STATUS REPORT

STOCKHOLM CONVENTION ON PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANTS

[STOCKHOLM CONVENTION - POPS]

(Stockholm, 22/05/2001)

ENTRY INTO FORCE : 17 MAY 2004

Depositary: Secretary-General of the United Nations

Last updated by PacLII: 07/11/06
Parties Date of Signature Date of ratification
/
Other 		Entry Into Force Domestication Legislation
(where available)
Fiji 14 Jun 2001 20 Jun 2001    
Kiribati 4 Apr 2002      
Marshall Islands   27 Jan 2003 Ac    
Nauru 9 May 2002 9 May 2002    
Niue 12 Mar 2002      
Palau 28 Mar 2002      
Papua New Guinea 23 May 2001 7 Oct 2003    
Samoa 23 May 2001 4 Feb 2002    
Tonga 21 May 2002      
Tuvalu   19 Jan 2004 Ac    
Vanuatu 21 May 2002 06 Sep 2005 Ac   Stockholm Convention on Persistant Organic Pollutants (Ratification) Act No. 12 of 2005
 
Albania 5 Dec 2001      
Algeria 5 Sep 2001      
Antigua and Barbuda 23 May 2001 10 Sep 2003    
Argentina 23 May 2001      
Armenia 23 May 2001 26 Nov 2003    
Australia 23 May 2001      
Austria 23 May 2001 27 Aug 2002    
Azerbaijan   13 Jan 2004 Ac    
Bahamas 20 Mar 2002      
Bahrain 22 May 2002      
Bangladesh 23 May 2001      
Belarus   3 Feb 2004 Ac    
Belgium 23 May 2001      
Belize 14 May 2002      
Benin 23 May 2001 5 Jan 2004    
Bolivia 23 May 2001 3 Jun 2003    
Bosnia and Herzegovina 23 May 2001      
Botswana   28 Oct 2002 Ac    
Brazil 23 May 2001      
Brunei Darussalam 21 May 2002      
Bulgaria 23 May 2001      
Burkina Faso 23 May 2001      
Burundi 2 Apr 2002      
Cambodia 23 May 2001      
Cameroon 5 Oct 2001      
Canada 23 May 2001 23 May 2001    
Central African Republic 9 May 2002      
Chad 16 May 2002 10 Mar 2004    
Chile 23 May 2001      
China 23 May 2001      
Colombia 23 May 2001      
Comoros 23 May 2001      
Congo 4 Dec 2001      
Costa Rica 16 Apr 2002 20 Jan 2004    
Croatia 23 May 2001      
Cuba 23 May 2001      
Czech Republic 23 May 2001 6 Aug 2002    
Cфte d'Ivoire 23 May 2001      
Democratic People's Republic of Korea   26 Aug 2002 Ac    
Denmark2 23 May 2001 17 Dec 2003    
Djibouti 15 Nov 2001 11 Mar 2004    
Domincan Republic 23 May 2001      
Dominica   8 Aug 2003 Ac    
Ecuador 28 Aug 2001      
Egypt 17 May 2002 2 May 2003    
El Salvador 30 Jul 2001      
Ethiopia 17 May 2002 9 Jan 2003    
European Community 23 May 2001      
Finland 23 May 2001 3 Sep 2002 Acp    
France 23 May 2001 17 Feb 2004 App    
Gabon 21 May 2002      
Gambia 23 May 2001      
Georgia 23 May 2001      
Germany 23 May 2001 25 Apr 2002    
Ghana 23 May 2001 30 May 2003    
Greece 23 May 2001      
Guatemala 29 Jan 2002      
Guinea 23 May 2001      
Guinea-Bissau 24 Apr 2002      
Haiti 23 May 2001      
Honduras 17 May 2002      
Hungary 23 May 2001      
Iceland 23 May 2001 29 May 2002    
India 14 May 2002      
Indonesia 23 May 2001      
Iran (Islamic Republic of) 23 May 2001      
Ireland 23 May 2001      
Israel 30 Jul 2001      
Italy 23 May 2001      
Jamaica 23 May 2001      
Japan   30 Aug 2002 Ac    
Jordan 18 Jan 2002      
Kazakhstan 23 May 2001      
Kenya 23 May 2001      
Kuwait 23 May 2001      
Kyrgyzstan 16 May 2002      
Lao People's Democratic Republic 5 Mar 2002      
Latvia 23 May 2001      
Lebanon 23 May 2001 3 Jan 2003    
Lesotho 23 Jan 2002 23 Jan 2002    
Liberia   23 May 2002 Ac    
Liechtenstein 23 May 2001      
Lithuania 17 May 2002      
Luxembourg 23 May 2001      
Madagascar 24 Sep 2001      
Malawi 22 May 2002      
Malaysia 16 May 2002      
Mali 23 May 2001 5 Sep 2003    
Malta 23 May 2001      
Mauritania 8 Aug 2001      
Mauritius 23 May 2001      
Mexico 23 May 2001 10 Feb 2003    
Micronesia (Federated States of) 31 Jul 2001      
Monaco 23 May 2001      
Mongolia 17 May 2002      
Morocco 23 May 2001      
Mozambique 23 May 2001      
Nepal 5 Apr 2002      
Netherlands 23 May 2001 28 Jan 2002 Acp    
New Zealand 23 May 2001      
Nicaragua 23 May 2001      
Niger 12 Oct 2001      
Nigeria 23 May 2001      
Norway 23 May 2001 11 Jul 2002    
Oman 4 Mar 2002      
Pakistan 6 Dec 2001      
Panama 23 May 2001 5 Mar 2003    
Paraguay 12 Oct 2001      
Peru 23 May 2001      
Philippines 23 May 2001 27 Feb 2004    
Poland 23 May 2001      
Portugal 23 May 2001      
Republic of Korea 4 Oct 2001      
Republic of Moldova 23 May 2001      
Romania 23 May 2001      
Russian Federation 22 May 2002      
Rwanda   5 Jun 2002 Ac    
Saint Lucia   4 Oct 2002 Ac    
Sao Tome and Principe 3 Apr 2002      
Saudi Arabia 14 Mar 2002      
Senegal 23 May 2001      
Serbia and Montenegro 2 May 2002      
Seychelles 25 Mar 2002      
Sierra Leone   26 Sep 2003 Ac    
Singapore 23 May 2001      
Slovakia 23 May 2001 5 Aug 2002    
Slovenia 23 May 2001      
South Africa 23 May 2001 4 Sep 2002    
Spain 23 May 2001      
Sri Lanka 5 Sep 2001      
Sudan 23 May 2001      
Suriname 22 May 2002      
Sweden 23 May 2001 8 May 2002    
Switzerland 23 May 2001 30 Jul 2003    
Syrian Arab Republic 15 Feb 2002      
Tajikstan 21 May 2002      
Thailand 22 May 2002      
The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia 23 May 2001      
Togo 23 May 2001      
Trinidad and Tobago   13 Dec 2002 Ac    
Tunisia 23 May 2001      
Turkey 23 May 2001      
Ukraine 23 May 2001      
United Arab Emirates 23 May 2001      
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 11 Dec 2001      
United Republic of Tanzania 23 May 2001      
United States of America 23 May 2001      
Uruguay 23 May 2001 9 Feb 2004    
Venezuela 23 May 2001      
Viet Nam 23 May 2001 22 Jul 2002    
Yemen 5 Dec 2001 9 Jan 2004    
Zambia 23 May 2001      
Zimbabwe 23 May 2001      

Notes

1. In accordance with article 26 (3) of the Convention, any instrument of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession deposited by a regional economic integration organization shall not be counted as additional to those deposited by member States of that organization

2. With a territorial exclusion in respect of the Faroe Islands and Greenland

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