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BOWMAN & HARRIS

TREATY 575

CONCLUDED

LOCATION

ENTRY INTO FORCE

DURATION

RESERVATIONS

AUTHENTIC TEXTS

DEPOSITARY

OPEN TO

PARTIES (34)

MULTILATERAL TREATIES

CONVENTION ON WETLANDS OF INTERNATIONAL IMPORTANCE ESPECIALLY WATERFOWL HABITAT AND 1982 PROTOCOL

2 Feb 71, Ramsar

UKTS 34 (1976), Cmnd 6465; 50 Vert A 685; 11 ILM 963; 5 Ruster 2161

21 Dec 75. Later acceptances effective 4 months after deposit: Art 10

Unlimited. Denunciation permitted after 5 years from entry into force for state concerned, effective 4 months after notification: Art 11

No clause

EFGR (English to prevail in case of divergency)

UNESCO

Any member of the UN or any Specialised Agency or IAEA, or parties to the ICJ Statute: Art 9

AUSTRALIA 8 May 74; AUSTRIA 16 Dec 82; BULGARIA* 24 Sep 75; CANADA 15 Jan 81; CHILE 27 Jul 81; DENMARK* 2 Sep 77; FINLAND 28 May 74; GDR 31 Jul 78; GFR 26 Feb 76; GREECE 21 Aug 75; HUNGARY 11 Apr 79; ICELAND 2 Dec 77; INDIA 1 Oct 81; IRAN 23 Jun 75; ITALY 14 Dec 76; JAPAN 17 Jun 80; JORDAN 10 Jan 77; MAURITANIA 22 Oct 82; MOROCCO 20 Jun 80; NETHERLANDS 23 May 80; NEW ZEALAND 13 Aug 76; NORWAY 9 Jul 74; PAKISTAN 23 Jul 76; POLAND 22 Nov 77; PORTUGAL 24 Nov 80; SENEGAL 11 Jul 77; SOUTH AFRICA 12 Mar 75; SPAIN 4 May 82; SWEDEN 5 Dec 74; SWITZERLAND 16 Jan 76; TUNISIA 24 Nov 80; UK 5 Jan 76; USSR* 11 Oct 76; YUGOSLAVIA 28 Mar 77 TERRITORIAL SCOPE

No clause. Declared applicable: GFR

Cook Is, Tokelau Is; UK

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Land Berlin (USSR and GDR objections); NEW ZEALAND

Antigua, Jersey, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Is, Falkland Is and Deps*, Gibraltar, Montserrat, Pitcairn Is, St Helena and Deps, Solomon Is, Turks and Caicos Is, Brunei;| 10 May 79 Hong Kong* AMENDMENTS

1982 Protocol (to provide (i) for an amendment procedure for the Convention and (ii) to make all of the authentic texts equally authentic). Will be in force for the parties to it on the 1st day of 4th month following the date when it is accepted by 2/3rds of the parties to the Convention. acceptances so far.

NOTES

7

The parties to this Convention undertake to promote the conservation of wetlands, particularly those to be included in a list as being of international importance in terms of ecology, botany, zoology, etc.

PW