Regional convention

Basel Convention (Caribbean) Regional Centre

Stockholm Convention regional and subregional centres

(f) A framework convention with thematic and regional protocols

Basel Convention regional centres for training and technical transfer

It was also a party to the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation Regional Convention on Suppression of Terrorism.

Regional Organization for the Protection of the Marine Environment (ROPME)  Kuwait Convention region

(k) United Nations regional consultative meeting on the international convention, Morocco, July 2005

(a) At least one institution selected should be a Basel Convention regional centre

This is particularly emphasized for linkages to the regional centres of the Basel Convention.

The basis for implementation of the Convention comprises national, subregional and regional action programmes.

We are also a party to the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) Convention on Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances of 1990 a regional Convention on the subject, which came into force in 1993.

Since 1999, the Basel Convention has been shifting its emphasis to regional and national implementation.

The Montreal Protocol example could be considered a possible model for the establishment of Stockholm Convention regional centres in UNEP regional offices that coordinate the efforts of subregional centres and national focal points under the Convention.

The Association's twelfth summit had adopted an Additional Protocol to the Regional Convention in January 2004.

Basic treaty obligations The Convention takes a regional, bottom up approach to formulate sustainable development policies.

On that occasion, 85 States and one organization for regional economic cooperation signed the new Convention.

National, subregional and regional efforts to give practical effect to the Convention have become particularly vital.

The present Convention shall be subject to ratification by signatory States and to formal confirmation by signatory regional integration organizations. It shall be open for accession by any State or regional integration organization which has not signed the Convention.

Party means a State or regional economic integration organization that has consented to be bound by this Convention and for which the Convention is in force.

Party' means a State or regional economic integration organisation that has consented to be bound by this Convention and for which the Convention is in force.

Noting that one hundred eighty eight States and one regional economic integration organization have ratified the Convention,

There is no direct mechanism under the Basel Convention to fund the operations of these regional centres.

The Enabling Act for the SAARC Regional Convention on Suppression of Terrorism 1991 The Extradition Act 1991.

Mr. Tikhaze (Russian Federation) queried the propriety of restricting participation in the draft convention to regional organizations.

Paragraph 2 tries to define the relationship between such bilateral and regional arrangements and the draft convention.

Since 1999, the Basel Convention implementation body has been shifting its emphasis to regional and national implementation.

(t) Participation in subregional and regional Convention related events on behalf of the secretariat and as required

quot (e) To consider all other issues, including the implementation of the Convention and its regional annexes

The secretariat has also supported national and regional initiatives of States in the implementation of the Convention.

Regional efforts have likewise addressed trafficking, including the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) Convention on Preventing and Combating Trafficking in Women and Children for Prostitution.

181. The Council of Europe recently concluded its work on a regional agreement to implement and supplement at the regional level article 17 of the 1988 Convention.

Among the innovative features of the Convention is a series of regional implementation annexes which provide guidance for a system of national, subregional and regional action programmes.

Encouraged by the work carried out to date under the Convention, and satisfied that most States and one regional economic integration organization are parties to the Convention,

2. Any regional economic integration organization which becomes a Party to the Convention without any of its member States being a Party to the Convention shall be bound by all the obligations under the Convention.

2. Any regional economic integration organization which becomes a Party to the Convention without any of its member States being a Party to the Convention shall be bound by all the obligations under the Convention.

For example, Regional Seas Programmes are the main mechanism for implementing the Convention on Biological Diversity programme of work on marine and coastal biodiversity at the regional level.

Noting that one hundred and eighty eight States and one regional economic integration organization have ratified the Convention,

Noting that one hundred and eighty nine States and one regional economic integration organization have ratified the Convention,

Noting that one hundred and eighty nine States and one regional economic integration organization have ratified the Convention,

Paragraph 3 specifies that the bilateral and regional arrangements take priority, as lex specialis, over the draft convention.

AS DEFINED IN ARTICLE 23, PARAGRAPH 2, OF THE CONVENTION, THE RELEVANT ARTICLES OF THE REGIONAL IMPLEMENTATION ANNEXES,

International organizations, both global and regional, have also based their actions on the norms contained in the Convention.

We welcome the simultaneous adoption of the three regional annexes, which form an integral part of the Convention.

(c) Assess the capacity of all relevant regional and subregional centres, in particular, but not limited to Basel Convention regional centres, to facilitate capacity building and transfer of technology.