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1.e. Amendments to the Convention on the International Maritime Organization relating to the institutionalization of the Committee on Technical Co-operation in the Convention

London, 17 November 1977

 

Entry into force: 10 November 1984, in accordance with article 62 of the Convention as amended, for all members of the Organization*.
Registration: 10 November 1984, No. 4214.
Status: Parties *. 
Text: United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 1380, p. 268. 

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

The amendments were adopted by the Assembly of the Organization by resolution A.400 (X) of 17 November 1977.

Pursuant to article 64 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

Participant1  Acceptance (A) 
Argentina  26 May 1981 A 
Australia  10 Jun 1980 A 
Austria  6 Apr 1983 A 
Bahamas  1 Mar 1979 A 
Bahrain  25 Apr 1980 A 
Bangladesh  8 Oct 1979 A 
Barbados  20 Aug 1979 A 
Brazil  20 Mar 1979 A 
Bulgaria  4 Mar 1980 A 
Canada  19 Nov 1979 A 
Cape Verde  23 Apr 1980 A 
Chile  13 Feb 1979 A 
China  30 Oct 1979 A 
Côte d'Ivoire  4 Nov 1981 A 
Cuba  26 Oct 1982 A 
Cyprus  10 Jul 1979 A 
Denmark  2 Jan 1979 A 
Djibouti  20 Feb 1979 A 
Dominica  18 Dec 1979 A 
Dominican Republic  10 Nov 1983 A 
Egypt  17 Nov 1980 A 
El Salvador  12 Feb 1981 A 
Ethiopia  11 Apr 1979 A 
Finland  19 Nov 1979 A 
Gabon  27 Feb 1979 A 
Gambia  11 Jan 1979 A 
Germany2,3  2 Apr 1979 A 
Ghana  5 Feb 1980 A 
Greece  28 Jul 1981 A 
Guyana  13 May 1980 A 
Hungary  31 Mar 1980 A 
Iceland  28 Jul 1980 A 
India  22 Jan 1979 A 
Indonesia  29 Jul 1983 A 
Iraq  5 Sep 1979 A 
Ireland  27 Oct 1981 A 
Israel  31 Dec 1979 A 
Italy4  13 Jun 1983 A 
Jamaica  9 Apr 1979 A 
Kuwait  27 Nov 1979 A 
Liberia  14 Dec 1979 A 
Malaysia  28 Sep 1981 A 
Maldives  25 Feb 1980 A 
Malta  23 Apr 1979 A 
Mexico  23 Mar 1983 A 
Morocco5  25 Jul 1980 A 
Mozambique  10 Nov 1983 A 
Nepal  31 Jan 1979 A 
Netherlands6  29 Jun 1981 A 
New Zealand  9 Mar 1979 A 
Nicaragua  17 Mar 1982 A 
Norway  5 Sep 1978 A 
Oman  22 May 1981 A 
Pakistan  23 Jan 1981 A 
Panama  23 Dec 1980 A 
Peru  21 Jan 1980 A 
Philippines  17 Nov 1981 A 
Poland  2 Jan 1980 A 
Portugal  22 Dec 1982 A 
Republic of Korea  31 May 1979 A 
Romania  14 Sep 1982 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  7 Jul 1982 A 
Singapore  15 Jun 1979 A 
Spain  14 Apr 1981 A 
Sri Lanka  16 Jan 1980 A 
Suriname  11 Apr 1979 A 
Sweden  5 Jan 1979 A 
Switzerland  22 May 1981 A 
Thailand  20 Feb 1981 A 
Togo  20 Jun 1983 A 
Trinidad and Tobago  22 Aug 1984 A 
Tunisia  1 Aug 1979 A 
United Arab Emirates  2 Nov 1981 A 
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland7  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 
Yemen8  14 Mar 1979 A 
 

 

NOTES

1. The former Yugoslavia had accepted the amendments on 27 June 1979. 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 German Democratic Republic had deposited its instrument of acceptance of the amendments with the Secretary-General of the International Maritime Organisation on 29 January 1980 and with the Secretary-General of the United Nations on 5 February 1980. See also note 2 under "Germany" in the "Historical Information" section in the front matter of this volume.

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

4. Acceptance by the Government of Italy of the 1977 amendments exclude the amendment to what was article 52 at the time of adoption of resolution A.400(X) of 17 November 1977 and became article 62 with the entry into force of the amendments adopted by resolutions A.315 (ES.V) of 17 October 1974 and A.358 (IX) of 14 November 1975 (see chapter XII.1.d).

5. With the same declaration as the one made in respect of the Convention (see chapter XII.1).

6. For the Kingdom in Europe, Surinam 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.

8. Democratic Yemen had deposited its instrument of acceptance of the amendments with the Secretary-General of the International Maritime Organisation on 13 June 1983 and with the Secretary-General of the United Nations on 20 June 1983. See also note 1 under "Yemen" in the "Historical Information" section in the front matter of this volume.