2982 Convention For The Protection Of The Ozone Layer Pre.7 Mindful also of the precautionary measures for the protection of the ozone layer which have already been taken at the national and international levels,
2982 Convention For The Protection Of The Ozone Layer Pre.8 Aware that measures to protect the ozone layer from modifications due to human activities require international co-operation and action, and should be based on relevant scientific and technical considerations,
2982 Convention For The Protection Of The Ozone Layer Pre.9 Aware also of the need for further research and systematic observations to further develop scientific knowledge of the ozone layer and possible adverse effects resulting from its modification,
2982 Convention For The Protection Of The Ozone Layer Pre.10 Determined to protect human health and the environment against adverse effects resulting from modifications of the ozone layer,
2982 Convention For The Protection Of The Ozone Layer Pre.11 HAVE AGREED AS FOLLOWS:
2990 ASEAN Agreement On The Conservation Of Nature And Natural Resources Pre.1 The Government of Brunei Darussalam,
2990 ASEAN Agreement On The Conservation Of Nature And Natural Resources Pre.2 The Government of the Republic of Indonesia,
2990 ASEAN Agreement On The Conservation Of Nature And Natural Resources Pre.3 The Government of Malaysia,
2990 ASEAN Agreement On The Conservation Of Nature And Natural Resources Pre.4 The Government of the Republic of the Philippines
2990 ASEAN Agreement On The Conservation Of Nature And Natural Resources Pre.5 The Government of the Republic of Singapore and
2990 ASEAN Agreement On The Conservation Of Nature And Natural Resources Pre.6 The Government of the Kingdom of Thailand,
2990 ASEAN Agreement On The Conservation Of Nature And Natural Resources Pre.7 Member States of the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) :
2990 ASEAN Agreement On The Conservation Of Nature And Natural Resources Pre.8 RECOGNIZING the importance of natural resources for present and future generations;
2990 ASEAN Agreement On The Conservation Of Nature And Natural Resources Pre.9 CONSCIOUS of their ever-growing value from a scientific, cultural, social and economic point of view;
2990 ASEAN Agreement On The Conservation Of Nature And Natural Resources Pre.10 CONSCIOUS also that the inter-relationship between conservation and socioeconomic development implies both that conservation is necessary to ensure sustainability of development, and that socioeconomic development is necessary for the achievement of conservation on a lasting basis;
2990 ASEAN Agreement On The Conservation Of Nature And Natural Resources Pre.11 RECOGNIZING the interdependence of living resources, between them and with other natural resources, within ecosystems of which they are part;
2990 ASEAN Agreement On The Conservation Of Nature And Natural Resources Pre.12 WISHING TO UNDERTAKE individual and joint action for the conservation and management of their living resources and the other natural elements on which they depend;
2990 ASEAN Agreement On The Conservation Of Nature And Natural Resources Pre.13 RECOGNIZING that international co-operation is essential to attain many of these goals;
2990 ASEAN Agreement On The Conservation Of Nature And Natural Resources Pre.14 CONVINCED that an essential means to achieve such concerted action is the conclusion and implementation of a. Agreement;
2990 ASEAN Agreement On The Conservation Of Nature And Natural Resources Pre.15 Have agreed as follows :
2990 ASEAN Agreement On The Conservation Of Nature And Natural Resources Sect.1 CHAPTER I
2990 ASEAN Agreement On The Conservation Of Nature And Natural Resources Art.1 ARTICLE 1
2990 ASEAN Agreement On The Conservation Of Nature And Natural Resources Art.1.1 (1) The Contracting Parties, within the frame- work of their respective national laws, under- take to adopt singly, or where necessary and appropriate through concerted action, the measures necessary to maintain essential ecological process and life-support systems, to preserve genetic diversity, and to ensure the sustainable utilization of harvested natural resources under their jurisdiction in accordance with scientific principles and with a view to attaining the goal of sustainable development.
2990 ASEAN Agreement On The Conservation Of Nature And Natural Resources Art.1.2 (2) To this end they shall develop national conservation strategies, and shall co-ordinate such strategies within the framework of a conservation strategy for the Region.
2999 European Convention For The Protection Of Vertebrate Animals Used For Experimental And Other Scientific Purposes Pre.1 Preamble
2999 European Convention For The Protection Of Vertebrate Animals Used For Experimental And Other Scientific Purposes Pre.2 The member States of the Council of Europe, signatory hereto,
2999 European Convention For The Protection Of Vertebrate Animals Used For Experimental And Other Scientific Purposes Pre.3 Recalling that the aim of the Council of Europe is to achieve a greater unity between its members and that it wishes to co-operate with other States in the protection of live animals used for experimental and other scientific purposes;
2999 European Convention For The Protection Of Vertebrate Animals Used For Experimental And Other Scientific Purposes Pre.4 Recognising that man has a moral obligation to respect all animals and to have due consideration for their capacity for suffering and memory;
2999 European Convention For The Protection Of Vertebrate Animals Used For Experimental And Other Scientific Purposes Pre.5 Accepting nevertheless that man in his quest for knowledge, health and safety has a need to use animals where there is a reasonable expectation that the result will be to extend knowledge or be to the overall benefit of man or animal, just as he uses them for food, clothing and as beasts of burden;
2999 European Convention For The Protection Of Vertebrate Animals Used For Experimental And Other Scientific Purposes Pre.6 Resolved to limit the use of animals for experimental and other scientific purposes, with the aim of replacing such use wherever practical, in particular by seeking alternative measures and encouraging the use of these alternative measures;
2999 European Convention For The Protection Of Vertebrate Animals Used For Experimental And Other Scientific Purposes Pre.7 Desirous to adopt common provisions in order to protect animals used in those procedures which may possibly cause pain, suffering, distress or lasting harm and to ensure that where unavoidable they shall be kept to a minimum,
2999 European Convention For The Protection Of Vertebrate Animals Used For Experimental And Other Scientific Purposes Pre.8 Have agreed as follows:
2999 European Convention For The Protection Of Vertebrate Animals Used For Experimental And Other Scientific Purposes Sect.1 Part I - General principles
3003 Convention On Early Notification Of A Nuclear Accident Pre.1 THE STATES PARTIES TO THIS CONVENTION,
3003 Convention On Early Notification Of A Nuclear Accident Pre.2 AWARE that nuclear activities are being carried out in a number of States,
3003 Convention On Early Notification Of A Nuclear Accident Pre.3 NOTING that comprehensive measures have been and are being take to ensure a high level of safety in nuclear activities, aimed at preventing nuclear accidents and minimizing the consequences of any such accident, should it occur,
3003 Convention On Early Notification Of A Nuclear Accident Pre.4 DESIRING to strengthen further international co-operation in the safe development and use of nuclear energy,
3003 Convention On Early Notification Of A Nuclear Accident Pre.5 CONVINCED of the need for States to provide relevant information about nuclear accidents as early as possible in order that transboundary radiological consequences can be minimized,
3003 Convention On Early Notification Of A Nuclear Accident Pre.6 NOTING the usefulness of bilateral and multilateral arrangements on information exchange in this area,
3003 Convention On Early Notification Of A Nuclear Accident Pre.7 HAVE AGREED as follows:
3004 Convention On Assistance In The Case Of A Nuclear Accident Or Radiological Emergency Pre.1 THE STATES PARTIES TO THIS CONVENTION,
3004 Convention On Assistance In The Case Of A Nuclear Accident Or Radiological Emergency Pre.2 AWARE that nuclear activities are being carried out in a number of States,
3004 Convention On Assistance In The Case Of A Nuclear Accident Or Radiological Emergency Pre.3 NOTING that comprehensive measures have been and are being taken to ensure a high level of safety in nuclear activities, aimed at preventing nuclear accidents and minimizing the consequences of any such accident, should it occur,
3004 Convention On Assistance In The Case Of A Nuclear Accident Or Radiological Emergency Pre.4 DESIRING to strengthen further international co-operation in the safe development and use of nuclear energy,
3004 Convention On Assistance In The Case Of A Nuclear Accident Or Radiological Emergency Pre.5 CONVINCED of the need for an international framework which will facilitate the prompt provision of assistance in the event of a nuclear accident or radiological emergency to mitigate its consequences,
3004 Convention On Assistance In The Case Of A Nuclear Accident Or Radiological Emergency Pre.6 NOTING the usefulness of bilateral and multilateral arrangements on mutual assistance in this area,
3004 Convention On Assistance In The Case Of A Nuclear Accident Or Radiological Emergency Pre.7 NOTING the activities of the International Atomic Energy Agency in developing guidelines for mutual emergency assistance arrangements in connection with a nuclear accident or radiological emergency,
3004 Convention On Assistance In The Case Of A Nuclear Accident Or Radiological Emergency Pre.8 HAVE AGREED as follows:
3005 Convention For The Protection Of The Natural Resources And Environment Of The South Pacific Region Pre.1 The Parties,
3005 Convention For The Protection Of The Natural Resources And Environment Of The South Pacific Region Pre.2 Fully aware of the economic and social value of the natural resources of the environment of the South Pacific Region;
3005 Convention For The Protection Of The Natural Resources And Environment Of The South Pacific Region Pre.3 Taking into account the traditions and cultures of the Pacific people as expressed in accepted customs and practices;
3005 Convention For The Protection Of The Natural Resources And Environment Of The South Pacific Region Pre.4 Conscious of their responsibility to preserve their natural heritage for the benefit and enjoyment of present and future generations;
3005 Convention For The Protection Of The Natural Resources And Environment Of The South Pacific Region Pre.5 Recognizing the special hydrological, geological and ecological characteristics of the region which requires special care and responsible management;
3005 Convention For The Protection Of The Natural Resources And Environment Of The South Pacific Region Pre.6 Recognizing further the threat to the marine and coastal environment, its ecological equilibrium, resources and legitimate uses posed by pollution and by the insufficient integration of an environmental dimension into the development process;
3005 Convention For The Protection Of The Natural Resources And Environment Of The South Pacific Region Pre.7 Seeking to ensure that resource development shall be in harmony with the maintenance of the unique environmental quality of the region and the evolving principles of sustained resource management;
3005 Convention For The Protection Of The Natural Resources And Environment Of The South Pacific Region Pre.8 Realizing fully the need for co-operation amongst themselves and with competent international, regional and sub-regional organizations in order to ensure a co- ordinated and comprehensive development of the natural resources of the region;
3005 Convention For The Protection Of The Natural Resources And Environment Of The South Pacific Region Pre.9 Recognizing the desirability for the wider acceptance and national implementation of international agreements already in existence concerning the marine and coastal environment;
3005 Convention For The Protection Of The Natural Resources And Environment Of The South Pacific Region Pre.10 Noting, however, that existing international agreements concerning the marine and coastal environment do not cover, in spite of the progress achieved, all aspects and sources of marine pollution and environmental degradation and do not entirely meet the special requirements of the South Pacific Region;
3005 Convention For The Protection Of The Natural Resources And Environment Of The South Pacific Region Pre.11 Desirous to adopt the regional convention to strengthen the implementation of the general objective of the Action Plan for Managing the Natural Resources and Environment of the South Pacific Region adopted at Rarotonga, Cook Islands, on 11 March 1982;
3005 Convention For The Protection Of The Natural Resources And Environment Of The South Pacific Region Pre.12 Have agreed as follows:
3009 Protocol I To The South Pacific Nuclear Free Zone Treaty Pre.1 The Parties to this Treaty
3009 Protocol I To The South Pacific Nuclear Free Zone Treaty Pre.2 United in their commitment to a world at peace;
3009 Protocol I To The South Pacific Nuclear Free Zone Treaty Pre.3 Gravely concerned that the continuing nuclear arms race presents the risk of nuclear war which would have devastating consequences for all people;
3009 Protocol I To The South Pacific Nuclear Free Zone Treaty Pre.4 Convinced that all countries have an obligation to make every effort to achieve the goal of eliminating nuclear weapons, the terror which they hold for humankind and the threat which they pose to life on earth;
3009 Protocol I To The South Pacific Nuclear Free Zone Treaty Pre.5 Believing that regional arms control measures can contribute to global efforts to reverse the nuclear arms race and promote the national security of each country in the region and the common security of all;
3009 Protocol I To The South Pacific Nuclear Free Zone Treaty Pre.6 Determined to ensure, so far as lies within their power, that the bounty and beauty of the land and sea in their region shall remain the heritage of their peoples and their descendants in perpetuity to be enjoyed by all in peace;
3009 Protocol I To The South Pacific Nuclear Free Zone Treaty Pre.7 Reaffirming the importance of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) in preventing the proliferation of nuclear weapons and in contributing to world security;
3009 Protocol I To The South Pacific Nuclear Free Zone Treaty Pre.8 Noting, in particular, that Article VII of the NPT recognises the right of any group of States to conclude regional treaties in order to assure the total absence of nuclear weapons in their respective territories;
3009 Protocol I To The South Pacific Nuclear Free Zone Treaty Pre.9 Noting that the prohibitions of emplantation and emplacement of nuclear weapons on the seabed and the ocean floor and in the subsoil thereof contained in the Treaty on the Prohibition of the Emplacement of Nuclear Weapons and Other Weapons of Mass Destruction on the Seabed and the Ocean Floor and in the Subsoil Thereof apply in the South Pacific;
3009 Protocol I To The South Pacific Nuclear Free Zone Treaty Pre.10 Noting also that the prohibition of testing of nuclear weapons in the atmosphere or under water, including territorial waters or high seas, contained in the Treaty Banning Nuclear Weapon Tests in the Atmosphere, in Outer Space and Under Water applies in the South Pacific;
3009 Protocol I To The South Pacific Nuclear Free Zone Treaty Pre.11 Determined to keep the region free of environmental pollution by radioactive wastes and other radioactive matter;
3009 Protocol I To The South Pacific Nuclear Free Zone Treaty Pre.12 Guided by the decision of the Fifteenth South Pacific Forum at Tuvalu that a nuclear free zone should be established in the region at the earliest possible opportunity in accordance with the principles set out in the communique of that meeting;
3009 Protocol I To The South Pacific Nuclear Free Zone Treaty Pre.13 Have Agreed as follows:
3022 Agreement On Flood Warning For The Catchment Basin Of The Mosel Pre.1 The Government of the French Republic,
3022 Agreement On Flood Warning For The Catchment Basin Of The Mosel Pre.2 The Government of the Federal Republic of Germany, The Government of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg,
3022 Agreement On Flood Warning For The Catchment Basin Of The Mosel Pre.3 Desiring to expand cooperation between neighbouring countries with respect to the management of the Moselle and the Saar Rivers,
3022 Agreement On Flood Warning For The Catchment Basin Of The Mosel Pre.4 Wishing to provide persons living along the Moselle and the Saar Rivers with better protection against floods,
3022 Agreement On Flood Warning For The Catchment Basin Of The Mosel Pre.5 Desiring to take joint measures to improve water level information and flood warning services in the catchment basins of the Moselle,
3022 Agreement On Flood Warning For The Catchment Basin Of The Mosel Pre.6 Bearing in mind the Frontier Treaty between the Netherlands and Prussia signed at Aachen on 26 June 1816,2
3022 Agreement On Flood Warning For The Catchment Basin Of The Mosel Pre.7 Bearing in mind the Frontier Treaty between the Netherlands and France signed at Courtrai on 28 March 1920,3
3022 Agreement On Flood Warning For The Catchment Basin Of The Mosel Pre.8 Bearing in mind the Convention between the Federal Republic of Germany, the French Republic and the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg concerning the canalization of the Moselle, signed at Luxembourg on 27 October 1956, and in particular article 56 thereof,
3022 Agreement On Flood Warning For The Catchment Basin Of The Mosel Pre.9 Have agreed as follows:
3042 Convention On The Control Of Transboundary Movements Of Hazardous Wastes And Their Disposal Pre.1 PREAMBLE
3042 Convention On The Control Of Transboundary Movements Of Hazardous Wastes And Their Disposal Pre.2 The Parties to this Convention,
3042 Convention On The Control Of Transboundary Movements Of Hazardous Wastes And Their Disposal Pre.3 Aware of the risk of damage to human health and the environment caused by hazardous wastes and other wastes and the transboundary movement thereof,
3042 Convention On The Control Of Transboundary Movements Of Hazardous Wastes And Their Disposal Pre.4 Mindful of the growing threat to human health and the environment posed by the increased generation and complexity, and transboundary movement of hazardous wastes and other wastes,
3042 Convention On The Control Of Transboundary Movements Of Hazardous Wastes And Their Disposal Pre.5 Mindful also that the most effective way of protecting human health and the environment from the dangers posed by such wastes is the reduction of their generation to a minimum in terms of quantity and/or hazard potential,
3042 Convention On The Control Of Transboundary Movements Of Hazardous Wastes And Their Disposal Pre.6 Convinced that States should take necessary measures to ensure that the management of hazardous wastes and other wastes including their transboundary movement and disposal is consistent with the protection of human health and the environment whatever the place of disposal,
3042 Convention On The Control Of Transboundary Movements Of Hazardous Wastes And Their Disposal Pre.7 Noting that States should ensure that the generator should carry out duties with regards to the transport and disposal of hazardous wastes and other wastes in a manner that is consistent with the protection of the environment, whatever the place of disposal.
3042 Convention On The Control Of Transboundary Movements Of Hazardous Wastes And Their Disposal Pre.8 Fully recognizing that any State has the sovereign right to ban the entry or disposal of foreign hazardous wastes and other wastes in its territory,
3042 Convention On The Control Of Transboundary Movements Of Hazardous Wastes And Their Disposal Pre.9 Recognizing also the increasing desire for the prohibition of transboundary movements of hazardous wastes and their disposal in other States, especially developing countries,
3042 Convention On The Control Of Transboundary Movements Of Hazardous Wastes And Their Disposal Pre.10 Convinced that hazardous wastes and other wastes should, as far as is compatible with environmentally sound and efficient management, be disposed of in the State where they were generated,
3042 Convention On The Control Of Transboundary Movements Of Hazardous Wastes And Their Disposal Pre.11 Aware also that transboundary movements of such wastes from the State of their generation to any other State should be permitted only when conducted under conditions which do not endanger human health and the environment, and under conditions in conformity with the provisions of this Convention,
3042 Convention On The Control Of Transboundary Movements Of Hazardous Wastes And Their Disposal Pre.12 Considering that enhanced control of transboundary movement of hazardous wastes and other wastes will act as an incentive for their environmentally sound management and for the reduction of the volume of such transboundary movement,
3042 Convention On The Control Of Transboundary Movements Of Hazardous Wastes And Their Disposal Pre.13 Convinced that States should take measures for the proper exchange of information on and control of the transboundary movement of hazardous wastes and other wastes from and to those States,
3042 Convention On The Control Of Transboundary Movements Of Hazardous Wastes And Their Disposal Pre.14 Noting that a number of international and regional agreements have addressed the issue of protection and preservation of the environment with regard to the transit of dangerous goods,
3042 Convention On The Control Of Transboundary Movements Of Hazardous Wastes And Their Disposal Pre.15 Taking into account the Declaration of the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment (Stockholm, 1972), the Cairo Guidelines and Principles for the Environmentally Sound Management of Hazardous Wastes adopted by the Governing Council of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) by decision 14/30 of 17 June 1987, the Recommendations of the United Nations Committee of Experts on the Transport of Dangerous Goods (formulated in 1957 and updated biennially), relevant recommendations, declarations, instruments and regulations adopted within the United Nations system and the work and studies done within other international and regional organizations,
3042 Convention On The Control Of Transboundary Movements Of Hazardous Wastes And Their Disposal Pre.16 Mindful of the spirit, principles, aims and functions of the World Charter for Nature adopted by the General Assembly of the United Nations at its thirty-seventh session (1982) as the rule of ethics in respect of the protection of the human environment and the conservation of natural resources,
3042 Convention On The Control Of Transboundary Movements Of Hazardous Wastes And Their Disposal Pre.17 Affirming that States are responsible for the fulfilment of their international obligations concerning the protection of human health and protection and preservation of the environment, and are liable in accordance with international law,
3042 Convention On The Control Of Transboundary Movements Of Hazardous Wastes And Their Disposal Pre.18 Recognizing that in the case of a material breach of the provisions of this Convention or any protocol thereto the relevant international law of treaties shall apply,
3042 Convention On The Control Of Transboundary Movements Of Hazardous Wastes And Their Disposal Pre.19 Aware of the need to continue the development and implementation of environmentally sound low-waste technologies, recycling options, good house-keeping and management systems with a view to reducing to a minimum the generation of hazardous wastes and other wastes,
3042 Convention On The Control Of Transboundary Movements Of Hazardous Wastes And Their Disposal Pre.20 Aware also of the growing international concern about the need for stringent control of transboundary movement of hazardous wastes and other wastes, and of the need as far as possible to reduce such movement to a minimum,
3042 Convention On The Control Of Transboundary Movements Of Hazardous Wastes And Their Disposal Pre.21 Concerned about the problem of illegal transboundary traffic in hazardous wastes and other wastes,
3042 Convention On The Control Of Transboundary Movements Of Hazardous Wastes And Their Disposal Pre.22 Taking into account also the limited capabilities of the developing countries to manage hazardous wastes and other wastes,
3042 Convention On The Control Of Transboundary Movements Of Hazardous Wastes And Their Disposal Pre.23 Recognizing the need to promote the transfer of technology for the sound management of hazardous wastes and other wastes produced locally, particularly to the developing countries in accordance with the spirit of the Cairo Guidelines and decision 14/16 of the Governing Council of UNEP on Promotion of the transfer of environmental protection technology,
3042 Convention On The Control Of Transboundary Movements Of Hazardous Wastes And Their Disposal Pre.24 Recognizing also that hazardous wastes and other wastes should be transported in accordance with relevant international conventions and recommendations,
3042 Convention On The Control Of Transboundary Movements Of Hazardous Wastes And Their Disposal Pre.25 Convinced also that the transboundary movement of hazardous wastes and other wastes should be permitted only when the transport and the ultimate disposal of such wastes is environmentally sound, and
3042 Convention On The Control Of Transboundary Movements Of Hazardous Wastes And Their Disposal Pre.26 Determined to protect, by strict control, human health and the environment against the adverse effects which may result from the generation and management of hazardous wastes and other wastes,
3042 Convention On The Control Of Transboundary Movements Of Hazardous Wastes And Their Disposal Pre.27 HAVE AGREED AS FOLLOWS:
3076 First Arrangement Implementing The Nauru Agreement Setting Forth Minimum Terms And Conditions Of Access To The Fisheries Zones Of The Parties Pre.1 The Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of Kiribati, the Marshall Islands, the Republic of Nauru, the Republic of Palau, Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands,
3076 First Arrangement Implementing The Nauru Agreement Setting Forth Minimum Terms And Conditions Of Access To The Fisheries Zones Of The Parties Pre.2 Taking into account the work of the Third United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea;
3076 First Arrangement Implementing The Nauru Agreement Setting Forth Minimum Terms And Conditions Of Access To The Fisheries Zones Of The Parties Pre.3 Noting that, in accordance with the relevant principles of international law, each of the Parties has established an exclusive economic zone or fisheries zone (hereinafter respectively called "the Fisheries Zones") which may extend 200 nautical miles from the baselines from which their respective territorial seas are measured and within which they respectively and separately exercise sovereign rights for the purposes of exploring, exploiting, conserving and managing all living marine resources;
3076 First Arrangement Implementing The Nauru Agreement Setting Forth Minimum Terms And Conditions Of Access To The Fisheries Zones Of The Parties Pre.4 Having regard to the objectives of the South Pacific Forum Fisheries Agency Convention and in particular the promotion of regional cooperation and coordination of fisheries policies and the need for the urgent implementation of these objectives through regional or sub-regional arrangements;
3076 First Arrangement Implementing The Nauru Agreement Setting Forth Minimum Terms And Conditions Of Access To The Fisheries Zones Of The Parties Pre.5 Conscious of the exploitation of the common stocks of fish, both within the Fisheries Zones and in the waters adjacent thereto, by the distant water fishing nations;
3076 First Arrangement Implementing The Nauru Agreement Setting Forth Minimum Terms And Conditions Of Access To The Fisheries Zones Of The Parties Pre.6 Mindful of their dependence, as developing island States, upon the rational development and optimum utilization of the living resources occurring within the Fisheries Zones and, in particular, the common stocks of the fish therein;
3076 First Arrangement Implementing The Nauru Agreement Setting Forth Minimum Terms And Conditions Of Access To The Fisheries Zones Of The Parties Pre.7 Recognizing that only by cooperation in the management of the Fisheries Zones may their people be assured of receiving the maximum benefits from such resources;
3076 First Arrangement Implementing The Nauru Agreement Setting Forth Minimum Terms And Conditions Of Access To The Fisheries Zones Of The Parties Pre.8 Desirous of establishing, without prejudice to the sovereign rights of each Party, arrangements by which this may be achieved.
3076 First Arrangement Implementing The Nauru Agreement Setting Forth Minimum Terms And Conditions Of Access To The Fisheries Zones Of The Parties Pre.9 Have agreed as follows:
3078 Agreement On The Conservation Of Seals In The Wadden Sea Pre.1 The Parties,
3078 Agreement On The Conservation Of Seals In The Wadden Sea Pre.2 RECOGNIZING that seals are an irreplaceable component of the Wadden Sea ecosystem and that they are of great importance as indicators of its condition;
3078 Agreement On The Conservation Of Seals In The Wadden Sea Pre.3 AWARE that they constitute a separate population whose main range and the main migration routes are located in the Wadden Sea and which should, as a consequence, be managed as a single unit;
3078 Agreement On The Conservation Of Seals In The Wadden Sea Pre.4 DEEPLY CONCERNED by the conservation status of that population, which as the result of mass deaths of seals has been reduced to the lowest level ever recorded;
3078 Agreement On The Conservation Of Seals In The Wadden Sea Pre.5 WITH A VIEW to improving this conservation status through concerted action on the part of the States that exercise jurisdiction over the range of that population;
3078 Agreement On The Conservation Of Seals In The Wadden Sea Pre.6 RECALLING the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals signed at Bonn on 23 June 1979 and notably its Appendix II which was amended in 1985 to include the Wadden Sea population of the common or harbour seal;
3078 Agreement On The Conservation Of Seals In The Wadden Sea Pre.7 RECALLING the Joint Declaration on the Protection of the Wadden Sea, adopted at the Third Governmental Meeting on the Protection of the Wadden Sea in Copenhagen on 9 December 1982;
3078 Agreement On The Conservation Of Seals In The Wadden Sea Pre.8 RECALLING the Declarations adopted by the First International Conference on the Protection of the North Sea, Bremen, 1 November 1984, and the Second International Conference on the Protection of the North Sea, London, 25 November 1987;