Agreement on cooperation in the sphere of ecology and environmental protection.

The Parties pledge: (a) to elaborate environmental standards; (b) to carry out environmental monitoring; (c) to develop the system of protected areas, biosphere reserves and national parks; (d) to carry out environmental impact assessment (EIA); (e) to carry out environmental audit; (f) to promote ecological education; (g) to observe obligations arising from international agreements signed by the USSR (art. 2). The cooperation shall be carried out in the following fields: (a) harmonization of the environmental legislation and ecological norms and standards; (b) joint programmes on hazardous and radioactive waste disposal; (c) protection of rare and endangered animals and their natural habitats; (d) research (art. 3). For the implementation of the aforesaid provisions an Interstate Ecological Board shall be set up and a special international ecological fund administered thereby shall be constituted (art. 4).