Inter-American Convention for the protection and conservation of sea turtles

• Coming into Force: 02 May 2001
• Subject Terms: Maritime matters,Sea,Pollution
• Date of Conclusion: 01 December 1996
• Registration Date: 01 November 2001
• Citation: UNTS v. 2164 (p.29)
• Registration Number: 37791
• Type of Document: Multilateral
• Depositary: Government of Venezuela
• Participants: Brasil,Costa Rica,Ecuador,Honduras,México,Holanda,Perú,United States,Venezuela
• Party Submitting the Application for Registration: Venezuela

No.

37791

Multilateral

Inter-American

Convention

for

the

protection

and conservation

of

sea

turtles

(with

annexes).

Caracas,

1

December

1996

Entry

into

force:

2

May

2001,

in

accordance

with

article

XXII

(seejbllowing

page)

Authentic

texts:

English,

French,

Portuguese

and

Spanish

Registration

with

the

Secretariat

of

the

United

Nations:

Venezuela,

1

November 2001

Multilateral

Convention

interam~ricaine

pour

la

protection

et

la

conservation

des

tortues marines

(avec

annexes).

Caracas,

I

dcembre

1996

Entree

en

vigueur

:

2 mai

2001,

cotnbrmment

6

Particle

XXII

(voir

la

page

suivante)

Textes

authentiques

:

anglais,.fran~ais,

portugais

et

espagnol

Enregistrement

aupr~s

du

Secretariat

des

Nations

Unies

:

Venezuela,

ler

novembre

2001

Volume

2164,

1-37791

Participant

Brazil

Costa

Rica

Ecuador

with

declaration

Honduras

Mexico

Netherlands

Peru

United

States

of

America

with

declarations

Venezuela

Participant

Br6sil

Costa

Rica

Honduras

Mexique

Pays-Bas

P6rou

Venezuela

Equateur

avec

d6claration'

Etats-Unis

d'Am6rique

avec

d6clarations

i

Ratification

22

Nov

1999

17

Apr

2000

6

Oct

2000

1

Feb

2001

11

Sep

2000

29

Nov

2000

18

Nov

1999

21

Feb

2001

20

Aug

1998

Ratification

22

nov

1999

17

avr

2000

1 f6vr

2001

11

sept

2000

29

nov

2000

18

nov

1999

20

aofit

1998

6

oct

2000

21

f6vr

2001

1.

For

the

texts

of

the

declarations

made

upon

ratification,

see

p.

103

of

this

volume--Pour

les

textes

des

declarations

faites

lors

de

la

ratification.

voir

p. 103

du

present volume.

30

Volume

2164,

1-3

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TEXTE

ANGLAIS]

INTER-AMERICAN

CONVENTION

FOR

THE

PROTECTION

AND

CON-

SERVATION

OF

SEA

TURTLES

PREAMBLE

The

Parties

to

this

Convention:

Recognizing

the

rights

and

duties

of

States established

in

international

law,

as

reflected

in

the

United

Nations Convention

on

the Law

of

the

Sea

of

10

December

1982,

relating

to

the

conservation

and

management

of

living marine resources;

Inspired

by the

principles

contained

in

the

1992

Rio

Declaration

on

Environment

and

Development;

Considering

the

principles

and

recommendations

set

forth

in

the

Code

of

Conduct

for

Responsible

Fishing adopted

by

the

Conference

of

the

Food

and

Agriculture

Organization

(FAO)

of

the

United

Nations

in

its

28th

Session

(1995);

Recalling

that

Agenda

21,

adopted

in

1992

by the

United

Nations

Conference

on

En-

vironment

and

Development, recognizes

the

need

to

protect and

restore endangered marine

species

and

to

conserve

their habitats;

Understanding

that,

in

accordance

with

the

best available

scientific

evidence,

species

of

sea

turtles

in

the

Americas

are

threatened

or endangered, and

that

some

of

these

species

may

face

an

imminent

risk

of

extinction;

Acknowledging

the

importance

of

having

the

States

in

the

Americas adopt

an

agree-

ment

to

address

this

situation

through

an

instrument

that

also

facilitates

the

participation

of

States

from

other

regions interested

in

the

worldwide

protection

and

conservation

of

sea

turtles,

taking

into

account

the

widely

migratory

nature

of

these

species;

Recognizing

that

sea

turtles

are

subject

to

capture,

injury

or

mortality

as

a

direct or

in-

direct

result

of

human-related activities;

Considering

that

coastal

zone

management

measures

are

indispensable

for

protecting

populations

of

sea

turtles

and

their

habitats;

Recognizing

the

individual

environmental,

socio-economic

and

cultural

conditions

in

the

States

in

the

Americas;

Recognizing

that

sea

turtles

migrate

widely

throughout

marine

areas

and that

their

pro-

tection

and

conservation

require

cooperation

and

coordination

among

States

within

the

range

of

such

species;

Recognizing

also the

programs

and

activities

that

certain

States

are

currently

carrying

out

for

the

protection

and

conservation

of

sea

turtles

and

their

habitats;

Desiring

to

establish,

through

this

Convention,

appropriate measures

for

the

protection

and

conservation

of

sea

turtles

throughout

their

range

in

the

Americas,

as

well

as

their

hab-

itats;

Have

agreed

as

follows: