Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint
Vincent and the Grenadines, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra
Leone, Singapore, Slovakia, Somalia, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka,
Sudan, Suriname, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Tanzania, Thailand,
Togo, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Tuvalu, Uganda, UAE, UK, US,
Uruguay, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Vietnam, Zambia, Zimbabwe
countries that have signed, but not yet ratified-(4) Cambodia,
Ireland, Kuwait, Lesotho
Convention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping Wastes and
Other Matter (London Convention)
note-abbreviated as Marine Dumping
opened for signature-29 December 1972
entered into force-30 August 1975
objective-to control pollution of the sea by dumping and to encourage
regional agreements supplementary to the Convention
parties-(77) Afghanistan, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Australia,
Barbados, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil,
Canada, Cape Verde, Chile, China, Democratic Republic of the Congo,
Costa Rica, Cote d'Ivoire, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Denmark, Dominican
Republic, Egypt, EU, Finland, France, Gabon, Germany, Greece,
Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Jamaica,
Japan, Jordan, Kenya, Kiribati, Libya, Luxembourg, Malta, Mexico,
Monaco, Morocco, Nauru, Netherlands, NZ, Nigeria, Norway, Oman,
Panama, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Saint
Lucia, Seychelles, Slovenia, Solomon Islands, South Africa, Spain,
Suriname, Sweden, Switzerland, Tonga, Tunisia, Tuvalu, Ukraine, UAE,
UK, US, Vanuatu, former Yugoslavia
Convention on the Prohibition of Military or Any Other Hostile Use of
Environmental Modification Techniques
note-abbreviated as Environmental Modification
opened for signature-10 December 1976
entered into force-5 October 1978
objective- to prohibit the military or other hostile use of
environmental modification techniques in order to further world peace
and trust among nations
parties-(64) Afghanistan, Algeria, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina,
Australia, Austria, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belgium, Benin, Brazil,
Bulgaria, Canada, Cape Verde, Chile, Costa Rica, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech
Republic, Denmark, Dominica, Egypt, Finland, Germany, Ghana, Greece,
Guatemala, Hungary, India, Ireland, Italy, Japan, North Korea, South
Korea, Kuwait, Laos, Malawi, Mauritius, Mongolia, Netherlands, NZ,
Niger, Norway, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Poland, Romania, Russia,
Saint Lucia, Sao Tome and Pri
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