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UNECE multilateral environmental agreements

UNECE has negotiated five environmental conventions, also known as multilateral environmental agreements or MEAs, all of which are now in force.


The governing bodies of the UNECE MEAs are serviced by the UNECE secretariat, which also helps them to monitor the implementation of the treaties. While many of the UNECE environmental conventions started as regional instruments, a number of them have become or are in the process of going global, and the work under these MEAs has for a long time included States outside the UNECE region in their activities. This trend underscores the impact of the UNECE MEAs, which have transformed the legal and natural landscape in our region and beyond.
The five conventions have been supplemented by a number of protocols, including: