4466 Environmental Crimes in Ethiopia.indd
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Appendix<br />
Multilateral environmental agreements<br />
to which <strong>Ethiopia</strong> is a party<br />
No. Multilateral environmental agreements Adoption Entry <strong>in</strong>to force Adoption by <strong>Ethiopia</strong><br />
1 Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) 22 May 1992 29 December 1993<br />
31 May1994<br />
(Proclamation 98/1994)<br />
2<br />
Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety to the Convention on<br />
Biological Diversity<br />
January 2000 September 2003<br />
Signed – 24 May 2000<br />
Ratified – 22 Sept 2003<br />
(Proclamation 362/2003)<br />
3 Convention to Combat Desertification 1994 26 December 1996<br />
Ratified – 1997<br />
(Proclamation 80/1997)<br />
4<br />
International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for<br />
Food and Agriculture<br />
November 2001 June 2004 Ratified – 2003<br />
5<br />
Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone<br />
Layer<br />
March 1985<br />
Became a party on<br />
January 1996<br />
6 Montreal Protocol on Ozone Deplet<strong>in</strong>g Substances September 1987 1 January 1989<br />
Became a party on<br />
January 1996<br />
7<br />
UN Framework Convention on Climate Change<br />
(UNFCCC)<br />
1992 March 1994 31 May 1994<br />
8 Kyoto Protocol to the UNFCCC December 1997 16 February 2005 21 February 2005<br />
9<br />
Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic<br />
Substances<br />
May 2002 17 May 2004<br />
Signed – 17 May 2002<br />
Ratified – 2 July 2002<br />
Proclamation 279/2002<br />
10<br />
Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent<br />
Procedure for Certa<strong>in</strong> Hazardous Chemicals and<br />
Pesticides <strong>in</strong> International Trade<br />
10 September 1998<br />
Ratified – 2 July 2002<br />
Proclamation 278/2002<br />
11<br />
Basel Convention on the Transboundary Movement of<br />
Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal<br />
1989 1992<br />
Ratified – 31 February 2000<br />
Proclamation 192/2000<br />
12 Basel Ban Amendment 22 September 1995<br />
Ratified – 3 July 2003<br />
Proclamation 356/ 2003<br />
13<br />
Protocol on Liability and Compensation for Damages<br />
Result<strong>in</strong>g from Transboundary Movements of<br />
Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal<br />
10 December 2000<br />
Ratified – 3 July 2003<br />
Proclamation 357/ 2007<br />
14<br />
Bamako Convention on the Ban of the Import <strong>in</strong>to<br />
Africa and the Control of Transboundary Movement<br />
and Management of Hazardous Wastes with<strong>in</strong> Africa<br />
30 January 1991 22 April 1998<br />
Acceded – 2002<br />
Proclamation 355/2003<br />
15<br />
Convention on International Trade <strong>in</strong> Endangered<br />
Species of Wild Fauna and Flora<br />
Signed – 3 March 1973<br />
Entered <strong>in</strong>to force –<br />
1 July 1975<br />
Ratified – 4 July 1989<br />
Situation Report 31
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