TABLE 5 Status of ratification of international conventions and agreements as of 1 December 2002 |
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Country/territory |
CBD |
UNFCCC |
Kyoto Protocol |
CCD |
CITES |
Ramsar Convention |
World Heritage Convention |
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Africa |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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Algeria |
X |
X |
|
X |
X |
X |
X |
|||||
Angola |
X |
X |
|
X |
|
|
X |
|||||
Benin |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
|||||
Botswana |
X |
X |
|
X |
X |
X |
X |
|||||
Burkina Faso |
X |
X |
|
X |
X |
X |
X |
|||||
Burundi |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
|||||
Cameroon |
X |
X |
|
X |
X |
|
X |
|||||
Cape Verde |
X |
X |
|
X |
|
|
X |
|||||
Central African Republic |
X |
X |
|
X |
X |
|
X |
|||||
Chad |
X |
X |
|
X |
X |
X |
X |
|||||
Comoros |
X |
X |
|
X |
X |
X |
X |
|||||
Congo |
X |
X |
|
X |
X |
X |
X |
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Côte d'Ivoire |
X |
X |
|
X |
X |
X |
X |
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Dem. Rep. of the Congo |
X |
X |
|
X |
X |
X |
X |
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Djibouti |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
|
|
|||||
Egypt |
X |
X |
|
X |
X |
X |
X |
|||||
Equatorial Guinea |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
|
|
|||||
Eritrea |
X |
X |
|
X |
X |
|
X |
|||||
Ethiopia |
X |
X |
|
X |
X |
|
X |
|||||
Gabon |
X |
X |
|
X |
X |
X |
X |
|||||
Gambia |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
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Ghana |
X |
X |
|
X |
X |
X |
X |
|||||
Guinea |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
|||||
Guinea-Bissau |
X |
X |
|
X |
X |
X |
|
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Kenya |
X |
X |
|
X |
X |
X |
X |
|||||
Lesotho |
X |
X |
X |
X |
|
|
|
|||||
Liberia |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
|
X |
|||||
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya |
X |
X |
|
X |
|
X |
X |
|||||
Madagascar |
X |
X |
|
X |
X |
X |
X |
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Malawi |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
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Mali |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
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Mauritania |
X |
X |
|
X |
X |
X |
X |
|||||
Mauritius |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
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Morocco |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
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Mozambique |
X |
X |
|
X |
X |
|
X |
|||||
Namibia |
X |
X |
|
X |
X |
X |
X |
|||||
Niger |
X |
X |
|
X |
X |
X |
X |
|||||
Nigeria |
X |
X |
|
X |
X |
X |
X |
|||||
Rwanda |
X |
X |
|
X |
X |
|
X |
|||||
Sao Tome and Principe |
X |
X |
|
X |
X |
|
|
|||||
Senegal |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
|||||
Seychelles |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
|
X |
|||||
Sierra Leone |
X |
X |
|
X |
X |
X |
|
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Somalia |
|
|
|
X |
X |
|
|
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South Africa |
X |
X |
|
X |
X |
X |
X |
|||||
Sudan |
X |
X |
|
X |
X |
|
X |
|||||
Swaziland |
X |
X |
|
X |
X |
|
|
|||||
Togo |
X |
X |
|
X |
X |
X |
X |
|||||
Tunisia |
X |
X |
|
X |
X |
X |
X |
|||||
Uganda |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
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United Republic of Tanzania |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
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Zambia |
X |
X |
|
X |
X |
X |
X |
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Zimbabwe |
X |
X |
|
X |
X |
|
X |
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Asia |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
Afghanistan |
X |
X |
|
X |
X |
|
X |
|||||
Armenia |
X |
X |
|
X |
|
X |
X |
|||||
Azerbaijan |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
|||||
Bahrain |
X |
X |
|
X |
|
X |
X |
|||||
Bangladesh |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
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Bhutan |
X |
X |
|
|
X |
|
X |
|||||
Brunei Darussalam |
|
|
|
|
X |
|
|
|||||
Cambodia |
X |
X |
|
X |
X |
X |
X |
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China |
X |
X |
|
X |
X |
X |
X |
|||||
Cyprus |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
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Dem. People's Rep. of Korea |
X |
X |
|
|
|
|
X |
|||||
Georgia |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
|||||
India |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
|||||
Indonesia |
X |
X |
|
X |
X |
X |
X |
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Iran, Islamic Rep. of |
X |
X |
|
X |
X |
X |
X |
|||||
Iraq |
|
|
|
|
|
|
X |
|||||
Israel |
X |
X |
|
X |
X |
X |
X |
|||||
Japan |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
|||||
Jordan |
X |
X |
|
X |
X |
X |
X |
|||||
Kazakhstan |
X |
X |
|
X |
X |
|
X |
|||||
Kuwait |
X |
X |
|
X |
X |
|
X |
|||||
Kyrgyzstan |
X |
X |
|
X |
|
|
X |
|||||
Lao People's Dem. Rep. |
X |
X |
|
X |
|
|
X |
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Lebanon |
X |
X |
|
X |
|
X |
X |
|||||
Malaysia |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
|||||
Maldives |
X |
X |
X |
X |
|
|
X |
|||||
Mongolia |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
|||||
Myanmar |
X |
X |
|
X |
X |
|
X |
|||||
Nepal |
X |
X |
|
X |
X |
X |
X |
|||||
Oman |
X |
X |
|
X |
|
|
X |
|||||
Pakistan |
X |
X |
|
X |
X |
X |
X |
|||||
Philippines |
X |
X |
|
X |
X |
X |
X |
|||||
Qatar |
X |
X |
|
X |
X |
|
X |
|||||
Republic of Korea |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
|||||
Saudi Arabia |
X |
X |
|
X |
X |
|
X |
|||||
Singapore |
X |
X |
|
X |
X |
|
|
|||||
Sri Lanka |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
|||||
Syrian Arab Republic |
X |
X |
|
X |
|
X |
X |
|||||
Tajikistan |
X |
X |
|
X |
|
X |
X |
|||||
Thailand |
|
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
|||||
Timor-Leste |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
Turkey |
X |
|
|
X |
X |
X |
X |
|||||
Turkmenistan |
X |
X |
X |
X |
|
|
X |
|||||
United Arab Emirates |
X |
X |
|
X |
X |
|
X |
|||||
Uzbekistan |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
|||||
Viet Nam |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
|||||
Yemen |
X |
X |
|
X |
X |
|
X |
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Europe |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
Albania |
X |
X |
|
X |
|
X |
X |
|||||
Andorra |
|
|
|
X |
|
|
X |
|||||
Austria |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
|||||
Belarus |
X |
X |
|
X |
X |
X |
X |
|||||
Belgium and Luxembourg |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
|||||
Bosnia and Herzegovina |
X |
X |
|
|
|
X |
X |
|||||
Bulgaria |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
|||||
Croatia |
X |
X |
|
X |
X |
X |
X |
|||||
Czech Republic |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
|||||
Denmark |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
|||||
Estonia |
X |
X |
X |
|
X |
X |
X |
|||||
Finland |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
|||||
France |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
|||||
Germany |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
|||||
Greece |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
|||||
Hungary |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
|||||
Iceland |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
|||||
Ireland |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
|||||
Italy |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
|||||
Latvia |
X |
X |
X |
|
X |
X |
X |
|||||
Liechtenstein |
X |
X |
|
X |
X |
X |
|
|||||
Lithuania |
X |
X |
|
|
X |
X |
X |
|||||
Malta |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
|||||
Netherlands |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
|||||
Norway |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
|||||
Poland |
X |
X |
|
X |
X |
X |
X |
|||||
Portugal |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
|||||
Republic of Moldova |
X |
X |
|
X |
X |
X |
X |
|||||
Romania |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
|||||
Russian Federation |
X |
X |
|
|
X |
X |
X |
|||||
San Marino |
X |
X |
|
X |
|
|
X |
|||||
Slovakia |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
|||||
Slovenia |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
|||||
Spain |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
|||||
Sweden |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
|||||
Switzerland |
X |
X |
|
X |
X |
X |
X |
|||||
The FYR of Macedonia |
X |
X |
|
X |
X |
X |
X |
|||||
Ukraine |
X |
X |
|
X |
X |
X |
X |
|||||
United Kingdom |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
|||||
Yugoslavia |
X |
X |
|
|
X |
X |
X |
|||||
North and Central America |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
Antigua and Barbuda |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
|
X |
|||||
Bahamas |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
|
|||||
Barbados |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
|
X |
|||||
Belize |
X |
X |
|
X |
X |
X |
X |
|||||
Canada |
X |
X |
|
X |
X |
X |
X |
|||||
Cayman Islands |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
Costa Rica |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
|||||
Cuba |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
|||||
Dominica |
X |
X |
|
X |
X |
|
X |
|||||
Dominican Republic |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
|||||
El Salvador |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
|||||
Greenland |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
Grenada |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
|
X |
|||||
Guatemala |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
|||||
Haiti |
X |
X |
|
X |
|
|
X |
|||||
Honduras |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
|||||
Jamaica |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
|||||
Mexico |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
|||||
Nicaragua |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
|||||
Panama |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
|||||
Saint Kitts and Nevis |
X |
X |
|
X |
X |
|
X |
|||||
Saint Lucia |
X |
X |
|
X |
X |
X |
X |
|||||
Saint Vincent and Grenadines |
X |
X |
|
X |
X |
|
|
|||||
Trinidad and Tobago |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
|
|||||
United States |
|
X |
|
X |
X |
X |
X |
|||||
United States Virgin Islands |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
Oceania |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
American Samoa |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
Australia |
X |
X |
|
X |
X |
X |
X |
|||||
Cook Islands |
X |
X |
X |
X |
|
|
|
|||||
Fiji |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
|
X |
|||||
French Polynesia |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
Guam |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
Kiribati |
X |
X |
X |
X |
|
|
X |
|||||
Marshall Islands |
X |
X |
|
X |
|
|
X |
|||||
Micronesia |
X |
X |
X |
X |
|
|
X |
|||||
Nauru |
X |
X |
X |
X |
|
|
|
|||||
New Caledonia |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
New Zealand |
X |
X |
|
X |
X |
X |
X |
|||||
Niue |
X |
X |
X |
X |
|
|
X |
|||||
Northern Mariana Islands |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
Palau |
X |
X |
X |
X |
|
|
X |
|||||
Papua New Guinea |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
|||||
Samoa |
X |
X |
X |
X |
|
|
X |
|||||
Solomon Islands |
X |
X |
|
X |
|
|
X |
|||||
Tonga |
X |
X |
|
X |
|
|
|
|||||
Vanuatu |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
|
X |
|||||
South America |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
Argentina |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
|||||
Bolivia |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
|||||
Brazil |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
|||||
Chile |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
|||||
Colombia |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
|||||
Ecuador |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
|||||
Guyana |
X |
X |
|
X |
X |
|
X |
|||||
Paraguay |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
|||||
Peru |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
|||||
Suriname |
X |
X |
|
X |
X |
X |
X |
|||||
Uruguay |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
|||||
Venezuela |
X |
X |
|
X |
X |
X |
X |
Note: The regional breakdown reflects geographic rather than economic or political groupings.