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Ramsar Convention on Wetlands

The Convention on Wetlands, signed in Ramsar, Iran, in 1971, provides the framework for national action and international cooperation for the conservation and wise use of wetlands and their resources.

http://www.ramsar.org
ramsar@ramsar.org
+41 22 999 01 70
+41 22 999 01 69

United Nations Conference on Trade and Development

UNCTAD promotes the development-friendly integration of developing countries into the world economy. UNCTAD’s work aims to help shape current policy debates and thinking on development, with a particular focus on ensuring that domestic policies and international action are mutually supportive in ...

http://www.biotrade.org
info@unctad.org
+41 22 917 56 34, +41 22 917 58 06
+41 22 917 00 42

Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora

CITES aims to ensure that international trade in specimens of wild animals and plants does not threaten their survival. Today it accords varying degrees of protection to more than 30,000 species of animals and plants.

http://www.cites.org
info@cites.org
+41 22 917 81 39, 40
+41 22 797 34 17

World Intellectual Property Organization

The WIPO is an international organization dedicated to promoting the use and protection of works of the human spirit, i.e., intellectual property.

http://www.wipo.int
wipo.mail@wipo.int
+41 22 338 91 11
+41 22 733 54 28

World Meteorological Organization (WMO)

http://www.wmo.int
wmo@wmo.int
+41 22 730 81 11
+41 22 730 81 81

World Trade Organization

The WTO is the only global international organization dealing with the rules of trade between nations. At its heart are the WTO agreements, negotiated and signed by the bulk of the world’s trading nations and ratified in their parliaments. The goal is to help producers of goods and services, exp ...

http://www.wto.org
enquiries@wto.org
+41 22 739 51 11
+41 22 731 42 06

IUCN - International Union for Conservation of Nature

IUCN’s mission is to influence, encourage and assist societies throughout the world to conserve the integrity and diversity of nature and to ensure that any use of natural resources is equitable and ecologically sustainable. Its members from some 140 countries include 77 States, 114 government a ...

http://www.iucn.org
mail@iucn.org
+41 22 999 0000
+41 22 999 0002

South Centre

www.southcentre.org
south@southcentre.org
+41 022 791 8050
+41 022 798 85 31

Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal

http://www.basel.int
sbc@unep.ch
+41 22 917 8218
+41 22 797 3454

World Health Organization

http://www.who.int/en/
info@who.int
+41 22 791 21 11
+41 22 791 31 11

United Nations Economic Commission for Europe

http://www.unece.org/
info.ece@unece.org
+41 22 917 44 44
+41 22 917 05 05

United Nations Environment Programme, Regional Office for Europe

http://www.unep.ch/roe/
roe@unep.ch
+41 22 917 82 79
+41 22 917 80 24, +41 797 34 20

Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs)

http://chm.pops.int
ssc@pops.int
+41 22 917 87 29
+41 22 917 80 98

International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants

http://www.upov.int
upov.mail@upov.int
+41 22 338 91 55
+41 22 733 03 36

Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade

http://www.pic.int
pic@pic.int
+41 22 917 8296
+41 22 917 8082

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

http://www.ipcc.ch
IPCC-Sec@wmo.int
+41 22 730 8208, 8254
+41 22 730 8025, 8013

United Nations Institute for Training and Research

The United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) was established in 1965 as an autonomous body within the United Nations with the purpose of enhancing the effectiveness of the Organization through appropriate training and research.

http://www.unitar.org
info@unitar.org
+41 22 917 8400
+41 22 917 8047

Group on Earth Observations

http://www.earthobservations.org
secretariat@geosec.org
+41 22 730 8505
+41 22 730 8520

International Labour Organization

http://www.ilo.org
ilo@ilo.org
+41 (0) 22 799 6111
+41 (0) 22 798 8685

Aarhus Convention

http://www.unece.org/env/pp/
marco.keiner@unece.org
+ 41 22 917 2682, 917 1502
+ 41 22 917 0634

Environment Management Group

http://www.unemg.org
emg@unep.ch
+41 22 917 8693
+41 22 917 8024

Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes (Water Convention), UNEC

http://www.unece.org/env/water/
Alisher.Mamadzhanov@unece.org

World Economic Forum

http://www.weforum.org
contact@weforum.org
+41 (0) 22 869 1212
+41 (0) 22 786 2744