Amendment to Article I of the Convention on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Certain Conventional Weapons which may be deemed to be Excessively Injurious or to have Indiscriminate Effects. Geneva, 21 December 2001

• Reference: XXVI-2-c

XXVI 2 C. DISARMAMENT 1

2. c) Amendment to Article I of the Convention on Prohibitions or

Restrictions on the Use of Certain Conventional Weapons which may be

deemed to be Excessively Injurious or to have Indiscriminate Effects

Geneva, 21 December 2001

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ENTRY INTO FORCE: 18 May 2004, in accordance with article 8, paragraph 1 (b) of the Convention which

reads, in part, as follows: "amendments ... shall enter into force in the same manner as the

Convention and the annexed Protocols (i.e. ... six months after the date of deposit of the

twentieth instrument of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession. ".

REGISTRATION: 18 May 2004, No. 22495.

STATUS: Parties: 86.

TEXT: United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 2260, p. 82; Doc. CCW/CONF/II/2 and depositary

notification C.N.104.2002.TREATIES-1 of 11 February 2002;

C.N.1329.2005.TREATIES-9 of 3 January 2006 (Proposal of correction to the authentic

Russian text) and C.N.130.2006.TREATIES-1 of 9 February 2006 (Correction to the

Authentic Russian text).

Note: At the Second Review Conference, held in Geneva from 11 to 21 December 2001, the Parties to the Convention on

the Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Certain Convention Weapons which may be deemed to be Excessively

Injurious or to have Indiscriminate Effects concluded at Geneva on 10 October 1980 adopted, in accordance with the

procedure laid down in article 8 (1) (b) of the Convention, the Amendment to Article 1 of the said Convention as set out in

the Final Declaration of the Second Review Conference (Doc. CCW/CONF/II/2).

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Participant

Approval(AA),

Acceptance(A),

Accession(a),

Succession(d),

Ratification,

Consent to be

bound(P)

Afghanistan..................................................

9 Aug 2017 a

Albania.........................................................

12 May 2006 a

Algeria .........................................................

6 May 2015 P

Argentina .....................................................

25 Feb 2004 a

Australia.......................................................

3 Dec 2002 A

Austria .........................................................

25 Sep 2003 A

Bangladesh...................................................

26 Sep 2013 a

Belarus.........................................................

27 Mar 2008 P

Belgium .......................................................

12 Feb 2004

Benin............................................................

21 Sep 2017 A

Bosnia and Herzegovina..............................

17 Mar 2008 a

Brazil ...........................................................

30 Nov 2010 a

Bulgaria .......................................................

28 Feb 2003

Burkina Faso................................................

26 Nov 2003 a

Canada .........................................................

22 Jul 2002 A

Chile.............................................................

27 Sep 2007 A

China1..........................................................

11 Aug 2003

Colombia .....................................................

20 May 2009 a

Costa Rica....................................................

3 Jun 2009

Croatia .........................................................

27 May 2003

Participant

Approval(AA),

Acceptance(A),

Accession(a),

Succession(d),

Ratification,

Consent to be

bound(P)

Cuba.............................................................

17 Oct 2007 A

Czech Republic............................................

6 Jun 2006

Denmark ......................................................

15 Sep 2004 A

Dominican Republic ....................................

21 Jun 2010 a

Ecuador........................................................

10 Mar 2009 A

El Salvador ..................................................

13 Sep 2007 a

Estonia .........................................................

12 May 2003

Finland.........................................................

22 Jun 2004 A

France ..........................................................

10 Dec 2002 AA

Georgia ........................................................

8 Jun 2009 a

Germany ......................................................

26 Jan 2005 A

Greece..........................................................

26 Nov 2004

Grenada........................................................

10 Dec 2014 P

Guatemala....................................................

13 Feb 2009 a

Guinea-Bissau..............................................

6 Aug 2008 a

Holy See ......................................................

9 Dec 2002 A

Hungary .......................................................

27 Dec 2002

Iceland .........................................................

22 Aug 2008 P

India.............................................................

18 May 2005 a

Iraq...............................................................

24 Sep 2014 P