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The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) is the parent treaty of the 1997 Kyoto Protocol. Both parties aim to stabilize greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere at a level that will prevent harmful human interference with the climate system. The UNFCCC secretariat (UN Climate Change) supports cooperative action by states to...
The United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) is the core legal body of the United Nations system in the field of international trade law, with the mandate to further the progressive harmonization and unification of international trade law. UNCITRAL formulates modern, fair, and harmonized rules on commercial transactions. UNCITRAL is...
The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) is a permanent intergovernmental body established by the UN General Assembly in 1964. It is headquartered in Geneva and have offices in New York and Addis Abba in Ethiopia. It supports developing countries to access the benefits of globalized economy more fairly and effectively and helps them...
The United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) was signed at the Earth Summit in Brazil in 1992 and entered into force in 1993, making it the first global agreement to cover all aspects of biological diversity: the conservation of biological diversity, the sustainable use of its components, and the fair and equitable sharing of benefits arising...
The United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) is a legally binding international agreement that links the environment and development to sustainable land management. Specifically, it deals with the arid, semi-arid and dry sub-humid areas, known as the drylands, where some of the most vulnerable ecosystems and peoples can be found. The...
