Helsinki Convention

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international environmental agreement multilateral treaty regional sea convention

The Helsinki Convention is an international environmental agreement aimed at protecting the marine environment of the Baltic Sea region from pollution and promoting sustainable use of its resources.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Helsinki Convention canonical	9
Contracting Parties to the Helsinki Convention	1

Statements (54)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	international environmental agreement ⓘ multilateral treaty ⓘ regional sea convention ⓘ
abbreviation	HELCOM ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Convention on the Protection of the Marine Environment of the Baltic Sea Area ⓘ surface form: Baltic Sea Marine Environment Protection Convention
appliesTo	Baltic Sea ⓘ Baltic Sea drainage basin ⓘ surface form: Baltic Sea catchment area
basedOn	best available technology ⓘ best environmental practice ⓘ polluter pays principle ⓘ precautionary principle ⓘ
establishedBy	coastal states of the Baltic Sea ⓘ
focusArea	biodiversity and nature conservation ⓘ eutrophication ⓘ hazardous substances ⓘ land-based sources of marine pollution ⓘ maritime safety ⓘ offshore activities ⓘ response to marine pollution incidents ⓘ ship-generated pollution ⓘ
fullName	Convention on the Protection of the Marine Environment of the Baltic Sea Area ⓘ
governingBody	HELCOM ⓘ surface form: Baltic Marine Environment Protection Commission Helsinki Commission ⓘ
language	English ⓘ Russian language ⓘ surface form: Russian
legalNature	binding on its contracting parties ⓘ
objective	prevention of pollution of the Baltic Sea ⓘ promotion of sustainable use of Baltic Sea resources ⓘ protection of ecological balance of the Baltic Sea region ⓘ reduction of pollution inputs into the Baltic Sea ⓘ
party	Denmark ⓘ Estonia ⓘ European Union ⓘ Finland ⓘ Germany ⓘ Latvia ⓘ Lithuania ⓘ Poland ⓘ Russia ⓘ Sweden ⓘ
primaryObjective	protection of the marine environment of the Baltic Sea ⓘ
region	Baltic Sea drainage basin ⓘ surface form: Baltic Sea region
relatedTo	OSPAR Commission ⓘ surface form: OSPAR Convention Regional Seas Programme ⓘ United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea ⓘ
requires	adoption of measures to prevent and eliminate pollution ⓘ cooperation among Baltic Sea states ⓘ monitoring of the Baltic Sea environment ⓘ reporting by contracting parties ⓘ
scope	prevention and elimination of pollution of the Baltic Sea area from all sources ⓘ
shortName	Helsinki Convention self-link ⓘ
subjectMatter	marine environmental protection ⓘ pollution control ⓘ sustainable development of marine resources ⓘ

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Helsinki Commission → hasLegalBasis → Helsinki Convention ⓘ

Helsinki Commission → establishedBy → Helsinki Convention ⓘ

HELCOM → namedAfter → Helsinki Convention ⓘ

HELCOM → conventionShortName → Helsinki Convention ⓘ

Baltic Sea Action Plan → developedBy → Helsinki Convention ⓘ

this entity surface form: Contracting Parties to the Helsinki Convention

Helsinki Convention → shortName → Helsinki Convention self-link ⓘ

Convention on the Protection of the Marine Environment of the Baltic Sea Area → shortName → Helsinki Convention ⓘ

Working Group on the State of the Environment and Nature Conservation → affiliation → Helsinki Convention ⓘ

Working Group on Maritime Activities → usesFramework → Helsinki Convention ⓘ

Baltic Sea coastal states → usesFramework → Helsinki Convention ⓘ