• Entering into force in 1900, the Convention in defining the rules, laws and customs of war, based on deliberation of the Brussels Peace Conference of 1874, prohibited the use of poison and poisoned weapons as well as the use of arms, projectiles and/or material calculated to cause unnecessary suffering
  

1907
Hague, Netherland **

The Laws and Customs of War on Land (IV)

• Entering into force in 1910, the Convention covers issues, and customs in more detail, relating to belligerents, prisoners of war, the sick and wounded, means of injuring the enemy, and bombardments, etc.
  

1925
Geneva, Switzerland

Prohibition of the Use in War of Asphyxiating, Poisonous or other Gases, and of Bacteriological Methods of Warfare

• In force since 1928, the protocol prohibits the use in war of asphyxiating, poisonous or other gases, and of all analogous liquids, materials or devices, and, the use of bacteriological methods of warfare
  

1972
Geneva, Switzerland

Prohibition of the Development, Production and Stockpiling of Bacteriological (Biological) and Toxin Weapons and on Their Destruction

• Entering into force in 1975, the Convention

- further development and application of scientific discoveries in the field of bacteriology (biology) for the prevention of disease, or for other peaceful purposes

1974
Paris, France

Prevention of Marine Pollution from Land-Based Sources

• Amended by a protocol in March, 1986, the Convention covers

1976
Geneva, U.N.

Prohibition of Military or Any Other Hostile Use of Environmental Modification Techniques

• Adopted by the Resolution 31/72 of the U.N. General Assembly on 10 December, 1976, and open for signature in Geneva, 18 May, 1877, the Convention focuses on any technique that changes "through deliberate manipulation of natural processes-- the dynamics, the composition or structure of the Earth, including its biota, lithosphere, hydrosphere and atmosphere, or of outer space"
  

1981
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire

Co-operation in the Protection and Development of the Marine and Coastal Environment of the West and Central African Region

• The Convention which entered into force in 1984 covers

1983
Bonn, Germany

Co-operation in Dealing with Pollution of the North Sea by Oil and Other Harmful Substances

• Agreement, by the governments of Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, the U.K., and the European Economic Community, based on an agreement reached in Bonn, 1969, covers

1989
Basle, Switzerland

Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal

• Known as the Basel Convention, it entered into force in 1992, and covers a variety of hazardous wastes resulting from wastes such as clinical wastes, household wastes, radioactive wastes, and toxic wastes resulting from the production of biological, medicines, the chemical industry, etc.***
  

1991
Bamako, Mali

Ban of the Import into Africa and the Control of Transboundary Movement and Management of Hazardous Wastes with Africa

• Known as the Bamako Convention, and yet to enter into force, the Convention focuses on the

1992
Bucharest, Romania

Protection of the Black Sea against Pollution

• The Convention takes into account the

1993
Geneva, Switzerland

Prohibition of the Production, Stockpiling, and Use of Chemical Weapons and on Their Destruction

• Entering into force in 1997, the Convention prohibits the development, production, stockpiling, acquisition or retention of chemical weapons, their transfer, directly or indirectly to anyone, as well as their use in any military preparations or in missile delivery systems or weapons