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The treaty, which outlaws anti-personnel mines, was opened for signature on December 3, 1997. Canada, Ireland, and Mauritius became the first states to ratify the treaty that same day. The treaty came into force and closed for signature on March 1, 1999 with the ratification by 40 states. Since then, states that did not sign the treaty can now ...
The Republic of China (Taiwan), which is currently only recognized by 11 UN member states, signed the treaty prior to the United Nations General Assembly's vote to transfer China's seat to the People's Republic of China (PRC) in 1971. When the PRC subsequently acceded the treaty, they described the Republic of China's (ROC) signature as ...
The list of parties to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty encompasses the states which have signed and ratified or acceded to the international agreement limiting the spread of nuclear weapons. On 1 July 1968, the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) was opened for signature. The three depositary states were the Soviet Union (and later its ...
Conventions I–IV ratified as the Republic of China which was a signatory in 1956. Macau was declared by China to be covered by its ratification of Conventions I–IV and Protocols I–II from 20 December 1999, [ 13 ] [ 14 ] the same date Portugal renounced their obligations for the territory [ 13 ] following the transfer of sovereignty over ...
Ethiopia became the first state to deposit the treaty on 1 July 1949. Ethiopia was also among the very few countries that incorporated the convention in its national law immediately— as early as the 1950s. [1] The treaty came into force and closed for signature on 12 January 1951. Since then, states that did not sign the treaty can now only ...
If a state has ratified, acceded, or succeeded to one of the treaties, the year of the original ratification is indicated. An "S" indicates that a state has signed but not yet ratified a particular treaty, and a "–" indicates that the state has taken no action with respect to the treaty.
The Convention was opened for signature on 10 December 1982 and entered into force on 16 November 1994 upon deposition of the 60th instrument of ratification. [ 1 ] The Convention has been ratified by 170 parties, which includes 169 states (166 United Nations member states plus the UN Observer state Palestine and non-member states the Cook ...
Due to these limitations, in 2021, the maximum number of state ratifications that a multilateral treaty can have is 198; this total consists of all 193 UN member states; both UN observer states, the Holy See (Vatican City) and the State of Palestine; as well as the Cook Islands, Niue, and Kosovo (member states of eight, five, and two UN specialized agencies respectively).