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International Conventions on Environmental protection

Azerbaijan has signed 12 international conventions. Under three conventions there are the intensive negotiations and preparation for signing.
The list of basic international conventions on the environmental protection and condition to be signed by Azerbaijan are adduced in the table

N Convention
Year
Country,
City
Status
Sign date by Azerbaijan
1 Convention on International Trade in endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora
1973
USA
Washington DC
Signed
1997
2 United Nation Convention to Combat desertification
1994
French
Paris
Signed
1998
3 International Convention for the Prevention of pollution from Ships
1973
England
London
Signed
1995
4 Framework Convention on climate change (United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change)
1992
USA
New York
Signed
1995
5 Convention for the protection of the Ozone layer (Vienna Convention)
1985
Austria
Vienna
Signed
1996
6 Convention on protection of cultural and natural monuments
1972
France
Paris
Signed
1994
7 Convention on Environmental impact Assessment in transboundary context
1991
Espoo
Signed
1998
8 Convention on public participation in Decision Making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters
1998
Denmark
Aarhus
Signed
1999
9 Convention on Third Party Liability in the field of Nuclear Energy
1960
French
Paris
No
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10 Vienna Convention on civil liability for Nuclear damage
1963
Austria
Vienna
No
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11 International Convention on civil liability for oil pollution Damage
1969
Belgium
Brussel
No
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12 International Convention on creation of International fund to payment for damage,
put by oil pollution
1971
Belgium
Brussel
No
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13 Convention on Wetlands of International importance especially as Waterfowl Habitat (Ramsar Convention)
1971
Iran
Ramsar
Signed
2000
14 Convention on the prevention of Marine pollution by Dumping of wasters and other matter
1972
England
London
No
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15 Convention on the conservation of European Wildlife and Natural Habitats
1979
Germany
Bern
No
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16 Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal (Basel Convention)
1989
Switzerland
Basel
Signed
2000
17 International London Convention on maintenance of prevention of oil pollution, Struggle with them and cooperation
1990
England
London
No
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18 Convention on Biological Diversity
1992
Brasil
Rio-de-janeyro
Signed
2000
19 Convention on Transboundary Effects of large industrial Accidents
1992
-------
No
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20 European agreement about transportation of dangerous loads on international ways
1997
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No
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21 Convention on long Range Transboundary Air pollution (Geneva)
1979

Switzerland
Geneva

No
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22 Helsinki Convention about transboundary action of industrial Accidents
1992
Finland
Helsinki
No
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23 Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and international lakes
1992
Finland
Helsinki
Signed
2000
24 Convention on the Protection of the Black sea against pollution
1992
Romania
Bucharest
No
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25 International Convention for the Protection of Birds
1950
France
Paris
No
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