Regional Convention for the Conservation of the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden Environment
Short title : Jeddah Convention
Year adopted: 1982
Year entered into force : 20 th August 1985
Contracting Parties: Djibouti, Egypt, Jordan, Palestine (PLO), Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan and Yemen.
Objective: is to ensure conservation and sustainable use of the of the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden coastal and marine ecosystems
Depository state: Saudi Arabia
For full text of the Convention link to:
http://www.persga.org/inner.php?id=62
Action Plan for the Conservation of the Marine Environment and Coastal Areas of the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden
Adopted: 1976
Revised: 1995
Participating Countries: Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Jordan, Palestine (PLO), Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan and Yemen (UNEP 2001)
For full text of the Action Plan link to
http://www.persga.org/inner.php?id=62
A new Strategic Action Plan was launched in 1999.
Protocol Concerning Regional Co-Operation in Combating Pollution by Oil and Other Harmful Substances in Cases of Emergency
Year adopted: Jeddah, 14 February 1982
Year entered into force : 1985
Protocol Concerning the Conservation of Biological Diversity and the Establishment of Network of Protected Areas in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden
Year adopted: 2005
Year entered into force:
Protocol Concerning the Protection of the Marine Environment from Land-Based Activities in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden
Year adopted: Jeddah, 2005
Year entered into force:
The Protocol Concerning Technical Cooperation to Facilitate Exchange and Transfer Experts, Technicians, Equipment and Materials in Cases of Emergency
Year adopted: Jeddah, 1st July, 2009
Year entered into force:
The Jeddah Convention and Regional Protocols (status by December 2010):
| Agreement |
Date of
signature |
Status |
Jeddah Convention
|
1982 |
S; R |
Protocol Concerning Regional Co-operation in
Combating Pollution by Oil and Other Harmful
Substances in Cases of Emergency
|
1982 |
|
Protocol Concerning the Conservation of Biological
Diversity and the Establishment of Network of
Protected Areas in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden
|
2005 |
S; R* |
Protocol Concerning the Protection of the Marine
Environment from Land-Based Activities in the
Red Sea and Gulf of Aden
|
2005 |
S; R* |
Protocol Concerning Technical Cooperation
to Facilitate Exchange and Transfer Experts,
Technicians, Equipment and Materials in Cases of Emergency |
2009 |
S |
S: signed by all member states; R: ratified by all member states; R*: ratified by some member states and ratification in process by other members states
|
