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

 

8 SEPTEMBER 2000

6 September 2000
7 September 2000


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

Signature: Botswana (8 September 2000)
Ratification: Botswana (8 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: Lithuania (8 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: Gabon (8 September 2000)*
Ratification: Republic of Moldova (8 September 2000)*

Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on their Destruction.
Geneva, 3 September 1992

Ratification: Gabon (8 September 2000)*
Ratification: Jamaica (8 September 2000)*


International Convention against the taking of hostages.
New York, 17 December 1979

Accession: Botswana (8 September 2000)*
Accession: Pakistan (8 September 2000)*
Accession: Sri Lanka (8 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: Republic of Moldova (8 September 2000) (Consent to be bound: Protocols I, II and III of 10 October 1980)*

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: Republic of Moldova (8 September 2000)*

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: Republic of Moldova (8 September 2000)*

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

Signature: Botswana (8 September 2000)
Ratification: Botswana (8 September 2000)*

Ratification: Gabon (8 September 2000)*
 

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

Accession: Botswana (8 September 2000)*

Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty.
New York, 10 September 1996

Signature: Nauru (8 September 2000)
Signature: Nigeria (8 September 2000)

Signature: Sierra Leone (8 September 2000)

Protocol on the Privileges and Immunities of the International Seabed Authority.
Kingston, 27 March 1998

Accession: Croatia (8 September 2000)*


Agreement on the Privileges and Immunities of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea.
New York, 23 May 1997

  Ratification: Croatia (8 September 2000)*

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

Signature: Barbados (8 September 2000)
Signature: Botswana (8 September 2000)
Ratification: Botswana (8 September 2000)*
Signature: Democratic Republic of the Congo (8 September 2000)
Signature: Dominican Republic (8 September 2000)
Signature: Jamaica (8 September 2000)
Signature: Kuwait (8 September 2000)
Ratification: Luxembourg (8 September 2000)*
Signature: Morocco (8 September 2000)
Signature: Republic of Moldova (8 September 2000)
Signature: Sudan (8 September 2000)

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

Accession: Jamaica (8 September 2000)*
Accession: Lithuania (8 September 2000)*
Accession: Nepal (8 September 2000)*

Amendment to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer adopted by the Ninth Meeting of the Parties.
Montreal, 17 September 1997

  Ratification: Croatia (8 September 2000)*

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

Signature: Lithuania (8 September 2000)
Signature:
Nigeria (8 September 2000)
Signature: Sierra Leone (8 September 2000)
Signature: Turkey (8 September 2000)

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

Signature: Botswana (8 September 2000)
Ratification: Botswana (8 September 2000)*
Signature:
Gabon (8 September 2000)
Signature: India (8 September 2000)
Ratification: Sri Lanka (8 September 2000)*

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

Signature: Croatia (8 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: Azerbaijan (8 September 2000)
Signature:
Democratic Republic of the Congo (8 September 2000)
Signature: Gabon (8 September 2000)
Signature: Guinea-Bissau (8 September 2000)
Signature: Jamaica (8 September 2000)
Signature: Kenya (8 September 2000)
Signature: Liechtenstein (8 September 2000)
Signature: Luxembourg (8 September 2000)
Signature: Mali (8 September 2000)
Signature: Morocco (8 September 2000)
Signature: Namibia (8 September 2000)
Signature: Nauru (8 September 2000)
Signature: Nepal (8 September 2000)
Signature: Nigeria (8 September 2000)
Signature: Philippines (8 September 2000)
Signature: Senegal (8 September 2000)
Signature: Sierra Leone (8 September 2000)
Signature: Slovenia (8 September 2000)
Ratification: Sri Lanka (8 September 2000)*
Signature: Turkey (8 September 2000)
Signature: Viet Nam (8 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: Azerbaijan (8 September 2000)
Signature: Gabon (8 September 2000)
Signature: Guinea-Bissau (8 September 2000)
Signature: Jamaica (8 September 2000)
Signature: Kenya (8 September 2000)
Signature: Liechtenstein (8 September 2000)
Signature: Luxembourg (8 September 2000)
Signature: Morocco (8 September 2000)
Signature: Namibia (8 September 2000)
Signature: Nauru (8 September 2000)
Signature: Nepal (8 September 2000)
Signature: Nigeria (8 September 2000)
Signature: Philippines (8 September 2000)
Signature: Senegal (8 September 2000)
Signature: Sierra Leone (8 September 2000)
Signature: Slovenia (8 September 2000)
Signature: Sweden (8 September 2000)
Signature: Turkey (8 September 2000)
Signature: Viet Nam (8 September 2000)


* Date of receipt of the relevant documents.