SIGNATURE
OF AND DEPOSIT OF INSTRUMENTS RELATING TO
MULTILATERAL TREATIES DEPOSITED WITH THE SECRETARY-GENERAL
7 SEPTEMBER 2000
Convention
on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women.
New York, 18 December 1979
Signature: Saudi Arabia (7 September 2000)
Ratification: Saudi Arabia (7 September 2000)*
International
Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.
New York, 16 December 1966
Signature: Ghana (7 September 2000)
Ratification: Ghana (7 September 2000)*
Declaration under article 41: Ghana (7 September 2000)*
Optional
Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.
New York, 16 December 1966
Signature: Ghana (7 September 2000)
Ratification: Ghana (7 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: Bosnia and Herzegovina (7 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
Accession: Kiribati (7 September 2000)*
Ratification: Maldives (7 September 2000)*
Basel
Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and
their Disposal.
Basel, 22 March 1989
Accession: Kiribati (7 September 2000)*
Convention
on psychotropic substances.
Vienna, 21 February 1971
Accession: Maldives (7 September 2000)*
United
Nations Convention against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic
Substances.
Vienna, 20 December 1988
Ratification: Maldives (7 September 2000)*
Single
Convention on Narcotic Drugs, 1961, as amended by the Protocol amending the
Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, 1961
New York, 8 August 1975
Accession: Maldives (7 September 2000)*
Convention
on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical
Weapons and on their Destruction.
Geneva, 3 September 1992
Accession: Kiribati (7 September 2000)*
Convention
on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide.
New York, 9 December 1948
Accession: Guinea (7 September 2000)*
Accession: Switzerland (7 September 2000)*
International
Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights.
New York, 16 December 1966
Signature: Ghana (7 September 2000)
Ratification: Ghana (7 September 2000)*
Convention
on the non-applicability of statutory limitations to war crimes and crimes against
humanity.
New York, 26 November 1968
Accession: Ghana (7 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: Maldives (7 September 2000) (Consent to be bound: Protocols I and III of 10 October 1980)*
Consent to be bound: Bosnia and Herzegovina (7 September 2000)*
Consent to be bound: Maldives (7 September 2000)*
Convention
against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment.
New York, 10 December 1984
Signature: Ghana (7 September 2000)
Ratification: Ghana (7 September 2000)*
Declaration under article 21 and 22: Ghana (7 September 2000)*
United
Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.
New York, 9 May 1992
Accession: Bosnia and Herzegovina (7 September 2000)*
United
Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea.
Montego Bay, 10 December 1982
Ratification: Maldives (7 September 2000)*
Agreement
relating to the implementation of Part XI of the United Nations Convention on
the Law of the Sea of 10 December 1982.
New York, 28 July 1994
Consent to be bound following the ratification of the Convention: Maldives (7 September 2000)*
United
Nations Convention to Combat Desertification in those Countries Experiencing
Serious Drought and/or Desertification, Particularly in Africa.
Paris, 14 October 1994
Accession: New Zealand (7 September 2000)*
International
Convention for the Suppression of Terrorist Bombings.
New York, 15 December 1997
Accession: Guinea (7 September 2000)*
Accession: Maldives (7 September 2000)*
Accession: Mongolia (7 September 2000)*
Comprehensive
Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty.
New York, 10 September 1996
Signature: Guyana (7 September 2000)
Signature: Kiribati (7 September 2000)
Ratification: Kiribati (7 September 2000)*
Ratification: Maldives (7 September 2000)*
Kyoto
Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.
Kyoto, 11 December 1997
Accession: Guinea (7 September 2000)*
Accession: Kiribati (7 September 2000)*
Ratification: Mexico (7 September 2000)*
Rotterdam
Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals
and Pesticides in International Trade.
Rotterdam, 10 September 1998
Accession: Guinea (7 September 2000)*
Accession: Saudi Arabia (7 September 2000)*
Rome
Statute of the International Criminal Court
Rome, 17 July 1998
Signature: Guinea (7 September 2000)
Signature: Mexico (7 September 2000)
Ratification: New Zealand (7 September 2000)*
Convention
on the Safety of United Nations and Associated Personnel.
New York, 9 December 1994
Accession: Guinea (7 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: Ghana (7 September 2000)
Ratification: Ghana (7 September 2000)*
Signature: Guatemala (7 September 2000)
Accession: Guinea (7 September 2000)*
Signature: Tajikistan (7 September 2000)
Optional
Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination
against Women.
New York, 6 October 1999
Signature: Bosnia and Herzegovina (7 September 2000)
Signature: Guatemala (7 September 2000)
Signature: Ireland (7 September 2000)
Ratification: Ireland (7 September 2000)*
Signature: Madagascar (7 September 2000)
Signature: Malawi (7 September 2000)
Signature: Mongolia (7 September 2000)
Signature: New Zealand (7 September 2000)
Ratification: New Zealand (7 September 2000)*
Signature: Tajikistan (7 September 2000)
Signature: Ukraine (7 September 2000)
International
Convention for the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism.
New York, 9 December 1999
Signature: Mexico (7 September 2000)
Signature: New Zealand (7 September 2000)
Cartagena
Protocol on Biosafety to the Convention on Biological Diversity
Montreal, 29 January 2000
Signature: Kiribati (7 September 2000)
Optional
Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of
children in armed conflict.
New York, 25 May 2000
Signature: Andorra (7 September 2000)
Signature: Bosnia and Herzegovina (7 September 2000)
Signature: Costa Rica (7 September 2000)
Signature: Denmark (7 September 2000)
Signature: Finland (7 September 2000)
Signature: Greece (7 September 2000)
Signature: Guatemala (7 September 2000)
Signature: Iceland (7 September 2000)
Signature: Ireland (7 September 2000)
Signature: Madagascar (7 September 2000)
Signature: Malawi (7 September 2000)
Signature: Malta (7 September 2000)
Signature: Mexico (7 September 2000)
Signature: Netherlands (7 September 2000)
Signature: New Zealand (7 September 2000)
Signature: Singapore (7 September 2000)
Signature: Switzerland (7 September 2000)
Signature: Ukraine (7 September 2000)
Signature: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (7 September 2000)
Signature: Uruguay (7 September 2000)
Signature: Venezuela (7 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: Andorra (7 September 2000)
Signature: Bosnia and Herzegovina (7 September 2000)
Signature: Costa Rica (7 September 2000)
Signature: Denmark (7 September 2000)
Signature: Finland (7 September 2000)
Signature: Greece (7 September 2000)
Signature: Guatemala (7 September 2000)
Signature: Iceland (7 September 2000)
Signature: Ireland (7 September 2000)
Signature: Madagascar (7 September 2000)
Signature: Malawi (7 September 2000)
Signature: Malta (7 September 2000)
Signature: Mexico (7 September 2000)
Signature: Netherlands (7 September 2000)
Signature: New Zealand (7 September 2000)
Signature: Switzerland (7 September 2000)
Signature: Ukraine (7 September 2000)
Signature: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (7 September 2000)
Signature: Uruguay (7 September 2000)
Signature: Venezuela (7 September 2000)
* Date of receipt of the relevant documents.
