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Rmi Treaty List Regional Agreements MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS 1 MAJURO, REPUBLIC OF THE MARSHALL ISLANDS RMI TREATY LIST Name of Treaty Done at Date Status REGIONAL AGREEMENTS Nauru Agreement Concerning Cooperation on the Management of Fisheries of Nauru 2/11/82 2/11/82 Signed Common Interest (PNA) South Pacific Regional Trade & Economic Cooperation Tarawa 7/14/80 4/28/89 Ratified South Pacific Forum Fisheries Agency Convention (FFA) Honiara 7/10/79 3/27/87 Accession Treaty on Fisheries between the Government of Certain Pacific Island States Port Moresby 04/02/87 4/2/87 Signed and the Government of the United States of America (US Treaty) 3/12/87 Ratified Kiribati 3/24/02 2/28/03 Ratified US Treaty related Amendments - US Amendments (2002) Rarotonga, 09/26/03 11/25/05 Ratified US Treaty related Amendments - Consequential Amendment (2003) Nuku’alofa, 3/23/05 11/25/05 Ratified US Treaty related Amendments - Niue Amendment (2005) Convention for the protection of natural resources & environment in the South Noumea 11/25/86 11/25/86 Signed Pacific (Noumea Convention) 5/4/87 Ratified Protocol for the prevention of pollution in the South Pacific Region by Noumea 11/25/86 11/25/86 Signed dumping (Protocol on Dumping) 5/4/87 Ratified Protocol concerning co-operation in combating pollution emergencies in the Noumea 11/25/86 11/25/86 Signed South Pacific Region (Protocol on Pollution Emergencies) 5/4/87 Ratified Protocol on Oil Pollution Preparedness, Response and Cooperation in the Noumea, 9/10/06 11/9/06 Signed Pacific Region (Oil Pollution Protocol) Protocol on Hazardous and Noxious Substances Pollution, Preparedness, Noumea, 09/10/06 11/9/06 Signed Response and Cooperation in the Pacific Region (HNS Protocol) Convention on long drift nets in the South Pacific (Wellington Convention) Wellington 11/24/89 11/29/89 Signed Niue Treaty on Cooperation in Fisheries Surveillance & Law Enforcement in Honiara 7/09/92 7/9/92 Signed the South Pacific Region (Niue Treaty) 1/10/95 Ratified Palau Agreement for Management of the Western Pacific Purse Seine Fishery Palau 10/28/92 10/28/92 Signed (Palau Agreement) 11/28/94 Ratified MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS 2 MAJURO, REPUBLIC OF THE MARSHALL ISLANDS RMI TREATY LIST Agreement establishing the South Pacific Forum (SPF) Pohnpei 7/29/91 4/15/93 Ratified New Agreement establishing the Pacific Islands Forum Suva, 10/4/05 NEED Signed DATE Agreement establishing the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat (PIF Kiribati 10/03/00 10/03/00 Signed Secretariat) 2/5/02 Ratified Agreement establishing South Pacific Regional Environmental Programme Samoa 6/16/93 6/16/93 Signed (SPREP) 1/13/03 Accession Amendments to the Constitution of the APT New Delhi, 10/23/02 1/16/07 Accepted Constitution of the Asia-Pacific Telecommunity (APT) Bangkok, 3/27/76 1/25/05 Accession SPARTECA Agreement between the Solomon Islands, Australia, New Zealand, Fiji, PNG, Townsville, Australia 08/15/2003 Signed Samoa and Tonga concerning the operations and status of the police and armed 07/24/2003 03/14/2006 Ratified forces and other personnel deployed to the Solomon Islands to assist in the restoration of law and order and security (The Multilateral Agreement, RAMSI)) Asia and the Pacific Coconut Community (APCC) Manado, Indonesia 03/08/2004 Accession 01/24/2003 Name of Treaty Done at Date Status Convention on the Conservation & Management of Highly Migratory Fish Honolulu 9/05/00 9/5/00 Signed Stocks in the Western and Central Pacific Ocean (MHLC) 3/30/01 Ratified Pacific Agreement on Closer Economic Relations (PACER) Nauru 8/18/01 8/18/01 Signed Pacific Island Countries Trade Agreement (PICTA) Rarotonga 28/8/2012 28/8/2012 Signed “Trade and Services” HEALTH WHO & RMI: Basic agreement establishing technical advisory cooperation Manila 8/8/95 8/8/95 Ratified relations MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS 3 MAJURO, REPUBLIC OF THE MARSHALL ISLANDS RMI TREATY LIST Constitution of the World Health Organization New York 7/22/46 6/5/91 Accepted WHO, Amendments to art. 24 and 25 Adopted 5/28/59 6/5/91 Accepted WHO, Amendments to art. 24 and 25 Adopted 5/23/67 6/5/91 Accepted WHO, Amendments to art. 24 and 25 Adopted 5/17/76 6/5/91 Accepted WHO, Amendments to art. 24 and 25 Adopted 5/12/86 6/5/91 Accepted WHO, Amendments to art. 34 and 55 Adopted 5/22/73 6/5/91 Accepted WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control Geneva 5/21/03 6/16/03 Signed 12/8/04 Ratified FOOD & AGRICULTURE FAO & RMI: Basic agreement establishing technical cooperation relations 9/17/91 Signed FAO membership 11/12/99 International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (2001) Rome 2001 6/13/2002 Signed NARCOTIC & PSYCHOTROPIC SUBSTANCES Convention on Psychotropic Substances Vienna 2/21/71 8/9/91 Accession Name of Treaty Done at Date Status Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs New York 3/30/61 8/9/91 Accession Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, 1961, as amended by the Protocol New York 8/8/75 8/9/91 Accepted amending the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, 1961 United Nations Convention against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and New York 11/11/90 10/26/10 Accession Psychotropic Substances 1988 United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime (UNCTOC) New York 09/29/03 10/26/10 Accession LAW OF SEA UN Convention on the Law of Sea Montego Bay 12/10/82 8/9/91 Accession MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS 4 MAJURO, REPUBLIC OF THE MARSHALL ISLANDS RMI TREATY LIST Agreement relating to the implementation of Part XI of the United Nations New York 7/28/94 11/16/94 Provisional Convention on the Law of the Sea of 10 December 1982 application by virtue of signature, adoption, or accession thereto Implementing Agreement, UNCLOS Straddling Fish Stocks New York 8/4/95 12/4/95 Signed 3/19/03 Ratified DIPLOMATIC & CONSULAR RELATIONS Vienna Convention on Consular Relations Vienna 4/24/63 8/9/91 Accepted Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations Vienna 4/18/61 8/9/91 Accepted Convention on Abolishing the Requirement of Legislation for Foreign Public UN/Hague 10/5/61 11/18/91 Accession Documents Name of Treaty Done at Date Status ENVIRONMENT Paris Agreement New York, USA 22/04/2016 Ratified Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) Rio de Janeiro 6/5/92 10/8/92 Ratified UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) Paris 6/17/94 6/2/98 Accession UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) New York 5/9/92 6/12/92 Signed 10/8/92 Ratified Kyoto Protocol to the UNFCCC Kyoto 12/11/97 3/17/98 Signed 8/11//03 Ratified Montreal Protocol on substances that deplete the Ozone Layer Montreal 9/16/87 3/11/93 Accession Amendment to the Montreal Protocol on Ozone depletion London 6/29/90 3/11/93 Accession MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS 5 MAJURO, REPUBLIC OF THE MARSHALL ISLANDS RMI TREATY LIST Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer Vienna 3/22/85 3/11/93 Accession Amendment to the Montreal Protocol on Ozone depletion Copenhagen 11/25/92 5/24/93 Accession Amendment to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Montreal 9/17/97 1/27/03 Accession Layer adopted by the Ninth Meeting of the Parties Amendment to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Beijing 12/3/99 5/19/04 Accession Layer Cartegena Protocol on Biosafety to the Convention on Biological Diversity Montreal 1/29/00 1/27/03 Accession Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Basel 3/22/89 1/27/03 Accession Wastes and their Disposal Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) Stockholm 5/22/01 1/27/03 Accession Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Rotterdam 9/10/98 1/27/03 Accession Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade HUMAN RIGHTS Convention on the Rights of the Child New York 11/20/89 10/4/93 Ratified Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women New York 12/18/79 3/2/06 Accession (CEDAW) Name of Treaty Done at Date Status EDUCATION & CULTURAL MATTERS Constitution of the UN Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization London 11/16/45 6/30/95 Accepted United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization Paris 11/23/72 4/24/02 Accession Convention concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage TRANSPORT & COMMUNICATIONS Constitution and Convention on the International Telecommunication Union Geneva 12/22/92 2/22/96 Accession The Tampere Convention on the Provision of Telecommunication Resources Finland 6/18/98 11/11/98 Signed MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS 6 MAJURO, REPUBLIC OF THE MARSHALL ISLANDS RMI TREATY LIST for Disaster Mitigation and Relief Operations DISARMAMENT Convention on Chemical Weapons (CWC) Paris 1/13/93 1/13/93 Signed 5/19/04 Ratification Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT) New York 9/10/96 9/24/96 Signed Convention on Anti-Personnel Mines (Ottawa Treaty) Oslo 9/18/97 12/4/97 Signed Treaty for Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) London, Moscow, D.C. 1/30/95 Accession 7/1/68 Agreement between the RMI and the IAEA for the Application of Safeguards in New York, 5/3/05 5/3/05 Signed Connection with the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons Protocol Additional to the Agreement between the RMI and the IAEA for the New York, 5/3/55 5/3/05 Signed application of Safeguards in connection with the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of nuclear weapons The 2005 Amendment to the 1987 Convention on the Physical Protection of Majuro 28/03/2016 Ratified Nuclear Material (CPPNM) CORRUPTION United Nations Convention Against Corruption (UNCAC) New York, 2005 10/19/2011 Signed Ratification INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT
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