Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina,
Australia, Austria, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belgium, Benin, Brazil,
Brunei, 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, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Sao
Tome and Principe, Slovakia, Solomon Islands, Spain, Sri Lanka,
Sweden, Switzerland, Tajikistan, Tunisia, Ukraine, UK, US, Uruguay,
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 - (42) Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Australia, Austria,
Brazil, Chile, China, Costa Rica, Denmark, Dominica, Finland,
France, Germany, Grenada, Guinea, India, Ireland, Italy, Japan,
Kenya, South Korea, Mexico, Monaco, Morocco, Netherlands, NZ,
Norway, Oman, Panama, Peru, Russia, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint
Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Senegal, Solomon Islands,
South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, UK, US

International Tropical Timber Agreement, 1983 note - abbreviated as
Tropical Timber 83

opened