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T1 Factsheets on UNEP-administered Global Multilateral Environmental Agreements
A1 United Nations Environment Programme, 
K1 environmental agreement
K1 international convention
K1 environmental governance
K1 treaty
K1 biodiversity
K1 biological diversity
K1 endangered species
K1 wild plant
K1 flora
K1 migratory species
K1 hazardous waste
K1 transboundary waste disposal
K1 prior informed consent
K1 hazardous chemical export
K1 persistent organic pollutant
K1 ozone layer
K1 mercury
K1 marine biodiversity
K1 coastal environment
K1 sustainable development
YR 2022
FD 2022-09
LK https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/40737
UL https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/40737
NO Multilateral environmental agreements (MEAs) are one of the key instruments of international environmental governance and internationalenvironmental law. They are separate treaties to which States, regional economic integration organizations and, in some instances, andinternational organizations have become a Party. They intend to promote international cooperation on a specific set of environmentalissues, such as the protection of the ozone layer and biodiversity and sustainable management of hazardous chemicals and waste. The United Nations Secretary-General usually serves as the depositary for each treaty. The 15 UNEP-administered MEAs include: 1. Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD); 2. Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES); 3. Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS); 4. Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of HazardousWastes and their Disposal; 5. Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade; 6. Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants; 7. Minamata Convention on Mercury; 8. Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer; 9. Convention for Cooperation in the Protection, Management and Development of the Marine and Coastal Environment of the Atlantic Coast of the West, Central and Southern African Region (Abidjan Convention)Error! Bookmark not defined; 10. Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment and the Coastal Region of the Mediterranean (Barcelona Convention); 11. Convention for the Protection and Development of the Marine Environment of the Wider Caribbean Region (CartagenaConvention); 12. Convention for the Protection, Management and Development of the Marine and Coastal Environment of the Western Indian Ocean (Nairobi Convention); 13. Framework Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment of the Caspian Sea (Tehran Convention); 14. Bamako Convention on the Ban of the Import into Africa and the Control of Transboundary Movement and Management of Hazardous Wastes within Africa; and 15. Framework Convention on the Protection and Sustainable Development of the Carpathians (Carpathian Convention).
DS UN Environment Document Repository
RD Sep 16, 2026