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Ratifications and Signatures banker

The Convention enters into force 1 August 2010. 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.

37 Ratifications (alphabetical order)

Albania, Austria, Belgium, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Croatia, Denmark, Equador, Fiji, France, Germany, The Holy See, Ireland, Japan, The Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Lesotho, Luxembourg, The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Malawi, Mali, Malta, Mexico, Moldova, Montenegro, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Niger, Norway, Samoa, San Marino, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Slovenia, Spain, United Kingdom, Uruguay and Zambia

107 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, Mauretania, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal,Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, United Republic of Tanzania and Zambia

Americas: Antigua and Barbuda, 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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