Saint Petersburg Declaration (other)
The Saint Petersburg Declaration may refer to: * Saint Petersburg Declaration of 1868, a treaty prohibiting the use of less deadly explosives that might merely injure and thus create prolonged suffering of combatants * Saint Petersburg Declaration on Forest Law Enforcement and Governance in Europe and North Asia (2005) - see Illegal logging It may also refer to: * St. Petersburg Declaration (St. Petersburg, Florida, 2007), a manifesto calling for reform within Islam - see Secular Islam Summit See also * Convention of St Petersburg (other) * Treaty of Saint Petersburg (other) Treaty of Saint Petersburg or Treaty of St. Petersburg may refer to: * Treaty of Saint Petersburg (1723), concluded between the Persian Empire and the Russian Empire * Treaty of Saint Petersburg (1755), Great Britain promises subsidies to the Russi ...

Saint Petersburg Declaration Of 1868
The Saint Petersburg Declaration of 1868 or in full Declaration Renouncing the Use, in Time of War, of Explosive Projectiles Under 400 Grammes Weight is an international treaty agreed in Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire, November 29 / December 11, 1868. It succeeded the First Geneva Convention of 1864. It was a predecessor of the well-known Hague Conventions of 1899 and 1907. It was signed by the members of the International Military Commission convened for this purpose in the presence of the Imperial Cabinet of Russia. History In 1863, the Russian Army had perfected a fulminating musketball that could explode when it hit a hard target and was designed to blow up powder magazines or ammunition wagons. At the same time several similar projectiles for the same purposes were developed in America, the best one known being the Gardiner's Explosive Bullet, and both sides used them in the US Civil War, inflicting horrible wounds when aimed at people, and that, in turn, caused a publ ...
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Illegal Logging
Illegal logging is the harvest, transportation, purchase or sale of timber in violation of laws. The harvesting procedure itself may be illegal, including using corrupt means to gain access to forests; extraction without permission, or from a protected area; the cutting down of protected species; or the extraction of timber in excess of agreed limits. Illegal logging is a driving force for a number of environmental issues such as deforestation, soil erosion and biodiversity loss which can drive larger scale environmental crisis such as climate change and other forms of environmental degradation. Illegality may also occur during transport, such as illegal processing and export (through fraudulent declaration to customs); the avoidance of taxes and other charges, and fraudulent certification. These acts are often referred to as "wood laundering". Illegal logging is driven by a number of economic forces, such as demand for raw materials, land grabbing and demand for pasture for ...
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Secular Islam Summit
The Secular Islam Summit was an international forum for secularists of Islamic societies, held 4–5 March 2007 in St. Petersburg, Florida. It was largely organized and funded by the Amherst, NY-based Center for Inquiry, a secular humanist educational organization, along with secular Muslims such as Banafsheh Zand-Bonazzi and in partnership with the International Intelligence Summit, a forum on terrorism. Overview The common ground of the participants was the belief that Islam and secular democracy should be compatible. They agreed that Islam must be either a religion or a political philosophy, not both. According to Banafsheh Zand-Bonazzi, one of the organizers, one of the summit's goals was to be a "sanctuary" for victims of Islamism and a forum for the embrace of secular values. Participants Speakers ranged from former believers to devout reformers, including Ibn Warraq (the pen name of an ex-Muslim author known for criticism of Islam), Tawfik Hamid (an ex-jihadist, now in hidi ...
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Convention Of St Petersburg (other)
The Convention of Saint Petersburg may refer to several diplomatic agreements including *Convention of Saint Petersburg (1747), treaty between Russia, Britain and the Dutch Republic during the War of the Austrian Succession * Saint Petersburg Declaration of 1868, a convention renouncing the military use of explosive small-weapons projectiles * Anglo-Russian Convention, treaty between Britain and Russia in 1907 agreeing not to annex Afghanistan See also *Saint Petersburg Declaration (other) *Treaty of Saint Petersburg (other) Treaty of Saint Petersburg or Treaty of St. Petersburg may refer to: * Treaty of Saint Petersburg (1723), concluded between the Persian Empire and the Russian Empire * Treaty of Saint Petersburg (1755), Great Britain promises subsidies to the Russi ...