Environmental Modification Convention

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Environmental Modification (ENMOD) Convention
Convention on the Prohibition of Military or Any Other Hostile Use of Environmental Modification Techniques
Signed - location	18 May 1977 Geneva, Switzerland
Effective - condition	5 October 1978 Ratification by 20 states
Signatories	49
Parties	75 (Complete List)
Depositary	Secretary-General of the United Nations
	Wikisource original text: Environmental Modification Convention

The Environmental Modification Convention (ENMOD), formally the Convention on the Prohibition of Military or Any Other Hostile Use of Environmental Modification Techniques is an international treaty prohibiting the military or other hostile use of environmental modification techniques. It opened for signature on 18 May 1977 in Geneva and entered into force on October 5, 1978.

[edit] Parties

[edit] See also

• Environmental agreements
• Arms control agreements
• Operation Popeye

[edit] External links

• A Political Primer on the ENMOD Convention from the Sunshine Project.
• US State Department page on Convention on the Prohibition of Military or Any Other Hostile Use of Environmental Modification Techniques
• ICRC ENMOD Convention and related international law
• the text of the agreement (PDF)
• the text of the agreement (ASCII)