| |  Conventions, Treaties, Agreements, Actions ProgramsOn 1 January 2000, there were 17 regional programmes, 14 of which were initiated by UNEP. Of these, (12) have formally adopted their own regional Action Plans. These are, in order of adoption:
- Mediterranean Action Plan adopted in 1975
- Red Sea and Gulf of Aden Action Plan adopted in 1976, revised in 1982
- Kuwait Action Plan Action Plan adopted in 1978
- West and Central African Action Plan adopted in 1981
- Caribbean Action Plan adopted in 1981
- East Asian Seas Action Plan adopted in 1981
- South-East Pacific Action Plan adopted in 1981
- South Pacific Action Plan adopted in 1982
- Eastern Africa Action Plan adopted in 1985
- Black Sea Action Plan (interim) adopted in 1993, Strategic Action Plan adopted in 1993
- North-West Pacific Action Plan adopted in 1994
- South Asian Seas Action Plan adopted in 1995
- North-East Pacific Action Plan in preparation since 1997
- Upper South-West Atlantic Action Plan in preparation since 1980
- Convention for the Protection and Development of the Marine Environment of the Wider Caribbean Region (Cartagena Convention, 1983)
- South Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP), 1982
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