Multilateral Environmental Agreements

State of Affairs and Developments 2010

Philip J.J. Drost

• Publisher: Eleven International Publishing
• Year: 2010
• eBook ISBN: 9789460944277
• Edition: 0
• Topic: Law
• Subtopic: Environmental Law
• Index: Law

This yearbook brings together the texts of the most important Multilateral Environmental Agreements (MEAs), including the most recent texts of Rules of Procedure, Financial Rules, and Compliance Procedures. A short description of each MEA is given, including a fact sheet covering date of adoption, date of entry into force, parties, amendments, and Convention of the Parties (COP) history. The 'Year-in-Review' section gives an account of the most salient negotiating issues and developments in the year, while the 'Year Ahead' section shows what the key negotiating issues will be in the forthcoming year. This work provides a comprehensive and indispensable tool for the MEA legal practitioner.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Table of Contents
• Preface
• Part I: Chemicals and Wastes
• Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal
• Introduction
• 2009: Year in Review
• Year Ahead
• Treaty Text
• Annexes
• Rules of Procedure for Meetings of the Conference of the Parties to the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal
• Mechanism for Promoting Implementation and Compliance
• Protocol on Liability and Compensation for Damage Resulting fromTransboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal
• Introduction
• 2009: Year in Review
• Year Ahead
• Treaty Text
• Annexes
• Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade
• Introduction
• 2009: Year in Review
• Year Ahead
• Treaty Text
• Annexes
• Rules of procedure for the Conference of the Parties
• RC-4/7: Procedures and mechanisms on compliance with the Rotterdam Convention
• Annex to decision RC-4/7
• Procedures and mechanisms on compliance with the Rotterdam Convention: draft text reflecting the deliberations of the contact group
• Financial rules
• Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants
• Introduction
• 2009: Year in Review
• Year Ahead
• Treaty Text
• Annexes
• Rules of procedure for the Conference of the Parties
• Financial Rules
• Procedures and Mechanisms on Compliance with the Stockholm Convention
• Annex to decision SC-4/33 [[Non-compliance][Compliance] procedures under Article 17 of the Stockholm Convention
• Appendix Chair’s proposal
• Part II: Climate and Atmosphere
• Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer
• Introduction
• 2009: Year in Review
• Year Ahead
• Treaty Text
• Annexes
• Rules of procedure for meetings of the Conference of the Parties to the Vienna Convention
• Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer
• Introduction
• 2009: Year in Review
• Year Ahead
• Treaty Text
• Annexes
• Rules of Procedure
• Non-Compliance Procedure
• United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
• Introduction
• 2009: Year in Review
• Year Ahead
• Treaty Text
• Annexes
• Copenhagen Accord
• Appendices
• Draft Rules of Procedure of the Conference of the Parties and its Subsidiary Bodies
• Financial procedures for the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, its subsidiary bodies and its permanent secretariat
• Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
• Introduction
• 2009: Year in Review
• Year Ahead
• Treaty Text
• Annexes
• Procedures and mechanisms relating to compliance under the Kyoto Protocol
• Rules of procedure of the Compliance Committee of the Kyoto Protocol
• Part III: Biodiversity, Nature, Wildlife and Desertification
• Convention on Wetlands of International Importance Especially as Waterfowl Habitat
• Introduction
• 2009: Year in Review
• Year Ahead
• Treaty Text
• Rules of Procedure
• Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage
• Introduction
• 2009: Year in Review
• Year Ahead
• Treaty Text
• Rules of Procedure for the General Assembly of States Parties to the Convention concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage
• World Heritage Committee Rules of Procedure
• Financial Regulations for the World Heritage Fund
• Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora
• Introduction
• 2009: Year in Review
• Year Ahead
• Treaty Text
• Rules of Procedure of the Conference of the Parties
• Rules of Procedure of the Standing Committee
• Rules of Procedure for Meeting of the Animals Committee
• Rules of Procedure for Meetings of the Plants Committee
• CITES Compliance Procedures
• Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals
• Introduction
• 2009: Year in Review
• Year Ahead
• Treaty Text
• Appendices
• Rules of procedure for the Ninth Meeting of the Conference of the Parties
• Rules of Procedure of the Standing Committee
• Convention on Biological Diversity
• Introduction
• 2009: Year in Review
• Year Ahead
• Treaty Text
• Annexes
• Rules of Procedure for Meetings of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity
• Financial Rules for the Administration of the Trust Fund for the Convention on Biological Diversity
• Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety to the Convention on Biological Diversity
• Introduction
• 2009: Year in Review
• Year Ahead
• Treaty Text
• Annexes
• Rules of Procedure for Meetings of the Conference of the Parties serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Protocol
• Procedures and Mechanisms on Compliance under the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety
• Rules of Procedure for the Meetings of the Compliance Committee under the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety
• United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification in Countries Experiencing Serious Drought and/or Desertification, Particularly in Africa
• Introduction
• 2009: Year in Review
• Year Ahead
• Treaty Text
• Annexes
• Rules of Procedure of the Conference of the Parties
• Financial Rules for the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification in those countries experiencing serious drought and/or desertification, particularly in Africa, its subsidiary bodies and the Convention Secretariat
• Annexes Containing Arbitration and Conciliation Procedures, in Accordance with Article 28, paragraphs 2(A) and 6, of the Convention
• Part IV: Other Relevant Legal Instruments
• Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties
• Financial Regulations and Rules of the United Nations
• List of Abbreviations