pan, Jordan, Kenya, South Korea, Latvia, Lebanon, Libya, Liechtenstein,
Lithuania, Luxembourg, The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Madagascar,
Malawi, Malaysia, Mali, Malta, Mauritania, Mexico, Moldova, Monaco, Mongolia,
Morocco, Namibia, Nepal, Netherlands, NZ, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Norway,
Pakistan, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland,
Portugal, Romania, Russia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Slovakia, Slovenia,
South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Suriname, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria,
Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Uganda,
Ukraine, UK, US, Uruguay, Venezuela, Vietnam, Yugoslavia, Zambia

*Desertification:

see United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification in those Countries
Experiencing Serious Drought and/or Desertification, Particularly in Africa

*Endangered Species:

see Convention on the International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild
Flora and Fauna (CITES)

*Environmental Modification:

see Convention on the Prohibition of Military or Any Other Hostile Use
of Environmental Modification Techniques

*Hazardous Wastes:

see Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous
Wastes and Their Disposal

*International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling:

note - abbreviated as Whaling
opened for signature - 2 December 1946
entered into force - 10 November 1948
objective - to protect all species of whales from overhunting;
to establish a system of international regulation for the whale fisheries
to ensure proper conservation and development of whale stocks; and to
safeguard for future generations the great natural resources represented
by whale stocks
parties - (41) Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Australia, Austria,
Brazil, Chile, China, Costa Rica, Denmark, Dominica, Finland, France,
Germany, Grenada, Guinea, India, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Kenya, South Korea,
Mexico, Monaco, Morocco, Netherlands, NZ, Norway, Oman, Peru, Russia,
Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines,
Senegal, Solomon Islands, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, UK,
US

*International Tropical Timber Agreement, 1983:

note - abbreviated as Tropical Timber 83
opened for signature - 18 November 1983
entered into force - 1 April 1985; this agreement expired when
the International Tropical Timber Agreement, 1994, went into force
objective - to provide an effective framework for cooperatio