Convention on the Prohibition of Military or Any Other Hostile Use of Environmental Modification Techniques | | note | | abbreviated as Environmental Modification | | opened for signature | | 10 December 1976 | | entered into force | | 5 October 1978 | | objective | | to prohibit the military or other hostile use of environmental modification techniques in order to further world peace and trust among nations | | parties | | (68) Afghanistan, Algeria, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belgium, Benin, Brazil, Brunei, Bulgaria, Canada, Cape Verde, Chile, Costa Rica, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dominica, Egypt, Finland, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Guatemala, Hungary, India, Ireland, Italy, Japan, North Korea, South Korea, Kuwait, Laos, Malawi, Mauritius, Mongolia, Netherlands, NZ, Niger, Norway, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Poland, Romania, Russia, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Sao Tome and Principe, Slovakia, Solomon Islands, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Switzerland, Tajikistan, Tunisia, Ukraine, UK, US, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Yemen | | countries that have signed, but not yet ratified | | (17) Bolivia, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Holy See, Iceland, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon, Liberia, Luxembourg, Morocco, Nicaragua, Portugal, Sierra Leone, Syria, Turkey, Uganda | | official site or link | | http://www.unog.ch/ | Convention on the Prohibition of Military or Any Other Hostile Use of Environmental Modification Techniques |
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