Comisión de Helsinki
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The Baltic Marine Environment Protection Commission (Helsinki Commission, HELCOM) is an intergovernmental organization governing the Convention on the Protection of the Marine Environment of the Baltic Sea Area (Helsinki Convention). A regional sea convention and a platform for environmental policy making at the regional level, HELCOM works for the protection of the marine environment of the Baltic Sea. HELCOM consists of ten members – the nine Baltic Sea countries Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Russia and Sweden, plus the European Union.
Key facts
- Organization.name
- Baltic Marine Environment Protection Commission (HELCOM)
- Organization.map
- Helsinki Commission.png
- Organization.mcaption
- Contracting parties of HELCOM
- Organization.type
- IGO
- Organization.status
- Treaty-based
- Organization.purpose
- Protection of the Baltic Sea environment
- Organization.location
- Helsinki, Finland
- Organization.language
- English
- Organization.leader_title
- Chairperson 2024-2026
- Organization.leader_name
- Vitalijus Auglys
- Organization.leader_title2
- Executive Secretary
- Organization.leader_name2
- Rüdiger Strempel
- Organization.main_organ
- Ministerial Meeting
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Research organization · ROR
- Type
- Government
- Founded
- 1974
- Location
- Helsinki, Finland
- Also known as
- HELCOM, Helsinki Commission
- Status
- Active
GRID grid.493878.9 · ISNI 0000 0001 0940 3568
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- intergovernmental organization
- Country
- Finland
- Located in
- Helsinki
- Headquarters
- Helsinki
- Official website
- helcom.fi
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- inception
- 1992-04-09
- different from
- Helsinki Accords
- official observer status in organization
- International Maritime Organization
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Article · Español
La Comisión de Helsinki o HELCOM es una organización internacional que gobierna la Convención para la Protección del Medio Ambiente Marino del Área del Mar Báltico (Convención de Helsinki). HELCOM trabaja para la protección del medio ambiente marino del mar Báltico. Las organizaciones participantes de HELCOM son las siguientes: * Alemania * Dinamarca (la Administración para la Seguridad Marítima Danesa) * Estonia * la Unión Europea * Finlandia * Letonia * Lituania * Polonia * Rusia * Suecia
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