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<br />OJ0375 <br /> <br />DRAFT-Not for distribution <br /> <br />adds the site's name and basic data to the List of Wetlands of International Importance and <br />forwards the data and map to Wetlands International for inclusion in the Ramsar Sites Database. <br />The Bureau formally acknowledges the status of the site as a Wetland of International <br />Importance and sends an inscribed site certificate to the Administrative Authority charged with <br />implementation of the Convention in the country concerned. The data upon which the List is <br />based are maintained under contract to the Convention Bureau by the Ramsar/Wetland Sites <br />Officer at Wetlands International in Wageningen, the Netherlands. The basic List itself is <br />updated continuously by Ramsar Bureau staff with every new site added, published here on the <br />Web and reproduced in hard copy at the same time. The basic List shows the site name, date of <br />designation, region within the country, surface area in hectares, and central geographical <br />coordinates of each site. The authorities in the Contracting Party are encouraged to post signs at <br />the site itself showing prominently the site's status as a Wetland of International Importance <br />under the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands; suggested wording for these signs has been agreed <br />by the Standing Committee. <br /> <br />96 http:// environment.harvard.edul guides/intenvpol/indexes/treaties/CMS.html. <br /> <br />97 North American Free Trade Agreement, Art. 904 (2); of the North American Agreement on <br />Environmental Cooperation, Art. 3; Final Environmental Impact Statement, Colorado River <br />Interim Surplus Criteria, December 2000, p. 3.16-18. Mexico has complete discretion over the <br />use of water entering that country. This statement implies no U.s. control over the use of water <br />in Mexico. <br /> <br />98 June 16, 1972, Principle 21 provides that "States have, in accordance with the Charter of the <br />United Nations and the principles of Environmental law, the sovereign right to exploit their own <br />resources pursuant to their own environmental policies, and the responsibility to ensure that <br />activities within their jurisdiction or control do not cause damage to the environment of other <br />states or of areas beyond the limits of national jurisdiction." http;//www.unep.org/Documents/ <br />Default.asp?DocumentID=97&ArticleID=1503. (U.S. is not a signatory.) <br /> <br />99 June 14, 1992, Principle 2 provides that States have, in accordance with the Charter of the <br />United Nations and the principles of international law, the sovereign right to exploit their own <br />resources pursuant to their own environmental and developmental policies, and the responsibility <br />to ensure that activities within their jurisdiction or control do not cause damage to the <br />environment of other States or of areas beyond the limits of national jurisdiction. http: <br />//www.unep.org/Documents/Default.asp?DocumentID=78&ArticleID= 1163. <br /> <br />\00 See also, Resolution on the Permanent Sovereignty Over Natural Resources, G.A. Res. 1803, <br />U.N. GAOR, 17th Sess, U.N. Doc A/5217 (1962), reprinted in 16 U.N.Y.B. 503,2 I.L.M. 223 <br />(1963); reaffirmed in Resolution on Permanent Sovereignty Over Natural Resources, 17 <br />December 1973, G.A. Res. 3171, U.N. GAOR, 28th Sess., U.N. Doc A/9030 (1974), reprinted in <br />13 I.L.M. 238 (1974). ' <br /> <br />\01 "Few areas are as sovereign as natural resources management and exploitation." Johnson, <br />Pierre Marc, Beaulieu, Andre, The Environment and NAFTA, Island Press, Washington, D.C. <br />(1996), p. 190. <br /> <br />34 <br />