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1.a. Amendments to articles 17 and 18 of the Convention on the International Maritime Organization

London, 15 September 1964

 

Entry into force: 6 October 1967, in accordance with article 52 of the Convention, for all Members of the Organization*.
Registration: 6 October 1967, No. 4214.
Status: Parties*. 
Text: United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 607, p. 276. 

Note: See "Note:" at beginning of chapter XII.1.

The amendments were adopted by the Assembly of the Organization by resolution A.69 (ES.II) of 15 September 1964.

Pursuant to article 54 of the Convention, the acceptance of an amendment shall be made by the communication of an instrument to the Secretary-General of the Organization for deposit with the Secretary-General of the United Nations. Following is the list of States which had accepted the Amendments to the Convention prior to their entry into force.

In accordance with article 52 of the Convention, the Assembly of the International Maritime Consultative Organization determined that these amendments were of such a nature that any Member which hereafter declares that it did not accept such amendments and within a period of twelve months after they had come into force would, upon the expiration of this period, cease to be a Party to the Convention.

*See chapter XII.1 for the complete list of Participants, Members of the International Maritime Organization, for which the above amendments are in force, pursuant to article 66 of the Convention as amended.

 

 

PARTICIPANTS

Participant1  Acceptance (A) 
Argentina  5 Oct 1966 A 
Australia  15 Feb 1965 A 
Belgium  26 Jul 1965 A 
Brazil  30 Dec 1966 A 
Bulgaria  3 Oct 1966 A 
Cambodia  22 Aug 1966 A 
Canada  15 Feb 1965 A 
China2   
Côte d'Ivoire  4 Oct 1965 A 
Denmark  14 Jul 1965 A 
Dominican Republic  11 Jul 1966 A 
Ecuador  18 Aug 1965 A 
Egypt  18 Mar 1966 A 
Finland  20 Jan 1967 A 
France  21 Apr 1965 A 
Germany  7 Oct 1965 A 
Ghana  17 May 1965 A 
Greece  3 Dec 1965 A 
Iceland  14 Sep 1965 A 
India  17 Mar 1965 A 
Indonesia  21 Oct 1966 A 
Iran (Islamic Republic of)  15 Jun 1966 A 
Ireland  14 Jun 1965 A 
Israel  9 Feb 1967 A 
Kuwait  6 Sep 1966 A 
Lebanon  20 Feb 1967 A 
Madagascar  25 Feb 1965 A 
Malta  8 Sep 1966 A 
Mauritania  4 Nov 1966 A 
Morocco  7 Oct 1965 A 
Myanmar  6 Oct 1966 A 
Netherlands  4 Oct 1965 A 
New Zealand  26 Nov 1965 A 
Norway  13 Sep 1965 A 
Pakistan  18 Jun 1965 A 
Panama  2 Aug 1966 A 
Philippines  2 Nov 1966 A 
Poland  9 Jul 1965 A 
Republic of Korea  5 May 1965 A 
Romania  3 Aug 1966 A 
Russian Federation  20 Dec 1965 A 
Senegal  6 Oct 1966 A 
Singapore  18 Feb 1966 A 
Spain  28 Jun 1965 A 
Sweden  13 Sep 1965 A 
Switzerland  13 Jan 1967 A 
Trinidad and Tobago  5 Dec 1966 A 
Tunisia  8 Apr 1966 A 
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland  15 Feb 1965 A 
United States of America  25 Jul 1966 A 
 

 

NOTES

1. The former Yugoslavia had accepted the amendments on 11 March 1966. See also note 1 under "Bosnia and Herzegovina", "Croatia", "former Yugoslavia", "Slovenia", "The Former Yugsoslav Republic of Macedonia" and "Yugoslavia" in the "Historical Information" section in the front matter of this volume.

2. The instrument of acceptance by the Government of the Republic of China of the amendments was received by the Secretary-General of the International Maritime Organization on 27 January 1966 and deposited with the Secretary-General of the United Nations on 31 January 1966. See also note concerning signatures, ratifications, accessions, etc. on behalf of China (note 1 under "China" in the "Historical Information" section in the front matter of this volume).

In communications addressed to the Secretary-General with reference to the above-mentioned acceptance, the Permanent Mission of Romania to the United Nations stated that the only government entitled to represent and to assume obligations on behalf of China is the Central Government of the People's Republic of China and that, consequently, the Government of Romania cannot take note of the said acceptance.

3. See note 2 under "Germany" in the "Historical Information" section in the front matter of this volume.