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RMI TREATY LIST Name of Treaty Done at Date Status

REGIONAL AGREEMENTS

Nauru Agreement Concerning Cooperation on the Management of Fisheries of 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) 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 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 - 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 ( 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 Agreement for Management of the Western Pacific Purse Seine Fishery Palau 10/28/92 10/28/92 Signed (Palau Agreement) 11/28/94 Ratified

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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 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 , , , , PNG, Townsville, Australia 08/15/2003 Signed Samoa and 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

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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

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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

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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

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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

Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court Rome 7/17/98 9/6/00 Ratified Agreement between the Government of the U.S.A and the Government of RMI Majuro 9/18/02 Signed Regarding the Surrender of Persons to the International Criminal Court (ICC Article 98)

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RMI TREATY LIST

Name of Treaty Done at Date Status INTERATIONAL TRADE & DEVELOPMENT

Cotonou Agreement (Agreement between EU-ACP) Benin 6/23/00 06/23/00 Signed 11/15/00 Ratified Revised Cotonou Agreement (EU and 77 Countries of Africa, Caribbean and Brussels Waiting the Pacific) Confirmation

EMPLOYMENT AND LABOUR

ILO (International Labour Organization) New York 07/03/2007 Accession Maritime Labour Convention Geneva 09/25/2007 Ratified

IMO (International Maritime Organization)

Convention on the International Maritime Organization (IMO) Geneva 3/6/48 3/26/98 Accepted IMO Convention Amendments (1991) London 11/7/91 9/7/98 Accepted IMO Convention Amendments (1993) London 11/4/93 9/7/98 Accepted IMO, amendment to article 28 London 9/28/65 3/26/98 Accepted IMO, amendment to articles 17 and 18 London 9/15/64 3/26/98 Accepted IMO, amendment to articles 10,16,17,18,20,28,31, & 32 London 10/17/74 3/26/98 Accepted IMO, amendment to articles 17,18,20, and 51 London 11/15/79 3/26/98 Accepted IMO, amendment to Committee on Technical Cooperation London 11/17/77 3/26/98 Accepted IMO, amendments to the title & substantive provisions London 11/14/75 & 3/26/98 Accepted 10/9/77 International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea London 11/1/74 4/26/88 Accession

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RMI TREATY LIST Protocol of 1978 Relating to the International Convention for the Safety of Life London 2/11/78 4/26/88 Accession at Sea (SOLAS) Protocol of 1988 Relating to the International Convention for the Safety of Life London 11/11/88 10/16/95 Accession at Sea (SOLAS) International Convention on Load Lines (1966) London 4/5/66 4/26/88 Accession Protocol of 1988 Relating to the International Convention on Load Lines London 11/11/88 11/29/94 Accession (1966) International Convention on Tonnage Measurement of Ships (1969) London 6/23/69 4/25/89 Accession Protocol of 1996 relating to the Convention on Limitation of Liability for London 5/02/1996 01/24/2006 Accession Maritime Claims, 1976 Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards (New York New York, 1958 11/06/2006 Accession Convention)

Name of Treaty Done at Date Status Convention on the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea London 10/20/72 4/26/88 Accession (COLREGS 1972) International Convention for Safe Containers (1972) Geneva 12/2/72 11/29/94 Accession 1993 Amendments to the International Convention for Safe Containers (1972) London 11/4/93 10/16/95 Accession International Convention on the Standards of Training, Certification and London 7/7/78 4/25/89 Accession Watchkeeping for Seafarers (STCW 1978) Convention on the International Mobile Satellite Organization, as amended London 1/19/89 5/12/97 Accession (INMARSAT C) 1998 Amendments (INMARSAT C) 12/3/99 Signatory Operating Agreement on the International Mobile Satellite Organization London 1/19/89 5/12/97 Signatory (INMARSAT) as amended (INMARASAT OA) 1998 Amendments Relating to the Operating Agreement on the International 12/3/98 Signatory Mobile Satellite Organization, as amended (INMARSAT OA) Convention on Facilitation of International Maritime Traffic (FAL 1965) 11/29/94 Accession International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships (1973) as London 2/17/78 4/26/88 Accession amended by the Protocol of 1978 (MARPOL 73/78)

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RMI TREATY LIST Annex III to MARPOL 73/78 4/26/88 Signatory Annex IV to MARPOL 73/78 4/26/88 Signatory Annex V to MARPOL 73/78 4/26/88 Signatory MARPOL Protocol 1997 (Annex VI) ------9/26/97 3/7/02 Accession International Convention Relating to Intervention on the High Sea in Cases of Brussels 11/29/69 10/16/95 Accession Oil Pollution Casualties Protocol relating to Intervention on High Seas in Cases of Pollution by London 11/2/73 10/16/95 Accession Substances Other than Oil (1973) Convention Relating to the Carriage of Passengers and their Luggage by Sea Athens 12/13/74 11/29/94 Accession (PAL 1974) International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling (ICRW) Washington D.C 03/31/2006 Accession 12/02/1946

Name of Treaty Done at Date Status Protocol to the Athens Convention Relating to the Carriage of Passengers and London 11/19/76 11/29/94 Accession their Luggage by Sea (PAL PROT 76) Convention on the Limitation of Liability for Maritime Claims (1976) London 11/19/76 11/29/94 Accession *Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against the Safety of Rome 3/10/88 11/29/94 Accession Maritime Navigation (SUA 1988) *Protocol for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against the Safety of Fixed Rome 3/10/88 10/16/95 Accession Platforms Located on the Continental Shelf (SUA PROT 1988) International Convention on Salvage (1989) London 4/28/89 10/16/95 Accession International Convention on Oil Pollution Preparedness, Response and London 11/30/90 10/16/95 Accession Cooperation (OPRC 1990) Protocol to the International Convention on Civil Liability for Oil Pollution London 11/19/76 1/24/94 Accession Damage (1976) International Convention on Civil Liability for Oil Pollution Damage Brussels 11/29/69 1/24/94 Accession Protocol amending International Convention on Civil Liability for Oil Pollution London 11/27/92 10/16/95 Accession (1992)

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RMI TREATY LIST International Convention on the Establishment of an International Fund for Brussels 12/18/71 11/30/94 Accession Compensation for Oil Pollution Protocol to the International Convention on the Establishment of an International London 11/19/76 10/16/95 Accession Fund for Compensation for Oil Pollution Damage (FUND PROT 76) Protocol of 1992 to Amend the International Convention on the Establishment of London 11/27/92 10/16/95 Accession an International Fund for Compensation for Oil Pollution Damage (FUND PROT 92) Convention on the Statute on International Regime of Maritime Ports Geneva 12/9/23 2/2/94 Accepted

Name of Treaty Done at Date Status

NAVIGATION

*Convention on Offences & Certain Other Acts Committed on Board Aircraft Tokyo 9/14/63 5/15/89 Accession *Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against the Safety of Civil Montreal 9/23/71 5/31/89 Accession Aviation Convention on International Civil Aviation Chicago 12/7/44 3/18/88 Adherence *Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Seizure of Aircrafts Hague 12/16/70 5/31/89 Accession *Protocol on the Suppression of Unlawful Acts of Violence at Airports Serving Montreal 2/24/88 6/23/88 Signed International Civil Aviation, supplementary to the Convention for the 5/30/89 Ratified Suppression of Unlawful Acts against Civil Aviation

ANTI-TERRORISM CONVENTIONS (*)

Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of Crimes Against Internationally New York 12/14/73 1/27/03 Accession Protected Persons, including Diplomatic Agents International Convention Against the Taking of Hostages New York 12/17/79 1/27/03 Accession International Convention for the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism New York 12/9/99 1/27/03 Accession International Convention for the Suppression of Terrorist Bombings New York 12/15/97 1/27/03 Accession

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RMI TREATY LIST Convention on Physical Protection of Nuclear Material Vienna 10/26/79 2/07/03 Accession Convention on the Marking of Plastic Explosives for the Purpose of Detection Montreal 3/1/91 2/06/03 Accession

1949 GENEVA CONVENTIONS

Geneva Convention for the Amelioration of the Condition of the wounded and Geneva, 8/12/49 6/1/04 Accession sick in Armed Forces in the Field (the First Convention) Geneva Convention for the Amelioration of the Condition of Wounded, Sick, Geneva, 8/12/49 6/1/04 Accession and Shipwrecked members of Armed Forces at Sea (the Second Convention) Geneva Convention relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War (the Third Geneva, 8/12/49 6/1/04 Accession Convention) Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in time of War Geneva, 8/12/04 6/1/04 Accession (the Fourth Convention)

UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME (UNDP) Basic agreement concerning assistance by UNDP to RMI Government Majuro 1/14/94 1/14/94 Signed United Nations Industrial Development Organization Majuro 4/03/2015 Accession

U.S. BILATERAL AGREEMENTS Compact of Free Association, as Amended Majuro, 4/30/03 4/30/2003 Signed Cooperation to Suppress the Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction, Honolulu, 8/13/04 8/13/04 Signed Their Delivery Systems, and Related Materials by Sea RMI-US Cooperative Shiprider Agreement (Agreement by Diplomatic Note) Majuro 11/28/07 Agreement