SIGNATURE OF AND DEPOSIT OF INSTRUMENTS RELATING TO
MULTILATERAL TREATIES DEPOSITED WITH THE SECRETARY-GENERAL

6 SEPTEMBER 2000

7 September 2000
8 September 2000

International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.
New York, 16 December 1966

Accession: Bangladesh (6 September 2000)*

Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.
New York, 16 December 1966

Accession: Lesotho (6 September 2000)*
Signature: Sao Tome and Principe (6 September 2000)

Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, aiming at the abolition of the death penalty.
New York, 15 December 1989

Signature: Sao Tome and Principe (6 September 2000)

Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on their Destruction.
Oslo, 18 September 1997

Ratification: Bangladesh (6 September 2000)*
Ratification: Colombia (6 September 2000)*

International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination.
New York, 7 March 1966

Signature: Belize (6 September 2000)
Signature: Sao Tome and Principe (6 September 2000)

International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights.
New York, 16 December 1966

Signature: Belize (6 September 2000)

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.
Geneva, 10 October 1980

Accession: Bangladesh (6 September 2000) (Consent to be bound: Protocols I, II and III of 10 October 1980)*
Accession: Lesotho (6 September 2000) (Consent to be bound: Protocols I, II and III of 10 October 1980)*

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 on 3 May 1996) 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.
Geneva, 3 May 1996

Consent to be bound: Bangladesh (6 September 2000)*
Consent to be bound: Jordan (6 September 2000)*

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)
Vienna, 13 October 1995

Consent to be bound: Bangladesh (6 September 2000)*

Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment.
New York, 10 December 1984

Signature: Sao Tome and Principe (6 September 2000)

International Convention for the Suppression of Terrorist Bombings.
New York, 15 December 1997

Ratification: Austria (6 September 2000)*
Ratification: Czech Republic (6 September 2000)*

Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.
Kyoto, 11 December 1997

Accession: Lesotho (6 September 2000)*

Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court.
Rome, 17 July 1998

Ratification: Lesotho (6 September 2000)*
Signature: Marshall Islands (6 September 2000)

Convention on the Safety of United Nations and Associated Personnel.
New York, 9 December 1994

Accession: Austria (6 September 2000)*
Ratification: Brazil (6 September 2000)*
Accession: Lesotho (6 September 2000)*

International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families.
New York, 18 December 1990

Signature: Sao Tome and Principe (6 September 2000)

Statute of the International Court of Justice.

Declaration under article 36 (2): Lesotho (6 September 2000)*

Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women.
New York, 6 October 1999

Ratification: Austria (6 September 2000)*
Signature: Bangladesh (6 September 2000)
Ratification: Bangladesh (6 September 2000)*
Signature: Kazakhstan (6 September 2000)
Signature: Lesotho (6 September 2000)
Signature: Romania (6 September 2000)
Signature: Sao Tome and Principe (6 September 2000)

International Convention for the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism.
New York, 9 December 1999

Signature: Czech Republic (6 September 2000)
Signature: Ecuador (6 September 2000)
Signature: Egypt (6 September 2000)
Signature: Estonia (6 September 2000)
Signature: Lesotho (6 September 2000)

Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety to the Convention on Biological Diversity. Montreal, 29 January 2000

Signature: Estonia (6 September 2000)
Signature: Republic of Korea (6 September 2000)

Signature: Austria (6 September 2000)
Signature: Bangladesh (6 September 2000)
Ratification: Bangladesh (6 September 2000)*
Signature: Belgium (6 September 2000)
Signature: Belize (6 September 2000)
Signature: Brazil (6 September 2000)
Signature: Colombia (6 September 2000)
Signature: Czech Republic (6 September 2000)
Signature: Ecuador (6 September 2000)
Signature: France (6 September 2000)
Signature: Germany (6 September 2000)
Signature: Italy (6 September 2000)
Signature: Jordan (6 September 2000)
Signature: Kazakhstan (6 September 2000)
Signature: Lesotho (6 September 2000)
Signature: Portugal (6 September 2000)
Signature: Republic of Korea (6 September 2000)
Signature: Romania (6 September 2000)
Signature: Spain (6 September 2000)

Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography.
New York, 25 May 2000

Signature: Austria (6 September 2000)
Signature: Bangladesh (6 September 2000)
Ratification: Bangladesh (6 September 2000)*
Signature: Belgium (6 September 2000)
Signature: Belize (6 September 2000)
Signature: Brazil (6 September 2000)
Signature: China (6 September 2000)
Signature: Colombia (6 September 2000)
Signature: Ecuador (6 September 2000)
Signature: France (6 September 2000)
Signature: Germany (6 September 2000)
Signature: Italy (6 September 2000)
Signature: Jordan (6 September 2000)
Signature: Kazakhstan (6 September 2000)
Signature: Lesotho (6 September 2000)
Signature: Portugal (6 September 2000)
Signature: Republic of Korea (6 September 2000)
Signature: Romania (6 September 2000)
Signature: Spain (6 September 2000)