Share of parties to global environmental treaties
Share of parties to international multilateral environmental agreements on hazardous waste and other chemicals that meet their reporting commitments.

Climate & Health — Basel Convention 1992 — Global Issues — Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer 1989 — Rotterdam Convention 2004 — Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants 2004
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ICC and dozens of nations rebuke Trump-ordered sanctions on court
Seventy-nine of the International Criminal Court's member nations and E.U. leaders blasted Trump's executive order.