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Act/Rule/Law/Ordinance Responsible Agency-Ministry/AuthorityKey Features-Potential Applicability Promotion and recognition ofthe value of wetland functionsin resource management andeconomic development.1.2.1.7 List of International Treaties and Conventions Signed by Bangladesh20. List of environment related international conventions, protocols, treaties signed/ratified oraccessed by Bangladesh are given in Table 1-3No.Table 1-3: List of International Treaties and Conventions Signed by BangladeshEnvironment Related InternationalConventions, Protocols and treaties01 International Plant Protection Convention(Rome, 1951)02 International Convention for thePrevention of Pollution of the Sea by Oil(London. 1954 (as amended on 11 April1962 and 21 October 1969)03 Plant Protection Agreement for theSouth East Asia and Pacific Region (asamended) (Rome, 1956)04 Treaty Banning Nuclear Weapon Testsin the Atmosphere, in Outer Space andunder Water (Moscow, 1963)05 Treaty on Principles governing theActivities of States in the Exploration anduse of outer Space Including the Moonand Other Celestial Bodies (London,Moscow, Washington, 1967)06 International Convention Relating toIntervention on the High Seas in Casesof Oil Pollution Casualties (Brussels,1969)07 Convention on Wetlands of InternationalImportance especially as WaterfowlHabitat (Ramsar, 1971) (“RamsarConvention”)08 Convention on the Prohibition of theDevelopment, Production andStockpiling of Bacteriological (Biological)and Toxic Weapons, and on TheirDestruction (London, Moscow,Washington, 1972)09 Convention Concerning the Protection ofthe World Cultural and natural Heritage(Paris, 1972)10 Convention on International Trade inEndangered Species of Wild Fauna andflora (Washington, 1973.) (“CITESConvention”)11 United Nations Convention on the Law ofthe Sea (Montego Bay, 1982.)12 Vienna Convention for the Protection ofthe Ozone Layer (Vienna, 1985.)Signed13.03.85Ratified/Accessed(AC)/Accepted(AT)/Adaptation (AD)01.09.7828.12.81(entry into force)04.12.74 (AC)(entry into force)14.10.86 (AC)04.02.82(entry into force)20.04.92(ratified)13.03.8503.08.83(Accepted)03.11.83 (ratified)20.11.81 18.02.8210.12.8202.08.90 (AC)31.10.90(entry into force)13 Montreal Protocol on Substances that 02.08.90Being Ratified1-10