§ Mr. BayleyTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, pursuant to his answer of 18 January,Official Report, column 566, if he will list the 38 countries 243W that had ratified the biodiversity convention by 29 December 1993; and if he will list the countries that have ratified the convention since then.
§ Mr. AtkinsRevised information from the United Nations legal office in New York shows that 41 countries had ratified the biodiversity convention by 29 December 1993, rather than the 38 we believed had done so when I answered the hon. Member's earlier question on 18 January. A further two countries have since ratified, and the following is a full list in order of ratification.
List of countries to ratify the Biodiversity Convention Country Date of ratification 1. Mauritius 4 September 1992 2. Seychelles 22 September 1992 3. Marshall Islands 8 October 1992 4. Maldives 9 November 1992 5. Monaco 20 November 1992 6. Canada 4 December 1992 7. China 5 January 1993 8. Saint Kitts and Nevis 7 January 1993 9. Ecuador 23 February 1993 10. Fiji 25 February 1993 11. Antigua and Barbuda 9 March 1993 12. Mexico 11 March 1993 13. Papua New Guinea 16 March 1993 14. Vanuatu 25 March 1993 15. Cook Islands 20 April 1993 16. Guinea 7 May 1993 17. Armenia 14 May 1993 18. Japan 28 May 1993 19. Zambia 28 May 1993 20. Peru 7 June 1993 21. Australia 18 June 1993 22. Norway 9 July 1993 23. Tunisia 15 July 1993 24. Saint Lucia 28 July 1993 25. Burkina Faso 2 September 1993 26. Bahamas 2 September 1993 27. Belarus 8 September 1993 28. Uganda 8 September 1993 29. New Zealand 16 September 1993 30. Mongolia 30 September 1993 31. Philippines 8 October 1993 32. Uruguay 5 November 1993 33. Nauru 11 November 1993 34. Jordan 12 November 1993 35. Nepal 23 November 1993 36. Barbados 10 December 1993 37. Sweden 16 December 1993 38. Denmark 21 December 1993 39. Germany 21 December 1993 40. Portugal 21 December 1993 41. Spain 21 December 1993 42. Belize 30 December 1993 43. Albania 5 January 1994 European Community 21 December 1993