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2.a. Amendment to article 8 of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination

New York, 15 January 1992

 

Not yet in force: see paragraph 4 of the Decision of the State Parties which reads as follows: "The amendment shall enter into force when it has been approved by the General Assembly and accepted by a two thirds majority of States parties which shall have so notified the Secretary-General as depositary.".
Status: ,Parties: 43.
Text: Doc. CERD/sp/45. 

Note: The amendment proposed by the Government of Australia and circulated by the Secretary-General under cover of depositary notification C.N.285.1991.TREATIES-4 of 20 December 1991, was adopted by the States Parties to the Convention at their Fourteenth Meeting and submitted to the General Assembly in accordance with article 23 of the Convention. The General Assembly endorsed the said amendment at its Forty-seventh session by resolution 47/111 of 16 December 1992.

 

 

PARTICIPANTS

Participant  Acceptance (A) 
Australia  15 Oct 1993 A 
Bahamas  31 Mar 1994 A 
Bahrain  29 Jun 2000 A 
Belize  5 Mar 2004 A 
Bulgaria  2 Mar 1995 A 
Burkina Faso  9 Aug 1993 A 
Canada  8 Feb 1995 A 
China  10 Jul 2002 A 
Colombia  5 Oct 1999 A 
Costa Rica  13 Dec 2000 A 
Cuba  21 Nov 1996 A 
Cyprus  28 Sep 1998 A 
Czech Republic  6 Aug 2002 A 
Denmark  3 Sep 1993 A 
Ecuador  26 Sep 2006 A 
Finland  9 Feb 1994 A 
France  1 Sep 1994 A 
Germany  8 Oct 1996 A 
Guinea  31 May 2000 A 
Holy See  14 Mar 2002 A 
Iceland  14 Mar 2001 A 
Iran (Islamic Republic of)  8 Nov 2005 A 
Iraq  25 May 2001 A 
Ireland  29 Dec 2000 A 
Liberia  16 Sep 2005 A 
Liechtenstein  28 Apr 2000 A 
Luxembourg  12 Aug 2004 A 
Mexico  16 Sep 1996 A 
Netherlands1  24 Jan 1995 A 
New Zealand2  8 Oct 1993 A 
Norway  6 Oct 1993 A 
Poland  23 Aug 2002 A 
Republic of Korea  30 Nov 1993 A 
Saudi Arabia  28 Feb 2003 A 
Seychelles  23 Jul 1993 A 
Slovakia  9 Aug 2006 A 
Sweden  14 May 1993 A 
Switzerland  16 Dec 1996 A 
Syrian Arab Republic  25 Feb 1998 A 
Trinidad and Tobago  23 Aug 1993 A 
Ukraine  17 Jun 1994 A 
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland  7 Feb 1994 A 
Zimbabwe  10 Apr 1997 A 
 

 

NOTES

1. See note 1 under "Netherlands" regarding Aruba/Netherlands Antilles in the "Historical Information" section in the in the front matter of this volume.

2. See note 1 under "New Zealand" regarding Tokelau in the "Historical Information" section in the in the front matter of this volume.