United Nations General Assembly Resolution 31/72

United Nations General Assembly Resolution 31/72 referred the Environmental Modification Convention (ENMOD) “to all States for their consideration, signature, and ratification”. The resolution was adopted on 10 December 1976 at the 31st Session of the UN General Assembly. The convention aims to prohibit the military or other hostile use of environmental modification techniques that have widespread, long-lasting, or severe effects. The convention entered into force on 5 October 1978.

History

According to the historical narrative of the

Environmental Modification Technique

In the treaty text "Environmental Modification Technique" is defined as follows:

As used in article I, the term "environmental modification techniques" refers to any technique for changing-through the deliberate manipulation of natural processes-the dynamics, composition or structure of the Earth, including its biota, lithosphere, hydrosphere and atmosphere, or of outer space.

— Article II, Environmental Modification Convention

See also

• Arms control agreements
• Environmental agreements
• Climate engineering

References

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External links

• The text of the resolution
• Ratifications Archived 2017-07-11 at the Wayback Machine
• The United Nations Office at Geneva^{[permanent dead link]}