note - abbreviated as Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol
opened for signature - 16 March 1998, but not yet in force
objective - to further reduce greenhouse gas emissions by enhancing the national programs of developed countries aimed at this goal and by establishing percentage reduction targets for the developed countries
parties - (32) Antigua and Barbuda, Azerbaijan, The Bahamas, Barbados,
Bolivia, Cyprus, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Fiji,
Georgia, Guatemala, Guinea, Honduras, Jamaica, Kiribati, Lesotho,
Maldives, Mexico, Federated States of Micronesia, Mongolia, 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