Lok Sabha Question No. 6353 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-04-12
Subject: UN Conventions and Protocols
Ministry: EXTERNAL AFFAIRS
Asked by: SRINIVAS KESINENI

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.6353 TO BE ANSWERED ON 12.04.2017

## UN CONVENTIONS AND PROTOCOLS

## 6353. SHRI KESINENI NANI:

Will the Minister of EXTERNAL AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  there  are  any  United  Nations  Conventions  or  Protocols  that India has not signed/ratified yet and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether the Government plans to sign or ratify these conventions and protocols and if so, the timeline for the same and if not, the reasons therefor;
- (c) whether there are any such conventions and protocols already signed and/or ratified by India that require legislation in line with the former and if so, the details thereof;
- (d) whether there is any pending legislation of the above mentioned type and if so, the details thereof; and
- (e) whether the Government plans to bring forth such legislation, if so, the details thereof and if not the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS [GEN. (DR) V. K. SINGH (RETD)]

- (a) India  has  not  signed  or  signed but  not  ratified  more  than  200 Conventions, Protocols and Agreements adopted under the auspices of the United Nations, the list of which is enclosed herewith as Annexure.
- (b) Different Ministries/Departments of the Government  of India are administratively  in  charge  of  the  various  United  Nations  Conventions, Protocols  and  Agreements  depending  on  their  subject  matter.  It  is  for  the Administrative Ministry/Department to plan to sign or ratify the Convention, Protocol and Agreement on their respective subject matter.
- (c) to (e) Various Ministries of the Government of India are responsible for the  implementation  of  the  United  Nations  Conventions,  Protocols  and Agreements as per their subject matter. They formulate necessary legislations as required for the implementation of such UN instruments. The details from various Ministries and Departments are being compiled and will be tabled appropriately.

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## Annexure

## List of United Nations Conventions Protocols & Agreements India has not Signed, or Signed but not Ratified

|   Sl No. | Name of the Convention                                                                                                                                                        | Status of Signature   | Status of Ratification   |
|----------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------|--------------------------|
|        1 | Convention on Consent to Marriage, Minimum Age for Marriage and Registration of Marriages. New York, 10 December 1962                                                         | Not Signed            |                          |
|        2 | Convention on the International Right of Correction. New York, 31 March 1953                                                                                                  | Not Signed            |                          |
|        3 | International Convention Against the Recruitment, Use, Financing and Training of Mercenaries. New York, 4 December 1989                                                       | Not Signed            |                          |
|        4 | Convention on the Safety of United Nations and Associated Personnel. New York, 9 December 1994                                                                                | Not Signed            |                          |
|        5 | Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Safety of United Nations and Associated Personnel. New York, 8 December 2005                                                       | Not Signed            |                          |
|        6 | Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court. Rome, 17 July 1998                                                                                                          | Not Signed            |                          |
|        7 | Amendment to article 8 of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court. Kampala, 10 June 2010                                                                         | Not Signed            |                          |
|        8 | Amendments on the crime of aggression to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court. Kampala, 11 June 2010                                                          | Not Signed            |                          |
|        9 | Amendment to article 124 of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court. The Hague, 26 November 2015                                                                 | Not Signed            |                          |
|       10 | Agreement on the Privileges and Immunities of the International Criminal Court. New York, 9 September 2002                                                                    | Not Signed            |                          |
|       11 | International Agreement on Olive Oil, 1956. Geneva, 17 October 1955, and New York, 15 November 1955                                                                           | Not Signed            |                          |
|       12 | Protocol amending the International Agreement on Olive Oil, 1956. Geneva, 31 March 1958 and 3 April 1958                                                                      | Not Signed            |                          |
|       13 | International Agreement on Olive Oil, 1956, as amended by the Protocol of 3 April 1958*. Geneva, 3 April 1958                                                                 | Not Signed            |                          |
|       14 | International Coffee Agreement, 1962*. New York, 28 September 1962                                                                                                            | Not Signed            |                          |
|       15 | International Coffee Agreement, 1968*. New York, 18 March 1968 and 31 March 1968                                                                                              | Not Signed            |                          |
|       16 | Extension with modifications of the International Coffee Agreement, 1968, approved by the International Coffee Council in resolution No. 264 of 14 April 1973*. 14 April 1973 | Not Signed            |                          |
|       17 | International Coffee Agreement, 1968, as extended with modifications by the International Coffee Council in Resolution No. 264 of 14 April 1973*. 14 April 1973               | Not Signed            |                          |
|       18 | Protocol for the continuation in force of the International Coffee Agreement, 1968, as extended*. London, 26 September 1974                                                   | Not Signed            |                          |
|       19 | International Coffee Agreement, 1968, as extended by the Protocol of 26 September 1974*. 26 September 1975                                                                    | Not Signed            |                          |
|       20 | International Sugar Agreement, 1973*. Geneva, 13 October 1973                                                                                                                 | Not Signed            |                          |
|       21 | Extension of the International Sugar Agreement, 1973*. Geneva, 30 September 1975                                                                                              | Not Signed            |                          |
|       22 | International Sugar Agreement, 1973*. Geneva, 30 September 1975                                                                                                               | Not Signed            |                          |

| 23   | Second extension of the International Sugar Agreement, 1973, as extended*. Geneva, 18 June 1976                                                                                                                                    | Not Signed   |    |
|------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------|----|
| 24   | International Sugar Agreement, 1973*. Geneva, 18 June 1976                                                                                                                                                                         | Not Signed   |    |
|      | Third extension of the International Sugar Agreement, 1973, as further extended*. Geneva, 31 August 1977                                                                                                                           | Not Signed   | 25 |
|      | Agreement establishing the Southeast Asia Tin Research and Development Centre. Bangkok, 28 April 1977                                                                                                                              | Not Signed   | 26 |
|      | Agreement establishing the International Tropical Timber Bureau*. Geneva, 9 November 1977                                                                                                                                          | Not Signed   | 27 |
|      | Terms of Reference of the International Nickel Study Group*. Geneva, 2 May 1986                                                                                                                                                    | Not Signed   | 28 |
|      | International Agreement on olive oil and table olives, 1986*. Geneva, 1 July 1986                                                                                                                                                  | Not Signed   | 29 |
|      | Protocol of 1993 extending the International Agreement on Olive Oil and Table Olives, 1986*. Geneva, 10 March 1993                                                                                                                 | Not Signed   | 30 |
| 31   | International Agreement on Olive Oil and Table Olives, 1986, as amended and extended, 1993*. Geneva, 1 July 1986                                                                                                                   | Not Signed   |    |
| 32   | Terms of Reference of the International Tin Study Group. New York, 7 April 1989                                                                                                                                                    | Not Signed   |    |
|      | International Cocoa Agreement, 2001. Geneva, 2 March 2001                                                                                                                                                                          | Not Signed   | 33 |
|      | International Cocoa Agreement, 2010. Geneva, 25 June 2010                                                                                                                                                                          | Not Signed   | 34 |
| 35   | Food Assistance Convention. London, 25 April 2012                                                                                                                                                                                  | Not Signed   |    |
| 36   | International Agreement on Olive Oil and Table Olives, 2015. Geneva, 9 October 2015                                                                                                                                                | Not Signed   |    |
| 37   | Convention on the Recovery Abroad of Maintenance. New York, 20 June 1956                                                                                                                                                           | Not Signed   |    |
| 38   | Convention on the Territorial Sea and the Contiguous Zone. Geneva, 29 April 1958                                                                                                                                                   | Not Signed   |    |
| 39   | Convention on the High Seas. Geneva, 29 April 1958                                                                                                                                                                                 | Not Signed   |    |
| 40   | Convention on Fishing and Conservation of the Living Resources of the High Seas. Geneva, 29 April 1958                                                                                                                             | Not Signed   |    |
|      | Convention on the Continental Shelf. Geneva, 29 April 1958                                                                                                                                                                         | Not Signed   | 41 |
|      | Optional Protocol of Signature concerning the Compulsory Settlement of Disputes. Geneva, 29 April 1958                                                                                                                             | Not Signed   | 42 |
|      | Additional Protocol to the Multilateral Convention for the Avoidance of Double Taxation of Copyright Royalties. Madrid, 13 December 1979                                                                                           | Not Signed   | 43 |
|      | Agreement on Succession Issues. Vienna, 29 June 2001                                                                                                                                                                               | Not Signed   | 44 |
|      | Declarations of Acceptance of the Obligations contained in the Charter of the United Nations - Admission of States to Membership in the United Nations in accordance with Article 4 of the Charter. San Francisco, 24 October 1945 | Not Signed   | 45 |
|      | Statute of the International Court of Justice (deposited in the archives of the Government of the United States of America). San Francisco, 24 October 1945                                                                        | Not Signed   | 46 |
|      | Revised General Act for the Pacific Settlement of International Disputes. New York, 28 April 1949                                                                                                                                  | Not Signed   | 47 |
|      | Second revised text of Annex II - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) - to the Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the Specialized Agencies. Rome, 8 December 1965                            | Not Signed   | 48 |
| 49   | Third revised text of Annex VII - World Health Organization (WHO) - to the Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the Specialized Agencies. Minneapolis, 17 July 1958                                                      | Not Signed   |    |

| 50   | Annex XII - International Maritime Organization (IMO) - to the Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the Specialized Agencies. London, 16 January 1959                         | Not Signed   |    |
|------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------|----|
|      | Revised text of Annex XII - International Maritime Organization (IMO) - to the Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the Specialized Agencies. London, 16 May 1968             | Not Signed   | 51 |
| 52   | Second Revised text of Annex XII - International Maritime Organization (IMO) - to the Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the Specialized Agencies. London, 22 November 2001 | Not Signed   |    |
| 53   | Annex XIV - International Development Association (IDA) - to the Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the Specialized Agencies. Washington, 13 February 1962                  | Not Signed   |    |
|      | Annex XV - World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) - to the Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the Specialized Agencies. Geneva, 4 October 1977                     | Not Signed   | 54 |
|      | Annex XVI - International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) - to the Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the Specialized Agencies. Rome, 16 December 1977             | Not Signed   | 55 |
|      | Annex XVII - United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) - to the Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the Specialized Agencies. Vienna, 3 July 1987           | Not Signed   | 56 |
|      | Annex XVIII - World Tourism Organization (WTO) - to the Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the Specialized Agencies. Jeju, 30 July 2008                                     | Not Signed   | 57 |
|      | Convention on special missions. New York, 8 December 1969                                                                                                                               | Not Signed   | 58 |
|      | Optional Protocol to the Convention on Special Missions concerning the compulsory settlement of disputes. New York, 8 December 1969                                                     | Not Signed   | 59 |
| 60   | Vienna Convention on the Representation of States in their Relations with International Organizations of a Universal Character. Vienna, 14 March 1975                                   | Not Signed   |    |
|      | Vienna Convention on Succession of States in Respect of State Property, Archives and Debts. Vienna, 8 April 1983                                                                        | Not Signed   | 61 |
|      | Amendment to article 8 of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination. New York, 15 January 1992                                              | Not Signed   | 62 |
|      | Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. New York, 10 December 2008                                                                     | Not Signed   | 63 |
|      | Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. New York, 16 December 1966                                                                               | Not Signed   | 64 |
|      | Amendment to article 20, paragraph 1 of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women. New York, 22 December 1995                                      | Not Signed   | 65 |
|      | Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women. New York, 6 October 1999                                                           | Not Signed   | 66 |
| 67   | Amendments to articles 17 (7) and 18 (5) of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment . New York, 8 September 1992                   | Not Signed   |    |
|      | Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment. New York, 18 December 2002                                           | Not Signed   | 68 |
|      | Amendment to article 43 (2) of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. New York, 12 December 1995                                                                                    | Not Signed   | 69 |

| 70   | Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on a communications procedure. New York, 19 December 2011                                                                                                                   | Not Signed   |    |
|------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------|----|
|      | 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                                                                             | Not Signed   | 71 |
| 72   | International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families. New York, 18 December 1990                                                                                                  | Not Signed   |    |
| 73   | Agreement establishing the Fund for the Development of the Indigenous Peoples of Latin America and the Caribbean. Madrid, 24 July 1992                                                                                                     | Not Signed   |    |
| 74   | Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. New York, 13 December 2006                                                                                                                                 | Not Signed   |    |
|      | Constitution of the International Refugee Organization. New York, 15 December 1946                                                                                                                                                         | Not Signed   | 75 |
| 76   | Convention relating to the Status of Refugees. Geneva, 28 July 1951                                                                                                                                                                        | Not Signed   |    |
| 77   | Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons. New York, 28 September 1954                                                                                                                                                        | Not Signed   |    |
| 78   | Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness. New York, 30 August 1961                                                                                                                                                                     | Not Signed   |    |
| 79   | Protocol relating to the Status of Refugees. New York, 31 January 1967                                                                                                                                                                     | Not Signed   |    |
|      | International Opium Convention. The Hague, 23 January 1912                                                                                                                                                                                 | Not Signed   | 80 |
| 81   | International Convention for the Suppression of the Traffic in Women of Full Age, concluded at Geneva on 11 October 1933, as amended by the Protocol signed at Lake Success, New York, on 12 November 1947. Lake Success, 12 November 1947 | Not Signed   |    |
| 82   | International Convention for the Suppression of the Traffic in Women of Full Age. Geneva, 11 October 1933                                                                                                                                  | Not Signed   |    |
|      | International Agreement for the suppression of the "White Slave Traffic". Paris, 18 May 1904                                                                                                                                               | Not Signed   | 83 |
|      | International Convention for the Suppression of the White Slave Traffic. Paris, 4 May 1910                                                                                                                                                 | Not Signed   | 84 |
|      | International Convention for the Suppression of the Circulation of and Traffic in Obscene Publications. Geneva, 12 September 1923                                                                                                          | Not Signed   | 85 |
|      | Agreement for the Repression of Obscene Publications. Paris, 4 May 1910                                                                                                                                                                    | Not Signed   | 86 |
|      | Amendments to articles 34 and 55 of the Constitution of the World Health Organization. Geneva, 22 May 1973                                                                                                                                 | Not Signed   | 87 |
|      | Protocol to Eliminate Illicit Trade in Tobacco Products. Seoul, 12 November 2012                                                                                                                                                           | Not Signed   | 88 |
| 89   | General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade. Geneva, 30 October 1947                                                                                                                                                                            | Not Signed   |    |
| 90   | Havana Charter for an International Trade Organization. Havana, 24 March 1948                                                                                                                                                              | Not Signed   |    |
|      | Agreement on most-favoured-nation treatment for areas of Western Germany under military occupation. Geneva, 14 September 1948                                                                                                              | Not Signed   | 91 |
| 92   | Memorandum of understanding relative to application to the Western Sectors of Berlin of the Agreement on most-favoured- nation treatment for areas of Western Germany under military occupation. Annecy, 13 August 1949                    | Not Signed   |    |

| 93   | Agreement establishing the African Development Bank. Khartoum, 4 August 1963                                                                                                                                                                                                                               | Not Signed   |     |
|------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------|-----|
| 94   | Amendments to the Agreement establishing the African Development Bank. Abidjan, 17 May 1979                                                                                                                                                                                                                | Not Signed   |     |
|      | Convention on Transit Trade of Land-locked States. New York, 8 July 1965                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   | Not Signed   | 95  |
|      | Articles of Association for the establishment of an Economic Community of West Africa. Accra, 4 May 1967                                                                                                                                                                                                   | Not Signed   | 96  |
|      | Agreement establishing the Caribbean Development Bank. Kingston, 18 October 1969                                                                                                                                                                                                                           | Not Signed   | 97  |
|      | Convention on the Limitation Period in the International Sale of Goods. New York, 14 June 1974                                                                                                                                                                                                             | Not Signed   | 98  |
| 99   | Protocol amending the Convention on the Limitation Period in the International Sale of Goods. Vienna, 11 April 1980                                                                                                                                                                                        | Not Signed   |     |
|      | Convention on the Limitation Period in the International Sale of Goods, as amended by the Protocol of 11 April 1980. New York, 14 June 1974                                                                                                                                                                | Not Signed   | 100 |
| 101  | Amendments effected by Resolution 86/XVIII adopted on 26 January 1995 by the Governing Council to articles 3.3, 3.4, 4.2, 4.5, 5.1, 6.2, 6.3, 6.5, 6.6, 12(a) and 13.3 and Scedules I, II and III of the Agreement establishing the International Fund for Agricultural Development. Rome, 26 January 1995 | Not Signed   |     |
| 102  | Amendment effected by Resolution 100/XX adopted on 21 February 1997 by the Governing Council to article 4.1 of the Agreement establishing the International Fund for Agricultural Development. Rome, 21 February 1997                                                                                      | Not Signed   |     |
|      | United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods. Vienna, 11 April 1980                                                                                                                                                                                                          | Not Signed   | 103 |
|      | Amendments to the Charter of the Asian and Pacific Development Centre. Kuala Lumpur, 16 July 1998                                                                                                                                                                                                          | Not Signed   | 104 |
| 105  | United Nations Convention on International Bills of Exchange and International Promissory Notes. New York, 9 December 1988                                                                                                                                                                                 | Not Signed   |     |
| 106  | United Nations Convention on the Liability of Operators of Transport Terminals in International Trade. Vienna, 19 April 1991                                                                                                                                                                               | Not Signed   |     |
| 107  | United Nations Convention on Independent Guarantees and Stand-by Letters of Credit. New York, 11 December 1995                                                                                                                                                                                             | Not Signed   |     |
| 108  | Agreement Establishing the Bank for Economic Cooperation and Development in the Middle East and North Africa. Cairo, 28 August 1996                                                                                                                                                                        | Not Signed   |     |
|      | United Nations Convention on the Assignment of Receivables in International Trade. New York, 12 December 2001                                                                                                                                                                                              | Not Signed   | 109 |
| 110  | United Nations Convention on the Use of Electronic Communications in International Contracts. New York, 23 November 2005                                                                                                                                                                                   | Not Signed   |     |
|      | Multilateral Agreement for the Establishment of an International Think Tank for Landlocked Developing Countries. New York, 24 September 2010                                                                                                                                                               | Not Signed   | 111 |
| 112  | Framework Agreement on Facilitation of Cross-border Paperless Trade in Asia and the Pacific. Bangkok, 19 May 2016                                                                                                                                                                                          | Not Signed   |     |
| 113  | Agreement providing for the provisional application of the Draft International Customs Conventions on Touring, on Commercial Road Vehicles and on the International Transport of Goods by Road*. Geneva, 16 June 1949                                                                                      | Not Signed   |     |

| 114   | Additional Protocol to the Agreement providing for the provisional application of the Draft International Customs Conventions on Touring, on Commercial Road Vehicles and on the International Transport of Goods by Road*. Geneva, 16 June 1949                                                                                                | Not Signed   |     |
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| 115   | Additional Protocol to the Agreement providing for the provisional application of the Draft International Customs Conventions on Touring, on Commercial Road Vehicles and on the International Transport of Goods by Road, relating to the International Transport of goods by container under the T.I.R. Carnet Regime*. Geneva, 11 March 1950 | Not Signed   |     |
| 116   | Additional Protocol amending certain provisions of the Agreement providing for the provisional application of the Draft International Customs Conventions on Touring, on Commercial Road Vehicles and on the International Transport of Goods by Road*. Geneva, 28 November 1952                                                                | Not Signed   |     |
|       | Customs Convention on Containers. Geneva, 18 May 1956                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           | Not Signed   | 117 |
| 118   | Customs Convention on the Temporary Importation of Commercial Road Vehicles. Geneva, 18 May 1956                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                | Not Signed   |     |
| 119   | Customs Convention on the Temporary Importation for Private Use of Aircraft and Pleasure Boats. Geneva, 18 May 1956                                                                                                                                                                                                                             | Not Signed   |     |
| 120   | Customs Convention concerning spare parts used for repairing EUROP wagons. Geneva, 15 January 1958                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              | Not Signed   |     |
| 121   | Customs Convention on the International Transport of Goods under Cover of TIR Carnets (TIR Convention). Geneva, 15 January 1959                                                                                                                                                                                                                 | Not Signed   |     |
| 122   | European Convention on Customs Treatment of Pallets used in International Transport. Geneva, 9 December 1960                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    | Not Signed   |     |
| 123   | Customs Convention on Containers, 1972. Geneva, 2 December 1972                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 | Not Signed   |     |
| 124   | Customs Convention on the International Transport of Goods under Cover of TIR Carnets (TIR Convention). Geneva, 14 November 1975                                                                                                                                                                                                                | Not Signed   |     |
| 125   | International Convention on the Harmonization of Frontier Controls of Goods. Geneva, 21 October 1982                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            | Not Signed   |     |
| 126   | Convention on Customs Treatment of Pool Containers used in International Transport. Geneva, 21 January 1994                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     | Not Signed   |     |
| 127   | Convention regarding the Measurement and Registration of Vessels Employed in Inland Navigation. Bangkok, 22 June 1956                                                                                                                                                                                                                           | Not Signed   |     |
| 128   | Convention relating to the unification of certain rules concerning collisions in inland navigation. Geneva, 15 March 1960                                                                                                                                                                                                                       | Not Signed   |     |
| 129   | Convention on the registration of inland navigation vessels. Geneva, 25 January 1965                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            | Not Signed   |     |
| 130   | Convention on the measurement of inland navigation vessels. Geneva, 15 February 1966                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            | Not Signed   |     |
| 131   | United Nations Convention on Conditions for Registration of Ships. Geneva, 7 February 1986                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      | Not Signed   |     |
| 132   | International Convention on Arrest of Ships, 1999. Geneva, 12 March 1999                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        | Not Signed   |     |
| 133   | Agreement for Facilitating the International Circulation of Visual and Auditory Materials of an Educational, Scientific and Cultural Character. Lake Success, New York, 15 July 1949                                                                                                                                                            | Not Signed   |     |
| 134   | Agreement on the importation of educational, scientific and cultural materials. Lake Success, New York, 22 November 1950                                                                                                                                                                                                                        | Not Signed   |     |

| 135   | Protocol to the Agreement on the Importation of Educational, Scientific and Cultural Materials of 22 November 1950. Nairobi, 26 November 1976                                                                  | Not Signed   |     |
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|       | Amendments to Articles 6 (6) and 7(1) of the Statutes of the International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology. Trieste, Italy, 3 December 1996                                                   | Not Signed   | 136 |
|       | Protocol to the Statutes of the International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology on the Seat of the Centre. Trieste, Italy, 24 October 2007                                                      | Not Signed   | 137 |
|       | Convention on the declaration of death of missing persons*. Lake Success, New York, 6 April 1950                                                                                                               | Not Signed   | 138 |
|       | Protocol for extending the period of validity of the Convention on the Declaration of Death of Missing Persons. New York, 16 January 1957                                                                      | Not Signed   | 139 |
|       | Protocol for the further extension of the period of validity of the Convention on the Declaration of Death of Missing Persons. New York, 15 January 1967                                                       | Not Signed   | 140 |
| 141   | Convention on the Territorial Sea and the Contiguous Zone. Geneva, 29 April 1958                                                                                                                               | Not Signed   |     |
|       | Convention on the High Seas. Geneva, 29 April 1958                                                                                                                                                             | Not Signed   | 142 |
| 143   | Convention on Fishing and Conservation of the Living Resources of the High Seas. Geneva, 29 April 1958                                                                                                         | Not Signed   |     |
| 144   | Convention on the Continental Shelf. Geneva, 29 April 1958                                                                                                                                                     | Not Signed   |     |
| 145   | Optional Protocol of Signature concerning the Compulsory Settlement of Disputes. Geneva, 29 April 1958                                                                                                         | Not Signed   |     |
| 146   | European Convention on International Commercial Arbitration. Geneva, 21 April 1961                                                                                                                             | Not Signed   |     |
|       | United Nations Convention on Transparency in Treaty-based Investor-State Arbitration. New York, 10 December 2014                                                                                               | Not Signed   | 147 |
|       | Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties. Vienna, 23 May 1969                                                                                                                                                  | Not Signed   | 148 |
|       | Vienna Convention on succession of States in respect of treaties. Vienna, 23 August 1978                                                                                                                       | Not Signed   | 149 |
|       | Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties between States and International Organizations or between International Organizations. Vienna, 21 March 1986                                                          | Not Signed   | 150 |
|       | Convention relating to the distribution of programme-carrying signals transmitted by satellite. Brussels, 21 May 1974                                                                                          | Not Signed   | 151 |
| 152   | Amendments to the Constitution of the Asia-Pacific Telecommunity. New Delhi, 23 October 2002                                                                                                                   | Not Signed   |     |
|       | Amendments to the Agreement establishing the Asia-Pacific Institute for Broadcasting Development. Islamabad, 21 July 1999                                                                                      | Not Signed   | 153 |
|       | Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty. New York, 10 September 1996                                                                                                                                             | Not Signed   | 154 |
| 155   | Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on their Destruction. Oslo, 18 September 1997                                                       | Not Signed   |     |
| 156   | Convention on Cluster Munitions. Dublin, 30 May 2008                                                                                                                                                           | Not Signed   |     |
| 157   | Central African Convention for the Control of Small Arms and Light Weapons, their Ammunition and all Parts and Components that can be used for their Manufacture, Repair and Assembly. Kinshasa, 30 April 2010 | Not Signed   |     |

|     | Arms Trade Treaty. New York, 2 April 2013                                                                                                                                                                                                                 | Not Signed   | 158   |
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|     | Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution. Geneva, 13 November 1979                                                                                                                                                                            | Not Signed   | 159   |
| 160 | Protocol to the 1979 Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution on Long-term Financing of the Co-operative Programme for Monitoring and Evaluation of the Long-range Transmission of Air Pollutants in Europe (EMEP). Geneva, 28 September 1984 | Not Signed   |       |
| 161 | Protocol to the 1979 Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution on the Reduction of Sulphur Emissions or their Transboundary Fluxes by at least 30 per cent. Helsinki, 8 July 1985                                                              | Not Signed   |       |
|     | Protocol to the 1979 Convention on long-range transboundary air pollution concerning the control of emissions of nitrogen oxides or their transboundary fluxes. Sofia, 31 October 1988                                                                    | Not Signed   | 162   |
| 163 | Protocol to the 1979 Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution concerning the Control of Emissions of Volatile Organic Compounds or their Transboundary Fluxes. Geneva, 18 November 1991                                                       | Not Signed   |       |
| 164 | Protocol to the 1979 Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution on Further Reduction of Sulphur Emissions. Oslo, 14 June 1994                                                                                                                   | Not Signed   |       |
| 165 | Protocol to the 1979 Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution on Heavy Metals. Aarhus, 24 June 1998                                                                                                                                           | Not Signed   |       |
| 166 | Protocol to the 1979 Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution on Persistent Organic Pollutants. Aarhus, 24 June 1998                                                                                                                          | Not Signed   |       |
| 167 | Protocol to the 1979 Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution to Abate Acidification, Eutrophication and Ground- level Ozone. Gothenburg (Sweden), 30 November 1999                                                                           | Not Signed   |       |
|     | Amendments to the Text and to Annexes I, II, III, IV, VI and VIII to the 1998 Protocol on Persistent Organic Pollutants. Geneva, 18 December 2009                                                                                                         | Not Signed   | 168   |
| 169 | Amendments to Annexes I and II to the 1998 Protocol on Persistent Organic Pollutants. Geneva, 18 December 2009                                                                                                                                            | Not Signed   |       |
| 170 | Amendment of the text and annexes II to IX to the Protocol to the 1979 Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution to Abate Acidification, Eutrophication and Ground-level Ozone and the addition of new annexes X and XI. Geneva, 4 May 2012    | Not Signed   |       |
|     | Amendments to the Text of and Annexes Other than III and VII to the 1998 Protocol on Heavy Metals. Geneva, 13 December 2012                                                                                                                               | Not Signed   | 171   |
| 172 | Amendment to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer. Kigali, 15 October 2016                                                                                                                                                    | Not Signed   |       |
| 173 | Amendment to the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal. Geneva, 22 September 1995                                                                                                             | Not Signed   |       |
| 174 | Basel Protocol on Liability and Compensation for Damage Resulting from Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal. Basel, 10 December 1999                                                                                            | Not Signed   |       |
| 175 | Convention on Environmental Impact Assessment in a Transboundary Context. Espoo, Finland, 25 February 1991                                                                                                                                                | Not Signed   |       |
| 176 | Amendment to the Convention on Environmental Impact Assessment in a Transboundary Context. Sofia, 27 February 2001                                                                                                                                        | Not Signed   |       |

|     | Protocol on Strategic Environmental Assessment to the Convention on Environmental Impact Assessment in a Transboundary Context. Kiev, 21 May 2003                                                                                                                                                                                                     | Not Signed   | 177   |
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|     | Amendment to the Convention on Environmental Impact Assessment in a Transboundary Context. Cavtat, 4 June 2004                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        | Not Signed   | 178   |
| 179 | Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes. Helsinki, 17 March 1992                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   | Not Signed   |       |
|     | Protocol on Water and Health to the 1992 Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes. London, 17 June 1999                                                                                                                                                                                             | Not Signed   | 180   |
|     | Amendments to Articles 25 and 26 of the Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes. Madrid, 28 November 2003                                                                                                                                                                                          | Not Signed   | 181   |
|     | Convention on the Transboundary Effects of Industrial Accidents. Helsinki, 17 March 1992                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              | Not Signed   | 182   |
|     | Doha Amendment to the Kyoto Protocol. Doha, 8 December 2012                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           | Not Signed   | 183   |
|     | Agreement on the Conservation of Small Cetaceans of the Baltic, North East Atlantic, Irish and North Seas. New York, 17 March 1992                                                                                                                                                                                                                    | Not Signed   | 184   |
|     | Amendment to the Agreement on the Conservation of Small Cetaceans of the Baltic and North Seas. Esbjerg, 22 August 2003                                                                                                                                                                                                                               | Not Signed   | 185   |
| 186 | Lusaka Agreement on Co-operative Enforcement Operations Directed at Illegal Trade in Wild Fauna and Flora. Lusaka, 8 September 1994                                                                                                                                                                                                                   | Not Signed   |       |
|     | Convention on the Law of the Non-Navigational Uses of International Watercourses. New York, 21 May 1997                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               | Not Signed   | 187   |
|     | Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-Making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters. Aarhus, Denmark, 25 June 1998                                                                                                                                                                                            | Not Signed   | 188   |
| 189 | Protocol on Pollutant Release and Transfer Registers to the Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-Making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters. Kiev, 21 May 2003                                                                                                                                            | Not Signed   |       |
|     | Amendment to the Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-Making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters. Almaty, 27 May 2005                                                                                                                                                                                     | Not Signed   | 190   |
| 191 | Protocol on Civil Liability and Compensation for Damage Caused by the Transboundary Effects of Industrial Accidents on Transboundary Waters to the 1992 Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes and to the 1992 Convention on the Transboundary Effects of Industrial Accidents. Kiev, 21 May 2003 | Not Signed   |       |
| 192 | International Agreement on Jute and Jute Products, 1989*. Geneva, 3 November 1989                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     | Not Signed   |       |
| 193 | International Cocoa Agreement, 1993*. Geneva, 16 July 1993                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            | Not Signed   |       |
|     | International Coffee Agreement, 1994*. London                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         | Not Signed   | 194   |
|     | Grains Trade Convention, 1995. London, 7 December 1994                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                | Not Signed   | 195   |
|     | Food Aid Convention, 1995*. London, 5 December 1994                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   | Not Signed   | 196   |
| 197 | Food Aid Convention, 1999. London, 13 April 1999                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      | Not Signed   |       |
| 198 | International Natural Rubber Agreement, 1994*. Geneva, 17 February 1995                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               | Not Signed   |       |
| 199 | International Coffee Agreement 2001*. London, 28 September 2000                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       | Not Signed   |       |

| 200   | International Sugar Agreement, 1968*. New York, 3 December 1968 and 24 December 1968                                    | Not Signed   |     |
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|       | International Cocoa Agreement, 1972*. Geneva, 21 October 1972                                                           | Not Signed   | 201 |
|       | Fifth International Tin Agreement, 1975*. Geneva, 21 June 1975                                                          | Not Signed   | 202 |
|       | International Cocoa Agreement, 1975*. Geneva, 20 October 1975                                                           | Not Signed   | 203 |
|       | International Coffee Agreement, 1976*. London, 3 December 1975                                                          | Not Signed   | 204 |
|       | Extension of the International Coffee Agreement, 1976*. London, 25 September 1981                                       | Not Signed   | 205 |
| 206   | International Coffee Agreement, 1976, as extended*. London, 25 September 1981                                           | Not Signed   |     |
| 207   | International Sugar Agreement, 1977*. Geneva, 7 October 1977                                                            | Not Signed   |     |
| 208   | Extension of the International Sugar Agreement, 1977*. Washington, 20 November 1981, and Geneva, 21 May 1982            | Not Signed   |     |
| 209   | International Natural Rubber Agreement, 1979*. Geneva, 6 October 1979                                                   | Not Signed   |     |
| 210   | International Cocoa Agreement, 1980*. Geneva, 19 November 1980                                                          | Not Signed   |     |
| 211   | Sixth International Tin Agreement*. Geneva, 26 June 1981                                                                | Not Signed   |     |
| 212   | International Agreement on jute and jute products, 1982*. Geneva, 1 October 1982                                        | Not Signed   |     |
| 213   | International Coffee Agreement, 1983*. New York, 16 September 1982                                                      | Not Signed   |     |
| 214   | Extension of the International Coffee Agreement, 1983*. London, 3 July 1989                                             | Not Signed   |     |
| 215   | International Coffee Agreement, 1983*. London, 16 September 1982                                                        | Not Signed   |     |
| 216   | Second Extension of the International Coffee Agreement, 1983, as modified*. London, 28 September 1990                   | Not Signed   |     |
| 217   | International Coffee Agreement, 1983*. London, 16 September 1982                                                        | Not Signed   |     |
| 218   | Third Extension of the International Coffee Agreement, 1983, as modified*. London, 27 September 1991                    | Not Signed   |     |
| 219   | International Coffee Agreement, 1983*. London, 1 October 1992                                                           | Not Signed   |     |
| 220   | Fourth Extension of the International Coffee Agreement, 1983, as modified*. London, 1 October 1993                      | Not Signed   |     |
| 221   | International Coffee Agreement, 1983*. London, 1 October 1993                                                           | Not Signed   |     |
| 222   | International Tropical Timber Agreement, 1983*. Geneva, 18 November 1983                                                | Not Signed   |     |
| 223   | International Sugar Agreement, 1984*. Geneva, 5 July 1984                                                               | Not Signed   |     |
|       | International Wheat Agreement, 1986: (a) Wheat Trade Convention, 1986*. London, 14 March 1986                           | Not Signed   | 224 |
|       | International Wheat Agreement, 1986: (b) Food Aid Convention, 1986*. London, 13 March 1986                              | Not Signed   | 225 |
|       | International Cocoa Agreement, 1986*. Geneva, 25 July 1986                                                              | Not Signed   | 226 |
|       | International Natural Rubber Agreement, 1987*. Geneva, 20 March 1987                                                    | Not Signed   | 227 |
| 228   | Amendments to articles 3 (5) and 9 (8) of the Constitution of the Asia-Pacific Telecommunity. Colombo, 29 November 1991 | Not Signed   |     |

|   229 | International Sugar Agreement, 1987*. London, 11 September 1987                                                                                       | Not Signed                  |              |
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|   230 | Convention on the Nationality of Married Women. New York, 20 February 1957                                                                            | Signed on 15 May 1957       | Not Ratified |
|   231 | United Nations Convention on Jurisdictional Immunities of States and Their Property. New York, 2 December 2004                                        | Signed on 12 January 2007   | Not Ratified |
|   232 | Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment. New York, 10 December 1984                                  | Signed on 14 October 1997   | Not Ratified |
|   233 | International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance. New York, 20 December 2006                                    | Signed on 6 February 2007   | Not Ratified |
|   234 | Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, 1961, as amended by the Protocol amending the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, 1961. New York, 8 August 1975 | Signed on 14 December 1978  | Not Ratified |
|   235 | International Convention for the Protection of Performers, Producers of Phonograms and Broadcasting Organisations. Rome, 26 October 1961              | Signed on 26 October 1961   | Not Ratified |
|   236 | Agreement governing the Activities of States on the Moon and Other Celestial Bodies. New York, 5 December 1979                                        | Signed on 18 January 1982   | Not Ratified |
|   237 | Minamata Convention on Mercury. Kumamoto, 10 October 2013                                                                                             | Signed on 30 September 2014 | Not Ratified |