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United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Interim Secretariat. 1994. Ratification Status 9 May 1994 (press release). Posting to Econet on-line conference inc.climate, available from unfccc@igc.apc.org; INTERNET.
RATIFICATION STATUS: 9 May 94
STATUS OF RATIFICATION OF THE
UNITED NATIONS FRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE
SUMMARY
(as at 9/05/94)
THE CONVENTION HAS BEEN RATIFIED BY:
1. Mauritius
2. Seychelles
3. Marshall Islands
4. United States of America
5. Zimbabwe
6. Maldives
7. Monaco
8. Canada
9. Australia
10. China
11. Saint Kitts and Nevis
12. Antigua and Barbuda
13. Ecuador
14. Fiji
15. Mexico
16. Papua New Guinea
17. Vanuatu
18. Cook Islands
19. Guinea
20. Armenia
21. Japan
22. Zambia
23. Peru
24. Algeria
25. Saint Lucia
26. Iceland
27. Uzbekistan (*)
28. Dominica (*)
29. Sweden
30. Norway
31. Tunisia
32. Burkina Faso
33. Uganda
34. New Zealand
35. Mongolia
36. Czech Republic
37. Tuvalu
38. India
39. Nauru
40. Jordan
41. Micronesia
42. Sudan
43. Sri Lanka
44. United Kingdom
45. Germany
46. Switzerland
47. Republic of Korea
48. Netherlands
49. Denmark
50. Portugal
51. Spain
52. E.E.C.
53. Cuba
54. Mauritania
55. Botswana
56. Hungary
57. Paraguay
58. Austria
59. Brazil
60. Argentina
61. Malta
62. Barbados
63. France
64. Bahamas
65. Ethiopia
66. Italy
67. Bangladesh
68. Ireland
69. Malawi
70. Nepal
71. Finland
72. Luxembourg
(*) = Accession
NOTE
The text of the Convention was adopted at New York on 9 May 1992;
it was opened for signature at Rio de Janeiro from 4 to 14 June 1992,
and thereafter at United Nations Headquarters, New York,
from 20 June 1992 to 19 June 1993. By that date the Convention had
received 166 signatures. Those States which have not signed the
Convention may accede to it at any time.
This document contains information concerning dates of signature
and ratification received from the Secretary-General of the United
Nations, as Depositary, as at 9 May 1994. The dates in the
column on ratification are those of the receipt of the instrument
of ratification or accession by the Depositary.
The information relating to the status of ratification
procedures had been requested by the interim secretariat of
the Convention from the Permanent Missions to the United Nations
Office at Geneva, and the Permanent Missions to the United Nations,
New York, of those States that do not have Permanent Missions in Geneva,
for presentation to the Committee at its eighth session
(Geneva, 16-27 August 1993). In addition, data provided by delegations
participating at that session is also reflected in this document.
The expected dates of completion of the ratification process
mentioned in the table are estimates and are not in any way binding on
the authorities concerned.
For the purpose of this document, all references to ratification
include information on accession, acceptance and approval to the
Convention.
COUNTRY SIGNATURE RATIFICATION
1. AFGHANISTAN 12/06/92
2. ALBANIA
3. ALGERIA 13/06/92 09/06/93 (R)
4. ANDORRA
5. ANGOLA 14/06/92
6. ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA 04/06/92 02/02/93 (R)
7. ARGENTINA 12/06/92 11/03/94 (R)
8. ARMENIA 13/06/92 14/05/93 (R)
9. AUSTRALIA 04/06/92 30/12/92 (R)
10. AUSTRIA 08/06/92 28/02/94 (R)
11. AZERBAIJAN 12/06/92
12. BAHAMAS (THE) 12/06/92 29/03/94 (R)
13. BAHRAIN 08/06/92
14. BANGLADESH 09/06/92
15. BARBADOS 12/06/92 23/03/94 (R)
16. BELARUS 11/06/92
17. BELGIUM 04/06/92
18. BELIZE 13/06/29
19. BENIN 13/06/92
20. BHUTAN 11/06/92
21. BOLIVIA 10/06/92
22. BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA
23. BOTSWANA 12/06/92 27/01/94 (R)
24. BRAZIL 04/06/92 28/02/94 (R)
25. BRUNEI DARUSSALAM
26. BULGARIA 05/06/92
27. BURKINA FASO 12/06/92 02/09/93 (R)
28. BURUNDI 11/06/92
29. CAMBODIA
30. CAMEROON 14/06/92
31. CANADA 12/06/92 04/12/92 (R)
32. CAPE VERTE 12/06/92
33. CENTRAL AFRICAN REP. 13/06/92
34. CHAD 12/06/92
35. CHILE 13/06/92
36. CHINA 11/06/92 05/01/93 (R)
37. COLOMBIA 13/06/92
38. COMOROS 11/06/92
39. CONGO 12/06/92
40. COOK ISLANDS 12/06/92 20/04/93 (R)
41. COSTA RICA 13/06/92
42. COTE D'IVOIRE 10/06/92
43. CROATIA 11/06/92
44. CUBA 13/06/92 05/01/94 (R)
45. CYPRUS 12/06/92
46. CZECH REPUBLIC 07/10/93 (Ap)
47. DEM. PEOPLE'S REP.
OF KOREA 11/06/92
48. DENMARK 09/06/92 21/12/93 (R)
49. DJIBOUTI 12/06/92
50. DOMINICA 21/06/93 (Ac)
51. DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 12/06/92
52. ECUADOR 09/06/92 23/02/93 (R)
53. EGYPT 09/06/92
54. EL SALVADOR 13/06/92
55. EQUATORIAL GUINEA
56. ERITREA
57. ESTONIA 12/06/92
58. ETHIOPIA 10/06/92 05/04/94 (R)
59. FIJI (**) 09/10/92 25/02/93 (R)
60. FINLAND 04/06/92 03/05/94 (R)
61. FRANCE 13/06/92 25/03/94 (R)
62. GABON 12/06/92
63. GAMBIA 12/06/92
64. GEORGIA
65. GERMANY 12/06/92 09/12/93 (R)
66. GHANA 12/06/92
67. GREECE 12/06/92
68. GRENADA 03/12/92
69. GUATEMALA 13/06/92
70. GUINEA 12/06/92 07/05/93 (R)
71. GUINEA-BISSAU 12/06/92
72. GUYANA 13/06/92
73. HAITI 13/06/92
74. HOLY SEE
75. HONDURAS 13/06/92
76. HUNGARY 13/06/92 24/02/94 (R)
77. ICELAND 04/06/92 16/06/93 (R)
78. INDIA 10/06/92 01/11/93 (R)
79. INDONESIA 05/06/92
80. IRAN (ISLAMIC REP. OF) 14/06/92
81. IRAQ
82. IRELAND 13/06/92 20/04/94 (R)
83. ISRAEL 04/06/92
84. ITALY 05/06/92 15/04/94 (R)
85. JAMAICA 12/06/92
86. JAPAN 13/06/92 28/05/93 (At)
87. JORDAN 11/06/92 12/11/93 (R)
88. KAZAKHSTAN 08/06/92
89. KENYA 12/06/92
90. KIRIBATI (**) 13/06/92 (4)
91. KUWAIT
92. KYRGYZSTAN
93. LAO PEOPLE'S DEM. REP.
94. LATVIA 11/06/92
95. LEBANON 12/06/92
96. LESOTHO 11/06/92
97. LIBERIA 12/06/92
98. LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA 29/06/92
99. LIECHTENSTEIN 04/06/92
100. LITHUANIA 11/06/92
101. LUXEMBOURG 09/06/92 09/05/94 (R)
102. MADAGASCAR 10/06/92
103. MALAWI 10/06/92 21/04/94 (R)
104. MALAYSIA 09/06/93
105. MALDIVES 12/06/92 09/11/92 (R)
106. MALI 22/09/92
107. MALTA 12/06/92 17/03/94 (R)
108. MARSHALL ISLANDS 12/06/92 08/10/92 (R)
109. MAURITANIA 12/06/92 20/01/94 (R)
110. MAURITIUS 10/06/92 04/09/92 (R)
111. MEXICO 13/06/92 11/03/93 (R)
112. MICRONESIA 12/06/92 18/11/93 (R)
113. MONACO (**) 11/06/92 24/11/92 (R)
114. MONGOLIA 12/06/92 30/09/93 (R)
115. MOROCCO 13/06/92
116. MOZAMBIQUE 12/06/92
117. MYANMAR 11/06/92
118. NAMIBIA 12/06/92
119. NAURU (**) 08/06/92 11/11/93 (R)
120. NEPAL 12/06/92 02/05/94 (R)
121. NETHERLANDS 04/06/92 20/12/93 (R)
122. NEW ZEALAND 04/06/92 16/09/93 (R)
123. NICARAGUA 13/06/92
124. NIGER (THE) 11/06/92
125. NIGERIA 13/06/92
126. NORWAY 04/06/92 09/07/93 (R)
127. OMAN 11/06/92
128. PAKISTAN 13/06/92
129. PANAMA 18/03/93
130. PAPUA NEW GUINEA (**) 13/06/92 16/03/93 (R)
131. PARAGUAY 12/06/92
132. PERU 12/06/92 07/06/93 (R)
133. PHILIPPINES 12/06/92
134. POLAND 05/06/92
135. PORTUGAL 13/06/92 21/12/93 (R)
136. QATAR
137. REPUBLIC OF KOREA 13/06/92 14/12/93 (R)
138. REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA 12/06/92
139. ROMANIA 05/06/92
140. RUSSIAN FEDERATION 13/06/92
141. RWANDA 10/06/92
142. SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS 12/06/92 07/01/93 (R)
143. SAINT LUCIA 14/06/93 14/06/93 (R)
144. ST. VINCENT AND THE GRENAD.
145. SAMOA 12/06/92
146. SAN MARINO 10/06/92
147. SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE 12/06/92
148. SAUDI ARABIA
149. SENEGAL 13/06/92
150. SEYCHELLES 10/06/92 22/09/92 (R)
151. SIERRA LEONE 11/02/93
152. SINGAPORE 13/06/92
153. SLOVAKIA
154. SLOVENIA 13/06/92
155. SOLOMON ISLANDS 13/06/92
156. SOMALIA
157. SOUTH AFRICA
158. SPAIN 13/06/92 21/12/93 (R)
159. SRI LANKA 10/06/92 23/11/93 (R)
160. SUDAN 09/06/92 19/11/93 (R)
161. SURINAME 13/06/92
162. SWAZILAND 12/06/92
163. SWEDEN 08/06/92 23/06/93 (R)
164. SWITZERLAND 12/06/92 10/12/93 (R)
165. SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC
166. TAJIKISTAN
167. THAILAND 12/06/92
168. THE F.Y. REP. OF
MACEDONIA
169. TOGO 12/06/92
170. TONGA
171. TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO 11/06/92
172. TUNISIA 13/06/92 15/07/93 (R)
173. TURKEY
174. TURKMENISTAN
175. TUVALU (**) 08/06/92 26/10/93 (R)
176. UGANDA 13/06/92 08/09/93 (R)
177. UKRAINE 11/06/92
178. UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
179. UNITED KINGDOM 12/06/92 08/12/93 (R)
180. UNITED REP. OF TANZANIA 12/06/92
181. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 12/06/92 15/10/92 (R)
182. URUGUAY 04/06/92
183. UZBEKISTAN 20/06/93 (Ac)
184. VANUATU 09/06/92 25/03/93 (R)
185. VENEZUELA 12/06/92
186. VIET NAM 11/06/92
187. YEMEN 12/06/92
188. YUGOSLAVIA 08/06/92
189. ZAIRE 11/06/92
190. ZAMBIA 11/06/92 28/05/93 (R)
191. ZIMBABWE 12/06/92 03/11/92 (R)
* * * * * * ORGANIZATION * * * * * * * *
EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY 13/06/92 (**) 21/12/93
* * * * * * TOTAL * * * * * 166 72
RATIFICATION = (R)
ACCEPTANCE = (At)
APPROVAL = (Ap)
ACCESSION = (Ac)
(**) DECLARATIONS
NAURU: Upon signature the following formal
declaration was made:
"The Government of Nauru declares its
understanding that signature of the Convention shall in no way constitute a
renunciation of any rights under international
law concerning state responsibility for the
adverse effects of climate change, and that no
provisions in the Convention can be
interpreted as derogating from the principles
of general international law."
TUVALU: Upon signature the following formal
declaration was made:
"The Government of Tuvalu declares its
understanding that signature of the
Convention shall in no way constitute a
renunciation of any rights under international
law concerning state responsibility for the
adverse effects of climate change, and that no
provisions in the Convention can be
interpreted as derogating from the principles
of general international law."
KIRIBATI: Upon signature the following formal
declaration was made:
"The Government of the Republic of Kiribati
declares its understanding that signature
and/or ratification of the Convention shall
in no way constitute a renunciation of any
rights under international law concerning
state responsibility for the adverse effects
of climate change, and that no provisions in
the Convention can be interpreted as
derogating from the principles of general
international law."
E.E.C.: Upon signature the following formal
declaration was made:
"The European Community and its Member
States declare, for the purposes of clarity,
that the inclusion of the European Community
as well as its Member States in the lists in
the Annexes to the Convention is without
prejudice to the division of competence and
responsibilities between the Community and its
Member States, which is to be declared in
accordance with Article 21.3 of the Convention."
FIJI: Upon signature the following formal
declaration was made:
"The Government of Fiji declares its
understanding that signature of the
Convention shall, in no way, constitute a
renunciation of any rights under
international law concerning
state responsibility for the adverse effects
of climate change, and that no provisions in
the Convention can be interpreted as
derogating from the principles of general
international law."
MONACO: The instrument of ratification contains the
following declaration:
In accordance with sub-paragraph g of
article 4.2 of the Convention, the
Principality of Monaco declares that it
intends to be bound by the provision of
sub-paragraphs a and b of said article.
PAPUA NEW
GUINEA: The instrument of ratification was
accompanied by the following declaration:
"The Government of the Independent State of
Papua New Guinea declares its understanding
that ratification of the Convention shall in
no way constitute a renunciation of any
rights under international law concerning
state responsibility for the adverse effects
of climate change as derogating from the
principles of general international law."
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