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LIST of TREATIES to WHICH the MALDIVES IS PARTY to Updated: December 2020 LIST OF TREATIES TO WHICH THE MALDIVES IS PARTY TO Updated: December 2020 Ratification(R)/ Accession (a)/ Date and place of Acceptance(A)/ No Treaty/ Convention/ Agreement Date of Signature Depositary Focal Point Internal Links adoption Approval (Ap)/ Participation(P)/ Succession(S) Note: An asterisk indicates that a treaty has either expired, been terminated, has been superseded by a subsequent agreement or has been amended. CONVENTIONS ESTABLISHING MULTILATERAL INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS 1 Charter of the United Nations 26 June 1945, San 20-Sep-1965 US Govt (UN for Ministry of Foreign http://www.un.org/en/section Francisco some depositary Affairs s/un-charter/introductory- function) note/index.html 2 Amendment to Article 109 of the Charter of the United Nations, 20 Dec 1965, New 5-Sep-1968 UN Secretary Ministry of Foreign adopted by the UN General Assembly Resolution 2101 (XX) York General Affairs 3 Statute of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) 26 June 1945, San 20-Sep-1965 US Govt (UN for http://www.icj- Francisco some depositary cij.org/documents/?p1=4&p2 function) =2 4 Constitution of the World Health Organization (WHO) 22 July 1946, New 5-Nov-1965 (A) UN Secretary- Ministry of Health http://www.who.int/governan York General ce/eb/who_constitution_en.p df 5 Convention of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) 11 Oct 1947, 31-May-1967 (A) IMO Secretary- Ministry of Transport http://cil.nus.edu.sg/rp/il/pdf/ Washington General and Communication 1948%20Convention%20on %20the%20International%20 Maritime%20Organization- pdf.pdf 6 Convention on International Civil Aviation 7 Dec 1944, Chicago 12-Mar-1974 (A) US Department of Civil http://www.icao.int/publicati Aviation ons/Documents/7300_orig.pd f 7 Agreement Establishing the International Monetary Fund (IMF) 22 July 1944, Bretton 13-Jan-1978 (A) US https://www.imf.org/External Woods, New /Pubs/FT/AA/pdf/aa.pdf Hampshire 8 Agreement Establishing the International Bank for Bretton Woods, New 13-Jan-1978 (A) US http://www.jus.uio.no/english Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) Hampshire /services/library/treaties/14/1 4-01/reconstruction-bank.xml 9 The International Development Association (IDA) 13-Jan-1978 (A) US http://www.worldbank.org/id a/what-is-ida/fund-for-the- poorest.pdf 10 International Finance Co-operation (IFC) 11 Apr 1955 ** 14-Dec-1982 (A) http://www.ifc.org/wps/wcm/ connect/2cd8bf804ad389b78 81dfa888d4159f8/S%26P's+I FC+Annual+Report+2012.pd f?MOD=AJPERES 11 Agreement establishing the Asian Development Bank (ADB) 4 Dec 1965, Manila 14-Feb-1978 (P) UN Secretary- Ministry of Finance and http://www.adb.org/sites/defa General Treasury ult/files/institutional- document/32120/charter.pdf 12 Agreement establishing the International Fund for Agricultural 13 June 1976, Rome 15-Jan-1980 (a) UN Secretary- Ministry of Fisheries http://www.ifad.org/pub/basic Development (IFAD) General and Agriculture /agree/e/!01agree.pdf 13 Constitution of the United Nations Industrial Development 11 April 1980, 10-May-1988 (a) UN Secretary- https://www.unido.org/filead Organization Vienna General min/user_media/PMO/Consti tution/UNIDO_Constitution_ E.pdf 14 Constitution of the Asia-Pacific Telecommunity 27 Mar 1976, 17-Mar-1980 (a) UN Secretary- Telecommunication https://treaties.un.org/doc/Pu Bangkok General Authority blication/UNTS/Volume%20 1129/volume-1129-I-17583- English.pdf 15 Constitution of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and 16 Nov 1945, 22-May-1986 (A) UK Government Ministry of Education http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev. Cultural Organization London php- URL_ID=15244&URL_DO= DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTIO N=201.html 16 Agreement establishing the Asia-Pacific Institute for 12 Aug 1977, Kuala 25-Jun-1985 (a) UN Secretary- https://treaties.un.org/pages/ Broadcasting Development Lumpur General ViewDetails.aspx?src=TREA TY&mtdsg_no=XXV- 3&chapter=25&lang=en 17 Agreement Establishing the Universal Postal Union (UPU) 15 Sept 1974, Berne 15-Aug-1967 (A) UN http://www.loc.gov/law/help/ us-treaties/bevans/m- ust000002-0443.pdf 18 Asian-Pacific Postal Convention , its Final Protocl and Detailed 27 Mar 1981, 15-Mar-1982 (a) http://appu-bureau.org/ Regulations Yogyakarta 19 Charter of the Asian and Pacific Development Centre 1 April 1982, 25/Apr/1983 UN Secretary- https://treaties.un.org/doc/Pu Bangkok General blication/UNTS/Volume%20 1321/volume-1321-I-22028- English.pdf 20 International Telecommunication Convention 22 Dec 1992, Geneva 28-Feb-1997 (a) Telecommunication http://www.itu.int/dms_pub/it * Authority u- 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