ongolia, Nicaragua, Niue, Palau, Panama,
Paraguay, Samoa, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkmenistan, Tuvalu, Uruguay, Uzbekistan
countries that have signed, but not yet ratified - (64) Argentina,
Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, China, Cook
Islands, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cuba, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, Estonia,
EU, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Italy,
Japan, Kazakhstan, South Korea, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg,
Malaysia, Mali, Malta, Marshall Islands, Monaco, Netherlands, NZ, Niger,
Norway, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania,
Russia, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Seychelles, Slovakia,
Slovenia, Solomon Islands, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Ukraine,
UK, US, Vietnam, Zambia
*Law of the Sea:
see United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (LOS)
*Marine Dumping:
see Convention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping Wastes
and Other Matter (London Convention)
*Marine Life Conservation:
see Convention on Fishing and Conservation of Living Resources of the
High Seas
*Montreal Protocol on Substances That Deplete the Ozone Layer:
note - abbreviated as Ozone Layer Protection
opened for signature - 16 September 1987
entered into force - 1 January 1989
objective - to protect the ozone layer by controlling emissions
of substances that deplete it
parties - (175) Albania, Algeria, Angola, Antigua and Barbuda,
Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, The Bahamas, Bahrain,
Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Benin, Bolivia, Bosnia
and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burma,
Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, China,
Colombia, Comoros, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo,
Costa Rica, Cote d'Ivoire, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark,
Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Estonia,
Ethiopia, EU, Fiji, Finland, France, Gabon, The Gambia, Georgia, Germany,
Ghana, Greece, Grenada, Guatemala, Guinea, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Hungary,
Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iran, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan,
Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kiribati, North Korea, South Korea, Kuwait,
Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Latvia, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Liechtenstein,
Lithuania, Luxembourg, The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Madagascar,
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