The Nairobi Convention Secretariat held the Conference of Plenipotentiaries and the Sixth Conference of Parties (COP6) to the Nairobi Convention at the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Headquarters at Gigiri in Nairobi Kenya, from 29 March to 1 April 2010, which considered and adopted the;
Protocol for the Protection of the Marine and Coastal Environment of the Western Indian Ocean from Land-Based Sources and Activities
Year adopted: Nairobi, 31 March, 2010
Parties: Comoros, France, Kenya, Madagascar, Republic of Mauritius, Mozambique, Republic of Seychelles, Somalia, the United Republic of Tanzania and Republic of South Africa.
The Conference of Plenipotentiaries on the Protection, Management and Development of the Marine and Coastal Environment of the Eastern African Region was convened by the Executive Director of UNEP at UNEP headquarters in Nairobi from 17 to 21 June 1985.
The conference adopted, as a result of its deliberations, the Final Act of the conference, which included:
1. Protocol Concerning Protected Areas and Wild Fauna and Flora in the Eastern African Region
- Year adopted: Nairobi, 21 June 1985
- Year entered into force: 30 May 1996
- Parties: Comoros, France, Kenya, Madagascar, Mauritius, Mozambique, Seychelles, Somalia, the United Republic of Tanzania and Republic of South Africa
2. Protocol Concerning Co-operation in Combating Marine Pollution in Cases of Emergency in the Eastern African Region
- Year adopted: 1985
- Year entered into force: 30 May 1996
- Parties: Comoros, France, Kenya, Madagascar, Mauritius, Mozambique, Seychelles, Somalia, the United Republic of Tanzania and Republic of South Africa.