Azerbaijan attended Caspian Day celebrations

Azerbaijan, Iran, Kazakhstan, Russia and Turkmenistan marked the "Day of the Caspian Sea" on under the auspices of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) on August 12. Framework Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment of the Caspian Sea, also known as the Tehran Convention, entered into force on this day in 2006.

This agreement obligates the five countries of the region to take measures to prevent pollution of the Caspian Sea and revive he marine environment, the UN News Center reports. It envisages measures for sustainable production of marine resources and is aimed at assisting residents of the region. Negative impact of industrial pollution and also toxic and radioactive waste affect the state of the marine environment of the Caspian Sea.

Under the Convention, its members regularly meet to assess progress made in implementing the agreements and discuss further measures. The first such meeting was held in Baku, May 2007.

Then the delegates began to discuss the four draft protocols to the Convention, which will identify specific commitments to the conservation of biological diversity, elimination and mitigation of environmental impacts of incidents causing oil pollution and pollution from land-based sources. It is planned that two of these protocols can be adopted at the third meeting of the members of the Convention to be held Kazakhstan on Nov. 24-26, 2010.


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