Convention on the Intergovernmental Maritime Consultative Organization [with Appendices]

Details

Treaty type

Multilateral

Subject

SHIPPING

Signed at

• Geneva

Signed on

6 March 1948

In force on

17 March 1958

Treaty document

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Parties

1. ALBANIA
2. ALGERIA
3. ANGOLA
4. ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA
5. Antilles
6. ARGENTINA
7. Aruba
8. AUSTRALIA
9. AUSTRIA
10. AZERBAIJAN
11. BAHAMAS
12. Bahrain
13. BANGLADESH
14. BARBADOS
15. BELGIUM
16. BELIZE
17. BENIN
18. BOLIVIA
19. BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA
20. BRAZIL
21. BRUNEI DARUSSALAM
22. BULGARIA
23. BURMA
24. CAMBODIA
25. CAMEROON
26. CANADA
27. CAPE VERDE
28. CEYLON
29. CHILE
30. CHINA
31. COLOMBIA
32. COMOROS
33. CONGO, PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF
34. Cook Islands
35. COSTA RICA
36. CUBA
37. CYPRUS
38. CZECHOSLOVAKIA
39. CZECH REPUBLIC
40. DENMARK
41. DJIBOUTI
42. DOMINICA, COMMONWEALTH OF
43. DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
44. ECUADOR
45. EGYPT
46. EL SALVADOR
47. EQUATORIAL GUINEA
48. ERITREA
49. ESTONIA
50. ETHIOPIA
51. Faroe Islands
52. Fiji
53. FINLAND
54. FRANCE
55. GABON
56. GAMBIA THE
57. GEORGIA
58. GERMAN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC
59. GERMANY FEDERAL REPUBLIC
60. GHANA
61. GREECE
62. GRENADA
63. GUATEMALA
64. GUINEA
65. GUINEA BISSAU
66. GUYANA
67. HAITI
68. HONDURAS
69. HONG KONG SAR
70. HUNGARY
71. ICELAND
72. INDIA
73. INDONESIA
74. INDONESIA
75. IRAN
76. IRAQ
77. IRELAND, REPUBLIC OF
78. ISRAEL
79. ITALY
80. IVORY COAST
81. JAMAICA
82. JAPAN
83. JORDAN
84. KAZAKHSTAN
85. KENYA
86. KIRIBATI
87. KOREA DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF
88. KOREA REPUBLIC OF
89. KUWAIT
90. Land Berlin
91. LATVIA
92. LEBANON
93. LIBERIA
94. LIBYA
95. LITHUANIA
96. LUXEMBOURG
97. Macao
98. MACEDONIA THE FYR OF
99. MALAGASY REPUBLIC
100. MALAWI
101. MALAYSIA
102. MALDIVES
103. MALTA
104. MARSHALL ISLANDS
105. MAURITANIA
106. MAURITIUS
107. MEXICO
108. MOLDOVA REPUBLIC OF
109. MONACO
110. MONGOLIA
111. MONTENEGRO
112. MOROCCO
113. MOZAMBIQUE
114. NAMIBIA
115. NEPAL
116. NETHERLANDS THE
117. NEW ZEALAND
118. NICARAGUA
119. NIGERIA
120. NORWAY
121. OMAN
122. PAKISTAN
123. PALAU
124. PANAMA
125. PAPUA NEW GUINEA
126. PARAGUAY
127. PERU
128. PHILIPPINES
129. POLAND
130. PORTUGAL
131. Qatar
132. ROMANIA
133. SAINT LUCIA
134. SAN MARINO
135. SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE
136. SAUDI ARABIA
137. SENEGAL
138. SEYCHELLES
139. SIERRA LEONE
140. SINGAPORE
141. SLOVAK REPUBLIC
142. SLOVENIA
143. SOLOMON ISLANDS
144. SOMALIA
145. SOVIET UNION
146. SPAIN
147. ST KITTS AND NEVIS
148. ST VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES
149. SUDAN
150. Surinam
151. SURINAME
152. SWEDEN
153. SWITZERLAND
154. SYRIA
155. TAIWAN
156. TANZANIA
157. THAILAND
158. TOGO
159. TONGA
160. TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
161. TUNISIA
162. TURKEY
163. UGANDA
164. UKRAINE
165. UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
166. UNITED KINGDOM
167. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
168. URUGUAY
169. VANUATU
170. VENEZUELA
171. VIETNAM
172. West Indies
173. YEMEN ARAB REPUBLIC
174. YEMEN, PEOPLES'S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF
175. YUGOSLAVIA
176. ZAIRE

Actions

Party	Action	Taken on	Effective on
ALBANIA	Acceptance	24 May 1993
ALGERIA	Acceptance	31 October 1963
ANGOLA	Acceptance	6 June 1977
ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA	Acceptance	13 January 1986	13 January 1986
Antilles	Extension	1 January 1986
ARGENTINA	Signature	6 March 1948
ARGENTINA	Acceptance	18 June 1953
Aruba	Extension	1 January 1986
AUSTRALIA	Signature	6 March 1948
AUSTRALIA	Acceptance	13 February 1952
AUSTRIA	Acceptance	2 April 1975
AZERBAIJAN	Acceptance	15 May 1995	15 May 1995
BAHAMAS	Acceptance	22 July 1976
Bahrain	Acceptance	22 September 1976
Bahrain	Declaration	22 September 1976
BANGLADESH	Acceptance	27 May 1976
BARBADOS	Acceptance	7 January 1970
BELGIUM	Signature	6 March 1948
BELGIUM	Acceptance	9 August 1951
BELIZE	Acceptance	13 September 1990	13 September 1990
BELIZE	Acceptance	6 May 1997
BENIN	Acceptance	19 March 1980
BOLIVIA	Acceptance	6 July 1987	6 July 1987
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA	Acceptance	16 July 1993
BRAZIL	Acceptance	4 March 1963
BRUNEI DARUSSALAM	Acceptance	31 December 1984
BULGARIA	Acceptance	5 April 1960
BURMA	Acceptance	6 July 1951
CAMBODIA	Acceptance	3 January 1961
CAMBODIA	Declaration	3 January 1961
CAMBODIA	Communication	31 January 1962
CAMEROON	Acceptance	1 May 1961
CANADA	Acceptance	15 October 1948
CAPE VERDE	Acceptance	24 August 1976
CEYLON	Acceptance	6 April 1972
CEYLON	Declaration	6 April 1972
CHILE	Signature	6 March 1948
CHILE	Acceptance	17 February 1972
CHINA	Acceptance	1 March 1973
CHINA	Communication	25 August 1987
CHINA	Communication	19 March 1990
COLOMBIA	Signature	6 March 1948
COLOMBIA	Acceptance	19 November 1974
COMOROS	Acceptance	3 August 2001	3 August 2001
CONGO, PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF	Acceptance	5 September 1975
Cook Islands	Acceptance	18 July 2008	18 July 2008
COSTA RICA	Acceptance	4 March 1981
CUBA	Acceptance	6 May 1966
CUBA	Declaration	6 May 1966
CYPRUS	Acceptance	21 November 1973
CZECH REPUBLIC	Acceptance	18 June 1993
CZECHOSLOVAKIA	Acceptance	1 October 1963
DENMARK	Acceptance	3 June 1959
DENMARK	Declaration	3 June 1959
DENMARK	Notification	3 December 2002
DJIBOUTI	Acceptance	20 February 1979
DOMINICA, COMMONWEALTH OF	Acceptance	18 December 1979
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC	Acceptance	25 August 1953
ECUADOR	Acceptance	12 July 1956
ECUADOR	Declaration	12 July 1956
EGYPT	Signature	6 March 1948
EGYPT	Acceptance	17 March 1958
EL SALVADOR	Acceptance	12 February 1981
EQUATORIAL GUINEA	Acceptance	6 September 1972
ERITREA	Acceptance	31 August 1993
ESTONIA	Acceptance	31 January 1992
ETHIOPIA	Acceptance	3 July 1975
Faroe Islands	Application	3 December 2002	18 December 2002
Fiji	Acceptance	14 March 1983
FINLAND	Signature	6 March 1948
FINLAND	Ratification	21 April 1959
FINLAND	Statement	21 April 1959
FRANCE	Signature	6 March 1948
FRANCE	Acceptance	9 April 1952
FRANCE	Communication	23 July 1962
FRANCE	Statement	10 December 1973
GABON	Acceptance	1 April 1976
GAMBIA THE	Acceptance	11 January 1979
GEORGIA	Acceptance	22 June 1993
GERMAN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC	Acceptance	25 September 1973
GERMANY FEDERAL REPUBLIC	Definitive Signature	7 January 1959
GERMANY FEDERAL REPUBLIC	Statement	7 December 1973
GHANA	Acceptance	6 July 1959
GREECE	Signature	6 March 1948
GREECE	Acceptance	31 December 1958
GREECE	Statement	31 December 1958
GREECE	Communication	14 March 1962
GRENADA	Acceptance	3 December 1998	3 December 1998
GUATEMALA	Acceptance	16 March 1983
GUINEA	Acceptance	3 December 1975
GUINEA BISSAU	Acceptance	6 December 1977
GUYANA	Acceptance	13 May 1980	13 May 1980
HAITI	Acceptance	23 June 1953
HONDURAS	Signature	13 April 1954
HONDURAS	Acceptance	23 August 1954
HONG KONG SAR	Application	27 May 1997	1 July 1997
HUNGARY	Acceptance	10 June 1970
ICELAND	Acceptance	8 November 1960
ICELAND	Declaration	8 November 1960
INDIA	Signature	6 March 1948
INDIA	Acceptance	6 January 1959
INDIA	Declaration	6 January 1959
INDONESIA	Extension	3 October 1949
INDONESIA	Notification	12 July 1951
INDONESIA	Acceptance	18 January 1961
INDONESIA	Statement	18 January 1961
INDONESIA	Communication	30 October 1961
INDONESIA	Communication	21 January 1962
INDONESIA	Communication	28 March 1962
INDONESIA	Withdrawal	9 October 1965
INDONESIA	Acceptance	29 September 1966
IRAN	Signature	10 June 1954
IRAN	Acceptance	2 January 1958
IRAQ	Acceptance	28 August 1973
IRAQ	Declaration	28 August 1973
IRELAND, REPUBLIC OF	Signature	6 March 1948
IRELAND, REPUBLIC OF	Acceptance	26 February 1951
ISRAEL	Acceptance	24 April 1952
ISRAEL	Objection	28 November 1973
ISRAEL	Objection	23 December 1976
ISRAEL	Objection	25 July 1980
ITALY	Signature	6 March 1948
ITALY	Acceptance	28 January 1957
IVORY COAST	Acceptance	4 November 1960
JAMAICA	Acceptance	11 May 1976
JAPAN	Acceptance	17 March 1958
JORDAN	Acceptance	9 November 1973
KAZAKHSTAN	Acceptance	11 March 1994	11 March 1994
KENYA	Acceptance	22 August 1973
KIRIBATI	Acceptance	28 October 2003	28 October 2003
KOREA DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF	Acceptance	16 April 1986	16 April 1986
KOREA REPUBLIC OF	Acceptance	10 April 1962
KUWAIT	Acceptance	5 July 1960
Land Berlin	Extension	7 January 1959
LATVIA	Acceptance	1 March 1993
LEBANON	Signature	6 March 1948
LEBANON	Acceptance	3 May 1966
LIBERIA	Signature	9 March 1954
LIBERIA	Acceptance	6 January 1959
LIBYA	Acceptance	16 February 1970
LITHUANIA	Acceptance	7 December 1995	7 December 1995
LUXEMBOURG	Acceptance	14 February 1991
Macao	Extension	2 February 1990	2 February 1990
Macao	Extension	2 February 1990	20 December 1999
MACEDONIA THE FYR OF	Acceptance	13 October 1993
MALAGASY REPUBLIC	Acceptance	8 March 1961
MALAWI	Acceptance	19 January 1989	19 January 1989
MALAYSIA	Communication	3 June 1971
MALAYSIA	Acceptance	17 June 1971
MALAYSIA	Declaration	17 June 1971
MALDIVES	Acceptance	31 May 1967
MALTA	Definitive Signature	22 June 1966
MARSHALL ISLANDS	Acceptance	26 March 1998	26 March 1998
MAURITANIA	Acceptance	8 May 1961
MAURITIUS	Acceptance	18 May 1978
MEXICO	Acceptance	21 September 1954
MEXICO	Reservation	21 September 1954
MOLDOVA REPUBLIC OF	Acceptance	12 December 2001	12 December 2001
MONACO	Acceptance	22 December 1989	22 December 1989
MONGOLIA	Acceptance	11 December 1996
MONTENEGRO	Acceptance	10 October 2006	10 October 2006
MOROCCO	Acceptance	30 July 1962
MOROCCO	Declaration	30 July 1962
MOZAMBIQUE	Acceptance	17 January 1979
NAMIBIA	Acceptance	27 October 1994
NEPAL	Acceptance	31 January 1979
NETHERLANDS THE	Signature	6 March 1948
NETHERLANDS THE	Acceptance	31 March 1949
NETHERLANDS THE	Declaration	25 June 1999
NEW ZEALAND	Acceptance	9 November 1960
NICARAGUA	Acceptance	17 March 1982
NIGERIA	Acceptance	15 March 1962
NORWAY	Acceptance	29 December 1958
NORWAY	Declaration	29 December 1958
NORWAY	Communication	30 November 1961
OMAN	Acceptance	30 January 1974
PAKISTAN	Acceptance	21 November 1958
PALAU	Acceptance	8 September 2011	8 September 2011
PANAMA	Acceptance	31 December 1958
PAPUA NEW GUINEA	Acceptance	6 May 1976
PARAGUAY	Acceptance	15 March 1993
PERU	Acceptance	15 April 1968
PHILIPPINES	Acceptance	9 November 1964
POLAND	Signature	6 March 1948
POLAND	Acceptance	16 March 1960
PORTUGAL	Signature	6 March 1948
PORTUGAL	Acceptance	17 March 1976
Qatar	Acceptance	19 May 1977
ROMANIA	Acceptance	28 April 1965
SAINT LUCIA	Acceptance	10 April 1980
SAN MARINO	Acceptance	12 March 2002
SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE	Acceptance	9 July 1990	9 July 1990
SAUDI ARABIA	Acceptance	25 February 1969
SENEGAL	Acceptance	7 November 1960
SEYCHELLES	Acceptance	13 June 1978
SIERRA LEONE	Acceptance	14 March 1973
SINGAPORE	Acceptance	17 January 1966
SLOVAK REPUBLIC	Acceptance	24 March 1993	24 March 1993
SLOVENIA	Acceptance	10 February 1993
SOLOMON ISLANDS	Acceptance	27 June 1988	27 June 1988
SOMALIA	Acceptance	4 April 1978
SOVIET UNION	Acceptance	24 December 1958
SOVIET UNION	Communication	16 April 1974
SPAIN	Acceptance	23 January 1962
SPAIN	Declaration	23 January 1962
ST KITTS AND NEVIS	Acceptance	8 October 2001	8 October 2001
ST VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES	Acceptance	29 April 1981
SUDAN	Acceptance	5 July 1974
Surinam	Extension	3 October 1949
SURINAME	Acceptance	14 October 1976
SWEDEN	Acceptance	27 April 1959
SWEDEN	Declaration	27 April 1959
SWITZERLAND	Signature	6 March 1948
SWITZERLAND	Acceptance	20 July 1955
SWITZERLAND	Reservation	20 July 1955
SYRIA	Acceptance	28 January 1963
TAIWAN	Acceptance	1 July 1958
TANZANIA	Acceptance	8 January 1974
THAILAND	Acceptance	20 September 1973
TOGO	Acceptance	20 June 1983
TONGA	Acceptance	23 February 2000	23 February 2000
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO	Acceptance	27 April 1965
TUNISIA	Acceptance	23 May 1963
TURKEY	Signature	6 March 1948
TURKEY	Acceptance	25 March 1958
TURKEY	Declaration	25 March 1958
UGANDA	Accession	30 June 2009	30 June 2009
UKRAINE	Acceptance	28 March 1994	28 March 1994
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES	Acceptance	4 March 1980
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES	Declaration	4 March 1980
UNITED KINGDOM	Signature	6 March 1948
UNITED KINGDOM	Acceptance	14 February 1949
UNITED KINGDOM	Communication	14 September 1961
UNITED KINGDOM	Communication	3 July 1962
UNITED KINGDOM	Communication	6 August 1964
UNITED KINGDOM	Communication	4 March 1965
UNITED KINGDOM	Statement	10 December 1973
UNITED KINGDOM	Communication	25 August 1987
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA	Signature	6 March 1948
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA	Acceptance	17 August 1950
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA	Reservation	17 August 1950
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA	Statement	17 August 1950
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA	Communication	5 September 1962
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA	Statement	10 December 1973
URUGUAY	Definitive Signature	10 May 1968
VANUATU	Acceptance	21 October 1986	21 October 1986
VENEZUELA	Acceptance	27 October 1975
VIETNAM	Acceptance	12 June 1984
VIETNAM	Declaration	12 June 1984
West Indies	Extension	3 October 1949
YEMEN ARAB REPUBLIC	Acceptance	14 March 1979
YEMEN, PEOPLES'S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF	Acceptance	2 June 1980
YEMEN, PEOPLES'S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF	Declaration	2 June 1980
YUGOSLAVIA	Acceptance	12 February 1960
YUGOSLAVIA	Declaration	12 February 1960
YUGOSLAVIA	Acceptance	11 December 2000	11 December 2000
ZAIRE	Acceptance	16 August 1973

Citations

1. PRO (now TNA) FO 93/1/341/0: 0
2. UN Registration Ex off/0: 289 3
3. Treaty Series 054/1958: Cmnd 589||https://treaties.fcdo.gov.uk/data/Library2/pdf/1958-TS0054.pdf
4. Miscellaneous Series 006/1948: Cmd 7412
5. Treaty Series 034/2006: Cm 7159||https://treaties.fcdo.gov.uk/data/Library2/pdf/2006-TS0034.pdf
6. Treaty Series 016/2008: Cm 7607||https://treaties.fcdo.gov.uk/data/Library2/pdf/2008-TS0016.pdf
7. Treaty Series 019/2009: Cm 7870