Accession Number:
ADA528338
Title:
Worldwide Emerging Environmental Issues Affecting the U.S. Military. May 2006
Descriptive Note:
Corporate Author:
FEDERATION OF UN ASSOCIATIONS WASHINGTON DC MILLENNIUM PROJECT
Personal Author(s):
Report Date:
2006-05-01
Pagination or Media Count:
25.0
Abstract:
Protocol V on Explosive Remnants of War, part of the UN Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons CCW, will enter into force on 12 November 2006. The Protocol stipulates that parties to armed conflicts must mark, clear, and destroy all explosive remnants of war on the territory, including internal waters, under their control offer assistance in areas not under their control and share information with organizations involved in clearance activities. It applies to ordnance that existed even prior to the entry into force of this Protocol Art. 2, Par. 5.
Descriptors:
- *ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
- *MILITARY FORCES(UNITED STATES)
- IRAQ
- INVESTMENTS
- MILITARY FORCES(FOREIGN)
- SECURITY
- CANADA
- CARBON
- SOLAR CELLS
- GERMANY
- ENGINES
- CADMIUM
- RIVERS
- AFRICA
- UNITED NATIONS
- COOPERATION
- CHEMICAL WARFARE AGENTS
- FOSSIL FUELS
- ELECTRIC BATTERIES
- INDONESIA
- DISINFECTION
- EUROPE
- MERCURY BATTERIES
- JORDAN
Subject Categories:
- Military Forces and Organizations
- Environmental Health and Safety