Issue, underlying concepts and approaches. Under general international law, all States must
undertake an environmental impact assessment of their planned activities that may have a significant impact in a transboundary context. In 1992, as part of the Rio Declaration principles, all the States Members of the United Nations undertook to provide a “prior and timely notification and relevant information to potentially affected States” and to “consult with those States at an early stage and in good faith” on such planned activities.

Convention on Environmental Impact Assessment in a Transboundary Context

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Document Type: Report

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  • Tea Aulavuo

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Place: Fargo, USA

Institution: IAIA

Date: May 2020

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Issue, underlying concepts and approaches. Under general international law, all States must
undertake an environmental impact assessment of their planned activities that may have a significant impact in a transboundary context. In 1992, as part of the Rio Declaration principles, all the States Members of the United Nations undertook to provide a “prior and timely notification and relevant information to potentially affected States” and to “consult with those States at an early stage and in good faith” on such planned activities.

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