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The term 'amendment' refers to the formal alteration of treaty provisions affecting all the parties to the particular agreement. Such alterations must be effected with the same formalities that attended the original formation of the treaty. Many multilateral treaties lay down specific requirements to be satisfied for amendments to be adopted. In the absence of such provisions, amendments require the consent of all the parties. (Source: Art.40, Vienna Convention of the Law of Treaties 1969)

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Multilateral environment agreements tagged with Amendments

You can see below a list of multilateral environment agreements. Use the links on the right to view the content tagged with Amendments. This includes official treaty texts, decisions, recommendations, and other related informational documents such as publications, annuals, meetings, documents or reports.
Convention on Biological Diversity
Basel Convention
Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora
Convention on Migratory Species
Stockholm Convention
Vienna Convention
Agreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds
International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
World Heritage Convention
Kyoto Protocol
The Convention on Wetlands
United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification
Rotterdam Convention
Dumping Protocol
Specially Protected Areas and Biodiversity Protocol
Aarhus Convention
Abidjan Convention
Noumea Convention
Cartagena Convention
Jeddah Convention
Bamako Convention
Minamata Convention on Mercury
ASEAN Agreement on Transboundary Haze Pollution