SDNP-ENVIS
A Program Population, Environment & Poverty
 
Population Environment Centre
International Institute for Population Sciences, Deonar Mumbai-400 088

               

 

 Population ENVIS Centre Welcomes All to Sustainable Development Networking Programme on Population, Environment and Poverty  

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

CONVENTIONS AND TREATIES

Population - Conventions & Treaties:

  • Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development (1994)


  • Benchmark Indicators Adopted at the ICPD+5 Review Key Actions for the Further  Implementation of the ICPD Programme of Action

  • The Habitat Agenda and The Istanbul Declaration on Human Settlements

  • Declaration on Cities and Other Human Settlements in the New Millennium

  • WHO-policy Health for All in the 21st Century



    • Environment - Conventions and Treaties:

  • Agreement establishing the South Pacific Regional Environment Programme Done at Apia, 16 June 1993 Entered into force 31 August 1995


    •       The full text of this treaty was provided by the Antarctic Cooperative Research Centre (ACRC).
           The purposes of SPREP are to promote co-operation in the South Pacific region and to provide assistance in order to protect and improve its environment and to ensure sustainable development for present and future generations. SPREP shall achieve these purposes through the Action Plan adopted from time to time by the SPREP Meeting, setting the strategies and objectives of SPREP. The details of the treaty are available on http://sedac.ciesin.org/entri/texts/acrc/SPEnviro.txt.html


  • CONVENTION ON THE PREVENTION OF MARINE POLLUTION BY DUMPING OF WASTES AND OTHER MATTER
           Objective: To control pollution of the sea by dumping, and to encourage regional agreements supplementary to the Convention. Details are available on http://sedac.ciesin.org/entri/texts/marine.pollution.dumping.of.wastes.1972.html

  • CONVENTION FOR THE PROTECTION OF THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA AGAINST POLLUTION (1976) and PROTOCOLS (1980, 1982) ENTERED INTO FORCE: 12 February 1978
              In the light of the special characteristics and vulnerability of the Mediterranean, to achieve international cooperation for a coordinated and comprehensive approach to the protection and enhancement of the marine environment in the Mediterranean area. Details available on: http://sedac.ciesin.org/entri/register/reg-079.rrr.html


    • Poverty - Conventions and Treaties:

  • The Report of the World Summit for Social Development (Copenhagen, 1995)


    • Further Initiatives for Social Development - Resolution adopted at the Special Session of the General Assembly (June-July 2000)
     
     
     
     
    Data on Thematic Area
     
    Population Density & Forest Cover