| Treaty with King of Benin |
Signature
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26 March 1882 |
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| Treaty Between Great Britain and the Chiefs of Benin River and Jakeri Country |
Signature
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2 August 1894 |
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| International Convention for the Unification of Certain rules relating to the Arrest of Sea-going Ships |
Accession
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23 April 1958 |
23 October 1958 |
| International Convention on Certain Rules concerning Civil Jurisdiction in Matters of Collision |
Extension
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23 April 1958 |
23 October 1958 |
| ILO Convention No.95 concerning Protection of Wages |
Succession
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12 December 1960 |
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| Convention Concerning the Creation of Minimum Wage Fixing Machinery (ILO No.26) |
Ratification
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12 December 1960 |
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| Convention concerning Minimum Age for Admission of Children to Industrial Employment [ILO No.5] |
Ratification
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12 December 1960 |
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| Freedom of Association and Protection of the right to organise Convention, 1948 [ILO No.87] |
Ratification
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12 December 1960 |
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| Convention concerning Workmen's Compensation for Occupational Diseases [ILO No.18] |
Accession
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12 December 1960 |
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| Convention concerning Forced or Compulsory Labour (ILO Convention No.29) |
Ratification
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12 December 1960 |
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| Convention concerning Employment of Women during the Night (revised) |
Ratification
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12 December 1960 |
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| Convention concerning the Employment of Women during the Night [ILO No.4] |
Ratification
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12 December 1960 |
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| Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, 1961 |
Signature
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30 March 1961 |
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| Convention concerning Discrimination in respect of Employment and Occupation (ILO Convention No.111), with Recommendation |
Ratification
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22 May 1961 |
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| Convention on International Civil Aviation |
Adherence
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29 May 1961 |
28 June 1961 |
| Convention relative to the Protection of Civilians in Time of War |
Succession
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9 January 1962 |
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| International Convention for the Unification of certain Rules relating to International Carriage by Air |
Succession
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9 January 1962 |
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| Convention for the Amelioration of the Condition of Wounded, Sick and Shipwrecked Members of Armed Forces at Sea |
Succession
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9 January 1962 |
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| Convention for the Suppression of Traffic in Women of Full Age |
Succession
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4 April 1962 |
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| Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, 1961 |
Ratification
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27 April 1962 |
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| Vienna Convention on Consular Relations with Optional Protocol concerning the Compulsory Settlement of Disputes and Optional Protocol concerning Acquisition of Nationality |
Signature
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24 April 1963 |
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| Vienna Convention on Consular Relations with Optional Protocol concerning the Compulsory Settlement of Disputes and Optional Protocol concerning Acquisition of Nationality ( This record is for the Optional Protocol concerning the Compulsory Settlement of Disputes) |
Signature
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24 April 1963 |
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| Convention against Discrimination in Education adopted by the General Conference of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation at its Eleventh Session |
Acceptance
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9 July 1963 |
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| Convention on the Settlement of Investment Disputes between States and Nationals of Other States |
Signature
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10 September 1965 |
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| Convention on the Settlement of Investment Disputes between States and Nationals of Other States |
Ratification
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6 September 1966 |
14 October 1966 |
| International Labour Convention No.100 concerning Equal Remuneration for Men and Women Workers for Work of Equal Value adopted by the General Conference of the International Labour Organisation at its Thirty-fourth Session Geneva, 29 June 1951 [ILO No. 100] |
Ratification
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16 May 1968 |
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| Customs Convention on the temporary Importation of Scientific Equipment |
Signature
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16 January 1969 |
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| Protocol relating to the Status of Refugees |
Accession
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6 July 1970 |
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| Convention establishing the World Intellectual Property Organization |
Notification
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25 September 1970 |
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| Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, 1961, as amended by the Protocol of 25 March 1972 amending the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, 1961 |
Participation
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6 November 1973 |
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| Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards |
Accession
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16 May 1974 |
14 August 1974 |
| Convention establishing the World Intellectual Property Organization |
Accession
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9 December 1974 |
9 March 1975 |
| International Convention further revising the Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property of 20 March 1883 |
Accession
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9 December 1974 |
12 March 1975 |
| Statutes of the World Tourism Organisation (WTO) |
Approval
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31 December 1974 |
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| ACP-EEC Convention of Lome and Agreement on Products within the Province of the European Coal and Steel Community (with related documents) |
Signature
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28 February 1975 |
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| ACP-EEC Convention of Lome and Agreement on Products within the Province of the European Coal and Steel Community (with related documents) |
Ratification
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4 September 1975 |
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| Resolution of the Twenty-Sixth World Health Assembly amending Articles 34 and 55 of the Constitution of the World Health Organization, adopted on 22 May 1973. |
Acceptance
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24 November 1975 |
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| International Coffee Agreement 1976 |
Signature
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14 April 1976 |
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| International Coffee Agreement 1976 |
Provisional application
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30 September 1976 |
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| International Coffee Agreement 1976 |
Ratification
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11 February 1977 |
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| International Convention for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas, done at Rio de Janeiro on 14 May 1966 |
Accession
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9 January 1978 |
9 January 1978 |
| Vienna Convention on Consular Relations with Optional Protocol concerning the Compulsory Settlement of Disputes and Optional Protocol concerning Acquisition of Nationality |
Ratification
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27 April 1979 |
27 May 1979 |
| International Coffee Agreement 1976 |
Notification
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31 August 1979 |
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| Convention on the Intergovernmental Maritime Consultative Organization [with Appendices] |
Acceptance
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19 March 1980 |
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| Agreement establishing the African Development Bank, done at Khartoum on 4 August 1963, as amended by Resolution 05-79 adopted by the Board of Governors on 17 May 1979 |
Participation
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7 May 1982 |
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| Resolution to extend the International Coffee Agreement 1976 [Resolution No.318] |
Acceptance
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13 September 1982 |
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| International Rice Commission Constitution approved by the Conference of the Food and Agricuture Organisation of the United Nations |
Acceptance
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22 November 1984 |
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| Convention establishing the World Intellectual Property Organization |
Notification
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28 May 1985 |
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| Additional Protocol to the Constitution of the Universal Postal Union (with Declarations, General Regulations, Final Protocol and Rules of Procedure of Congresses) |
Ratification
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1 July 1985 |
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| International Convention on Civil Liability for Oil Pollution Damage |
Accession
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1 November 1985 |
30 January 1986 |
| International Convention relating to Intervention on the High Seas in Cases of Oil Pollution Casualties |
Accession
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1 November 1985 |
30 January 1986 |
| International Convention on Tonnage Measurement of Ships, 1969 |
Accession
|
1 November 1985 |
1 February 1986 |
| International Convention on Load Lines, 1966 |
Accession
|
1 November 1985 |
1 February 1986 |
| Treaty on Principles Governing the Activities of States in the Exploration and Use of Outer Space, including the Moon and other Celestial Bodies [Moscow version] |
Ratification
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19 June 1986 |
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| Treaty on Principles Governing the Activities of States in the Exploration and Use of Outer Space, including the Moon and other Celestial Bodies [London version] |
Accession
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2 July 1986 |
|
| Treaty on Principles Governing the Activities of States in the Exploration and Use of Outer Space, including the Moon and other Celestial Bodies [Washington version] |
Accession
|
7 July 1986 |
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| Protocol for the Prohibition of the Use in War of Asphyxiating, Poisonous or other Gases, and of Bacteriological Methods of Warfare |
Accession
|
4 December 1986 |
9 December 1986 |
| Articles of Agreement of the International Finance Corporation |
Signature
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5 February 1987 |
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| Resolution to extend the International Coffee Agreement, 1983 [Resolution No 347 adopted by the International Coffee Council at its 53rd session] |
Acceptance
|
18 September 1989 |
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| Convention on the Rights of the Child |
Signature
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25 April 1990 |
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| Convention on the Rights of the Child |
Ratification
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3 August 1990 |
2 September 1990 |
| Convention on Facilitation of International Maritime Traffic |
Accession
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2 March 1992 |
1 May 1992 |
| Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights |
Accession
|
12 March 1992 |
12 June 1992 |
| International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights |
Accession
|
12 March 1992 |
12 June 1992 |
| International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights |
Accession
|
12 March 1992 |
12 June 1992 |
| Resolution to further extend the International Coffee Agreement, 1983 (Resolution No 352 adopted by the International Coffee Council at its Seventh Plenary Meeting) |
Accession
|
12 March 1992 |
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| Final Acts of the Plenipotentiary Conference of the International Telecommunication Union with Instruments amending the Constitution and the Convention of the International Telecommunication Union, Decisions, Resolutions and Recommendations |
Reservation
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14 October 1994 |
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| Final Acts of the Plenipotentiary Conference of the International Telecommunication Union with Instruments amending the Constitution and the Convention of the International Telecommunication Union, Decisions, Resolutions and Recommendations |
Signature
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14 October 1994 |
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| Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty with Annexes and Protocol |
Signature
|
27 September 1996 |
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| Amendments to Articles 24 and 25 of the Constitution of the World Health Organization |
Acceptance
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10 September 1998 |
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| Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade |
Signature
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11 September 1998 |
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| Convention Establishing a Customs Co-operation Council |
Accession
|
9 November 1998 |
9 November 1998 |
| Agreement to Promote Compliance with International Conservation and Management Measures by Fishing Vessels on the High Seas |
Acceptance
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4 January 1999 |
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| Statute of the International Atomic Energy Agency [with Annex] |
Acceptance
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26 May 1999 |
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| Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules for International Carriage by Air |
Signature
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28 May 1999 |
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| Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court |
Signature
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24 September 1999 |
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| Convention on Wetlands of International Importance especially as Waterfowl Habitat, Ramsar, 2 February 1971, as amended by the Paris Protocol of 3 December 1982, with amendments to Articles 6 and 7 of the Convention adopted at the Extraordinary Conference of the Contracting Parties at Regina, Canada, 28 May to 3 June 1987 |
Accession
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24 January 2000 |
24 February 2000 |
| International Labour Convention No. 160, concerning Labour Statistics (Adopted by the Conference at its Seventy-First Session) |
Ratification
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6 April 2000 |
6 April 2001 |
| Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination against Women |
Signature
|
25 May 2000 |
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| Amendment to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer, done at Montreal on 16 September 1987 [LONDON 1990] |
Ratification
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21 June 2000 |
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| Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty with Annexes and Protocol |
Ratification
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6 March 2001 |
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| Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants |
Signature
|
23 May 2001 |
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| International Labour Convention No. 135 Concerning Protection and Facilities to be afforded to the Workers' Representatives in the Undertaking, adopted by the General Conference of the International Labour Organisation at its Fifty-Sixth Session [ILO No.135] |
Ratification
|
11 June 2001 |
11 June 2002 |
| International Labour Convention No.144 concerning Tripartite Consultations to promote the Implementation of International Labour Standards adopted by the General Conference of the International Labour Organisation at its Sixty-first Session [ILO No.144] |
Ratification
|
11 June 2001 |
11 June 2002 |
| Convention concerning the Organisation of Labour Inspection in Industry and Commerce [ILO No.81] |
Ratification
|
11 June 2001 |
11 June 2002 |
| International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination |
Ratification
|
30 November 2001 |
30 December 2001 |
| Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court |
Ratification
|
22 January 2002 |
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| The prohibition and immediate action for the elimination of the worst forms of Child Labour Convention (ILO 182) |
Ratification
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6 November 2002 |
6 November 2002 |
| Final Protocol to the Convention for the Suppression of the Traffic in Persons and of the Exploitation of the Prostitution of others |
Signature
|
25 September 2003 |
1 January 1900 |
| Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants |
Ratification
|
5 January 2004 |
1 January 1900 |
| Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade |
Ratification
|
5 January 2004 |
4 April 2004 |
| Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment |
Signature
|
24 February 2005 |
1 January 1900 |
| Convention for the Pacific Settlement of International Disputes |
Accession
|
18 July 2005 |
16 September 2005 |
| International Convention for the Suppression of Acts of Nuclear Terrorism |
Signature
|
15 September 2005 |
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| Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment |
Ratification
|
20 September 2006 |
20 October 2006 |
| International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance |
Signature
|
19 March 2010 |
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| International Tropical Timber Agreement, 2006 |
Ratification
|
7 December 2011 |
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| International Tropical Timber Agreement, 2006 |
Signature
|
7 December 2011 |
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| Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons |
Accession
|
8 December 2011 |
7 March 2012 |
| Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness |
Accession
|
8 December 2011 |
7 March 2012 |
| Protocol to the Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict |
Accession
|
17 April 2012 |
17 July 2012 |
| Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict |
Accession
|
17 April 2012 |
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| Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, aiming at the Abolition of the Death Penalty |
Accession
|
5 July 2012 |
5 October 2012 |
| Agreement amending for the second time the Partnership Agreement between the African, Caribbean and Pacific States, of the one part, and the European Community and its Member states, of the other part, signed in Cotonou (Benin) on 23 June 2000 as first revised in Luxembourg on 25 June 2005 |
Signature
|
21 October 2012 |
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| Protocol to Eliminate Illicit Trade in Tobacco Products |
Signature
|
24 September 2013 |
|
| Amendment to the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal, concluded at Basel on 22 March 1989 |
Ratification
|
22 January 2014 |
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| International Health Regulations 2005 Adopted by the fifty-eighth World Health Assembly |
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