HC Deb 27 June 1991 vol 193 cc539-40W
Mr. Hardy

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will list those countries which have signed the Basle convention and the dates on which these signatures were presented.

Mr. Lennox-Boyd

The following countries have signed the Basle convention:

Date
1989
Afghanistan 22 March 1989
Argentina 28 June 1989
Bahrain 22 March 1989
Belgium 22 March 1989
Bolivia 22 March 1989
Canada 22 March 1989
Colombia 22 March 1989
Cyprus 22 March 1989
Denmark 22 March 1989
Ecuador 22 March 1989
European Economic Community 22 March 1989
Finland 22 March 1989
France 22 March 1989
Germany, Federal Republic of 23 October 1989
Greece 22 March 1989
Guatemala 22 March 1989
Haiti 22 March 1989
Hungary 22 March 1989
Israel 22 March 1989
Italy 22 March 1989
Jordan 22 March 1989
Kuwait 22 March 1989
Lebanon 22 March 1989
Leichtenstein 22 March 1989
Luxembourg 22 March 1989
Mexico 22 March 1989
Netherlands 22 March 1989
New Zealand 18 December 1989
Norway 22 March 1989
Panama 22 March 1989
Philippines 22 March 1989
Portugal 26 June 1989
Saudi Arabia 22 March 1989
Spain 22 March 1989
Sweden 22 March 1989
Switzerland 22 March 1989
Syria 11 October 1989
Turkey 22 March 1989
United Arab Emirates 22 March 1989
United Kingdom 6 October 1989
Uruguay 22 March 1989
Venezuela 22 March 1989
1990–91
Austria 19 March 1990
Chile 31 January 1990
China 22 March 1990

Date
E1 Salvador 22 March 1990
France 7 January 1991
German Democratic Republic 19 March 1990
Hungary 21 May 1990
India 15 March 1990
Ireland 19 January 1990
Nigeria 15 March 1990
Poland 22 March 1990
Romania 27 February 1990
Thailand 22 March 1990
United States of America 22 March 1990