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International instruments dealt with by SPREP are listed under the following 4 categories:

1 Sustainable Development:

Mauritius International Meeting to undertake the 10 year Review of the Implementation of the Programme of Action for the Sustainable Development of SIDS 2005 (History) (Summary)

• Mauritius Declaration
• Mauritius Strategy for the Further Implementation of the Programme of Action for the Sustainable Development of Small Island Developing States

World Summit on Sustainable Development, 2002

• Johannesburg Declaration on Sustainable Development
• Plan of Implementation of the World Summit on Sustainable Development

Millennium Summit, 2000

• Millennium Declaration
• Millennium Development Goals

Draft International Covenant on Environment and Development (IUCN) 3rd Ed.; errata

Global Conference on the Sustainable Development of Small Island Developing States, 1994

• Declaration of Barbados
• Programme of Action for the Sustainable Development of Small Island Developing States

Earth Summit, 1992

• Rio Declaration on Environment and Development
• Agenda 21and Capacity 2015

   

UN General Assembly Resolution 37/7 on a World Charter for Nature, 1982

Stockholm Declaration of the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment, 1972

2 Ecosystems Management

General:

International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture, 2002

UN Convention on Desertification, 1994 (UNCCD)

Convention on Biological Diversity, 1992

• Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, 2000

  National Biosafety Frameworks:  Niue, PNG, Samoa, Tonga, Vanuatu

  Regional Biosecurity Bill

• Programme of work on island biodiversity
• Bonn Guidelines on ABS, 2002
• Pacific Bioprospecting Database
• Traditional knowledge related instruments

  Pacific Model Law on Traditional Biological Knowledge, Innovations & Practices

  1. Guideline
  2. Template policy paper
  3. Integration with Cultural Model Law

   

Non-legally Binding Authoritative Statement of Principles for a Global Consensus on the Management, Conservation and Sustainable Development of all Types of Forests, 1992 (Statement of Forest Principles)

Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals, 1979 (CMS)

Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, 1973 (CITES)

Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage, 1972 (WHC)

Convention on Wetlands of International Importance Especially as Waterfowl Habitat, 1971 (Ramsar)

Joint website of CBD, CMS, CITES, WHC, Ramsar

Marine specific:

United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, 1982 (see Part XII)

International Convention for the Control and Management of Ships' Ballast Water and Sediments, 2004 (Summary)

Convention on the Conservation and Management of Highly Migratory Fish Stocks in the Western and Central Pacific Ocean, 2000

Agreement for the Implementation of UNCLOS relating to the Conservation and Management of Straddling Fish Stocks and Highly Migratory Fish Stocks,1995

FAO Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries, 1995

Convention for the Prohibition of Fishing with Long Driftnets in the South Pacific, 1990

International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling, 1946 (IWC)

See Noumea Convention (under "Regional")

For more fisheries-related instruments, see: ICSF

 

3 Climate Change:

United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, 1992

• Kyoto Protocol to the UNFCCC, 1997

Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer, 1985

• Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer, 1987 and amendments

  Draft Ozone Depleting Substances law

  Ozone Handbook

4 Waste Management:

Marine

Global Programme of Action for the Protection of the Marine Environment from Land-based Activities (GPA), 1995

International Convention on Oil Pollution Preparedness, Response and Coordination, 1990 (OPRC 90)

• Protocol On Preparedness, Response And Co-Operation to Pollution Incidents by Hazardous and Noxious Substances, 2000   (OPRC/HNS Protocol 2000)

  (not to be confused with the International  Conventionon Liability and Compensation for Damage in Connection withthe Carriage of Hazardous and Noxious Substances by Sea, 1996: HNS Convention, 1996)

 

1978 Protocol to the MARPOL Convention 1973 (MARPOL 73/78) as amended

Convention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping of Wastes and Other Matter, 1972 (London Convention)

• London Protocol, 1996

Pacific Islands Handbook of International Marine Pollution Conventions

For other IMO conventions, see: IMO

See Noumea Convention draft Protocols (under "Regional")

Chemical

Stockholm Convention, 2001 (POPs)

Rotterdam Convention, 1998 (PIC)

Basel Convention, 1989

Joint website of Basel, Rotterdam, Stockholm conventions

SAICM (Strategic Approach to International Chemicals Management)

See Waigani Convention (under "Regional")

Radioactive/Nuclear

South Pacific Nuclear Free Zone Treaty, 1985

• status

Code of Practice on the International Transboundary Movement of Radioactive Waste, 1990

See Waigani Convention (under "Regional")