Dáil Éireann - Volume 492 - 16 June, 1998 Written Answers. - International Agreements.
Ms Fitzgerald Ms Fitzgerald
242. Ms Fitzgerald asked the Minister for the Environment and Local Government the international agreements under the auspices of his Department which, as of 1 June 1998, have not been signed by the State and which it is proposed that the State should sign or become a party to; the international organisation, if any, responsible for the agreement in each case; the date and place each agreement was adopted or opened for signature; and when it is proposed to sign each agreement or become a party to it. [13968/98]
Minister for the Environment and Local Government (Mr. Dempsey) Noel Dempsey
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Minister for the Environment and Local Government (Mr. Dempsey): The information requested is set out in the following table: [931] [932]
Agreement |
Date and Place Opened for Signature |
International Organisation |
Proposed Action |
Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes |
17 March 1992 Helsinki |
UN/ECE |
Arrangements being made to deposit Ireland's Instrument of Accession to the Convention |
Protocol to the 1997 Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution concerning the control of emissions of volatile organic compounds or their transboundary fluxes |
18 November 1991 New York |
United Nations |
Signature is contingent on the implementation of a number of EU Directives in relation to VOCs. |
Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters |
25 June 1998 Aarhuus |
United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UN/ECE) |
Subject to Government approval, it is intended to sign Convention on 25 June |
Draft Protocol on Persistent Organic Pollutants to the Geneva Convention on Long Range Transboundary Air Pollution |
24 June 1998 Aarhuus |
UN/ECE |
Subject to Government approval, it is intended to sign Protocol on 24 June |
Draft Protocol on Persistent Organic Pollutants to the Geneva Convention on Long Range Transboundary Air Pollution |
24 June 1998 Aarhuus |
UN/ECE |
Subject to Government approval, it is intended to sign Protocol on 24 June |
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