List of international and regional environmental agreements which the State of Kuwait has joined
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01UN Framework Convention on climate change, New York, (1992) Law Decree 255/1994 27/12/1994
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02Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations, frame work Convention on climate change, Japan (1997) Decree 385/2004 28/12/2004
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03Vienna Convention for the protection of the Ozone Layer, Vienna (1985) Law Decree 135/1992 7/10/1992
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04Amendment to Montreal Protocol on substances that deplete the Ozone Layer, London (1990) Law 13/1994 16/5/1994
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05Amendment to Montreal Protocol on substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer, Montreal (1997). Law 19/2003 22/4/2003
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06Amendment to Montreal Protocol on substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer, Beijing (1999) Law 33/2007 7/5/2007
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07The Unified System on substances that deplete the Ozone Layers of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Law 14/2015 11/3/2015
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08Basel Convention on condivol of transboundary movements of hazardous wastes and their Disposal, Basel (1989) Law 25/1993 23/8/1993
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09Amendment to Basel Convention on Condivol of transboundary movements and control of hazardous wastesLaw 10/2006 27/3/2006
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10Stockholm Convention on Persistent of Organic pollutants, Stockholm (2001) Law 11/2006 27/3/2006
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11Rotterdam Convention for the prior informed consent (PIC) on hazardous chemicals 1998 Law 12/2006 27/3/2006
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12Minamata Convention on Mercury Law 128/2014 29/12/2014
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13UN Convention to combat desertification in those countries experiencing drought & desertification Paris (1994) Law Decree 134/1997 22/6/1997
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14Convention on the protection and conservation of wild life and natural habitats in GCC countries Decree 312/2002 31/12/2002
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15United Nation Convention on biological diversity, Rio de Janeiro (1992) Law 2002/1 23/2/2002
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16Cartagena Protocol on biosafety Law 6/2017 12/4/2017
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17Nagoya Protocol on access and benefit-sharing Law 9/2017 12/4/2017
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18Convention on the international divade in endangered species of wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), Washington (1973) Law 2002/17 3/2/2002
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19The Convention on wetlands of international importance specially waterfowl habitat adopted at Ramsar, Iran, 1971 Law Decree 2014/63 4/3/2014
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20Kuwait Regional Convention for Cooperation on the protection of marine environment from pollution (ROPME, 1978) Law Decree 45/1978 7/11/1978
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21ROPME Protocol for the protection of the marine environment against pollution from land based sources (1990) Law Decree 30/1992 5/5/1992
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22ROPME Protocol on the control of marine transboundary movement of hazardous waste and other wastes (1998) Law 7/2000 Note:Decree 54/1999 was removed 22/2/2000
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23Agreement to combat climate change (participated) Waiting for the constitutional procedures to complete the ratification