Helsinki Convention on the Protection of the Marine Environment of the Baltic Sea Area Finland, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Russia and Sweden. The Convention on the Protection of the Marine Environment of the Baltic Sea Area, 1992, entered into force on 17 January 2000. The States-Parties to the Convention agreed individually or jointly to take all appropriate legislative, administrative or other relevant measures to prevent and eliminate pollution in order to promote the ecological restoration of the Baltic Sea Area and the preservation of its ecological balance. The Parties undertake to apply: The aim of the States-Parties to the Convention is to prevent and eliminate pollution of the marine environment of the Baltic Sea
Board of Governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency Australia, Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Canada, China, Costa Rica, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, India, Japan, Kenya, Libya, Nigeria, Norway, Pakistan, Peru, Poland, Qatar, Russia, Slovakia, South Africa, Sudan, Sweden, Thailand, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay, Venezuela and Vietnam The Chair of the Board of Governors for 2015-2016 is the Governor from Brazil, Ambassador Laércio Antonio Vinhas. He succeeds Marta Ziaková, Governor from Slovakia. The Ambassadors and Resident Representatives of Germany and Latvia were elected as Vice-Chairs. They are: Friedrich Dauble, Governor from Germany, and Bahtihjors Hasans, Governor from Latvia. The following countries have been