Multilateral Environmental Agreements
Red = Adopted by U.S.

Constitution of the UN Economic Science & Cultural Organization (UNESCO) (1946)

Stockholm Declaration on the Environment (1972)

Creation of the UN Environmental Programme (UNEP) (1973)

CITES, Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Rare Flora and Fauna (1973), ratified 1974

Convention on the Law of the Sea (1982)
Agreement on Straddling and Highly Migratory Fish Stock (1995)

Man and the Biosphere Programme (UNESCO) (1983)

Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer (1985), ratified 1986

Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer (1988)

Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundry Movements of Hazardous Waste and Their Disposal (1989)

Rio Declaration (1992)

Framework Convention on Climate Change (1992)
Kyoto Protocol (1997)

Convention on Biological Diversity (1992)
Cartagena Biosafety Protocol (2000)

Statement of Principles for a Global Consensus on the Management, Conservation, and Sustainable Development of Forests (1992)

UN Commission on Sustainable Development (1993)

Convention to Combat Desertification (1993), ratified 2000

Rotterdam Convention on Prior Informed Consent for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides (1998)

Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (2001)