pore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa,
Spain, Suriname, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Togo, Tonga, Tunisia,
Turkey, Tuvalu, Ukraine, UK, US, Uruguay, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Vietnam,
former Yugoslavia
Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty

note-abbreviated as Antarctic-Environmental Protocol
opened for signature-4 October 1991
entered into force-14 January 1998
objective- to enhance the protection of the Antarctic environment and
dependent and associated ecosystems
parties-(27) Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Chile, China,
Ecuador, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, India, Italy, Japan, South
Korea, Netherlands, NZ, Norway, Peru, Poland, Russia, South Africa,
Spain, Sweden, UK, US, Uruguay
countries that have signed, but not yet ratified-(16) Austria,
Bulgaria, Canada, Colombia, Cuba, Czech Republic, Denmark, Guatemala,
Hungary, North Korea, Papua New Guinea, Romania, Slovakia,
Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine
Protocol to the 1979 Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air
Pollution Concerning the Control of Emissions of Nitrogen Oxides or
Their Transboundary Fluxes

note-abbreviated as Air Pollution-Nitrogen Oxides
opened for signature-31 October 1988
entered into force-14 February 1991
objective- to provide for the control or reduction of nitrogen oxides
and their transboundary fluxes
parties-(25) Austria, Belarus, Bulgaria, Canada, Czech Republic,
Denmark, EU, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Italy,
Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Russia, Slovakia,
Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine, UK, US
countries that have signed, but not yet ratified-(3) Belgium, Greece,
Poland
Protocol to the 1979 Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air
Pollution Concerning the Control of Emissions of Volatile Organic
Compounds or Their Transboundary Fluxes

note-abbreviated as Air Pollution-Volatile Organic Compounds
opened for signature-18 November 1991, but not yet in force
objective-to provide for the control and reduction of emissions of
volatile organic compounds in order to reduce their transboundary
fluxes so as to protect human health and the environment from adverse
effects
parties-(17) Austria, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland,
France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg,
Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, UK
countries that have signed, but not yet ratified-(7) Belgium, Canada,
EU, Greece, Portugal, Ukraine, US
Protocol to the 1979 C