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• العربية • Azərbaycanca • বাংলা • भोजपुरी • Български • Català • Čeština • Cymraeg • Dansk • Deutsch • Eesti • Ελληνικά • Español • Esperanto • Euskara • فارسی • Français • Gaeilge • 한국어 • Հայերեն • हिन्दी • Igbo • Bahasa Indonesia • Íslenska • Italiano • עברית • ქართული • Қазақша • Kiswahili • Latina • Latviešu • Lietuvių • Magyar • Bahasa Melayu • Nederlands • 日本語 • Norsk bokmål • Norsk nynorsk • ਪੰਜਾਬੀ • پښتو • Polski • Português • Русский • Simple English • Српски / srpski • Suomi • Svenska • ไทย • Türkçe • Українська • Tiếng Việt • 中文 1994 international environmental treaty UNFCCC United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Type Context Drafted 9May1992 ( 1992-05-09) Signed 4–14 June 1992 20 June 1992 – 19 June 1993 Location Effective 21March1994 ( 1994-03-21) Condition Ratification by 50 states Signatories 165 Parties Depositary Languages • v • t • e The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change ( UNFCCC) established an The treaty called for ongoing scientific research and regular meetings, negotiations, and future policy agreements designed to allow The The treaty established different responsibilities for three categories of signatory states. These categories are Annex 1 countries are called upon to adopt national policies and take corresponding measures on the Treaties [ ] Convention Agreement in 1992 [ ] The text of the Framework Convention was produced during the meeting of an Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee in New York from 30 Apr...

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