ANIMALS AND CONSERVATION

HC Deb 12 November 1992 vol 213 cc930-3W

Multilateral agreement

• Convention on Wetlands of International Importance especially as Waterfowl Habitat
• Adopted at Ramsar on 2 February 1971
• Definitive date of entry into force on 21 December 1975
• UK Signatory? Yes
• Depositaries: UNESCO
• Published text: Misc 027/1973 Cmnd 5483
• Treaty Series/Command No. TS 034/1976 Cmnd 6465

Multilateral agreement

• European Convention for the Protection of Animals kept for Farming Purposes
• Signed at Strasbourg on 10 March 1976
• Definitive date of entry into force on 10 September 1978
• UK Signatory? Yes
• Depositaries: Council of Europe
• Published text: Miscellaneous Series No. 028/1976 Cmnd 6614
• Treaty Series/Command No. 070/1979 Cmnd 7684

Multilateral agreement

• European convention for the Protection of Animals for Slaughter
• Signed at Strasbourg on 10 May 1979
• Definitive date of entry into force on 11 June 1982
• UK Signatory? Yes
• Depositaries: Council of Europe
• Published text: Misc No. 002/1980 Cmnd 7776

Multilateral agreement

• Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals
• Signed at Bonn on 23 June 1979, closed on 22 June 1980
• Definitive date of entry into force on 1 November 1983
• UK Signatory? Yes
• Depositaries: Federal Republic of Germany
• Published text: Misc Series No. 11 (1980) Cmnd 7888
• Treaty Series/Command No. 087/1990 Cmnd1332

Multilateral agreement

• Convention on the Conservation of European Wildlife and Natural Habitats
• Signed at Berne on 19 September 1979
• Definitive date of entry into force on 1 June 1982
• UK Signatory? Yes
• Depositaries: Council of Europe
• Published text: Misc Series No. 003/1980 Cmnd 7809
• Treaty Series/Command No. 056/1982 Cmnd 8738

Multilateral agreement

• Additional Protocol to the European Convention for the Protection of Animals during International Transport
• Signed at Strasbourg on 10 May 1979
• Definitive date of entry into force on 7 November 1989
• UK Signatory? Yes
• Depositaries: Council of Europe
• Published text: Misc Series No. 22 (1980) Cmnd 8040
• Treaty Series/Command No. 034/1991 Cmnd 1540

Multilateral agreement

• Protocol to amend the Convention on Wetlands of International Importance especially as Waterfowl Habitat
• Adopted at Paris on 3 December 1982
• Signed at Paris on 3 December 1982
• Definitive date of entry into force on 1 October 1986
• UK Signatory? Yes
• Depositories: UNESCO
• Published text: Miscellaneous Series No. 001/1984 Cmnd 9113

Multilateral agreement

• Protocol concerning Co-operation in Combating Oil Spills in the Wider Caribbean Region
• Signed at Cartagena de Indias on 24 March 1983
• Definitive date of entry into force on 11 October 1986
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• UK Signatory? Yes
• Depositaries: Government of the Republic of Colombia
• Published text: Miscellaneous Series No. 019/1983 Cmnd 9022
• Treaty Series/Command No. 038/1988 Cm 399

Multilateral agreement

• Convention for the Protection and Development of the Marine Environment of the Wider Caribbean Region
• Signed at Cartagena de Indias on 24 March 1983
• Definitive date of entry into force on 11 October 1986
• UK Signatory? Yes
• Depositaries: Government of the Republic of Colombia
• Published text: Miscellaneous Series No. 019/1983 Cmnd 9022
• Treaty Series/Command No. 038/1988 Cm 399

Multilateral agreement

• Agreement establishing an International Foot and Mouth disease Vaccine Bank
• Signed at London on 26 June 1985
• Definitive date of entry into force on 26 June 1985
• UK Signatory? Yes
• Depositaries: United Kingdom
• Treaty Series/Command no. 043/1985 Cmnd 9602

Multilateral agreement

• European Convention for the Protection of Vertebrate Animals used for Experimental and Other Scientific Purposes
• Signed at Strasbourg on 18 March 1986
• Definitive date of entry into force on 1 January 1991
• UK Signatory? Yes
• Depositaries: Council of Europe
• Published text: Miscellaneous Series No. 004/1986 Cmnd 9884

Multilateral agreement

• Agreement on the Conservation of Bats in Europe
• Signed at London on 4 December 1991
• UK Signatory? Yes
• Depositories: Government of the United Kingdom
• Published text: Miscellaneous Series 001/1992 Cm 1830

Multilateral agreement

• Convention on the Protection and the Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes
• Signed at Helsinki on 17 March 1992
• closed on 18 September 1992
• UK Signatory? Yes
• Depositaries: United NationsPublished text: Miscellaneous Series publication in hand

Multilateral agreement

• Convention on the Transboundary Effects of Industrial Accidents
• Signed at Helsinki on 17 March 1992
• closed on 18 September 1992
• UK Signatory? Yes
• Depositaries: Finnish Government
• Published text: Certified copy of the Convention awaited

Multilateral agreement

• Agreement on the Conservation of Small Cetaceans of the Baltic and North Seas
• Signed at New York on 17 March 1992
• UK Signatory? Yes
• Published text: Miscellaneous Series publication in hand

Multilateral agreement

• Convention on Biological Diversity
• Adopted at Nairobi on 11 May 1992
• Signed at Rio de Janeiro on 5 June 1992
• closed on 14 June 1992
• UK Signatory? Yes
• Depositaries: United Nations
• Published text: Miscellaneous Series publication in hand.

Mr. Cohen

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will list all the treaties which Her Majesty's Government have either ratified or signed since 1962 published with the side heading "'Human Rights".

Mr. Lennox-Boyd

Treaties under the side heading "Human Rights" either signed or ratified by Her Majesty's Government since 1 January 1962 are listed. Command Paper references are given for ease of reference.