| Declarations |
|
Date |
|
|
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Maputo Declaration on Agriculture and Food Security in
Africa |
|
10-12 July 2003 |
|
|
|
Sirte
Declaration on the Challenges of Implementing Integrated and Sustainable
Development on Agriculture and Water in Africa |
|
2004 |
|
|
|
Dar Es Salaam
Declaration on Agriculture and Food Security in the SADC Region |
|
14 Feb 2004 |
|
|
|
The FAO
Committee on World Food Security Right to Food Guidelines |
|
23 Sept 2004 |
|
|
|
Declaration
of the World Food Summit: five years later |
|
2002 |
|
|
|
World Declaration on Nutrition - Plan of Action for Nutrition |
|
1992 |
|
|
|
Rome Declaration on
World Food Security and Plan of Action |
|
13-17 Nov 1996 |
|
|
| Conventions, Treaties & Protocols |
Text |
Date |
Date signed |
Date ratified / accession |
|
International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture |
Full text |
3 Nov 2001 |
10 June 2002 |
not ratified |
|
Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) |
Full text |
23 May 2001 |
not signed |
13 Jan 2006 |
|
The Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety to the Convention on Biological Diversity |
Full text |
29 Jan 2000 |
not signed |
13 Jan 2006 |
|
The Beijing Amendment to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that deplete the ozone layer |
Full text |
1 Jan 2000 |
not signed |
16 Dec 2005 |
|
African-Eurasian Migratory Water Bird Agreement |
Full text |
1 Nov 1999 |
not signed |
not ratified |
|
The Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent (PIC) Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade |
Full text |
11 Sept 1998 |
not signed |
not ratified |
|
The Kyoto Protocol |
Full text |
11 Dec 1997 |
not
signed |
13 Jan 2006 |
|
The Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty |
Full text |
10 Sept 1996 |
24 Sept 1996 |
not ratified |
|
The African Nuclear-Weapon Free Zone Treaty (Pelindaba Treaty) |
Full text |
11 April 1996 |
4 Nov 1996 |
not ratified |
|
The Revised SADC Protocol on Shared Watercourse Systems |
Full text |
|
7 Aug 2000 |
ratified |
|
Ban Amendment to the Basel
Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and
their Disposal |
Full text |
22 Sept 1995 |
not signed |
not ratified |
|
The SADC Protocol on Shared Watercourse Systems |
Full text |
28 Aug 1995 |
28 Aug 1995 |
ratified |
|
The Lusaka Agreement on Co-operative Enforcement Operations Directed at Illegal Trade in Wildlife
(Fauna and Fauna) |
Full text |
8 Sept 1994 |
8 Sept 1994 |
not ratified |
|
United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification in those Countries Experiencing Serious Drought and/or Desertification, Particularly in Africa |
Full text |
12 Sept 1994 |
27 July 1995 |
7 Oct 1996 |
|
United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea |
Full text |
16 Nov 1994 |
|
|
|
Agreement on the Implementation of Part XI of the Convention on the Law of the Sea |
Full text |
28 July 1994 |
12 Oct 1994 |
not ratified |
|
Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling, and Use of Chemical Weapons and on their Destruction |
Full text |
13 Jan 1993 |
23 Sept 1993 |
20 Nov 1996 |
|
The Chemical Weapons Convention |
Full text |
13 Jan 1993 |
23 Sept 1993 |
20 Nov 1996 |
|
London Amendment to Montreal Protocol on Substances that deplete the ozone layer |
Full text |
10 Aug 1992 |
|
16 Dec 2005 |
|
The Rio Declaration on Environment and Development |
Full text |
13 June 1992 |
|
|
|
The Convention on Biological Diversity |
Full text |
5 June 1992 |
12 June 1992 |
9 Nov 1994 |
|
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change |
Full text |
9 May 1992 |
12 June 1992 |
7 Oct 1996 |
|
Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes |
Full Text |
17 March 1992 |
not signed |
not ratified |
|
The Convention on Environmental Impact Assessment in a Transboundary Context |
Full text |
25 Feb 1991 |
not signed |
not ratified |
|
Convention on the Ban of the Import into Africa and the Control of Transboundary Movement and Management of Hazardous Wastes Within Africa
(BAMAKO) |
Full text |
30 Jan 1991 |
29 June 1991 |
not ratified |
|
Adjustments and Amendment to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer |
Full text |
29 June 1990 |
|
16 Dec 2005 |
|
Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) |
|
20 Nov 1989 |
|
6 Oct 1995 |
|
Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal |
Full text |
22 March 1989 |
not signed |
8 Aug 2005 |
|
Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer |
Full
text |
16 Sept 1987 |
10 Nov 1992 |
16 Dec 2005 |
|
Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer |
Full text |
22 March 1985 |
12 Dec 1994 |
16 Dec 2005 |
|
Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or
Punishment (CAT) |
|
10 Dec 1984 |
|
25 Apr 2004 |
|
United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea |
Full text |
10 Dec 1982 |
18 Jan 1984 |
not ratified |
|
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against
Women (CEDAW) |
Full text |
18 Dec 1979 |
not signed |
26 Mar 2004 |
|
Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution |
Full text |
13 Nov 1979 |
not signed |
not ratified |
|
Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals |
Full text |
23 June 1979 |
not signed |
not ratified |
|
Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) |
Full text |
3 March 1973 |
3 March 1973 |
24 Jan 1997 |
|
Convention for the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage |
Full text |
16 Nov 1972 |
not signed |
not ratified |
|
The Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention |
Full text |
10 April 1972 |
|
18 June 1991
acceded |
|
Treaty on the Prohibition of the emplacement of nuclear weapons and other weapons of mass destruction on the seabed and the ocean floor and in the subsoil thereof |
|
12 Feb 1971 |
11 Feb 1971 |
9 Aug 1972 |
|
The Ramsar Convention on Wetlands |
Full text |
2 Feb 1971 |
not signed |
not ratified |
|
African Convention on the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources |
Full text |
15 Sept 1968 |
15 Sept 1968 |
25
March 1969 |
|
International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR) |
|
16 Dec 1966 |
|
26 April 2004 |
|
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (CCPR) |
|
16 Dec 1966 |
|
26 April 2004 |
|
International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial
Discrimination (CERD) |
|
7 March 1966 |
|
7 May 1969 |
|
Treaty Banning Nuclear Weapon Tests in the Atmosphere, in Outer Space and Under Water |
Full text |
10 Oct 1963 |
|
29 May 1969 |
|
Geneva Convention on the High Seas |
Full text |
29 Apr 1958 |
|
16 Oct 1970
acceded |
|
Convention on the Continental Shelf |
Full text |
29 Apr 1958 |
|
16 Oct 1970 |
|
Convention relating to the Status of Refugees of 28 July 1951 |
Full text |
22 Apr 1954 |
|
14 Feb 2000 |
|
Convention on the Political Rights of Women |
|
31 March 1953 |
|
20 Jul 1970 |
|
The International Plant Protection Convention |
Full text |
3 April 1952 |
not signed |
not ratified |
|
Protocol for the Prohibition of the Use in War of Asphyxiating, Poisonous or other Gases, and of Bacteriological Methods of Warfare |
Full text |
19 June 1925 |
|
23 July 1991
acceded |