countries that have signed, but not yet ratified — (11) Algeria,
Burkina, Burundi, Cameroon, Ethiopia, Haiti, Mali, Paraguay, Portugal,
Somalia, Vietnam
Tropical Timber 83
see — International Tropical Timber Agreement, 1983
Tropical Timber 94
see — International Tropical Timber Agreement, 1994
United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (LOS)
note — abbreviated as Law of the Sea
opened for signature — 10 December 1982
entered into force — 16 November 1994
objective — to set up a comprehensive new legal regime for the sea and oceans; to include rules concerning environmental standards as well as enforcement provisions dealing with pollution of the marine environment