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The BEST Commission serves as the national focal point for multilateral environmental agreements (MEAs), to which The Bahamas is a signatory. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs often forwards to the Commission correspondence concerning these MEAs. These agreements include:

Chemicals

The Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants
The Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movement of Hazardous Wastes
Rotterdam Convention (Prior Informed Consent)
Strategic Approach to International Chemicals Management
Minamata Convention
Chemicals Weapon Convention
Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer

Coastal & Marine Areas

International Waters and Coastal Area Management

Project Preparation & Fund Sourcing

The Bahamas GEF Small Grants Programme
The Green Climate Fund
GEF Assembly

Sustainable Development

Commission on Sustainable Development
The Mauritius Strategy & Barbados Program of Action (BPoA)
The United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification

The United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity

National Implementation Support Partnership (NISP)
The Caribbean Challenge
The Convention on Wetlands of International Importance (Ramsar)
The Cartagena Convention and Related Protocols
Country Support Program (NPFE)
International Trade Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora

The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change

Kyoto Protocol