Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety to the Convention on Biological Diversity. Montreal, 29 January 2000

• Reference: XXVII-8-a

XXVII 8 A. ENVIRONMENT 1

8. a) Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety to the Convention on Biological

Diversity

Montreal, 29 January 2000

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ENTRY INTO FORCE: 11 September 2003, in accordance with article 37(2).

REGISTRATION: 11 September 2003, No. 30619.

STATUS: Signatories: 103. Parties: 173.1

TEXT: United Nations, Treaty Series , vol. 2226, p. 208; depositary notification

C.N.251.2000.TREATIES-1 of 27 April 2000; C.N. 1471.2003.TREATIES-41 of 22

December 2003 (Proposal of corrections to the Arabic text of the Protocol) and

C.N.291.2004.TREATIES-11 of 26 March 2004 (Rectification of the Arabic text of the

Protocol and transmission of the relevant Procès-Verbal) .

Note: The above Protocol was adopted on 29 January 2000 by the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on

Biological Diversity at the resumed session of its first extraordinary meeting held in Montreal from 24 to 29 January 2000.

The Protocol will be open for signature by States and by regional economic integration organizations in Nairobi at the United

Nations Office from 15 to 26 May 2000, and at United Nations Headquarters in New York from 5 June 2000 to 4 June 2001,

in accordance with its article 36.

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Participant

Signature

Ratification,

Acceptance(A),

Approval(AA),

Accession(a),

Succession(d)

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

20 Feb 2013 a

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

8 Feb 2005 a

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

25 May 2000

5 Aug 2004

Angola .........................................................

27 Feb 2009 a

Antigua and Barbuda...................................

24 May 2000

10 Sep 2003

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

24 May 2000

Armenia .......................................................

30 Apr 2004 a

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

24 May 2000

27 Aug 2002

Azerbaijan....................................................

1 Apr 2005 a

Bahamas.......................................................

24 May 2000

15 Jan 2004

Bahrain.........................................................

7 Feb 2012 a

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

24 May 2000

5 Feb 2004

Barbados ......................................................

6 Sep 2002 a

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

26 Aug 2002 a

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

24 May 2000

15 Apr 2004

Belize...........................................................

12 Feb 2004 a

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

24 May 2000

2 Mar 2005

Bhutan..........................................................

26 Aug 2002 a

Bolivia (Plurinational

State of)..................................................

24 May 2000

22 Apr 2002

Bosnia and

Herzegovina ...........................................

1 Oct 2009 a

Botswana .....................................................

1 Jun 2001

11 Jun 2002

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

24 Nov 2003 a

Participant

Signature

Ratification,

Acceptance(A),

Approval(AA),

Accession(a),

Succession(d)

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

24 May 2000

13 Oct 2000

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

24 May 2000

4 Aug 2003

Burundi ........................................................

2 Oct 2008 a

Cabo Verde..................................................

1 Nov 2005 a

Cambodia.....................................................

17 Sep 2003 a

Cameroon.....................................................

9 Feb 2001

20 Feb 2003

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

19 Apr 2001

Central African

Republic.................................................

24 May 2000

18 Nov 2008

Chad.............................................................

24 May 2000

1 Nov 2006

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

24 May 2000

China2..........................................................

8 Aug 2000

8 Jun 2005 AA

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

24 May 2000

20 May 2003

Comoros.......................................................

25 Mar 2009 a

Congo...........................................................

21 Nov 2000

13 Jul 2006

Cook Islands ................................................

21 May 2001

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

24 May 2000

6 Feb 2007

Côte d'Ivoire ................................................

12 Mar 2015 a

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

8 Sep 2000

29 Aug 2002

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

24 May 2000

17 Sep 2002

Cyprus..........................................................

5 Dec 2003 a

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

24 May 2000

8 Oct 2001

Democratic People's

Republic of Korea..................................

20 Apr 2001

29 Jul 2003