The United Nations Portal on Multilateral Environmental Agreements

	Signature	Ratification	Party status
Aarhus Convention	25 Jun 1998	20 May 2005	Ratification
Agreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds (AEWA)	01 Nov 1983	01 Nov 1999	Ratification
Agreement on the Conservation of Small Cetaceans of the Baltic, North East Atlantic, Irish and North Seas (ASCOBANS)		31 Mar 1992	Definitive signature
Agreement relating to the Implementation of Part XI of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea of 10 December 1982	29 Jul 1994	25 Jun 1996	Ratification
Agreement under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea on the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine Biological Diversity of Areas beyond National Jurisdiction	20 Sep 2023		Signatory
Amendment to the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal		10 Sep 1997	Acceptance
Amendments to the Text of and Annexes Other than III and VII to the 1998 Protocol on Heavy Metals		16 Nov 2015	Acceptance
Basel Convention	22 Mar 1989	02 Aug 1991	Ratification
Basel Protocol on Liability and Compensation	01 Dec 2000		Signatory
Convention for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources		06 Jun 1984	Accession
Convention on Biological Diversity	08 Jun 1992	16 Dec 1993	Ratification
Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora		20 Aug 1974	Ratification
Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution	13 Nov 1979	12 Feb 1981	Ratification
Convention on Migratory Species		01 Nov 1983	Ratification
Convention on the Law of the Non-Navigational Uses of International Watercourses		15 Jun 2000	Accession
Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes	18 Mar 1992	05 Aug 1993	Ratification
Convention on the Transboundary Effects of Industrial Accidents	18 Mar 1992	22 Sep 1999	Ratification
Convention on Wetlands of International Importance especially as Waterfowl Habitat	05 Apr 1975	05 Dec 1974	Ratification
Doha Amendment to the Kyoto Protocol		14 Nov 2017	Acceptance
EMEP Protocol	28 Sep 1984	12 Aug 1985	Ratification
Espoo Convention	26 Feb 1991	24 Jan 1992	Ratification
Gothenburg Protocol	01 Dec 1999	28 Mar 2002	Ratification
International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships (MARPOL) as modified by the Protocol of 1978 (MARPOL 73/78) - including Annex I/II		09 Jun 1980	Ratification
International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships as modified by the Protocol of 1978 (MARPOL 73/78) - Annex III: Hazardous substances carried in packaged form		09 Jun 1980	Acceptance
International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling		15 Jun 1979	Adherence
International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture	06 Jun 2002	31 Mar 2004	Ratification
International Tropical Timber Agreement	28 Oct 2008	28 Oct 2008	Ratification
Kyiv Protocol on Pollutant Release and Transfer Registers	21 May 2003	15 Oct 2008	Ratification
Kyoto Protocol	29 Apr 1998	31 May 2002	Ratification
Minamata Convention on Mercury	10 Oct 2013	18 May 2017	Ratification
Montreal Protocol	16 Sep 1987	29 Jun 1988	Ratification
Nagoya Protocol	23 Jun 2011	08 Sep 2016	Ratification
Paris Agreement	22 Apr 2016	13 Oct 2016	Ratification
Protocol concerning the Control of Emissions of Nitrogen Oxides	01 Nov 1988	27 Jul 1990	Ratification
Protocol concerning the Control of Emissions of Volatile Organic Compounds or their Transboundary Fluxes	19 Nov 1991	08 Jan 1993	Ratification
Protocol of 1997 to amend the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, 1973, as modified by the Protocol of 1978 relating thereto (MARPOL 73/78) to include Annex VI on the prevention of air pollution from ships	18 May 1998		Signatory
Protocol on Further Reduction of Sulphur Emissions	14 Jun 1994	19 Jul 1995	Ratification
Protocol on Heavy Metals	24 Jun 1998	19 Jan 2000	Ratification
Protocol on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs)	24 Jun 1998	19 Jan 2000	Ratification
Protocol on Strategic Environmental Assessment	21 May 2003	30 Mar 2006	Ratification
Protocol on the Reduction of Sulphur Emissions	09 Jul 1985	31 Mar 1986	Ratification
Protocol on Water and Health	17 Jun 1999		Signatory
Rotterdam Convention	11 Sep 1998	10 Oct 2003	Ratification
Stockholm Convention	23 May 2001	08 May 2002	Ratification
The Beijing Amendment (1999)		28 Mar 2002	Ratification
The Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety	24 May 2000	08 Aug 2002	Ratification
The Copenhagen Amendment (1992)		09 Aug 1993	Ratification
The Kigali Amendment (2016)		17 Nov 2017	Ratification
The London Amendment (1990)		02 Aug 1991	Ratification
The London Fisheries Convention	09 Mar 1964	16 Feb 1966
The Montreal Amendment (1997)		12 Jul 1999	Ratification
The Nagoya – Kuala Lumpur Supplementary Protocol on Liability and Redress to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety	07 Mar 2011	12 Oct 2012	Ratification
UN Fish Stocks Agreement	27 Jun 1996	19 Dec 2003	Ratification
United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea	10 Dec 1982	25 Jun 1996	Ratification
United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification	15 Oct 1994	12 Dec 1995	Ratification
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change	08 Jun 1992	23 Jun 1993	Ratification
Vienna Convention	22 Mar 1985	26 Nov 1986	Ratification