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CONVENTION / TREATY |
JAMAICA’S STATUS |
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Convention on Biological Diversity
(CBD) |
Accession.
Effective:
5 April, 1995 |
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Convention on International Trade in
Endangered Species of Wild Flora & Fauna (CITES) |
Accession.
Effective:
22 June,
1997. |
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Convention of Wetlands of International
Importance especially as Waterfowl Habitats
(Ramsar
Convention) |
Accession.
Effective:
7 February
1998. |
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International Plant Protection Convention |
Accession: 24 November 1969. |
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United Nations Convention on the Law of the
Sea
(UNCLOS) |
Ratification:21 March, 1983 |
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Convention on Fishing and Conservation of
the Living Resources of the High Seas |
Succession: 16 April, 1964.
Entry into Force:
20 March,
1966. |
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Convention for the Protection and
Development of the Marine Environment of the
Wider Caribbean Region (Cartagena
Convention) |
Ratification: 1 May, 1987. |
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Protocol
Concerning Specially Protected Areas and
Wildlife to the Cartagena Convention
|
Signatory: 18 January, 1990.
|
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Convention on the Prevention of Marine
Pollution by Dumping of Wastes and Other
Matter (as amended) |
Ratification: 22 March, 1991 |
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International Convention on the Prevention
of Pollution from Ships |
Ratification: 13 June, 1991 |
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Convention on the Prohibition of the
Development, Production and Stockpiling of
Bacteriological (Biological) and Toxin
Weapons and on their Destruction |
Accession: 13 August, 1975 |
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Treaty on the Prohibition of the Emplacement
of Nuclear Weapons and other weapons of Mass
Destruction on the Sea Bed and the Ocean
Floor and the Subsoil thereof |
Ratification: 30 July, 1986 |
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Treaty banning Nuclear Weapon Tests in the
Atmosphere, in Outer Space and Underwater |
Ratification: 22 November, 1991 |
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Convention concerning the Protection of the
World Cultural and Natural Heritage |
Acceptance: 14 June, 1983 |
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UN Convention
to Combat Desertification |
Accession: 12 November, 1997 |
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Convention on the Conservation of Migratory
Species of Wild Animals,
Bonn 1979 |
Signatory |