parties - (58) Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Burma,
Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, China, Colombia,
Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, Cote d'Ivoire,
Denmark, Ecuador, Egypt, EU, Fiji, Finland, France, Gabon, Germany,
Ghana, Greece, Guyana, Honduras, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy,
Japan, South Korea, Liberia, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Nepal, Netherlands,
NZ, Norway, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Philippines, Portugal,
Spain, Suriname, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Togo, Trinidad and
Tobago, UK, US, Uruguay, Vanuatu, Venezuela
Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate
Change
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 - (49) Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Azerbaijan, The Bahamas,
Bangladesh, Barbados, Bolivia, Burundi, Colombia, Cook Islands, Cyprus,
Czech Republic, Denmark, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Fiji,
The Gambia, Georgia, Guatemala, Guinea, Honduras, Jamaica, Jordan,
Kiribati, Lesotho, Malawi, Maldives, Malta, Mauritius, Mexico,
Federated States of Micronesia, Mongolia, Nauru, Nicaragua, Niue,
Palau, Panama, Paraguay, Portugal, Romania, Samoa, Senegal, Trinidad
and Tobago, Turkmenistan, Tuvalu, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu
countries that have signed, but not yet ratified - (57) Australia,
Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, China, Costa Rica,
Croatia, Cuba, Egypt, Estonia, EU, Finland, France, Germany, Greece,
Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, South Korea,
Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Mali, Marshall
Islands, Monaco, Netherlands, NZ, Niger, Norway, Papua New Guinea,
Peru, Philippines, Poland, 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