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Report by the Secretary General of the United Nations
Gaps in international environmental law and environment-related instruments:
Towards a global pact for the environment

Hazardous substances

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Sections

Summary
I. Introduction
II. Gaps concerning principles of international environmental law
- A. Scope of the principles
- B. Status of the principles
III. Gaps relating to existing regulatory regimes
- A. General
- B. Protection of the atmosphere
- C. Conservation of biological diversity and protection of soils
  - Biological diversity
  - Land degradation and soil protection
- D. Protection of freshwater resources
  - Regulatory framework
  - Normative and institutional gaps
- E. Protection of oceans and seas
- F. Regulation of hazardous substances, wastes and activities
IV. Environment-related instruments
V. Gaps Relating to the governance structure of international environmental law
VI. Gaps relating to the implementation and effectiveness of international environmental law
VII. Conclusions

DOCUMENTS

Introduction to the Minamata Convention on Mercury - extract from InforMEA e-learning course
Main Provisions of the Rotterdam Convention - extract from InforMEA e-learning course
Ridding the world of POPs - A guide to the Stockholm Convention on POPs
Main Provisions of the Stockholm Convention - extract from InforMEA e-learning course
Obligations - The 1987 Montreal Protocol on Substances that deplete the Ozone Layer - extract from InforMEA e-learning course
Fact sheet - The Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety
Vessel-Based Sources of Marine Pollution - extract from InforMEA e-learning course

ONLINE COURSES

Introductory Course to the Minamata Convention on Mercury
Introductory Course to the Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade
Introductory Course to the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants
Introductory Course to the International Legal Framework on Ozone Depletion

Glossary Terms

Emission reduction

Sound environmental management

Compliance mechanism

International agreement

Prior informed consent

Global strategy

Bioaccumulation

Industrial chemical

Persistent organic pollutant

Unintentional POP

Severly restricted chemical

Marine pollution

Risk assessment

Waste prevention

Videos

Prior Informed Consent Procedure

Stop the POPs

Montreal Compliance Procedure - In Practice

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