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UN Watercourses Convention User’s Guide

… by States and thus promote the Convention’s ultimate entry into force!” Dr. Owen McIntyre, Senior Lecturer in Environmental …
17 Jun 2026 Document in Marine and Freshwater

Instruments adopted under the auspices of FAO

… to address the issue of reflagging of fishing vessels into flags of convenience to avoid compliance with agreed … was adopted by the FAO Conference in 1993 and entered into force in 2003. http://www.fao.org/fishery/topic/14766/en … Ports of non-compliance or ports of convenience are the entry points to the market of fish caught with no regard to …
17 Jun 2026 Course lesson in Marine and Freshwater

The Law of the Sea

… Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea UNCLOS entered into force on 16 November 1994 and has 167 parties (March 2015). In the twelve -year period prior to its entry into force, some of the provisions of UNCLOS had …
17 Jun 2026 Course lesson in Marine and Freshwater

Vessel-Based Sources of Marine Pollution - extract from InforMEA e-learning course

… and hull washings (62%). The total annual oil spillage into the oceans is estimated at one million tonnes dumped in … Organization (IMO). The IMO Convention entered into force in 1958 with a mission to promote safer shipping and … http://www.informea.org/terms/entry-into-force/ http://leo.informea.org/terms/health …
17 Jun 2026 Course lesson in Marine and Freshwater

Regulation of Freshwater at the Regional and Subregional Levels - extract from InforMEA e-learning course

… of Europe (UNECE) at Helsinki. The Convention entered into force on 6 October 1996, with 26 signatories and 40 parties … http://leo.informea.org/terms/entry-force Objective and scope The Helsinki Convention deals …
17 Jun 2026 Course lesson in Marine and Freshwater

Document: the London Convention and Protocol - Their role and contribution to the protection of the Marine Environment

… marine environment from human activities and has been in force since 1975. Its objective is to promote the effective … processes for sequestration. 4 The London Protocol entered into force on 24 March 2006. For a current list of Parties to … sanctions for noncompliance. In particular, following the entry into force of the London Protocol, the Contracting …
17 Jun 2026 Document in Marine and Freshwater

Marine Pollution and Ballast Waters

… Water Convention”). The Convention, which has not entered into force yet, is made up of 22 articles and a single Annex … but also that further regulation does not have to await entry into force of the Convention. IMO has developed …
17 Jun 2026 Course lesson in Marine and Freshwater

Regional Fisheries Instruments and Bodies

… Tunas (“1966 ICCAT”) was adopted on 14 May 1966, entered into force on 21 March 1969 and was amended in 1984 and 1992. … the work carried out by the Commission regarding data entry and collection, compliance and preparing for the …
17 Jun 2026 Course lesson in Marine and Freshwater

White Paper - Regional Seas Governance

… 12 Bonn, 23 June 1979. In force 1 November 1983, 1651 United Nations Treaty Series 355; … characteristics of EBM are especially important to take into account. Firstly, EBM is a work in progress and should … (London, 26 September 1997) and as regularly amended. Entry into force varies for each Annex. At the time of …
17 Jun 2026 Document in Marine and Freshwater

Document - Freshwater Law and Governance: Global and Regional Perspectives for Sustainability

… EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This study was designed to gain insights into how regional and basin water agreements take into account principles and provisions of international water … At the global level, the UN Watercourses Convention is in force, but it specifically recognises the validity of …
17 Jun 2026 Document in Marine and Freshwater