Yearbook of International Co-operation on Environment and Development, 1999/2000

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Helge Ole Bergesen, Georg Parmann, Oystein B. Thommessen
Earthscan, 1999 - 352 pages
This eighth annual edition analyzes the international community's position on specific environment and development problems, the main obstacles to effective international solutions, and how to overcome them. It assesses both the achievements and shortcomings of co-operation, distinguishing between the rhetoric and the reality of environmental world politics.

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Contents

Introduction
15
COUNTRY PROFILES OECD countries
16
The International System
31
Between Diverse International Arenas
39
International Cooperation in Nuclear Safety
49
Roland Timerbaev and Abram Iorysh
55
The Greening of Business or a Greenwash?
65
AGREEMENTS ON ENVIRONMENT AND DEVELOPMENT
77
International Chamber of Commerce ICC
266
Womens Environment and Development Organization WEDO
272
Australia
286
Austria
290
Czech Republic
294
Denmark
298
Finland
302
Greece
306

Convention on LongRange Transboundary Air Pollution LRTAP Geneva 1979
84
Hazardous Substances
102
Convention on the Transboundary Effects of Industrial Accidents Helsinki 1992
113
International Convention on Civil Liability for Oil Pollution Damage 1969 1969 CLC
126
Regional Conventions
140
Regional Convention for the Conservation of the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden Environment
152
International Convention for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas ICCAT Rio de Janeiro 1966
158
Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage
166
Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals CMS Bonn 1979
172
Convention to Combat Desertification CCD Paris 1994
178
Nuclear Safety
186
Vienna Convention on Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage Vienna 1963
192
Commission on Sustainable Development CSD
214
Global Environment Facility GEF
220
International Fund for Agricultural Development IFAD
226
International Monetary Fund IMF
232
United Nations Childrens Fund UNICEF
238
United Nations Industrial Development Organization UNIDO
246
World Health Organization WHO
253
Basel Action Network BAN
260
Hungary
310
Iceland
314
Ireland
318
Republic of Korea
322
Luxembourg
326
Mexico
330
New Zealand
334
Switzerland
338
Turkey
342
Technical Notes and References OECD Countries
346
Selected nonOECD countries
351
Brazil
352
Indonesia
354
Nigeria
356
South Africa
358
Thailand
360
Technical Notes and References nonOECD Countries
362
Index
364
List of Articles in 199219992000 Volume
373
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