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1.f. Amendments to articles 17, 18, 20 and 51 of the Convention on the International Maritime Organization

London, 15 November 1979

 

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. 288. 

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

The amendments were adopted by the Assembly of the Organization by resolution A.450 (XI) of 15 November 1979.

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) 
Albania  24 May 1993 A 
Algeria  28 Oct 1983 A 
Antigua and Barbuda  13 Jan 1986 A 
Argentina  13 Jun 1983 A 
Australia  17 Nov 1980 A 
Austria  6 Apr 1983 A 
Bahamas  23 May 1980 A 
Bahrain  25 Apr 1980 A 
Bangladesh  17 Mar 1980 A 
Barbados  3 Mar 1980 A 
Belgium  23 Dec 1980 A 
Bulgaria  21 Oct 1980 A 
Cameroon  2 Feb 1984 A 
Canada  23 May 1980 A 
Cape Verde  30 Aug 1983 A 
Chile  16 Mar 1981 A 
China  29 Jul 1981 A 
Côte d'Ivoire  4 Nov 1981 A 
Cuba  3 Nov 1983 A 
Cyprus  7 Oct 1982 A 
Denmark  12 May 1981 A 
Djibouti  1 Jun 1982 A 
Egypt  14 Sep 1982 A 
Ethiopia  8 Dec 1982 A 
Finland  14 Jan 1980 A 
France  26 May 1983 A 
Gabon  10 Nov 1983 A 
Germany2,3  23 Jun 1980 A 
Ghana  14 Nov 1983 A 
Greece  28 Jul 1981 A 
Hungary  3 May 1982 A 
Iceland  28 Jul 1980 A 
India  5 May 1980 A 
Indonesia  29 Jul 1983 A 
Iraq  6 Apr 1983 A 
Ireland  27 Oct 1981 A 
Israel  15 Dec 1982 A 
Italy4  13 Jun 1983 A 
Jamaica  30 Apr 1980 A 
Jordan  18 Jan 1984 A 
Kenya  19 Apr 1983 A 
Lebanon  19 Apr 1983 A 
Liberia  8 Jan 1981 A 
Malaysia  2 Apr 1981 A 
Maldives  2 Apr 1980 A 
Mexico  23 Mar 1983 A 
Morocco5  25 Jul 1980 A 
Nepal  1 Nov 1982 A 
Netherlands6  29 Jun 1981 A 
New Zealand  15 Dec 1980 A 
Nicaragua  17 Mar 1982 A 
Norway  28 Jul 1981 A 
Oman  24 May 1982 A 
Pakistan  10 Dec 1982 A 
Peru  28 Jul 1982 A 
Philippines  11 Jul 1983 A 
Poland  20 Nov 1980 A 
Portugal  22 Dec 1982 A 
Qatar  29 Jun 1982 A 
Republic of Korea  31 Mar 1980 A 
Romania  14 Sep 1982 A 
Russian Federation  23 Jan 1981 A 
Saint Lucia  14 Sep 1983 A 
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines  29 Apr 1981 A 
Senegal  20 Jun 1983 A 
Seychelles  7 Jul 1982 A 
Singapore  1 Nov 1983 A 
Somalia  6 Dec 1983 A 
Spain  14 Apr 1981 A 
Sri Lanka  17 Mar 1981 A 
Suriname  28 May 1980 A 
Sweden  25 Nov 1980 A 
Switzerland  22 May 1981 A 
Thailand  23 Mar 1983 A 
Togo  20 Jun 1983 A 
Trinidad and Tobago  5 Jul 1983 A 
Tunisia  5 Jan 1983 A 
United Arab Emirates  2 Nov 1981 A 
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland  14 Sep 1983 A 
United Republic of Tanzania  26 May 1983 A 
United States of America  17 Nov 1981 A 
Uruguay  13 Oct 1983 A 
Yemen7  20 Jun 1983 A 
 

 

NOTES

1. The former Yugoslavia had accepted the amendments on 15 May 1981. 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 Organization on 2 June 1980 and with the Secretary-General of the United Nations on 10 June 1983. 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. The Yemen Arab Republic had deposited its instrument of acceptance of the amendments with the Secretary-General of the International Maritime Organization on 8 November 1983 and with the Secretary-General of the United Nations on 10 November 1983. See also note 1 under "Yemen" in the "Historical Information" section in the front matter of this volume.