XVII. UN Treaties and Armenia

E N V I R O N M E N T

DOCUMENT NAME (Entry into force, Status)

Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution

(16 Mar 1983, Signatories: 32, Parties: 51)

Protocol to the 1979 Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution on Heavy Metals

(29 Dec 2003, Signatories: 36, Parties: 32)

Protocol to the 1979 Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution on Persistent Organic Pollutants

(23 Oct 2003, Signatories: 36, Parties: 30)

Protocol to the 1979 Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution  to Abate Acidification, Eutrophication and Ground-level Ozone

(17 May 2005, Signatories: 31, Parties: 26)

Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer

Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer

Amendment to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer

Amendment to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer

Amendment to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer adopted by the Ninth Meeting of the Parties

(10 November 1999, Parties : 188)

Amendment to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer

Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal

(5 May 1992, Signatories: 53, Parties: 179)

Convention on Environmental Impact Assessment in a Transboundary Context

Protocol on Strategic Environmental Assessment to the Convention on Environmental Impact Assessment in a Transboundary Context

Protocol on Water and Health to the 1992 Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes

Convention on the Transboundary Effects of Industrial Accidents

(19 Apr 2000, Signatories: 27, Parties: 40)

United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change

Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change

Amendment to Annex B of the Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change

(not yet in force, Parties : 27)

Convention on biological diversity

Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety to the Convention on Biological Diversity

United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification in those Countries Experiencing Serious Drought and/or Desertification, Particularly in Africa

(30 Sep 1997, Signatories: 115, Parties: 195)

Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-Making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters

Protocol on Pollutant Release and Transfer Registers

(8 Oct 2009, Signatories: 38, Parties: 28)

Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade

(24 Feb 2004, Signatories: 73, Parties: 147)

Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants

Protocol on Civil Liability and Compensation for Damage Caused by the Transboundary Effects of Industrial Accidents on Transboundary Waters to the 1992 Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes and to the 1992 Convention on the Transboundary Effects of Industrial Accidents