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Cooperation
The Islamic Republic of Iran ratified the Convention on Climate Change on 18 July 1996.
The Islamic Republic of Iran acceded to the Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer (1985) and the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer (1987) on 3 October1990 and accepted both the London Amendment (1990) and the Copenhagen Amendment (1992) on 4 August 1997.
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The Islamic Republic of Iran ratified the Covention on Biological Diversity on 6 August 1996.
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The Islamic Republic of Iran ratified the Convention to Combat Desertification on 29 April 1997.
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Decision-Making: Coordination Bodies
The Ministry of Energy is responsible for coordinating water resource management and development. At the regional level, the Regional Water and Wastewater Company carries out the coordination and management functions.
Decision-Making: Legislation and Regulations
The major laws governing this area include the following: Fair Water Distribution Act (1983); Act of the Establishment of Water and Wastewater Companies; Environmental Protection and Enhancement Act (1974); Prevention of Water Pollution Regulation (1994); Qabat and Well Excavation Regulation (1984)
Water quality standards are set by the Department of the Environment, which has standard limits for all toxic and hazardous substances which are found in effluents released from different sources (industrial, agricultural and domestic sectors).
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Programmes and Projcts
The Department of the Environment has also developed a Programme of Action regarding environmentally sound technologies (ESTs) for which the Ministry of Industrial and Municipal offices are responsible for implementation. The objectives of this Programme of Action are, inter alia, to promote research on ESTs in the area of waste management, to enhance industrial cooperation and exchange of information in this area, and to enable the country to benefit from the most advanced and suitable ESTs for all areas important to The Islamic Republic of Iran.
Status
Domestic consumption of water in large cities is approximately two hundred litres per
capita per day; in small cities, the quantity is one hundred eighty litres.
There are fifteen treatment plants operating in the country to treat waste water and about
thirty units for recycling waste water.
Only five percent of urban sewerage is treated.
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InformationInformation on water and the agriculture sector is regularly collected by the Ministry of Agriculture; on the water and the household sector, by the Ministry of Energy; and on water and the industrial sector, by the Department of the Environment. Information is distributed by the Iranian Centre for Statistics.
Research and Technologies
The Department of Environment has undertaken several research projects to define relative policies for rivers and wetlands management, including the use and development of environmentally sound technologies (ESTs). The use of ESTs also forms a part of the urban management strategy for mechanization of collecting wastewater and waste as well as industrial recycling of urban wastewater.
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Cooperation
The Ramsar Convention entered into force in The Islamic Republic of Iran on 21 December 1995.
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This information was provided by the Government of The Islamic Republic of Iran to the sixth session of the United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development. Last Update: April 1998.
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The Islamic Republic of Iran has not ratified the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (as of April 1998).
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The Department of the Environment has approved policies on hazardous waste management in accordance with the Basel Convention.
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Cooperation
The Islamic Republic of Iran ratified the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal on 4 April 1993.
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