International Agreements

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Agreement to prevent unregulated high seas fisheries in the Central Arctic Ocean 3 October 2018.
Agreement on Enhancing International Arctic Scientific Cooperation signed at the Fairbanks Ministerial meeting, 11 May 2017.
Fairbanks Declaration 11 May 2017.
The Paris Agreement, 12 December 2015
IMO – International Code for Ships Operating in Polar Waters (Polar Code)​ 2015
Agreement on Cooperation on Marine Oil Pollution Preparedness and Response in the Arctic, Kiruna, Sweden, 2013
UNEP Minamata Convention on Mercury, 2013
Agreement on Cooperation on Aeronautical and Maritime Search and Rescue in the Arctic (SAR or Arctic Search and Rescue Agreement), Nuuk, Greenland, 2011
Ilulissat Declaration, 2008
International Convention for the Control and Management of Ships’ Ballast Water and Sediments, 2004
Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants, 2001
Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (Kyoto Protocol), Kyoto, Japan, 11 December 1997
Declaration on Establishment of The Arctic Council (The Ottawa Declaration) - 1996
UN Fish Stock Convention (1995)
Kirkenes Declaration 11th January 1993
(UN) Convention on Biological Diversity, Rio de Janeiro (BR), May 1992
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, (UNFCCC), New York City, US, 4 June 1992
The Arctic Environmental Protection Strategy (AEPS), 14 June 1991
Convention on Environmental Impact Assessment in a Transboundary Context (Espoo Convention), Espoo (FI) 1991
ILO C169 Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention, (ILO Convention No. 169 or C169), 1989C169 Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention, (ILO Convention No. 169 or C169), 1989
United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) Montego Bay, Jamaica, 10 December 1982
The North East Atlantic Fisheries Commission (NEAFC) 1980
The Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution, Geneva (Z), 1979
The International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLA), 1 November 1974
Agreement on the Conservation of Polar Bears, Oslo (NO), 15 November 1973
International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships (MARPOL), 2 November 1973
Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES or Washington Convention), Washington, US, 1973
International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR), 16 December 1966
UN International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), 16 December 1966
UN International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, 1965
The Antarctic Treaty, Washington 1959
The International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling, Washington 1946
Svalbard Treaty, Paris, 9 February 1920