Status of the Convention as of April 15, 2003

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Entry into force: April 10, 2002, in accordance with Article 26 (1). ⁰

Registration: April 10, 2002, No. 38349.

Status: Signatories: 132, Parties: 79.

Text: Resolution A/RES/54/109; depositary notifications C.N.327.2000.TREATIES-12 of May 30, 2000 (rectification of the original text of the Convention); and C.N.3.2002.TREATIES-1 of January 2, 2002 [proposal for corrections to the original text of the Convention (Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish authentic texts)] and C.N.86.2002.TREATIES-4 of February 1, 2002 [Rectification of the original of the Convention (Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish authentic texts)]; C.N.312.2002.TREATIES-14 of April 4, 2002 [proposal of a correction to the original of the Convention (Spanish authentic text)] and C.N.420.2002.TREATIES-20 of May 3, 2002 [rectification of the original of the Convention (Spanish authentic text)].⁰

Note: The Convention was adopted by Resolution 54/109 of December 9, 1999 at the fourth session of the General Assembly of the United Nations. In accordance with its article 25 (1), the Convention will be open for signature by all States at United Nations Headquarters from January 10, 2000 to December 31, 2001.

Participant	Signature	Ratification, Acceptance (A), Approval (AA), Accession (a)
Albania	18 Dec 2001	10 Apr 2002
Algeria	18 Jan 2000	8 Nov 2001
Andorra	11 Nov 2001
Antigua and Barbuda	11 Mar 2002 a
Argentina	28 Mar 2001
Armenia	15 Nov 2001
Australia	15 Oct 2001	26 Sep 2002
?Austria	24 Sep 2001	15 Apr 2002
Azerbaijan	4 Oct 2001	26 Oct 2001
Bahamas	2 Oct 2001
Bahrain	14 Nov 2001
Barbados	13 Nov 2001	18 Sep 2002
Belarus	12 Nov 2001
Belgium	27 Sep 2001
Belize	14 Nov 2001
Benin	16 Nov 2001
Bhutan	14 Nov 2001
Bolivia	10 Nov 2001	7 Jan 2002
Bosnia and Herzegovina	11 Nov 2001
Botswana	8 Sep 2000	8 Sep 2000
Brazil	10 Nov 2001
Brunei Darussalam	4 Dec 2002 a
Bulgaria	19 Mar 2001	15 Apr 2002
Burundi	13 Nov 2001
Cambodia	11 Nov 2001
Canada	10 Feb 2000	19 Feb 2002
Cape Verde	13 Nov 2001	10 May 2002
Central African Republic	19 Dec 2001
Chile	2 May 2001	10 Nov 2001
China	13 Nov 2001
Colombia	30 Oct 2001
Comoros	14 Jan 2000
Congo	14 Nov 2001
Cook Islands	24 Dec 2001
Costa Rica	14 Jun 2000	24 Jan 2003
Côte d'Ivoire	13 Mar 2002 a
Croatia	11 Nov 2001
Cuba	19 Oct 2001	15 Nov 2001
Cyprus	1 Mar 2001	30 Nov 2001
Czech Republic	6 Sep 2000
Democratic People's Republic of Korea	12 Nov 2001
Democratic Republic of the Congo	11 Nov 2001
Denmark1	25 Sep 2001	27 Aug 2002
Djibouti	15 Nov 2001
Dominican Republic	15 Nov 2001
Ecuador	6 Sep 2000
Egypt	6 Sep 2000
Equatorial Guinea	7 Feb 2003 a
Estonia	6 Sep 2000	22 May 2002
Finland	10

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