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3. International conventions and agreements of Dnipro River countries

The Dnipro River countries have ratified most of the international environmental conventions and agreements currently in force.

A list of major international environmental conventions and agreements appears in Table 3.1. As indicated therein, Ukraine has ratified 22 of 23 documents, Russia has ratified 15, and Belarus, 14.

All of the ratified conventions and agreements have the force of national law. An analysis of these documents revealed that they all meet the current requirements of environmental legislation in the Dnipro River countries. There is therefore no need to introduce any changes to the national environmental legislation of these countries.

Table 3.1 Major international environmental conventions and agreements ratified by countries of the Dnipro River basin

	Belarus	Russia	Ukraine
UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (New York, 1992)	+	+	+
Convention on Transboundary Impact of Industrial Accidents (Helsinki, 1992)	+	+	+
World Meteorological Organization Convention (Washington, October 11, 1947)	—	+	+
Viennese Convention on Protection of the Ozone Layer (Vienna, March 22, 1985)	+	+	+
Montreal Protocol on Substances with Destructive Effects on the Ozone Layer (Montreal, September 16, 1987) with corrections and amendments (London, June 27–9, 1990), (Copenhagen, November 23–5, 1992), (Vienna, December 5–7, 1995)	+	+-	+
Convention on Protecting the World's Cultural and Natural Heritage (Paris/UNESCO 1972)	—	+	+
Convention on Wetlands of International Importance Especially as Waterfowl Habitat (Ramsar 1971)	+	+	+
Convention on Transboundary Long Distance Air Pollution (Geneva, November 13, 1979)	+	+	+
Basle Convention on Control of Transboundary Transportation of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal (Basle, March 22, 1989)	+	+	+
Convention on Transboundary Environmental Impact (Espoo, Finland, 1991)	+-	+-	+
Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (Stockholm, May 22, 2001) (pending)	+	+-	+
Convention on Biological Biodiversity (Rio de Janeiro, June 5, 1992)	+	+	+
Convention on Protection and Use of Transboundary Water Bodies and International Lakes (Helsinki, 1992)	+	+	+
Protocol on Water and Human Health (London, 2002)	—	+	+
Convention on Prevention of Pollution by Waste Discharges and Other Materials (London, 1972)	—	+	+
Convention on Pollution Protection of the Black Sea (Bucharest, 1992)	—.	+	+
Convention (1973) on International Trafficking of Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (Washington, 1973)	+	+-	+
Convention on the Conservation of European Wildlife and Natural Habitats (1979)	—	—	+
Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (Bonn, 1979)	—	—	+
International Convention on Plant Protection (Rome, 1951)	—	—	—
Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision Making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters (Aarhus, 1998)	+	—	+
Declaration of UN Conference on the Environment and Development (Rio de Janeiro, 1992)	+	+	+
Agreement of CIS Countries on Cooperation in Ecology and Environmental Protection (1992)	+	+	+

Note: “+” – signed and ratified “+ -” – signed but not ratified “— ” – not signed.

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