Convention on Fishing and Conservation of Living Resources of the
High Seas note - abbreviated as Marine Life Conservation
opened for signature - 29 April 1958
entered into force - 20 March 1966
objective - to solve through international cooperation the problems involved in the conservation of living resources of the high seas, considering that because of the development of modern technology some of these resources are in danger of being overexploited
parties - (37) Australia, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Burkina
Faso, Cambodia, Colombia, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Fiji,
Finland, France, Haiti, Indonesia, Jamaica, Kenya, Lesotho,
Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Mauritius, Mexico, Netherlands,
Nigeria, Portugal, Senegal, Serbia, Sierra Leone, Solomon Islands,
South Africa, Spain, Switzerland, Thailand, Tonga, Trinidad and
Tobago, Uganda, UK, US, Venezuela
countries that have signed, but not yet ratified - (21) Afghanistan,
Argentina, Bolivia, Canada, Costa Rica, Cuba, Ghana, Iceland, Iran,
Ireland, Israel, Lebanon, Liberia, Nepal, NZ, Pakistan, Panama, Sri
Lanka, Tunisia, Uruguay
Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution note - abbreviated as Air Pollution
opened for signature - 13 November 1979
entered into force - 16 March 1983
objective - to protect the human environment against air pollution and to gradually reduce and prevent air pollution, including long-range transboundary air pollution