guay, Uzbekistan, Vietnam,
Yemen

countries that have signed, but not yet ratified - (17) Bolivia,
Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Holy See, Iceland, Iran,
Iraq, Lebanon, Liberia, Luxembourg, Morocco, Nicaragua, Portugal,
Sierra Leone, Syria, Turkey, Uganda

Desertification

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

Endangered Species

see Convention on the International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild
Flora and Fauna (CITES)

Environmental Modification

see Convention on the Prohibition of Military or Any Other Hostile Use
of Environmental Modification Techniques

Hazardous Wastes

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

International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling

note - abbreviated as Whaling

opened for signature - 2 December 1946

entered into force - 10 November 1948

objective - to protect all species of whales from overhunting; to
establish a system of international regulation for the whale fisheries
to ensure proper conservation and development of whale stocks; and to
safeguard for future generations the great natural resources
represented by whale stocks

parties - (72) Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Australia, Austria,
Belgium, Belize, Benin, Brazil, Cambodia, Cameroon, Chile, China, Costa
Rica, Cote D'Ivoire, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dominica,
Finland, France, Gabon, The Gambia, Germany, Grenada, Guatemala,
Guinea, Hungary, Iceland, India, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kenya,
Kiribati, South Korea, Mali, Marshall Islands, Mauritania, Mexico,
Monaco, Mongolia, Morocco, Nauru, Netherlands, NZ, Nicaragua, Norway,
Oman, Palau, Panama, Peru, Philippines, Portugal, Russia, Saint Kitts
and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, San Marino,
Senegal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Solomon Islands, South Africa, Spain,
Suriname, Sweden, Switzerland, Togo, Tuvalu, UK, US

International Tropical Timber Agreement, 1983

note - abbreviated as Tropical Timber 83

opened for signature - 18 November 1983

entered into force - 1 April 1985; this agreement expired when the
International Tropical Timber Agreement, 1994, went into force

objective - to provide an effective framework for cooperation between
tropical timber producers and consumers and to encourage