Chapter IV. Treaties concerning international law concluded under the auspices of the United Nations and related intergovernmental organizations

UNITED NATIONS

JURIDICAL YEARBOOK

Extract from:

Chapter IV. Treaties concerning international law concluded under the auspices of the

United Nations and related intergovernmental organizations

1991

Part Two. Legal activities of the United Nations and related intergovernmental

organizations

Copyright (c) United Nations

CONTENTS

(continued)

Page

CHAPTER

IV.

TREATIES

CONCERNING

INTERNATIONAL

LAW

CON-

CLUDED

UNDER

THE

AUSPICES

OF THE

UNITED NATIONS

AND

RELATED

INTERGOVERNMENTAL

ORGANIZATIONS

A.

TREATIES CONCERNING INTERNATIONAL

LAW

CONCLUDED

UNDER

THE

AUSPICES

OF THE

UNITED NATIONS

1.

Convention

on

Environmental Impact Assessment

in a

Transboundary

Context.

Done

at

Espoo,

Finland,

on 25

February 1991

216

2.

United Nations Convention

on the

Liability

of

Operators

of

Transport Terminals

in

International

Trade.

Done

at

Vienna

on 19

April 1991

232

B.

TREATIES CONCERNING INTERNATIONAL

LAW

CONCLUDED

UNDER

THE

AUSPICES

OF

INTERGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZA-

TIONS RELATED

TO THE

UNITED NATIONS

International

Civil

Aviation Organization

Convention

on the

Marking

of

Plastic

Explosives

for the

Purpose

of

Detection. Done

at

Montreal

on 1

March

1991...

244

CHAPTER

V.

DECISIONS

OF

ADMINISTRATIVE TRIBUNALS

OF THE

UNITED NATIONS

AND

RELATED INTERGOVERNMENTAL

OR-

GANIZATIONS

A.

DECISIONS

OF THE

ADMINISTRATIVE TRIBUNAL

OF THE

UNITED

NATIONS

1.

Judgement

No. 514 (23 May

1991):

Maneck

v.

United

Nations Joint Staff

Pension

Board

Applicant's request

for

retroactive application

of

interim

measures

for

calculation

of

periodic benefit under

the

Pension Adjustment

System—Question

whether lim-

iting

applicability

of the

interim measures violates

the

principle

of

equal

rights—Jurisdiction of the

Tribunal

with

respect

to

cases

involving

the

United Nations

Joint Staff Pension

Fund—Validity

of

various

aspects

of

the

Pension Adjustment System

in the

light

of

Judgement

No.

400, Connolly-Battisti

(1987)—Legis-

lative authority

of the

General

Assembly

in

developing

and

making changes

in the

Pension Adjustment Sys-

tem

252

2.

Judgement

No. 516 (28 May

1991):

Satite

and

Williams

v.

the

Secretary-General

of the

International Maritime

Organization

Applicants'

request

for

recalculation

of

salary upon pro-

motion

from

the

General Service category

to the

Pro-

fessional

category

as

provided

for

under

the

Staff

Reg-

ulations

as

interpreted

by

Judgement

No.

451,

Young

Chapter

IV

TREATIES CONCERNING INTERNATIONAL

LAW

CON-

CLUDED UNDER

THE

AUSPICES

OF THE

UNITED

NATIONS

AND

RELATED INTERGOVERNMENTAL

ORGANIZATIONS

A.

Treaties concerning international

law

concluded

under

the

auspices

of the

United Nations

1.

CONVENTION

ON

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT

AS-

SESSMENT

IN A

TRANSBOUNDARY

CONTEXT.1

DONE

AT

ESPOO, FINLAND,

ON 25

FEBRUARY

19912

CONVENTION

ON

ENVIRONMENTAL

IMPACT ASSESSMENT

IN A

TRANSBOUNDARY

CONTEXT

The

Parties

to

this Convention,

Aware

of the

interrelationship between economic activities

and

their

environmental

consequences,

Affirming

the

need

to

ensure

environmentally sound

and

sustainable

development,

Determined

to

enhance international cooperation

in

assessing envi-

ronmental impact

in

particular

in a

transboundary

context,

Mindful

of the

need

and

importance

to

develop anticipatory policies

and of

preventing,

mitigating

and

monitoring

significant

adverse environ-

mental

impact

in

general

and

more specifically

in a

transboundary

context,

Recalling

the

relevant provisions

of the

Charter

of the

United

Nations,

the

Declaration

of the

Stockholm Conference

on the

Human

Environment,

the

Final

Act of the

Conference

on

Security

and

Coopera-

tion

in

Europe

and the

Concluding Documents

of the

Madrid

and

Vienna

Meetings

of

Representatives

of the

Participating

States

of the

Conference

on

Security

and

Cooperation

in

Europe,

Commending

the

ongoing activities

of

States

to

ensure that, through

their national legal

and

administrative provisions

and

their national poli-

cies, environmental impact assessment

is

carried out,

Conscious

of the

need

to

give explicit consideration

to

environmental

factors

at an

early stage

in the

decision-making

process

by

applying envi-

ronmental

impact assessment,

at all

appropriate administrative levels,

as a

necessary

tool

to

improve

the

quality

of

information

presented

to

decision

makers

so

that environmentally sound decisions

can be

made paying

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