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Organization's Convention No. 169 (Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention),
at http://www.ilo.org/dyn/normlex/en/f?p=1000:12100:0::NO::P12100_ILO_
CODE:C169
8 The treaty concerning Spitsbergen, Article 1: 'The High Contracting Parties un-
dertake to recognise, subject to the stipulations of the present Treaty, the full and
absolute sovereignty of Norway over the Archipelago of Spitsbergen …'.
9 There was an attempt to adopt the Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe
(TCE), but this failed because both the Dutch and French rejected this in 2005 in
their respective referenda.
10 Antarctic Treaty, 1959, http://www.ats.aq/e/ats.htm
11 A state can join the Antarctic Treaty without assuming the status of consultative party,
i.e. as a so-called non-consultative party. The regime now has 28 consultative and
21 non-consultative parties.
12 Convention on the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources, 1982,
http://www.antarctica.ac.uk/about_antarctica/geopolitical/treaty/convention.php
13 Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty, 1991, http://www.
antarctica.ac.uk/about_antarctica/geopolitical/treaty/update_1991.php
14 The European Parliament, however, accepted a new resolution concerning
Arctic policy at the beginning of 2011. It no longer favours a comprehensive
international treaty for the region.
15 See T. Koivurova, 'Environmental Protection in the Arctic and Antarctica', in
Natalia Loukacheva (ed.), Polar Law Textbook , pp. 23-44, Nordic Council of Min-
isters, 2010.
16 Download the accounts in: http://wwf.panda.org/what_we_do/where_we_
work/arctic/publications/?193130/New-Arctic-needs-new-rules-WWF
17 Reports of International Arbitral Awards, Trail Smelter case (United States, Cana-
da), 16 April 1938 and 11 March 1941, Vol. III, pp. 1905-82, p. 1965.
18 Convention on the Law of the Non-Navigational Uses of International
Watercourses, 1997, http://untreaty.un.org/ilc/texts/instruments/english/conventions/
8_3_1997.pdf
19 Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and In-
ternational Lakes, 1992, http://www.unece.org/fi leadmin/DAM/env/water/pdf/
watercon.pdf
20 Convention on Early Notifi cation of a Nuclear Accident, 1986, http://www.iaea.
org/Publications/Documents/Conventions/cenna.html
21 Convention on Assistance in Case of a Nuclear Accident or Radiological
Emergency, 1986, http://www.iaea.org/Publications/Documents/Conventions/
cacnare.html
22 Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous
Wastes and their Disposal, 1989, http://www.basel.int/portals/4/basel%20
convention/docs/text/baselconventiontext-e.pdf
23 Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Haz-
ardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade, 1998, http://www.pic.int/
24 Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution, 1979, http://www.
unece.org/env/lrtap
25 Protocol to the 1979 Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution on
Long-term Financing of the Cooperative Programme for Monitoring and Evalua-
tion of the Long-range Transmission of Air Pollutants in Europe (EMEP), http://
ec.europa.eu/world/agreements/prepareCreateTreatiesWorkspace/treatiesGeneral
Data.do?step=0&redirect=true&treatyId=515
26 Protocol to the 1979 Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution on
Further Reduction of Sulphur Emissions, http://ec.europa.eu/world/agreements/
prepareCreateTreatiesWorkspace/treatiesGeneralData.do?step=0&redirect=true&
treatyId=515