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État au 31 mars 2019 de la Convention des Nations Unies sur le droit de la mer de lAccord relatif à lapplication de la partie XI de la Convention et de lAccord aux fins de lapplication des dispositions de la Convention relatives à la conservation et à la gestion des stocks de poissons dont les déplacements seffectuent tant à lintérieur quau-delà de zones économiques exclusives (stocks chevauchants) et des stocks de poissons grands migrateurs
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Convención de las naciones unidas sobre el derecho del mar
Convention des nations unies sur le droit de la mer
État au 31 juillet 2019 de la Convention des Nations Unies sur le droit de la mer de l’Accord relatif à l’application de la partie XI de la Convention et de l’Accord aux fins de l’application des dispositions de la Convention relatives à la conservation et à la gestion des stocks de poissons dont les déplacements s’effectuent tant à l’intérieur qu’au-delà de zones économiques exclusives (stocks chevauchants) et des stocks de poissons grands migrateurs
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tatus of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea the Agreement relating to the Implementation of Part XI of the Convention and the Agreement for the Implementation of the Provisions of the Convention relating to the Conservation and Management of Straddling Fish Stocks and Highly Migratory Fish Stocks as at 31 March 2019
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Convención de las naciones unidas sobre el derecho del mar
Estado de la Convención de las Naciones Unidas sobre el Derecho del Mar del Acuerdo relativo a la aplicación de la Parte XI de la Convención y del Acuerdo sobre la Aplicación de las Disposiciones de la Convención relativas a la Conservación y Ordenación de las Poblaciones de Peces Transzonales y las Poblaciones de Peces Altamente Migratorios al 31 de julio de 2019
Comunicaciones de estados
Convención de las Naciones Unidas sobre el Derecho del Mar
Estado de la Convención de las Naciones Unidas sobre el Derecho del Mar del Acuerdo relativo a la aplicación de la Parte XI de la Convención y del Acuerdo sobre la Aplicación de las Disposiciones de la Convención relativas a la Conservación y Ordenación de las Poblaciones de Peces Transzonales y las Poblaciones de Peces Altamente Migratorios al 31 de marzo de 2019
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United Nations convention on the Law of the Sea
STATUS OF THE UNITED NATIONS CONVENTION ON THE LAW OF THE SEA OF THE AGREEMENT RELATING TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF PART XI OF THE CONVENTION AND OF THE AGREEMENT FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PROVISIONS OF THE CONVENTION RELATING TO THE CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT OF STRADDLING FISH STOCKS AND HIGHLY MIGRATORY FISH STOCKS AS AT 30 NOVEMBER 2019
Autres informations relatives au droit de la mer
Convention des nations unies sur le droit de la mer
État au 30 novembre 2018 de la Convention Des Nations Unies sur le droit de la mer de l’Accord relatif à l’application de la partie XI de la Convention et de l’Accord aux fins de l’application des dispositions de la Convention relatives à la conservation et à la gestion des stocks de poissons dont les déplacements s’effectuent tant à l’intérieur qu’au-delà de zones économiques exclusives (stocks chevauchants) et des stocks de poissons grands migrateurs
Autres informations relatives au droit de la mer
United nations convention on the law of the sea
Status of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea the Agreement relating to the Implementation of Part XI of the Convention and the Agreement for the Implementation of the Provisions of the Convention relating to the Conservation and Management of Straddling Fish Stocks and Highly Migratory Fish Stocks as at 30 November 2018
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United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea
STATUS OF THE UNITED NATIONS CONVENTION ON THE LAW OF THE SEA THE AGREEMENT RELATING TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF PART XI OF THE CONVENTION AND THE AGREEMENT FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PROVISIONS OF THE CONVENTION RELATING TO THE CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT OF STRADDLING FISH STOCKS AND HIGHLY MIGRATORY FISH STOCKS AS AT 31 JULY 2019
Keeping faith with nature
Three childhood experiences set me on the course to working to restore degraded land through helping to connect people to nature. My mother’s strong and unwavering faith helped me to appreciate that life was about more than what we could accumulate in the present and that we could trust a loving heavenly father for all our needs. The abuse of beautiful forests and mountain streams seemed to be an expression of greed and disregard for future generations. Watching news programs showing children just like me going hungry seemed mad in a world of plenty.
Beating pollution by redesign
Over 8 million tons of plastic pollute the oceans each year. The problem is so severe that if nothing changes there could be more plastic than fish in the sea by 2050. We must urgently rethink how we make and use this ubiquitous material now a staple of our modern economy. The appetite to take action is real: public and private sector financial commitments to combat ocean pollution made at the European Union's Our Ocean conference this year for instance totalled 7.2 billion euros. Yet if cleaning up is a short-term necessity only a whole system reset will provide a long-term solution to plastics pollution and the economic losses associated with it.
A clean environment for all
The world’s governments have pledged to build a better future where no one is left behind yet the most basic conditions for people to survive and thrive are out of reach for many. Over 90 per cent of us breathe dirty air and over 90 per cent of those who die as a result are in low- and middle- income countries with women and young children disproportionally affected.
Regaining ground
Over hundreds of years industrial activities including mining chemical production manufacturing of consumer goods and agriculture introduced pollutants into the soil contaminating it along with groundwater often over large areas. Past practices were different from today's: waste was dumped in an uncontrolled way or used in applications that are no longer acceptable while unabated emissions to air and water had widespread impacts on surrounding populations and the environment.
Waste not …
The consumer goods industry has entered an era of responsibility where companies consumers governments and non-governmental organizations are collaborating more and more frequently to address some of the biggest challenges facing the world. We now have a better understanding of the wide-ranging impacts of the manufacture and use of consumer goods. Companies like Procter & Gamble are continually refining their approach to developing manufacturing and marketing products more responsibly and encouraging mindful consumption of the everyday products that many of us often take for granted.
The weight of cities
How do we prepare for the doubling of the global urban population by 2050? By dramatically rethinking urbanism and its governance. That means designing cities for people not cars; allowing everyone access to urban opportunities; investing in resource-efficient buildings transport energy water and waste systems; and enabling cities to experiment and to learn from each other.
Clearing the air
Humankind's future will largely be decided in cities. Half the world's population already lives in them and by 2050 this will have risen to 70 per cent. Cities are where global challenges and problems are concentrated: they consume three quarters of the world's resources and generate three quarters of all emissions.
Keeping water fresh
Guaranteeing safely managed clean water and sanitation for everyone remains one of the biggest global challenges that are solvable in our lifetimes. But we must prioritize collaboration and monitoring.
Free of plastic bags
Kenya faces major challenges in waste management. Most urban centres lack basic waste management structures and open dumping is the most popular option. A close look at problematic waste at roadsides rivers dumpsites and most public spaces revealed that polythene bags were most widespread. Scientists claim that polythene bags take over 1000 years to decompose: hence the earliest ones are still with us somewhere in the environment.
Reflections
If pollution was simply about having to put up with a bad odour or some unsightly smog it could be considered tolerable. The sad fact however is that it’s also sending millions to an early grave.
Superheroes of our own
The white-coated scientist explained calmly to the trigger-happy superheroes that the deadly menace they had come to Earth to fight was already under control.
A race against the clock
Air pollution causes millions of premature deaths worldwide every year as confirmed in each of the recent Global Burden of Disease surveys by the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation the world's most comprehensive epidemiological database. The economic cost as calculated by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development and in other authoritative studies runs into trillions of dollars.
Bringing a sea change
Few will forget the day in April 2010 a BP oil rig exploded in the Gulf of Mexico. Oil gushed for 87 days and the world reacted with horror. Birds fish and marine mammals lay lifeless along the coastline consumed by the deadly waste. It was one of the worst environmental disasters in the history of the United States.
Young champions of the Earth
Young Champions of the Earth is a forward-looking initiative designed to breathe life into the ambitions of brilliant young environmentalists. In this inaugural year six young people – one from each global region – have been selected to receive mentorship specialized training and $15000 in seed funding to bring their big ideas to life. UN Environment has partnered with Covestro a world-leading supplier of high-tech polymer materials to develop and run the initiative. In addition to seed funding for each Young Champion the winners are put through an incubator training programme and are offered mentorship by Covestro staff.
The environment's parliament
The United Nations Environment Assembly has been called the“Parliament of the Environment.” The highest level of authority on the environment in the United Nations system it is a unique and inclusive body that brings together high-level decision makers civil society experts business representatives and others from all countries of the world to find solutions to the most pressing environmental problems. It is so much more than just another United Nations body. It has the potential to be a global coalition of institutions and organizations supported by individuals united in combating environmental deterioration and pollution for the sake of future generations.
Pollution's toll
In 2015 according to the Global Burden of Disease study over 9 million deaths — 16 per cent of the total — were attributable to pollution specifically to lack of access to clean water and sanitation household burning of solid fuels for cooking outdoor air pollution or exposure to lead. Virtually all deaths due to lack of safe water and sanitation and three-quarters of those due to indoor air pollution occurred in either low or low-middle income countries as did half the deaths attributable to outdoor air pollution. Upper-middle income countries accounted for just one-quarter of deaths due to indoor and 40 per cent of deaths associated with outdoor air pollution.
Reacting to chemicals
Toxic chemicals threaten current and future generations. To protect them we must change course by shifting our chemical practices to a more sustainable model.
Secretary-General's Message to the third UN Environment Assembly
We have the right to live in a clean environment. We expect to be able to eat drink and breathe without risking our health. Yet we continue to pollute our air land waterways and oceans. We trigger sand and dust storms due to climate change and environmental degradation. We use dangerous chemicals and substances in everyday objects. We inflict global suffering that is inexcusable preventable and reversible.
Investing in clean water
There are women we work with who wait for hours to answer the call of nature. They can "go" on the edge of their village on the river or on the train tracks. Open defecation leads to all kinds of problems. Think of the health impacts of not defecating all day when you need to and the safety issues of going out at night. Think of the potential for contamination.
Towards zero-pollution cities
Air pollution is a global killer and predominantly an urban one. Worldwide about 7 million premature deaths are associated with indoor and outdoor air pollution by fine particulate matter. Most occur in urban areas where a majority of people now live breathing air that can cause asthma respiratory infections high blood pressure heart and lung disease and cancer. Diverse cities – rich poor small large developed and developing – are reporting airborne levels of these particles that exceed the World Health Organization’s clean air guidelines: some of the most polluted air and the heaviest toll on human lives occur in Asia.
Environmental champion
Blanca Li has put her environmental convictions into practice in her new dance work and by making changes in her own life.
Triumph by treaty
Ozone depletion was the first human threat to the global atmosphere to be recognized. It was also the first to be addressed by the international community. The results have been truly remarkable. The Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer which celebrates its thirtieth anniversary this year can claim to be one of the most successful international treaties ever struck.
The cornerstone of life
We are at a crossroads in human history. Our actions are changing the planet in unprecedented ways and if we carry on as at present the consequences could be disastrous. But right now we still have an opportunity to change course. If we come together to take the decisive steps needed we could chart the way toward a sustainable future where people live in harmony with nature.
Reflections
The Norwegian countryside is a magnificent playground for a kid. Swing-sets and slides are fun. But for a child nothing beats striking out into rolling hills and mysterious towering forests. There is adventure everywhere. I have always lived in a city but I was lucky growing up to have ample opportunity to explore these treasures of Norway.
Stepping up action
Canada is proud to host this year’s World Environment Day. The United Nations General Assembly first designated June 5 as World Environment Day 45 years ago. Today it remains a chance to connect with our environment and each other and to continue to build a more sustainable world for our kids and grandkids.
Telling a powerful tale
To change a society as the philosopher Ivan Illich wrote “you must tell a more powerful tale one so persuasive that it sweeps away the old myths and becomes the preferred story one so inclusive that it gathers all the bits of our past and present into a coherent whole one that even shines some light into our future so that we can take the next step…”
Conserving the world’s roof
It was a chilly February day. Dangwen and his wildlife monitoring team from the village of Yunta patrolled along the upper reaches of the Yangtze River. The river was frozen solid easy for poachers to walk over. That day they encountered 220 blue sheep five white-lipped deer and a line of otter footprints. On the infrared camera traps that they had set up throughout the valley three snow leopards appeared a mother and two cubs – and the cubs had grown much bigger than three months before.
Alive to solutions
In 2015 engineering student Jorge Zapote and his team from the University of Calgary decided to take on a problem that affects millions of poor rural families around the world – and one whose solution could be key to remedying climate change. They wanted to find a low-cost way of keeping fruit and vegetables cool and fresh in low-resource settings without using electricity.
Croissance Urbaine : Une aubaine pour l’industrialisation
On parle beaucoup des dividendes urbains de l’Afrique : la prospérité accrue et le développement socio-économique soutenu qui résulteraient de l’expansion et de l’industrialisation des villes. De tels bénéfices pourraient résulter d’une planification et d’une gestion active des villes par les gouvernements. Telle est l’essence du Rapport économique sur l’Afrique (REA) de 2017 rédigé par des experts de la Commission économique pour l’Afrique (CEA) des Nations Unies.
Pension et assurance, principaux moteurs de l’intégration régionale
Les marchés de capitaux où l’argent des épargnants est placé dans des investissements à long terme peuvent contribuer de manière significative au développement socioéconomique s’ils investissent dans des projets et entreprises productifs. Mais la modestie de la taille et le manque de liquidités sur le marché peuvent aussi nuire au processus.
Il amène de l’eau à son village
Salva Dut 11 ans assiste à la dernière classe de la journée impatient de retrouver ses camarades pour effectuer le chemin de retour à la maison. L’enfer se déchaîne soudainement. Une guerre civile infernale a éclaté dans son Soudan du Sud natal. Nous sommes en 1985.
La Gambie survit à Jammeh
En décembre dernier alors que les résultats de l’élection présidentielle en Gambie tombent au compte-gouttes le Président sortant Yahya Jammeh sent le pouvoir lui échapper. Puis les résultats définitifs révèlent qu’un nouveau venu l’homme d’affaires de 51 ans Adama Barrow a recueilli 455 % des voix contre 366 % pour M. Jammeh. Contre toute attente M. Jammeh reconnaît sa défaite et félicite M. Barrow par téléphone : « le peuple gambien s’est exprimé et je n’ai aucune raison de contester la volonté d’Allah tout-puissant » et il lui promet son « aide pour la transition et la nomination d’un nouveau gouvernement » avant de signifier le début de la fin de ses 22 années au pouvoir.
Sous l’effet du changement climatique
Si les chercheurs n’arrivent pas encore à expliquer la chute précipitée - de 90% selon certaines estimations - du nombre de pingouins en Afrique sur les 15 dernières années la plupart s’accordent à dire que le changement climatique a joué un rôle majeur dans le déclin de cette espèce emblématique.
Vers une économie démonétisée
Quand en mars dernier Mouna Ahmed militante pour l’égalité des genres au Libéria a eu besoin de transférer de l’argent à un ami dans un village éloigné elle ne s’est pas souciée des longues files d’attente et de la paperasse bancaire. Elle a ouvert l’application Money sur son téléphone y a entré un montant et appuyé sur le bouton envoi. Quelques minutes plus tard son ami la remerciait pour sa générosité. “Cela m’a pris moins d’une minute” témoigne-t-elle.
Haro sur le braconnage
Face à l’augmentation du braconnage des animaux les défenseurs de l’environnement réclament des lois plus sévères et des mesures dissuasives pour lutter contre les crimes perpétrés contre la faune sauvage.
Régime d’assurance contre le changement climatique
Répondre à une catastrophe humanitaire en Afrique peut prendre du temps pendant que les dégâts s’accumulent. Lors des sécheresses par exemple les petits agriculteurs pourraient être obligés de vendre leur bétail et de retirer leurs enfants de l’école. Accélérer la réponse peut aider à minimiser les effets à long terme de ce type de crise.
L’Afrique de plus en plus au centre de l’économie mondiale Entretien - Abdoulaye Mar Dieye, Directeur du Bureau régional pour l’Afrique au PNUD
La deuxième Conférence internationale sur l’émergence de l’Afrique (CIEA) s’est tenue en mars 2017 à Abidjan (Côte d’Ivoire). Depuis la première conférence en 2015 — époque de forte croissance économique sur le continent — les espoirs de progrès économiques se sont estompés en raison de l’effondrement des cours des matières premières de la volatilité des marchés financiers mondiaux et du ralentissement de la croissance mondiale. Avant de quitter New York pour assister à la deuxième édition de la CIEA organisée conjointement par la Banque mondiale la Banque africaine de développement et le Programme des Nations Unies pour le développement (PNUD) le Sous-Secrétaire général de l’ONU et Directeur du Bureau régional pour l’Afrique au PNUD Abdoulaye Mar Dieye a accordé à Kingsley Ighobor d’Afrique Renouveau un entretien qui a porté sur les perspectives de développement économique en Afrique et les défis à surmonter à cet égard.
CPI: Au-delà des menaces de retrait
L’année dernière trois pays africains—le Burundi la Gambie et l’Afrique du Sud—ont exprimé leur intention de quitter la Cour pénale internationale (CPI) suscitant la crainte que d’autres pays ne suivent.
Conférence mondiale sur les océans : Notre meilleure et dernière chance Interview - Peter Thomson, 71è Président de l’Assemblée Générale des Nations Unies.
Peter Thomson a débuté son mandat d’un an de 71ème Président de l’Assemblée Générale des Nations Unies en septembre 2016. Auparavant et depuis 2010 M. Thomson était représentant permanent des Fidji auprès des Nations Unies et ambassadeur à Cuba. Masimba Tafirenyika l’a rencontré à New York pour Afrique Renouveau afin d’aborder la Conférence mondiale des Océans qui sera co-organisée par les Fidji et la Suède au siège de l’ONU du 5 au 9 juin 2017. La Conférence vise à soutenir la mise en oeuvre de l’Objectif de Développement durable (ODD) 14 et coïncide avec la Journée mondiale des Océans (8 juin). L’ODD 14 traite de la conservation et de l’utilisation des océans mers et ressources marines en vue du développement durable.
Jeunes Sud-Africains : L’attrait des énergies renouvelables
Fumani Mthembi gère une entreprise qui produit de l’énergie renouvelable en Afrique du Sud et elle ne regrette pas un instant d’avoir en pleine récession économique en 2009 quitté un emploi stable pour créer sa propre entreprise.
Le numérique, une affaire d’innovation
Il y a 40 ans lorsque le monde a basculé de l’analogique vers le numérique l’Afrique n’apparaissait pas dans le paysage.
Un an après Paris, où en est l’Afrique?
En décembre 2015 195 pays ont signé l’Accord de Paris sur le changement climatique. Depuis plusieurs pays d’Afrique ont entrepris des activités favorisant la résistance au changement climatique grâce auxquelles il leur sera plus facile d’amortir les effets de ce changement et de s’y adapter.
L’Internet au fil de l’eau
Imaginez un monde où votre placard de cuisine vous prévient dès qu’il n’y a plus de sel et où votre téléphone portable vous avertit par SMS de la quantité d’eau restant dans votre chauffe-eau. L’Internet des objets (IdO) a rendu le rêve réalité.
La subsistance au risque de la surpêche
Par une nuit de décembre 2016 cinq pêcheurs du village de Tombo près de Freetown en Sierra Leone ont embarqué vers le large sur un hors-bord. Ils ont jeté leur filet et embarqué une bonne quantité de poisson. Mais à la suite d’une terrible tempête l’un d’entre eux un jeune de 18 ans nommé Alimamy a disparu. Comme à son habitude Alimamy s’était mis sur le bord du canot pour décharger la cargaison. Il s’est noyé emporté par les eaux.
Les océans sous la menace des plastiques
La célèbre océanographe américaine Sylvia Earle a mené des études approfondies sur la mer depuis plus de 60 ans et a consacré plus de 7.000 heures à la recherche et au tournage de la vie en mer depuis sa première plongée à 16 ans. Mme Earle qui dans les années 1980 était la première femme scientifique à la tête de l’Administration nationale océanique et atmosphérique a entrepris une croisière mondiale en 1964 et en 1970 a mené une expérience avec une équipe féminine passant deux semaines dans une capsule sous-marine sur un récif de corail.
Conservationists take aim at poachers
As the rate of animal poaching continues to rise conservationists have begun calling for stronger laws and deterrents to wildlife crimes.
Africa’s quest for a cashless economy gains momentum
When she needed to transfer money to a friend in a faraway village last March Mouna Ahmed a gender equality activist in Liberia did not have to worry about long bank queues and complex paperwork. Instead she took her phone tapped on the mobile money app punched in an amount and pressed the send button. Minutes later her friend acknowledged the kind gesture.
Africa feeling the heat of climate change
Researchers are still trying to learn why the population of African penguins has dropped precipitously over the last 15 years—some estimates say by 90%—but most agree that climate change is a major factor in the decline of this iconic African species.
Disaster insurance against climate change attracts African countries
When disaster strikes in Africa humanitarian aid can take months to reach people on the ground. By then a lot of damage may have been done. During a drought for example small-scale farmers facing a sequence of harsh dry seasons may sell their cattle and pull their children out of school. A quicker response could minimize the long-term effects of such a crisis.
Young South Africans investing in lucrative renewable energy sector
Fumani Mthembi who runs a renewable energy producing company in South Africa has no regrets about leaving her secure job in the middle of an economic recession to start her own business in 2009.
The internet of everything water
I magine a world where your spice cabinet reminds you to buy salt or your cell phone sends a text message about the amount of water left in your water tank. These are the wonders of the Internet of things (IoT).
Global economic gravity moving towards Africa Interview - Abdoulaye Mar Dieye, head of UNDP’s Regional Bureau for Africa
The second International Conference on the Emergence of Africa (ICEA) was held in Abidjan Côte d’Ivoire in March 2017. Since the first conference in 2015—at a time of robust economic growth on the continent—hopes for economic progress have dimmed because of a crash in the price of commodities volatile global financial markets and a slowdown in global growth. Before departing New York to attend the second ICEA conference jointly organized by the World Bank the African Development Bank and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Assistant Secretary-General of the UN and head of UNDP’s Regional Bureau for Africa Abdoulaye Mar Dieye sat down for an interview with Africa Renewal’s Kingsley Ighobor to talk about Africa’s economic development opportunities and challenges.
Africa’s digital rise hooked on innovation
When the world was changing from mechanical and analogue technology to digital electronics four decades ago Africa was nowhere on the scene.
Pension funds, insurance companies as key drivers of regional integration
Capital markets where money from savers is put into long-term investments can contribute significantly to socio-economic development if they invest in productive projects and enterprises. But small size and market illiquidity can undercut this process.
How South Sudan’s ‘lost boy’ brought water to his village
Salva Dut was 11 years old sitting through the last lesson in class and looking forward to the trip home with his schoolmates. Suddenly all hell broke loose. An infernal civil war had ignited in his native South Sudan. The year was 1985.
Gambia’s democracy survives political turbulence
As the results of The Gambia’s presidential election trickled in last December incumbent President Yahya Jammeh realised his power was slipping away. Indeed final results showed that a newcomer 51-year-old businessman Adama Barrow had garnered 45.5% of total votes while Mr. Jammeh received 36.6%.
Plastics pose biggest threat to oceans
Renowned American oceanographer Sylvia Earle has studied the sea extensively for more than 60 years and logged more than 7000 hours researching and filming marine life since her first dive at age 16.
Paris Agreement on climate change: One year later, how is Africa faring?
Since December 2015 when 195 countries signed the Paris Agreement on climate change several countries in Africa have begun implementing climate resilience activities that will allow them to better absorb and adapt to harsh climatic changes.