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| Not yet in force: | see article 17 (5) of the Convention which reads as follows: "Instruments of ratification, approval, formal confirmation or acceptance of amendments shall be deposited with the Depositary. Amendments adopted in accordance with paragraphs 3 or 4 [of article 17 of the Convention] shall enter into force between Parties having accepted them on the ninetieth day after the receipt by the Depositary of their instrument of ratification, approval, formal confirmation or acceptance by at least three-fourths of the Parties who accepted the amendments to the Protocol concerned, except as may otherwise be provided in such protocol. The amendments shall enter into force for any other Party on the ninetieth day after that Party deposits its instrument of ratification, approval, formal confirmation or acceptance of the amendments.". |
| Status: | ,Parties: 63. |
| Text: | Doc. UNEP/CHW.3/35. |
Note: By decision III/1, of 22 September 1995, the Third meeting of the Conference of the Contracting Parties to the above Convention, which took place in Geneva from 18 to 22 September 1995, adopted an Amendment to the Convention (including the adoption of Annex VII).
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| Participant | Ratification, Acceptance (A), Approval (AA), Succession (d) |
| Albania | 27 Oct 2005 A |
| Andorra | 23 Jul 1999 A |
| Austria | 17 Oct 1999 A |
| Bahrain | 25 Jul 2005 |
| Belgium | 20 Jun 2003 |
| Bolivia | 31 Mar 2005 |
| Botswana | 17 Jun 2004 A |
| Brunei Darussalam | 16 Dec 2002 A |
| Bulgaria | 15 Feb 2000 |
| China | 1 May 2001 |
| Cook Islands | 29 Jun 2004 |
| Cyprus | 7 Jul 2000 A |
| Czech Republic | 28 Feb 2000 A |
| Denmark1 | 10 Sep 1997 AA |
| Ecuador | 6 Mar 1998 |
| Egypt | 27 Jan 2004 |
| Estonia | 2 Aug 2001 |
| Ethiopia | 8 Oct 2003 |
| European Community | 30 Sep 1997 AA |
| Finland | 5 Sep 1996 A |
| France | 18 Nov 2003 AA |
| Gambia | 7 Mar 2001 |
| Germany | 24 May 2002 A |
| Ghana | 9 Jun 2005 |
| Hungary | 25 May 2004 AA |
| Indonesia | 24 Oct 2005 |
| Jordan | 6 Dec 2004 AA |
| Kuwait | 12 May 2006 |
| Latvia | 18 Dec 2003 A |
| Liberia | 16 Sep 2005 A |
| Liechtenstein | 20 May 2003 A |
| Lithuania | 7 Nov 2003 A |
| Luxembourg | 14 Aug 1997 |
| Malaysia | 26 Oct 2001 |
| Mauritius | 9 Nov 2004 |
| Montenegro2 | 23 Oct 2006 d |
| Morocco | 10 Sep 2004 AA |
| Netherlands | 22 Jan 2001 A |
| Nigeria | 24 May 2004 |
| Norway | 16 Jul 1997 A |
| Oman | 17 May 2004 |
| Panama | 7 Oct 1998 |
| Paraguay | 28 Aug 1998 |
| Poland | 29 Jan 2003 A |
| Portugal | 30 Oct 2000 |
| Qatar | 28 Feb 2002 |
| Romania | 17 Jul 2002 A |
| Saint Lucia | 22 Jan 2002 |
| Serbia | 22 Nov 2002 A |
| Slovakia | 11 Sep 1998 A |
| Slovenia | 1 Dec 2004 |
| Spain | 7 Aug 1997 A |
| Sri Lanka | 29 Jan 1999 |
| Sweden | 10 Sep 1997 A |
| Switzerland | 7 Nov 2002 A |
| Syrian Arab Republic | 5 Oct 2004 |
| The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia | 18 Nov 2004 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 12 Jan 2000 |
| Tunisia | 26 Oct 1999 |
| Turkey | 27 Aug 2003 |
| United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland3,4 | 13 Oct 1997 |
| United Republic of Tanzania | 26 Aug 2002 |
| Uruguay | 10 Mar 1999 |
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Declaration:
... that the accession of the Syrian Arab Republic to the Amendment and the Protocol shall not under any circumstances whatsoever signify recognition of Israel, nor shall it lead to entry therewith into any dealings that may be governed by the provisions of the said amendment and Protocol.
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1. With a reservation for the application to the Faroe Islands and Greenland.
Subsequently, on 15 April 1998, the Government of Denmark informed the Secretary-General of the following: "....the reservation for the application of the Amendment to Greenland is hereby lifted."
2. See note 1 under "Montenegro" in the "Historical Information" section in the front matter of this volume.
3. On behalf of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the British Antarctic Territory.
Further, on 12 December 2001, the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland informed the Secretary-General that "the amendment shall extend to the Isle of Man for whose international relations the Government of the United Kingdom is responsible".
On 27 November 2002: on behalf of the Bailiwick of Guernsey.
On 6 September 2006: on behalf of Akrotiri and Dhekelia.
4. "... the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland wishes the United Kingdom's Ratification of ... the Amendment to be extended to Jersey for whose international relations the United Kingdom is responsible.
The Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland considers the extension of ... the Amendment to the Convention to Jersey to take effect from the date of deposit of this notification , ... ."