| Convention concerning Employment of Women during the Night (revised) |
Signature
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19 June 1934 |
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| Convention on International Civil Aviation |
Adherence
|
1 June 1948 |
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| ILO Convention No.96 Concerning Fee - Charging Employment Agencies (Revised), 1949 |
Signature
|
1 July 1949 |
|
| Convention concerning Forced or Compulsory Labour (ILO Convention No.29) |
Ratification
|
5 April 1950 |
|
| Agreement between the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Government of Sri Lanka for the Avoidance of Double Taxation and the Prevention of Fiscal Evasion with respect to Taxes on Income |
Signature
|
26 July 1950 |
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| Convention concerning Employment of Women during the Night (revised) |
Ratification
|
2 September 1950 |
|
| Convention concerning Minimum Age for Admission of Children to Employment at Sea [ILO No.7] |
Ratification
|
2 September 1950 |
|
| Convention concerning Employment of Women on underground Work in Mines [ILO No.45] |
Ratification
|
20 December 1950 |
20 December 1951 |
| International Convention for the Unification of certain Rules relating to International Carriage by Air |
Succession
|
24 April 1951 |
4 February 1948 |
| Convention concerning the Minimum Age for the Admission of Young Persons to Employment as Trimmers and Stokers [ILO No.15] |
Ratification
|
25 April 1951 |
|
| International Convention for the Unification of certain Rules relating to International Carriage by Air |
Declaration
|
9 November 1951 |
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| Convention concerning Workmen's Compensation for Occupational Diseases [ILO No.18] |
Accession
|
17 May 1952 |
|
| International Telecommunication Convention (with Annexes, Final Protocol and Additional Protocol) |
Signature
|
22 December 1952 |
|
| International Agreement regarding False Indications of Origin on Goods |
Accession
|
29 December 1952 |
29 December 1952 |
| International Telecommunication Convention (with Annexes, Final Protocol and Additional Protocol) |
Ratification
|
29 December 1953 |
|
| International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution of the Sea by Oil |
Signature
|
11 August 1954 |
|
| International Convention for Limiting the Manufacture and Regulating the Distribution of Narcotic Drugs with Protocol of Signature |
Succession
|
4 December 1957 |
|
| Slavery Convention Signed at Geneva on the 25th of September, 1926, as amended by the Protocol agreed at New York on the 7th of December 1953 [together with the Protocol of the 7th December 1953 and the Annex to that Protocol] |
Accession
|
21 March 1958 |
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| ILO Convention No.96 Concerning Fee - Charging Employment Agencies (Revised), 1949 |
Ratification
|
30 April 1958 |
|
| Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards |
Signature
|
30 December 1958 |
|
| Exchange of Letters (with Sri Lanka) regarding the Loan of #2,500,000 to Finance the Greater Colombo Telephone System |
Signature
|
17 March 1961 |
|
| Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards |
Ratification
|
9 April 1962 |
|
| Convention Establishing a Customs Co-operation Council |
Accession
|
29 May 1967 |
29 May 1967 |
| Convention on the Settlement of Investment Disputes between States and Nationals of Other States |
Signature
|
30 August 1967 |
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| Convention on the Settlement of Investment Disputes between States and Nationals of Other States |
Ratification
|
12 October 1967 |
11 November 1967 |
| Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons [London Version] |
Signature
|
1 July 1968 |
1 January 1900 |
| Exchanges of Notes and Letters concerning the Guarantee by the United Kingdom and the Maintenance of the Minimum Sterling Proportion by certain Overseas Sterling Area Governments (The Sterling Area Agreements) |
Signature
|
18 September 1968 |
|
| Exchange of Notes between the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Government of Ceylon revising the Route Schedule annexed to the Agreement for Air Services between and beyond their respective territories signed at Colombo on 5 August 1949 |
Signature
|
15 May 1969 |
|
| Convention Concerning the Creation of Minimum Wage Fixing Machinery (ILO No.26) |
Ratification
|
9 June 1971 |
|
| Amendment to Article VI of the Statute of the International Atomic Energy Agency |
Acceptance
|
21 September 1972 |
|
| Statutes of the World Tourism Organisation (WTO) |
Approval
|
5 December 1972 |
2 January 1975 |
| Amendment to Article 61 of the Charter of the United Nations for the Enlargement of the Economic and Social Council |
Ratification
|
6 December 1972 |
|
| ILO Convention No.98, Application of the Principles of the Right to Organise and Bargain Collectively [ILO No.98] |
Accession
|
13 December 1972 |
|
| Additional Protocol to the Constitution of the Universal Postal Union (with Declarations, General Regulations, Final Protocol and Rules of Procedure of Congresses) |
Ratification
|
24 April 1973 |
|
| Amendments to Articles 24 and 25 of the Constitution of the World Health Organization signed at New York on 22 July, 1946 Adopted by the Twentieth World Health Assembly |
Acceptance
|
12 April 1974 |
|
| International Labour Convention No.116 concerning the partial revision of the Conventions adopted by the General Conference of the International Labour Organisation at its first Thirty-two Sessions for the purpose of standardising the provisions regarding the preparation of reports by the governing body of the International Labour Organisation on the working of Conventions, adopted by the Conference at its fourty-fith session |
Ratification
|
26 April 1974 |
|
| International Convention on Load Lines, 1966 |
Accession
|
10 May 1974 |
10 August 1974 |
| International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea, 1960 |
Acceptance
|
10 May 1974 |
10 August 1974 |
| 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
|
12 November 1974 |
|
| Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Economic Community and the Republic of Sri Lanka on Trade in Fabrics of Silk or of Waste Silk other than Noil or of Cotton, Woven on Handlooms |
Signature
|
23 May 1975 |
|
| Commercial Cooperation Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Republic of Sri Lanka |
Signature
|
22 July 1975 |
|
| Amendments to Articles 10, 16, 17, 18, 20, 28, 31 and 32 of the Convention on the Inter-Governmental Maritime Consultative Organization, signed at Geneva on 6 March 1948 [Resolution A.315 (ES.V)] |
Acceptance
|
17 May 1976 |
|
| 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
|
16 November 1976 |
16 November 1977 |
| Amendments to the Convention on the Inter-Governmental Consultative Organization (IMCO), signed at Geneva on 06 March 1948 and Adopted by the Assembly of the Organization (Resolution A.358 (IX) and Resolution of Correction A.371 (X) Adopted by the IMCO Assembly on 9 November 1977) |
Acceptance
|
12 July 1977 |
|
| Convention on Offences and certain other Acts Committed on board Aircraft |
Accession
|
30 May 1978 |
28 August 1978 |
| Convention establishing the World Intellectual Property Organization |
Accession
|
20 June 1978 |
20 September 1978 |
| International Convention further revising the Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property of 20 March 1883 |
Accession
|
20 June 1978 |
23 September 1978 |
| Optional Protocol concerning the Compulsory Settlement of Disputes, to the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations |
Accession
|
31 July 1978 |
30 August 1978 |
| Optional Protocol concerning Acquisition of Nationality to the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations together with the Final Act of the Conference, Optional Protocols and Resolutions |
Accession
|
31 July 1978 |
30 August 1978 |
| Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons [London Version] |
Ratification
|
5 March 1979 |
1 January 1900 |
| Amendments to the Convention on the Inter-Governmental Maritime Consultative Organisation, signed at Geneva on 6 March 1948 adopted by the Tenth Assembly of the Organisation |
Acceptance
|
16 January 1980 |
|
| International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights |
Accession
|
11 June 1980 |
11 September 1980 |
| International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights |
Accession
|
11 June 1980 |
11 September 1980 |
| International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights |
Declaration
|
11 June 1980 |
|
| International Coffee Agreement 1976 |
Accession
|
24 June 1981 |
|
| Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, 1961, as amended by the Protocol of 25 March 1972 amending the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, 1961 |
Participation
|
29 June 1981 |
|
| Customs Convention concerning facilities for the importation of goods for display or use at exhibitions, fairs, meetings of similar events |
Accession
|
14 July 1981 |
14 October 1981 |
| Customs Convention on the 'A.T.A. Carnet' for the Temporary Admission of Goods |
Accession
|
14 July 1981 |
|
| Protocol to amend the International Convention for the Unification of certain Rules of Law relating to Bills of Lading signed at Brussels on 25 August 1924 [Hague-Visby Rules] |
Accession
|
21 October 1981 |
21 January 1982 |
| Special Trade Passenger Ships Agreement,1971 |
Accession
|
10 December 1981 |
10 March 1982 |
| International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination |
Accession
|
18 February 1982 |
20 March 1982 |
| Resolution to extend the International Coffee Agreement 1976 [Resolution No.318] |
Acceptance
|
16 September 1982 |
|
| International Convention relating to Intervention on the High Seas in Cases of Oil Pollution Casualties |
Accession
|
12 April 1983 |
11 July 1983 |
| International Convention on Civil Liability for Oil Pollution Damage |
Accession
|
12 April 1983 |
11 July 1983 |
| Convention on the International Hydrographic Organisation |
Accession
|
11 July 1983 |
|
| Convention against Discrimination in Education adopted by the General Conference of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation at its Eleventh Session |
Acceptance
|
11 August 1983 |
11 November 1983 |
| International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution of the Sea by Oil |
Acceptance
|
30 August 1983 |
30 November 1983 |
| Universal Copyright Convention |
Accession
|
25 October 1983 |
25 January 1984 |
| ILO Convention No.95 concerning Protection of Wages |
Accession
|
27 October 1983 |
27 October 1984 |
| Treaty on the Protection of the Olympic Symbol |
Ratification
|
19 February 1984 |
|
| International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights |
Declaration
|
21 May 1984 |
|
| Annex B1 Concerning Clearance for Home Use SIMPHARM ANNEX |
Acceptance
|
19 December 1984 |
19 March 1984 |
| Annex F1 Concerning Free Zone SIMPHARM ANNEX |
Acceptance
|
19 December 1984 |
19 March 1985 |
| Annex C1 Concerning Outright Exportation SIMPHARM ANNEX |
Acceptance
|
19 December 1984 |
19 March 1985 |
| Annex E6 Concerning Temporary Admission for Inward Processing SIMPHARM ANNEX |
Acceptance
|
19 December 1984 |
19 March 1985 |
| Annex F1 Concerning Free Zone SIMPHARM ANNEX |
Reservation
|
19 December 1984 |
|
| Annex B1 Concerning Clearance for Home Use SIMPHARM ANNEX |
Reservation
|
19 December 1984 |
|
| Amendments to the Plant Protection Agreement for the Asia and Pacific Region, signed at Rome on 27:02:1956, relating to Mandatory Contributions by Contracting Governments, approved by the Council of the Food and Agriculture Organization ( FAO ) of the United Nations at its 84th Session. |
Acceptance
|
13 February 1985 |
|
| International Labour Convention No.115 concerning the Protection of Workers against Ionising Radiations, adopted by the General Conference of the International Labour Organisation during its Forty-Fourth Session |
Ratification
|
18 June 1986 |
18 June 1987 |
| 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] |
Ratification
|
18 November 1986 |
|
| Protocol 1 annexed to the Universal Copyright Convention concerning the Application of that Convention to the works of Stateless Persons and Refugees |
Accession
|
27 July 1988 |
27 July 1988 |
| Protocol 2 annexed to the Universal Copyright Convention concerning the Application of that Convention to the Works of certain International Organizations |
Accession
|
27 July 1988 |
27 July 1988 |
| Protocol 3 annexed to the Universal Copyright Convention concerning the Effective Date of Instruments of Ratification of Acceptance of or Accession to that Convention |
Accession
|
27 July 1988 |
|
| International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights |
Declaration
|
16 January 1989 |
11 January 1989 |
| International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights |
Declaration
|
29 August 1989 |
20 June 1989 |
| Resolution to extend the International Coffee Agreement, 1983 [Resolution No 347 adopted by the International Coffee Council at its 53rd session] |
Acceptance
|
29 September 1989 |
|
| Convention on the Rights of the Child |
Signature
|
26 January 1990 |
|
| Convention on Wetlands of International Importance especially as Waterfowl Habitat |
Accession
|
15 June 1990 |
15 October 1990 |
| Customs convention on the Temporary Importation of Professional Equipment |
Accession
|
23 May 1991 |
23 August 1991 |
| Customs Convention on the temporary Importation of Scientific Equipment |
Accession
|
23 May 1991 |
23 August 1991 |
| Convention on the Rights of the Child |
Ratification
|
12 July 1991 |
11 August 1991 |
| Resolution to further extend the International Coffee Agreement, 1983 (Resolution No 352 adopted by the International Coffee Council at its Seventh Plenary Meeting) |
Acceptance
|
19 September 1991 |
|
| International Labour Convention No.10 adopted by the General Conference of the International Labour Organisation at its Third Session concerning the Age for Admission of Children to Employment in Agriculture [ILO No.10] |
Ratification
|
29 November 1991 |
|
| International Convention on Tonnage Measurement of Ships, 1969 |
Accession
|
11 March 1992 |
11 June 1992 |
| International Labour Convention No. 160, concerning Labour Statistics (Adopted by the Conference at its Seventy-First Session) |
Ratification
|
1 April 1993 |
1 April 1994 |
| 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
|
1 April 1993 |
1 April 1994 |
| Amendments to Articles 24 and 25 of the Constitution of the World Health Organization Adopted by the Thirty-ninth Session of the World Health Assembly |
Acceptance
|
21 May 1993 |
|
| Amendment to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer, done at Montreal on 16 September 1987 [LONDON 1990] |
Accession
|
16 June 1993 |
14 September 1993 |
| Convention on the International Recognition of Rights in Aircraft |
Accession
|
24 January 1994 |
24 April 1994 |
| 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
|
17 March 1994 |
17 March 1995 |
| International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights |
Declaration
|
23 May 1995 |
|
| International Union for the Publication of Customs Tariffs |
Accession
|
7 December 1995 |
22 January 1996 |
| Protocol modifying the Convention of 5th July, 1890 concerning the creation of an International Union for the Publication of Customs Tariffs, the Regulations for the Execution of the Convention instituting an International Bureau for the Publication of Customs Tariffs and Memorandum of Signature |
Accession
|
7 December 1995 |
22 January 1996 |
| Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty with Annexes and Protocol |
Signature
|
24 October 1996 |
|
| Protocol to amend the Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules relating to International Carriage by Air signed at Warsaw on 12 October 1929 |
Accession
|
21 February 1997 |
22 May 1997 |
| Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights |
Accession
|
3 October 1997 |
3 January 1998 |
| Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights |
Declaration
|
3 October 1997 |
|
| Amendments to Articles 16, 17 and 19(b) of the Convention on the Inter-Governmental Maritime Consultative Organization, signed at Geneva on 6 March 1948, adopted by the Eighteenth Session of the Organization [Resolution A.735 (18)] |
Acceptance
|
21 January 1998 |
7 November 2002 |
| Convention on Facilitation of International Maritime Traffic |
Accession
|
6 March 1998 |
5 May 1998 |
| International Convention on Civil Liability for Oil Pollution Damage |
Denunciation
|
22 January 1999 |
22 January 2000 |
| 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
|
29 January 1999 |
|
| International Union for the Publication of Customs Tariffs |
Denunciation
|
23 April 1999 |
1 April 2003 |
| Protocol modifying the Convention of 5th July, 1890 concerning the creation of an International Union for the Publication of Customs Tariffs, the Regulations for the Execution of the Convention instituting an International Bureau for the Publication of Customs Tariffs and Memorandum of Signature |
Denunciation
|
23 April 1999 |
1 April 2003 |
| Amendment to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that deplete the Ozone Layer Adopted at the Ninth Meeting of the Parties held at Montreal 15-17 September 1997 |
Accession
|
20 August 1999 |
18 November 1999 |
| 1998 Amendments to the Convention on the International Mobile Satellite Organisation |
Acceptance
|
4 February 2000 |
31 July 2001 |
| Convention concerning Minimum Age for Admission of Children to Employment at Sea [ILO No.7] |
Denunciation
|
11 February 2000 |
11 February 2001 |
| International Labour Convention No.10 adopted by the General Conference of the International Labour Organisation at its Third Session concerning the Age for Admission of Children to Employment in Agriculture [ILO No.10] |
Denunciation
|
11 February 2000 |
11 February 2001 |
| Convention concerning the Minimum Age for the Admission of Young Persons to Employment as Trimmers and Stokers [ILO No.15] |
Denunciation
|
11 February 2000 |
11 February 2001 |
| Amendment to Article 43, paragraph 2, of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, 20 November 1989 |
Acceptance
|
29 February 2000 |
|
| International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights |
Notification
|
30 May 2000 |
|
| Convention on the Service Abroad of Judicial and Extrajudicial Documents in Civil or Commercial Matters |
Accession
|
31 August 2000 |
1 June 2001 |
| The prohibition and immediate action for the elimination of the worst forms of Child Labour Convention (ILO 182) |
Ratification
|
1 March 2001 |
1 March 2002 |
| Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants |
Signature
|
5 September 2001 |
|
| Statute of The Hague Conference on Private International Law |
Acceptance
|
27 September 2001 |
|
| Statute of The Hague Conference on Private International Law |
Declaration
|
12 December 2001 |
|
| Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination against Women |
Accession
|
15 October 2002 |
15 January 2003 |
| Amendment to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer [BEIJING 1999] |
Acceptance
|
27 November 2002 |
25 February 2003 |
| Convention concerning the Abolition of Forced Labour (ILO No. 105) |
Ratification
|
7 January 2003 |
7 January 2004 |
| General Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the United Nations |
Accession
|
19 June 2003 |
|
| Convention on the Safety of United Nations and Associated Personnel |
Accession
|
23 September 2003 |
23 October 2003 |
| Amendment to the Convention on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of certain Conventional Weapons which may be deemed to be Excessively Injurious or to have Indiscriminate Effects (CCW) |
Accession
|
24 September 2004 |
24 March 2005 |
| Protocol on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Mines, Booby-Traps and Other Devices as Amended on 3 May 1996 (Protocol II as amended), Annexed to the Convention on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Certain Conventional Weapons which may be Deemed to be Excessively Injurious or to have Indiscriminate Effects |
Ratification
|
24 September 2004 |
24 March 2005 |
| Additional Protocol to the Convention on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of certain Conventional Weapons which may be deemed to be excessively injurious or to have indiscriminate Effects (Protocol IV, entitled Protocol on Blinding Laser Weapons) |
Ratification
|
24 September 2004 |
24 March 2005 |
| Amendments to Articles 24 and 25 of the Constitution of the World Health Organization |
Acceptance
|
29 November 2004 |
1 January 1900 |
| International Convention for the Suppression of Acts of Nuclear Terrorism |
Signature
|
14 September 2005 |
|
| Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants |
Ratification
|
22 December 2005 |
22 March 2006 |
| Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade |
Accession
|
19 January 2006 |
19 April 2006 |
| Vienna Convention on Consular Relations with Optional Protocol concerning the Compulsory Settlement of Disputes and Optional Protocol concerning Acquisition of Nationality |
Accession
|
4 May 2006 |
3 June 2006 |
| International Convention for the Suppression of Acts of Nuclear Terrorism |
Ratification
|
27 September 2007 |
27 October 2007 |
| International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights |
Notification
|
9 June 2010 |
|
| Protocol of Amendments to the Convention on the International Hydrographic Organization adopted by the Third Extraordinary International Hydrographic Conference, held at Monaco, 14 April 2005, with Consolidated version |
Ratification
|
24 November 2011 |
|
| Doha Amendment to the Kyoto Protocol |
Acceptance
|
2 December 2015 |
|
| International Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property (London) |
Succession
|
|
29 December 1952 |
| British Commonwealth Merchant Shipping Agreement |
Withdrawal
|
|
19 June 1980 |
| International Health Regulations 2005 Adopted by the fifty-eighth World Health Assembly |
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