Environmental Agreements

• Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer, 1985
• Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer, 1995
• Montreal Protocol, 2002
• Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal, 2000

Pending in Congress:

• Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety
• Rótterdam Convention
• Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants
• Ramsar Convention on Wetlands, with recognition of the Lago Enriquillo as a Wetland of International Importance, 2002

Note: Although the Stockholm Convention is in the Congress for its ratification, funds for “Initial Assistance” were approved, so the country could meet its obligations in the agreement.