List of agreements, protocols and international conventions signed by Belize with respect to biodiversity, resources and the environment and trade |
Year |
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1. Convention on Wetlands of International Importance Especially as Waterfowl Habitat |
1971 |
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2. International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, 1973, as modified by the Protocol of 1978 (MARPOL) |
1973 |
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3. Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production and Stockpiling of Bacteriological (Biological) Toxins and their Destruction |
1980 |
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4. Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Fauna (CITES) |
1981 |
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5. United Nations Law of the Sea Convention |
1982 |
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6. International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling |
1982 |
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7. Convention for the Protection and Development of the Marine Environment for the Wider Caribbean Region (The Cartagena Convention) |
1983 |
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8. Convention concerning the Protection of Workers against Ionizing Radiation |
1984 |
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9. Western Central Atlantic Fisheries Commission (WECAFC) |
1985 |
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10. Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer - Final Act of the Plenipotentiaries on the Protection of the Ozone Layer |
1987 |
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11. International Plant Protection Convention |
1987 |
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12. Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer - Final Act and Amendments |
1990 |
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13. The UNESCO Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage |
1990 |
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14. Bilateral Agreement between Belize and Mexico on Cooperation for the protection and improvement of the Environment and conservation of Natural Resources in the Border Zone |
1991 |
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15. Convention concerning Indigenous and Tribal Peoples in Independent Countries |
1992 |
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16. Central American Biodiversity and Protection of Priority Areas Convention |
1992 |
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17. Convention on Biological Diversity |
1992 |
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18. Climate Change Convention |
1992 |
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19. Agreement establishing the Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research |
1992 |
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20. Agreement establishing the Fund for the Development of Indigenous Peoples of Latin America and the Caribbean |
1994 |
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21. Alliance for the Sustainable Development of Central America (ALIDES) |
1995 |
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22. Statement of Intent for Sustainable Development Cooperation and Joint Implementation of Measures to Reduce Emissions of Greenhouse Gases by the Government of the USA, Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and Panama |
1994 |
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23. Marrakesh Declaration of 1994 - Final Act embodying the Results of the Uruguay Round of Multilateral Trade Negotiations re GATT |
1995 |
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24. Agreement for the Implementation of the Provision of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea of 1982 Relating to the Conservation and Management of Straddling Fish Stocks and Highly Migratory Fish Stocks |
1997 |
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25. Latin American Organization for Fisheries Development (OLDEPESCA) |
1997 |
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26. Ratification of RAMSAR Convention |
1998 |
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27. United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) |
1998 |
Source: Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Ellis, 1998.
