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Ratifications and Signatures
The Convention enters into force six months after the 30th state have submitted their Instrument of Ratification to the Secretary General of the United Nations. 94 states signed, and four of these ratified the Convention in Oslo on 3-4 December 2008. The Convention is open for signing at the UN Headquarters in New York. This list will be updated with new ratifications and signatories as they are recorded.
Ratifications (alphabetical order)
Albania, Austria, Belgium, Burundi, Croatia, France, Germany, The Holy See, Ireland, Japan, The Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Luxembourg, The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Malawi, Malta, Mexico, Montenegro, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Niger, Norway, San Marino, Sierra Leone, Slovenia, Spain, Uruguay and Zambia
Signatories (by region)
Click on the country-name to see national signing statements (not complete)
Africa: Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Republic of Congo, Côte d’Ivoire, The Democratic Republic of Congo, The Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, United Republic of Tanzania and Zambia
Americas: Bolivia, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala,Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, St. Vincent & the Grenadines and Uruguay
Asia: Afghanistan, Indonesia, Japan, Lao PDR and Philippines
Europe: Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic,Cyprus, Denmark, France, Germany, The Holy See, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Republic of Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, The Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, San Marino, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Middle East: Lebanon and Iraq
Oceania: Australia, Cook Islands, Fiji, Nauru, New Zealand, Palau and Samoa
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