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Multilateral Treaty Index Regional Organisations/Treaties Agreement establishing the Caribbean Development Bank Date of signature: 18 October 1969 Date of Ratification: 26 January 1970 Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Agreement Among The Member States of The CARICOM for the Avoidance of Double Taxation and the Prevention of Fiscal Evasion Date of Signature: 6 July 1994 Date of Ratification: 8 May 1997 Agreement Establishing the CARICOM Regional Organisation for Standards and Quality (CROSQ) Date of Signature: 4 February 2002 Date of Ratification: - Agreement Establishing the Caribbean Aviation Safety and Security Oversight System (CASSOS) Date of Signature: 9 May 2008 Date of Ratification: - Protocol to the Revised Treaty of Chaguaramas Establishing the Caribbean Community, including the Caribbean Single Market and Economy regarding the Relationship between provisions on the Original Jurisdiction of the Caribbean Court of Justice and the Constitutions of State Parties Date of Signature: 17 February 200 Date of Ratification: 3 January 2006 Protocol to the Agreement Establishing the Council of Legal Education Date of Signature: 4 July 2003 Date of Ratification: - Protocol on Rum between The Member States of The Caribbean Common Market and The Government of Canada Date of Signature: Date of Ratification: Action Plan for Cooperation among The Caribbean Community Suriname and The Group of Three Date of Signature: 13 October 1993 Entry into Force: 13 October 1993 Protocol on RUM between the member states of the Caribbean Common Market and the Government of Canada Entry into force: 2-3 March 1998 Organisation of American State (OAS) Agriculture Convention on the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (6 March 1979) Date of signature: 20 February 1990 Date of Ratification: 17 June 1990 Date of Deposit: 27 July 1990 Charter with its Protocols Charter of the Organisation of American States (30 April 1948) Date of signature: 12 March 1984 Date of Ratification: 12 March 1984 Date of Deposit: 12 March 1984
 Protocol of Cartagena de Indias, Protocol of Amendment to the Charter (5 December 1985) Date of signature: 16 April 1986 Date of Ratification: 6 November1986 Date of Deposit: 4 December 1986 Protocol of Washington, Protocol of Amendments to the Charter (14 December 1992) Date of signature: 14 December 1992 Date of Ratification/Accession, etc.
– Date of Deposit: - Protocol of Managua, Protocol of Amendment to the Charter (10 June 1993) Date of signature: 10 June 1993 Date of Ratification: 17 March 1995 Date of Deposit: 20 March 1995 Protocol of Buenos Aires, Protocol of Amendment to the Charter (27 February 1967) Date of signature: 12 March 1984 Date of Ratification: 12 March 1984 Date of Deposit: 12 March 1984 Corruption Inter-American Convention against Corruption (29 March 1996) Date of signature: Date of Ratification: 4 August 2004 Date of Deposit: 26 August 2004 Human Rights Inter-American Convention on the Granting of Civil Rights to Women (2 May 1948) Date of signature: 18 October 1990 Date of Ratification: Date of Deposit: Inter-American Convention on the Granting of Political Rights to Women (2 May 1948) Date of signature: 18 October 1990 Date of Ratification: Date of Deposit: Inter-American Convention on the Prevention, Punishment and Eradication of Violence Against Women “Convention of Belem do Para” (9 June 1994) Date of signature: 9 June 1994 Date of Ratification: 17 March 1995 Date of Deposit: 12 June 1995 Terrorism Inter-American Convention against Terrorism (3 June 2002) Date of signature: 3 June 2002 Date of Ratification: Date of Deposit: Weapons Inter-American Convention Against the Illicit Manufacture and Trafficking in Weapons, Munitions, Explosives and Related Materials (14 November 1997) Date of signature: 14 November 1997 Date of Ratification: 10 May 2004 Date of Deposit: 25 May 2004 International Treaties Aviation International Civil Aviation Organisation Convention with its Amendments Convention on International Civil Aviation (7 December 1944) Date of Accession: 21 May 2002 Date of Entry into Force: 20 June 2002 Protocol on the Authentic Trilingual Text of the Convention on International Civil Aviation (24 September 1968) Date of Entry into Force: 20 June 2002 Protocol on the Authentic Quadrilingual Text of the Convention on International Civil Aviation (30 September 1977) Date of Entry into Force: 20 June 2002 Articles 3 bis,
 45, 48(a), 49(e), 50(a), 56, 61, 83 bis and 93 bis Date of Accession: 20 June 2002 Date of Entry into Force: 20 June 2002 Protocol of Amendment (Final paragraph, Russian Text) (30 September 1977) Date of Accession: 20 June 2002 Date of Entry into Force: 20 June 2002 Article 50(a) Date of Accession: 30 September 2002 Date of Entry into Force: 28 November 2002 Security Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Seizure of Aircraft (16 December 1970) Date of Accession: 3 September 2008 Date of Entry into Force: 3 October 2008 Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against the Safety of Civil Aviation (23 September 1971) Date of Accession: 10 September 2008 Date of Entry into Force: 10 October 2008 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 (24 February 1988) Date of Accession: 3 September 2008 Date of Entry into Force: 10 October 2008 Convention on the Marking of Plastic Explosives for the Purpose of Detection (1 March 1991) Date of Accession: 9 May 2002 Date of Entry into Force: 8 July 2002 Disarmament Comprehensive Nuclear-Test Ban Treaty (10 September 1996) Date of signature: 23 March 2004 Date of Ratification: 27 April 2005 Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on their Destruction (Ottawa Convention) (18 September 1997) Date of signature: 3 December 1997 Date of Ratification: 2 December 1998 Convention on the Prohibition of the Developement, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on Their Destruction (3 September 1992) Date of Signature: 16 March 1994 Date of Ratification: 21 May 2004 Resolution 267 to the Treaty of Tlatelolco (3 July 1990) Date of Signature: 18 February 1994 Date of Ratification: 18 April 1995 Resolution 268 to the Treaty of Tlatelolco (9 May 1991) Date of Signature: 18 February
 1994 Date of Ratification: 18 April 1995 Resolution 290 to the Treaty of Tlatelolco (26 August 1992) Date of Signature: 18 February 1994 Date of Ratification: 18 April 1995 Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (1 July 1968) Date of Accession: 22 March 1993 Treaty on the Prohibition of the Emplacement of Nuclear Weapons and Other Weapons of Mass Destruction on the Sea-Bed and the Ocean Floor and in the Subsoil Thereof (11 February 1971) Date of Accession: 22 March 1993 Protocol for the Prohibition of the Use of Asphyxiating, Poisonous or Other Gases, and Warfare (17 June 1925) Date of Accession: 27 April 1989 Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production and Stockpiling of Bacteriological (Biological) and Toxin Weapons and on their Destruction (10 April 1972) Date of Accession: 2 April 1991 Environment Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer (22 March 1985) Date of signature: - Date of Accession: 10 August 1992 Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer (16 September 1987) Date of signature: - Date of Accession: 10 August 1992 Amendment to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer, London (29 June 1990) Date of signature: - Date of Ratification: 8 July 1998 Amendment to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer, Copenhagen (23-25 November 1992) Date of signature: - Date of Accession: 19 May 1994 Amendment to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer adopted by the Ninth Meeting of the Parties (17 September 1997) Date of signature: - Date of Ratification: 25 February 1999 Amendment to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer, Date of signature: - Date of Ratification: 8 January 2009 Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal (22 March 1989) Date of signature: - Date of Accession: 7 September 1994 United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) (9
 May 1992) Date of signature: 12 June 1992 Date of Ratification: 7 January 1993 Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (11 December 1997) Date of signature: - Date of Accession: 8 April 2008 Convention on Biological Diversity (5 June 1992) Date of signature: 12 June 1992 Date of Ratification: 7 January 1993 Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety to the Convention on Biological Diversity (29 January 2000) Date of signature: - Date of Accession: 21 May 2001 United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification in those Countries Experiencing Serious Drought and/or Desertification, Particularly in Africa (14 October 1994) Date of signature: - Date of Accession: 30 June 1997 Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade (10 September 1998) Date of Accession: 14 August 2012 Entry into Force: 12 November 2012 Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (22 May 2001) Date of signature: - Date of Accession: 21 May 2004 Treaty on the Prohibition of the Emplacement of Nuclear Weapons and Other Weapons of Mass Destruction on the Sea-Bed and the Ocean Floor and in the Subsoil Thereof (11 February 1971) Date of Accession: 22 March 1993 Health Constitution of the World Health Organization (22 July 1946) Date of signature: - Date of Acceptance: 3 December 1984 Amendments to articles 24 and 25 of the Constitution of the World Health Organization (12 March 1998) Date of signature: - Date of Acceptance: 7 July 2004 WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (21 May 2003) Date of signature: 29 June 2004 Date of Ratification: 21 June 2011 Entry into Force: 19 September 2011 Human Rights Convention relating to the Status of Refugees (28 July 1951) Date of signature: - Date of Accession: 1 February 2002 International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (21 December 1965) Date of signature: - Date of Accession: 13 October 2006 Convention on
 the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (18 December 1975) Date of signature: - Date of Accession: 25 April 1985 Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (6 October 1999) Date of signature: - Date of Accession: 20 January 2006 International Convention against Apartheid in Sports (10 December 1985) Date of signature: 16 May 1986 Date of Ratification: 5 December 1988 Convention on the Rights of the Child (20 November 1989) Date of signature: 26 January 1990 Date of Ratification: 24 July 1990 Forced Labour Convention, 1930 (No.29) Date of Adoption: 28 June 1930 Date of Entry into force: 1 May 1932 Date of Ratification: 12 October 2000 Abolition of Forced Labour Convention, 1957 (No.
105) Date of adoption: 25 June 1957 Date of Ratification: 12 October 2000 Date of Entry into force: 17 January 1959 Worst Forms of Child Labour Convention, 1999 (No.182) Date of Adoption: 17 June 1999 Date of Entry into force: 19 November 2000 Date of Ratification: 12 October 2000 Intellectual Property Convention Establishing the World Intellectual Property Organization WIPO Convention, amended in 1979 (14 July 1967) Date of Accession: 16 August, 1995 Date of Entry into Force: 16 November 1995 Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works (9 September 1886) Date of Accession: 3 January 1995 Date of Entry into Force: 9 April 1995 Nice Agreement Concerning the International Classification of Goods and Services for the Purposes of the Registration of Marks (15 June 1957) Date of Accession: 27 July 2005 Date of Entry into Force: 27 October 2005 Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property (20 March 1883) Date of Accession: 3 January 1995 Date of Entry into Force: 9 April 1995 Patent Cooperation Treaty (19 June 1970) Date of Accession: 27 July 2005 Date of Entry into Force: 27 October 2005 International Humanitarian Law Convention (I) for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded and Sick in Armed Forces in the Field (12 August 1949) Date of Accession: 14 February 1986 Convention (II) for the Amelioration of the Condition of Wounded, Sick and Shipwrecked Members of Armed Forces at Sea (12 August 1949) Date of Accession: 14 February 1986 Convention (III) relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War (12 August 1949) Date of Accession: 14 February 1986 Convention (IV) relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War (12 August 1949) Date of Accession: 14 February 1986 Protocol Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and relating to the Protection of Victims of International Armed Conflicts (8 June 1977) Date of Accession: 14 February 1986 Protocol Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and relating to the Protection of Victims of
 Non-International Armed Conflicts (8 June 1977) Date of Accession: 14 February 1986 International Trade and Development Agreement establishing the International Fund for Agricultural Development (13 June 1976) Date of signature: - Date of Accession: 21 January 1986 Constitution of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (8 April 1979) Date of signature: - Date of Accession: 11 December 1985 Labour Matters Child Labour Minimum Age Convention, 1973 (No.138) Date of Adoption: 26 June 1973 Date of Entry into force: 19 June 1976 Date of Ratification: 3 June 2005 Worst Forms of Child Labour Convention, 1999 (No.182) Date of Adoption: 17 June 1999 Date of Entry into force: 19 November 2000 Date of Ratification: 12 October 2000 Discrimination Equal Remuneration Convention, 1951 (No.100) Date of Adoption: 29 June 1951 Date of Entry into force: 23 May 1953 Date of Ratification: 25 August 2000 Discrimination (Employment and Occupation) Convention, 1958 (No.111) Date of Adoption: 25 June 1958 Date of Entry into force: 15 June 1960 Date of Ratification: 25 August 2000 Forced Labour Forced Labour Convention, 1930 (No.29) Date of Adoption: 28 June 1930 Date of Entry into force: 1 May 1932 Date of Ratification: 12 October 2000 Abolition of Forced Labour Convention, 1957 (No.
105) Date of adoption: 25 June 1957 Date of Ratification: 12 October 2000 Date of Entry into force: 17 January 1959 Freedom of Association Freedom of Association and the Protection of the Right to Organise, 1948 (No.87) Date of Adoption: 09 July 1948 Date of Entry into force: 25 August 2000 Date of Ratification: 25 August 2000 Freedom of the Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining Convention, 1949 (No.98) Date of Adoption: 01 July 1949 Date of Entry into force: 04 September 2000 Date of Ratification: 4 September 2000 Priority Conventions Tripartite Consultation (International Labour Standards) Convention, 1976 (No.144) Date of Adoption: 21 June 1976 Date of Entry into force: 16 May 1978 Date of Ratification: 12 October 2000 Narcotics, Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, (30 March1961) Date of signature: - Date of Accession: 9 May 1994 Convention on psychotropic substances, 1971 Date of signature: - Date of Accession: 9 May 1994 Protocol amending the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, 1961 as amended on 25 March 1972 Date of signature: 9 May 1994 Date of Accession: 19 April 1995 United Nations Convention against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (20 December 1988) Date of signature: - Date of Accession: 19 April 1995 Maritime Affairs United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (10 December 1982) Date of signature: 7 December 1984 Date of Ratification: 7 January 1993 International Convention on Maritime Liens and Mortgages (6 May 1993) Date of Accession: 15 June 2010 Entry into Force: 15 September 2010 Convention on the International Maritime Organization (6 March 1948) Date of signature: Date of Acceptance: 8 October 2001 Amendments to the Convention on the International Maritime Organization, (institutionalization of the Facilitation Committee) (7 November 1991) Date of signature: - Date of Acceptance: 8 October 2001 Maritime Safety International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS), 1974 Adoption: 1 November 1974 Date of
 Accession: 11 June 2004 Protocol of 1978 relating to the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS PROT), 1974 Adoption: 17 February 1978 Date of Accession: 11 June 2004 Protocol of 1988 Protocol relating to the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea 1974 (SOLAS PROT (HSSC 1988) Adoption: 11 November 1988 Date of Accession: 11 June 2004 Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts Against the Safety of Maritime Navigation (SUA), 1988 Adoption: 10 March 1988 Date of Accession: 17 January 2002 Protocol of 2005 to the Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts Against the Safety of Navigation, 2005 Adoption: 14 October 2005 Date of Accession: 29 March 2007 International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers (STCW), 1978 Adoption: 7 July 1978 Date of Accession: 11 June 2004 International Convention on Load Lines (LL), 1966 Adoption: 5 April 1966 Date of Accession: 11 June 2004 Protocol 1988 on the International Convention on Load Lines (LL), 1966 Adoption: 11 November 1988 Date of Accession: 11 June 2004 International Convention on Salvage 1989 (SALVAGE 1989) Date of Accession: 7 October 2004 International Convention on Maritime Search and Rescue 1979, as Amended (SAR 1979) Date of Accession: 7 October 2004 Convention on the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea (COLREG), 1972 Adoption: 20 October 1972 Date of Accession: 11 June 2004 Torremolinos Protocol of 1993 Relating to the Torremolinos International Convention for the Safety of Fishing Vessels, 1977 (SFV PROT 1993) (Not Yet in Force) Date of Adoption: 2 April 1993 Date of Accession: 30 August 2005 International Convention on the Control of Harmful Anti-Fouling Systems on Ships, 2001 (AFS 2001) Adoption: 5 October 2001 Date of Accession: 30 August 2005 Marine pollution International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, 1973, as modified by the Protocol of 1978 relating thereto (MARPOL
 73/78) Date of Accession: 24 December 1997 Annex and II Adoption: 15 October 2004 Date of Accession: 24 December 1997 Annex III The 2006 Amendments Adoption: October 2006 Date of Accession: 24 December 1997 Annex IV Adoption: 1 April 2004 Date of Accession: 24 December 1997 The 2004 (October) Amendments Adoption: 15 October 2004 Entry into force: 1 January 2007 Annex V Date of Accession: 24 December 1997 The instrument of accession of Saint Kitts and Nevis was accompanied by the following reservation: "The Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis will find it difficult on the practical level to implement the inspection and equipment requirements of MARPOL.
There is concern about the ability to meet the equipment requirements.

Secondly, there is concern about the necessary expertise to carry out the inspection process.

Such expertise is very scarce in the Federation."
Protocol OF 1997 to Amend the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, 1973, as Modified by the Protocol of 1978 Relating Thereto (MARPOL PROT 1997) Date of Accession: 2 March 2005 International Convention Relating to Intervention on the High Seas in Cases of Oil Pollution Casualties (INTERVENTION), 1969 Adoption: 29 November 1969 Date of Accession: 7 October 2004 Convention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping of Wastes and Other Matter (LDC), 1972 or “The London Convention” Adoption: 13 November 1972 Date of Accession: 7 October 2004 International Convention on Oil Pollution Preparedness, Response and Co-operation (OPRC), 1990 Adoption: 30 November 1990 Date of Accession: 7 October 2004 Liability and compensation International Convention on Civil Liability for Oil Pollution Damage (CLC), 1969 (PLEASE INVESTIGATE IF DENUNCIATION IS REQUESTED) Adoption: 29 November 1969 Date of Accession: 14 September 1994 The instrument of accession of Saint Kitts and Nevis contained the following declaration: "The Government of Saint Kitts and Nevis considers that international law does not authorize States to claim judicial immunity in respect of vessels belonging to them and used by them for commercial purposes."
The Protocol of 1992 (to CLC) Adoption: 27 November 1992 Date of Accession: 7 October 2004 Protocol of 1992 to Amend the International Convention on the Establishment of an International Fund for Compensation for Oil Pollution Damage, 1971 (FUND PROT 1992) Adoption: 27 November 1992 Date of Accession: 2 March 2005 International Convention on Civil Liability for Bunker Oil Pollution Damage, 2001 Adoption: 23 March 2001 Date of Accession: 21 October 2009 International Convention on Liability and Compensation for Damage in Connection with the Carriage of Hazardous and Noxious Substances by Sea, 1996 (HNS 1996) (Not Yet in Force) Adoption: 3 May 1996 Date of Accession: 7 October 2004 Other subjects Athens Convention Relating to the Carriage of Passengers and their Luggage by Sea, 1974 (PAL 1974) Date of Accession: 30 August 2005 Protocol of 2002 to the Athens Convention Relating to the Carriage of Passengers and their Luggage by Sea, 1974 (PAL PROT 2002) (Not in Force Yet) Date of Accession: 30 August 2005 Convention on Facilitation of International Maritime Traffic (FAL), 1965 Adoption: 9 April 1965 Date of Accession: 7 October 2004 International Convention on Tonnage Measurement of Ships (TONNAGE), 1969 Adoption: 23 June 1969 Date of Accession: 11 June 2004 International Convention for the Control and Management of Ships’ Ballast Water and Sediments, 2004 (BWM 2004) (Not Yet in Force) Adoption: 13 February 2004 Date of Accession: 30 August 2005 Hong Kong International Convention for the Safe and Environmentally Sound Recycling of Ships, 2009 (HONG KONG CONVENTION) (Not Yet in Force) Date of Signature: 27 August 2010 Penal Matters International Convention Against the Taking of Hostages (17 December 1979) Date of signature: Date of Accession: 17 January 1991 Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of Crimes against Internationally Protected Persons, including Diplomatic Agents (14 December 1973) Date of signature: Date of Accession: 28 July 2008 International Convention for the Suppression of Terrorist Bombings
 (15 December 1997) Date of signature: Date of Accession: 16 November 2001 Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (17 July 1998) Date of signature: Date of Accession: 22 August 2006 International Convention for the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism (9 December 1999) Date of signature: 12 November 2001 Date of Ratification: 16 November 2001 United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime (15 November 2000) Date of signature: 20 November 2001 Date of Ratification: 21 May 2004 Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children, supplementing the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime Date of signature: - Date of Accession: 21 May 2004 Protocol against the Smuggling of Migrants by Land, Sea and Air, supplementing the United nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime Date of signature: - Date of Acceptance: 21 May 2004 Protocol against the Illicit Manufacturing of and Trafficking in Firearms, Their Parts and Components and Ammunition, supplementing the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime (31 May 2001) Date of signature: - Date of Accession: 21 May 2004 Privileges Immunities, Diplomatic and Consular Relations, etc.
Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of Crimes against Internationally Protected Persons, including Diplomatic Agents (14 December 1973) Date of signature: Date of Accession: 28 July 2008 Vienna Convention on Consular Relations (24 April 1963) Date of Accession: 6 July 2010 Entry into Force: 5 August 2010 Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations (18 April 1961) Date of Accession: 6 July 2010 Entry into Force: 5 August 2010 Disclaimer: This document serves information purposes only.
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Unilateral declaration made by the Government of St. Kitts and Nevis on 2 November 1983 concerning succession of treaties signed by the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland on behalf of the associated state of St. Kitts and Nevis: “The Government of Saint Christopher and Nevis considers that questions of succession to such conventions, treaties and other international instruments should be governed by the accepted rules of international law and by the relevant principles contained in the Convention on Succession of States in respect of Treaties done at Vienna on 23rd August 1978.”