Annex II. Status of universal instruments related to the prevention and suppression of international terrorism [*]

1.	Convention on Offences and Certain Other Acts Committed on Board Aircraft Signed at Tokyo on 14 September 1963; entered into force on 4 December 1969; 180 parties.
2.	Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Seizure of Aircraft. Signed at The Hague on 16 December 1970; entered into force on 14 October 1971; 181 parties.
3.	Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against the Safety of Civil Aviation. Signed at Montreal on 23 September 1971; entered into force on 26 January 1973; 183 parties.
4.	Protocol for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts of Violence at Airports Serving International Civil Aviation, supplementary to the Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against the Safety of Civil Aviation. Signed at Montreal on 24 February 1988; entered into force on 6 August 1989; 156 parties.
5.	Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of Crimes against Internationally Protected Persons, including Diplomatic Agents. Adopted by the General Assembly of the United Nations on 14 December 1973; entered into force on 20 February 1977; 161 parties.
6.	International Convention against the Taking of Hostages. Adopted by the General Assembly of the United Nations on 17 December 1979; entered into force on 3 June 1983; 153 parties.
7.	Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material. [a] Signed at Vienna on 3 March 1980; entered into force on 8 February 1987; 116 parties.
8.	Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against the Safety of Maritime Navigation. [b] Done at Rome on 10 March 1988; entered into force on 1 March 1992; 135 parties.
9.	Protocol for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against the Safety of Fixed Platforms Located on the Continental Shelf. [c] Done at Rome on 10 March 1988; entered into force on 1 March 1992; 124 parties.
10.	Convention on the Marking of Plastic Explosives for the Purpose of Detection. Signed at Montreal on 1 March 1991; entered into force on 21 June 1998; 125 parties.
11.	International Convention for the Suppression of Terrorist Bombings. Adopted by the General Assembly of the United Nations on 15 December 1997; entered into force on 23 May 2001; 146 parties.
12.	International Convention for the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism. Adopted by the General Assembly of the United Nations on 9 December 1999; entered into force on 10 April 2002; 153 parties.
13.	International Convention for the Suppression of Acts of Nuclear Terrorism. Adopted by the General Assembly of the United Nations on 13 April 2005; not yet entered into force; 2 parties.

* Status as at 25 April 2006. The status reflects information provided by the depositaries or information that is available on their respective websites. It does not take into account any treaty action that was undergoing processing at the time of writing of the present report.
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a. On 8 July 2005, the Amendment to the Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material was adopted by the Conference to Consider Proposed Amendments to the Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material. [Back to text]

b. On 14 October 2005, the Protocol of 2005 to the Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against the Safety of Maritime Navigation was adopted by the Diplomatic Conference on the Revision of the SUA Treaties. [Back to text]

c. On 14 October 2005, the Protocol of 2005 to the Protocol for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against the Safety of Fixed Platforms Located on the Continental Shelf was adopted by the Conference on the Revision of the SUA Treaties. [Back to text]

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