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1.d. Amendments to the title and substantive provisions of the Convention on the International Maritime Organization

London, 14 November 1975 and 9 November 1977

 

Entry into force: 22 May 1982 for all Members of the Organization, in accordance with article 51 of the Convention except for the amendment to article 51which entered into force on 28 July 1982 in accordance with article 62 of the Convention as amended (Article 52, which was renumbered as Article 51 by Resolution 315 (ES.V) of 17 October 1974, is renumbered as Article 62 by Resolution A.358 (IX) of 14 November 1975)*.
Registration: 22 May 1982, No. 42141.
Status: Parties*. 
Text: United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 1276, p. 468; and vol. 1285, p. 318. 

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

The amendments were adopted by the Assembly of the Organization by resolution A.358 (IX) of 14 November 1975 and A.371 (X) of 9 November 1977 [rectification of resolution A.358 (IX)].

Note: Pursuant to article 53 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.

*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

Participant2  Acceptance (A) 
Algeria  6 Jul 1976 A 
Angola  6 Jun 1977 A 
Argentina  31 Dec 1979 A 
Australia  10 Jun 1980 A 
Bahamas  1 Mar 1979 A 
Bahrain  25 Apr 1980 A 
Bangladesh  8 Oct 1979 A 
Barbados  30 Aug 1977 A 
Belgium  28 Apr 1978 A 
Brazil  1 Aug 1977 A 
Bulgaria  4 Mar 1980 A 
Canada  22 Apr 1977 A 
Cape Verde  23 Apr 1980 A 
Chile  20 Mar 1978 A 
China  14 Mar 1979 A 
Côte d'Ivoire  4 Nov 1981 A 
Cuba  27 Dec 1979 A 
Cyprus  6 Dec 1977 A 
Denmark  18 Sep 1976 A 
Djibouti  20 Feb 1979 A 
Dominica  18 Dec 1979 A 
Egypt  16 Nov 1976 A 
El Salvador  12 Feb 1981 A 
Ethiopia  2 Feb 1979 A 
Finland  19 Oct 1976 A 
France  1 Feb 1977 A 
Gambia  11 Jan 1979 A 
Germany3  24 Oct 1977 A 
Ghana  5 Feb 1980 A 
Greece  28 Jul 1981 A 
Guinea  1 Apr 1977 A 
Guinea-Bissau  6 Dec 1977 A 
Guyana  13 May 1980 A 
Hungary  31 Mar 1980 A 
Iceland  28 Jul 1980 A 
India  1 May 1978 A 
Iraq  5 Sep 1979 A 
Ireland  27 Oct 1981 A 
Israel  31 Dec 1979 A 
Jamaica  9 Apr 1979 A 
Jordan  5 Apr 1977 A 
Kuwait  28 Dec 1978 A 
Liberia  19 Nov 1979 A 
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya  13 Sep 1976 A 
Malaysia  12 Apr 1982 A 
Maldives  25 Feb 1980 A 
Malta  23 Apr 1979 A 
Mexico  19 Dec 1980 A 
Morocco4  25 Jul 1980 A 
Myanmar  29 Jan 1980 A 
Nepal  31 Jan 1979 A 
Netherlands5  19 Jul 1977 A 
New Zealand  15 Aug 1978 A 
Nicaragua  17 Mar 1982 A 
Norway  8 Aug 1977 A 
Oman  22 May 1981 A 
Pakistan  23 Jan 1981 A 
Panama  22 Jun 1977 A 
Peru  21 Jan 1980 A 
Philippines  17 Nov 1981 A 
Poland  13 Feb 1979 A 
Portugal  3 Mar 1980 A 
Qatar  19 May 1977 A 
Republic of Korea  19 Sep 1978 A 
Romania  25 Jul 1977 A 
Russian Federation  2 Jul 1979 A 
Saint Lucia  10 Apr 1980 A 
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines  29 Apr 1981 A 
Saudi Arabia  1 Aug 1979 A 
Seychelles  13 Jun 1978 A 
Singapore  15 Jun 1979 A 
Spain  14 Apr 1981 A 
Sri Lanka  12 Jul 1977 A 
Suriname  11 Apr 1979 A 
Sweden  23 Mar 1977 A 
Switzerland  22 May 1981 A 
Thailand  20 Feb 1981 A 
Tunisia  1 Aug 1979 A 
United Arab Emirates5  4 Mar 1980 A 
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland6  22 Feb 1980 A 
United Republic of Tanzania  23 Apr 1979 A 
United States of America  28 Aug 1980 A 
Uruguay  17 Dec 1980 A 
 

 

NOTES

1. Amendments to article 51 were registered on 28 July 1982 under No. 4214.

2. The former Yugoslavia had accepted the amendments on 4 August 1980. 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.

3. The German Democratic Republic had deposited its instrument of acceptance of the amendments on 29 November 1977. See also note 2 under "Germany" in the "Historical Information" section in the front matter of this volume.

4. See note 1 under "Germany" regarding Berlin (West) in the "Historical Information" section in the front matter of this volume.

5. With the same declaration as the one made in respect of the Convention on the International Maritime Organization.

With regard to the said reservation, the Governrment of Israel, in communication received by the Secretary-General on 25 July 1980, stated the following:

"The instrument deposited by the Government of the United Arab Emriates contains a statement of political pronouncements, which are moreover, in flagrant contradiction to the principles, objects and purposes of the Organization. That pronouncement by the Government of the United Arab Emirates cannot in any way affect whatever obligations are binding upon the United Arab Emriates, under general international law or under particular treaties."

The Government of Israel will, insofar as concerns the substance of the matter, adopt towards the Government the United Arab Emriates an attitude of complete reciprocity."

6. For the Kingdom in Europe and the Netherlands Antilles. See also note 1 under "Netherlands"regarding Aruba/Netherlands Antilles in the "Historical Information" section in the front matter of this volume.

7. 22 February 1980: acceptance of the amendments except those relating to article 51 of the Convention.

In a communication accompanying the instrument of acceptance, the Government of the United Kingdom stated the following:

"Although this instrument does not include the amendments to article 51 and should not therefore be counted among the acceptances required for the coming into force of those amendments, [the Secretary of State writes] to inform [the Secretary-General], for the sake of clarification, that the Government of the United Kingdom does not wish to make a "declaration" of non-acceptance under the provisions of the present article 51, and will consider itself bound by the amendments to article 51 when these come into force for all Members of IMCO."

28 September 1981: acceptance of amendments to article 51.