Wider Caribbean - Governing Instruments

 

Convention for the Protection and Development of the Marine Environment of the Wider Caribbean Region

Short title: Cartagena Convention
Year adopted: March 24 th 1983, Cartagena de Indias, Colombia
Year entered into force: October 11, 1986

Contracting Parties: Antigua & Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, France, Grenada, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Netherlands Antilles, Nicaragua, Panama, St Kitts & Nevis, Saint Lucia, St. Vincent & the Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America, Venezuela, European Economic Commission

Status of Ratification April 2003:

* France signed with a reservation.

** Ratified on behalf of the Netherlands Antilles Federation on 16 April 1984, and for Aruba as of 1 January 1986.

*** Ratified on behalf of the Cayman Islands and Turks and Caicos Islands on 28 February 1986, reserving the right to extend it at a future date to include other territories. On 21 November 1987, it was extended to the British Virgin Islands

Parties not yet Ratified: Honduras, Nicaragua and the European Union

Secretariat for the Convention

UNEP-CAR/RCU
14-20 Port Royal Street
Kingston, Jamaica
Tel.: (876) 922-9267,
Fax: (876) -922-9292,
E-mail: uneprcuja@cwjamaica.com ,
Website: http://www.cep.unep.org

Depository State
Head of Institution : S.E. Sra. Carolina Barco , Ministra de Relaciones Exteriores
Attention: Dr. Jaime Girón Duarte, Viceministro de Asuntos Multilaterales
Contact: Dra. Ma. Andrea Albán , Coordinadora Grupo de Asuntos Ambientales Multilaterales Ambientales
Name of Institution: Area de Tratados, Oficina Juridica, Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores

Address:
Palacio de San Carlos
Calle 10 #5-51
Bogotá
Tel : (571) (57-1) 566-7077, 562-8032
Fax : (571) 566-6081
E-mail : andrea.alban@minrelext.gov.co , ataboga03@minrelext.gov.co
Website: www.minrelext.gov.co

Link to main Articles: Overview Of The Cartagena Convention

Caribbean Action Plan

Year adopted: 1981
Signatories / Participating Countries: 28 States and Territories

Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, United States of America, Venezuela, the Caribbean Territories of France, Netherlands and the United Kingdom

Objectives:

• Assistance to all countries of the region, recognising the special situation of the smaller islands;
• Co-ordination of international assistance activities;
• Strengthening existing national and sub-regional institutions;
• Technical co-operation in the use of the region's human, financial and natural resources

Link to document: The Caribbean Action Plan

Oil Spills

The Protocol Concerning Co-operation in Combating Oil Spills

Year adopted: 1983
Year entered into force: October 11, 1986

Link to main document: Oil Spills Protocol

Status of Ratification April 2003:

Specially Protected Area and Wildlife

The Protocol Concerning Specially Protected Area and Wildlife (SPAW)

Year adopted: 1990
Year entered into force: June 18, 2000

Link to main document: SPAW Protocol

Status of Ratification April 2003:

Pollution from Land-Based Sources and Activities

The Protocol Concerning Pollution from Land-Based Sources and Activities (LBS)

Year Adopted: 6 th October 1999
Year entered into force: Not yet in force

Link to main document: LBS Protocol

Status of Ratification April 2003: