CONFERENCE OF THE PARTIES

First session

Berlin, 28 March - 7 April 1995

Item 4 (a) of the provisional agenda

SUMMARY (as at 24/3/95)
1. Mauritius 2. Seychelles 3. Marshall Islands 4. United States of America 5. Zimbabwe 6. Maldives 7. Monaco 8. Canada 9. Australia 10. China 11. Saint Kitts and Nevis 12. Antigua and Barbuda 13. Ecuador 14. Fiji 15. Mexico 16. Papua New Guinea 17. Vanuatu 18. Cook Islands 19. Guinea 20. Armenia 21. Japan 22. Zambia 23. Peru 24. Algeria	25. Saint Lucia 26. Iceland 27. Uzbekistan (*) 28. Dominica (*) 29. Sweden 30. Norway 31. Tunisia 32. Burkina Faso 33. Uganda 34. New Zealand 35. Mongolia 36. Czech Republic 37. Tuvalu 38. India 39. Nauru 40. Jordan 41. Micronesia 42. Sudan 43. Sri Lanka 44. United Kingdom 45. Germany 46. Switzerland 47. Republic of Korea 48. Netherlands 49. Denmark 50. Portugal	51. Spain 52. E.E.C. 53. Cuba 54. Mauritania 55. Botswana 56. Hungary 57. Paraguay 58. Austria 59. Brazil 60. Argentina 61. Malta 62. Barbados 63. France 64. Bahamas 65. Ethiopia 66. Italy 67. Bangladesh 68. Ireland 69. Malawi 70. Nepal 71. Finland 72. Luxembourg 73. Pakistan 74. Chad 75. Romania 76. Gambia 77. Liechtenstein	78. Trinidad and Tobago 79. Benin 80. Malaysia 81. Estonia 82. Poland 83. Georgia(*) 84. Philippines 85. Greece 86. Grenada 87. Uruguay 88. Indonesia 89. Slovakia 90. Costa Rica 91. Nigeria 92. Guyana 93. Kenya 94. Bolivia 95. Albania 96. Senegal 97. Cameroon 98. San Marino 99. Belize 100. Comoros 101. Viet Nam 102. Myanmar 103. Côte d'Ivoire	104. Samoa 105. D.P.R of Korea 106. Egypt 107. Lebanon 108. Chile 109. Bahrain 110. Mali 111. Kuwait(*) 112. Russian Fed. 113. Saudi Arabia(*) 114. Solomon Is 115. Thailand 116. Venezuela 117. Lao P. D. R.(*) 118. Jamaica 119. Zaire 120. Kiribati 121. Lesotho 122. Oman 123. Togo 124. Central African Republic 125. Colombia 126. Latvia 127. Lithuania

(*)= Accession

The text of the Convention was adopted at United Nations Headquarters, New York on

9 May 1992; it was open for signature at Rio de Janeiro from 4 to 14 June 1992, and thereafter at United Nations Headquarters, New York, from 20 June 1992 to 19 June 1993. By that date the Convention had received 166 signatures. The Convention entered into force on 21 March 1994. Those States that have not signed the Convention may accede to it at any time.

For those States that ratify, accept or approve the Convention or accede thereto after the date of entry into force, the Convention shall enter into force on the ninetieth day after the date of the deposit by such State of its instrument of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession.

This document contains information concerning dates of signature and ratification received from the Secretary-General of the United Nations, as Depositary, as at

24 March 1995. The dates in the column on ratification are those of the receipt of the instrument of ratification or accession by the Depositary.

The information is presented in two tables: the first in alphabetical order of States, and the second classifying those States that have ratified the Convention by regional groups and including the percentages of Parties by region.

For the purpose of this document, all references to ratification include information on accession, acceptance and approval of the Convention.

COUNTRY	SIGNATURE	RATIFICATION	ENTRY INTO FORCE	REMARKS
1. AFGHANISTAN	12/06/92
2. ALBANIA	----	03/10/94 (Ac)	01/01/95
3. ALGERIA	13/06/92	09/06/93 (R)	21/03/94
4. ANDORRA	----
5. ANGOLA	14/06/92
6. ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA	04/06/92	02/02/93 (R)	21/03/94
7. ARGENTINA	12/06/92	11/03/94 (R)	09/06/94
8. ARMENIA	13/06/92	14/05/93 (R)	21/03/94
9. AUSTRALIA	04/06/92	30/12/92 (R)	21/03/94
10. AUSTRIA	08/06/92	28/02/94 (R)	29/05/94
11. AZERBAIJAN	12/06/92
12. BAHAMAS	12/06/92	29/03/94 (R)	27/06/94
13. BAHRAIN	08/06/92	28/12/94 (R)	28/03/95
14. BANGLADESH	09/06/92	15/04/94 (R)	14/07/94
15. BARBADOS	12/06/92	23/03/94 (R)	21/06/94
16. BELARUS	11/06/92
17. BELGIUM	04/06/92

COUNTRY	SIGNATURE	RATIFICATION	ENTRY INTO FORCE	REMARKS
18. BELIZE	13/06/92	31/10/94 (R)	29/01/95
19. BENIN	13/06/92	30/06/94 (R)	28/09/94
20. BHUTAN	11/06/92
21. BOLIVIA	10/06/92	03/10/94 (R)	01/01/95
22. BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA	----
23. BOTSWANA	12/06/92	27/01/94 (R)	27/04/94
24. BRAZIL	04/06/92	28/02/94 (R)	29/05/94
25. BRUNEI DARUSSALAM	----
26. BULGARIA	05/06/92
27. BURKINA FASO	12/06/92	02/09/93 (R)	21/03/94
28. BURUNDI	11/06/92
29. CAMBODIA	----
30. CAMEROON	14/06/92	19/10/94 (R)	17/01/95
31. CANADA	12/06/92	04/12/92 (R)	21/03/94
32. CAPE VERTE	12/06/92
33. CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC	13/06/92	10/03/95 (R)	08/06/95
34. CHAD	12/06/92	07/06/94 (R)	05/09/94
35. CHILE	13/06/92	22/12/94 (R)	22/03/95
36. CHINA	11/06/92	05/01/93 (R)	21/03/94

COUNTRY	SIGNATURE	RATIFICATION	ENTRY INTO FORCE	REMARKS
37. COLOMBIA	13/06/92	22/03/95 (R)	20/06/95
38. COMOROS	11/06/92	31/10/94 (R)	29/01/95
39. CONGO	12/06/92
40. COOK ISLANDS	12/06/92	20/04/93 (R)	21/03/94
41. COSTA RICA	13/06/92	26/08/94 (R)	24/11/94
42. COTE D'IVOIRE	10/06/92	29/11/94 (R)	27/02/95
43. CROATIA	11/06/92
44. CUBA	13/06/92	05/01/94 (R)	05/04/94	(9)
45. CYPRUS	12/06/92
46. CZECH REPUBLIC	18/06/93	07/10/93 (Ap)	21/03/94
47. DEM. PEOPLE'S REP. OF KOREA	11/06/92	05/12/94 (Ap)	05/03/95
48. DENMARK	09/06/92	21/12/93 (R)	21/03/94
49. DJIBOUTI	12/06/92
50. DOMINICA	----	21/06/93 (Ac)	21/03/94
51. DOMINICAN REPUBLIC	12/06/92
52. ECUADOR	09/06/92	23/02/93 (R)	21/03/94
53. EGYPT	09/06/92	05/12/94 (R)	05/03/95
54. EL SALVADOR	13/06/92
55. EQUATORIAL GUINEA	----
56. ERITREA	----

COUNTRY	SIGNATURE	RATIFICATION	ENTRY INTO FORCE	REMARKS
57. ESTONIA	12/06/92	27/07/94 (R)	25/10/94
58. ETHIOPIA	10/06/92	05/04/94 (R)	04/07/94
59. FIJI	09/10/92	25/02/93 (R)	21/03/94	(5)
60. FINLAND	04/06/92	03/05/94 (At)	01/08/94
61. FRANCE	13/06/92	25/03/94 (R)	23/06/94
62. GABON	12/06/92
63. GAMBIA	12/06/92	10/06/94 (R)	08/09/94
64. GEORGIA	----	29/07/94 (Ac)	27/10/94
65. GERMANY	12/06/92	09/12/93 (R)	21/03/94
66. GHANA	12/06/92
67. GREECE	12/06/92	04/08/94 (R)	02/11/94
68. GRENADA	03/12/92	11/08/94 (R)	09/11/94
69. GUATEMALA	13/06/92
70. GUINEA	12/06/92	07/05/93 (R)	21/03/94
71. GUINEA-BISSAU	12/06/92
72. GUYANA	13/06/92	29/08/94 (R)	27/11/94
73. HAITI	13/06/92
74. HOLY SEE	----
75. HONDURAS	13/06/92

COUNTRY	SIGNATURE	RATIFICATION	ENTRY INTO FORCE	REMARKS
76. HUNGARY	13/06/92	24/02/94 (R)	25/05/94	(10)
77. ICELAND	04/06/92	16/06/93 (R)	21/03/94
78. INDIA	10/06/92	01/11/93 (R)	21/03/94
79. INDONESIA	05/06/92	23/08/94 (R)	21/11/94
80. IRAN (ISLAMIC REP. OF)	14/06/92
81. IRAQ	----
82. IRELAND	13/06/92	20/04/94 (R)	19/07/94
83. ISRAEL	04/06/92
84. ITALY	05/06/92	15/04/94 (R)	14/07/94
85. JAMAICA	12/06/92	06/01/95 (R)	06/04/95
86. JAPAN	13/06/92	28/05/93 (At)	21/03/94
87. JORDAN	11/06/92	12/11/93 (R)	21/03/94
88. KAZAKHSTAN	08/06/92
89. KENYA	12/06/92	30/08/94 (R)	28/11/94
90. KIRIBATI	13/06/92	07/02/95 (R)	08/05/95	(3)
91. KUWAIT	----	28/12/94 (Ac)	28/03/95
92. KYRGYZSTAN	----
93. LAO PEOPLE'S DEM. REP.	----	04/01/95 (Ac)	04/04/95
94. LATVIA	11/06/92	23/03/95 (R)	21/06/95

COUNTRY	SIGNATURE	RATIFICATION	ENTRY INTO FORCE	REMARKS
95. LEBANON	12/06/92	15/12/94 (R)	15/03/95
96. LESOTHO	11/06/92	07/02/95 (R)	08/05/95
97. LIBERIA	12/06/92
98. LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA	29/06/92
99. LIECHTENSTEIN	04/06/92	22/06/94 (R)	20/09/94
100. LITHUANIA	11/06/92	24/03/95 (R)	22/06/95
101. LUXEMBOURG	09/06/92	09/05/94 (R)	07/08/94
102. MADAGASCAR	10/06/92
103. MALAWI	10/06/92	21/04/94 (R)	20/07/94
104. MALAYSIA	09/06/93	13/07/94 (R)	11/10/94
105. MALDIVES	12/06/92	09/11/92 (R)	21/03/94
106. MALI	22/09/92	28/12/94 (R)	28/03/95
107. MALTA	12/06/92	17/03/94 (R)	15/06/94
108. MARSHALL ISLANDS	12/06/92	08/10/92 (R)	21/03/94
109. MAURITANIA	12/06/92	20/01/94 (R)	20/04/94
110. MAURITIUS	10/06/92	04/09/92 (R)	21/03/94
111. MEXICO	13/06/92	11/03/93 (R)	21/03/94
112. MICRONESIA	12/06/92	18/11/93 (R)	21/03/94

COUNTRY	SIGNATURE	RATIFICATION	ENTRY INTO FORCE	REMARKS
113. MONACO	11/06/92	24/11/92 (R)	21/03/94	(6)
114. MONGOLIA	12/06/92	30/09/93 (R)	21/03/94
115. MOROCCO	13/06/92
116. MOZAMBIQUE	12/06/92
117. MYANMAR	11/06/92	25/11/94 (R)	23/02/95
118. NAMIBIA	12/06/92
119. NAURU	08/06/92	11/11/93 (R)	21/03/94	(1)
120. NEPAL	12/06/92	02/05/94 (R)	31/07/94
121. NETHERLANDS	04/06/92	20/12/93 (At)	21/03/94
122. NEW ZEALAND	04/06/92	16/09/93 (R)	21/03/94
123. NICARAGUA	13/06/92
124. NIGER	11/06/92
125. NIGERIA	13/06/92	29/08/94 (R)	27/11/94
126. NIUE	----
127. NORWAY	04/06/92	09/07/93 (R)	21/03/94
128. OMAN	11/06/92	08/02/95 (R)	09/05/95
129. PAKISTAN	13/06/92	01/06/94 (R)	30/08/94
130. PALAU	----
131. PANAMA	18/03/93
132. PAPUA NEW GUINEA	13/06/92	16/03/93 (R)	21/03/94	(7)
133. PARAGUAY	12/06/92	24/02/94 (R)	25/05/94

COUNTRY	SIGNATURE	RATIFICATION	ENTRY INTO FORCE	REMARKS
134. PERU	12/06/92	07/06/93 (R)	21/03/94
135. PHILIPPINES	12/06/92	02/08/94 (R)	31/10/94
136. POLAND	05/06/92	28/07/94 (R)	26/10/94
137. PORTUGAL	13/06/92	21/12/93 (R)	21/03/94
138. QATAR	----
139. REPUBLIC OF KOREA	13/06/92	14/12/93 (R)	21/03/94
140. REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA	12/06/92
141. ROMANIA	05/06/92	08/06/94 (R)	06/09/94
142. RUSSIAN FEDERATION	13/06/92	28/12/94 (R)	28/03/95
143. RWANDA	10/06/92
144. SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS	12/06/92	07/01/93 (R)	21/03/94
145. SAINT LUCIA	14/06/93	14/06/93 (R)	21/03/94
146. ST.VINCENT AND THE GRENAD.	----
147. SAMOA	12/06/92	29/11/94 (R)	27/02/95
148. SAN MARINO	10/06/92	28/10/94 (R)	26/01/95
149. SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE	12/06/92
150. SAUDI ARABIA	----	28/12/94 (Ac)	28/03/95
151. SENEGAL	13/06/92	17/10/94 (R)	15/01/95
152. SEYCHELLES	10/06/92	22/09/92 (R)	21/03/94

COUNTRY	SIGNATURE	RATIFICATION	ENTRY INTO FORCE	REMARKS
153. SIERRA LEONE	11/02/93
154. SINGAPORE	13/06/92
155. SLOVAKIA	19/05/93	25/08/94 (Ap)	23/11/94
156. SLOVENIA	13/06/92
157. SOLOMON ISLANDS	13/06/92	28/12/94 (R)	28/03/95	(11)
158. SOMALIA	----
159. SOUTH AFRICA	15/06/93
160. SPAIN	13/06/92	21/12/93 (R)	21/03/94
161. SRI LANKA	10/06/92	23/11/93 (R)	21/03/94
162. SUDAN	09/06/92	19/11/93 (R)	21/03/94
163. SURINAME	13/06/92
164. SWAZILAND	12/06/92
165. SWEDEN	08/06/92	23/06/93 (R)	21/03/94
166. SWITZERLAND	12/06/92	10/12/93 (R)	21/03/94
167. SYRIAN ARAB REP.	----
168. TAJIKISTAN	----
169. THAILAND	12/06/92	28/12/94 (R)	28/03/95
170. THE F.Y. REP. OF MACEDONIA	----
171. TOGO	12/06/92	08/03/95 (At)	06/06/95

COUNTRY	SIGNATURE	RATIFICATION	ENTRY INTO FORCE	REMARKS
172. TONGA	----
173. TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO	11/06/92	24/06/94 (R)	22/09/94
174. TUNISIA	13/06/92	15/07/93 (R)	21/03/94
175. TURKEY	----
176. TURKMENISTAN	----
177. TUVALU	08/06/92	26/10/93 (R)	21/03/94	(2)
178. UGANDA	13/06/92	08/09/93 (R)	21/03/94
179. UKRAINE	11/06/92
180. UNITED ARAB EMIRATES	----
181. UNITED KINGDOM	12/06/92	08/12/93 (R)	21/03/94
182. UNITED REP. OF TANZANIA	12/06/92
183. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA	12/06/92	15/10/92 (R)	21/03/94
184. URUGUAY	04/06/92	18/08/94 (R)	16/11/94
185. UZBEKISTAN	----	20/06/93 (Ac)	21/03/94
186. VANUATU	09/06/92	25/03/93 (R)	21/03/94
187. VENEZUELA	12/06/92	28/12/94 (R)	28/03/95
188. VIET NAM	11/06/92	16/11/94 (R)	14/02/95
189. YEMEN	12/06/92

COUNTRY	SIGNATURE	RATIFICATION	ENTRY INTO FORCE	REMARKS
190. YUGOSLAVIA	08/06/92
191. ZAIRE	11/06/92	09/01/95 (R)	09/04/95
192. ZAMBIA	11/06/92	28/05/93 (R)	21/03/94
193. ZIMBABWE	12/06/92	03/11/92 (R)	21/03/94
****** ORGANIZATION ******	********	*************	*************	************
EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY	13/06/92	21/12/93 (Ap)	21/03/94	(4) (8)
*********** TOTAL **********	166	127	*************	***********

RATIFICATION = (R)

ACCEPTANCE = (At)

APPROVAL = (Ap)

ACCESSION = (Ac)

(1) Upon signature, the following formal declaration was made:

"The Government of Nauru declares its understanding that signature of the Convention shall in no way constitute a renunciation of any rights under international law concerning state responsibility for the adverse effects of climate change, and that no provisions in the Convention can be interpreted as derogating from the principles of general international law."

(2) Upon signature, the following formal declaration was made:

"The Government of Tuvalu declares its understanding that signature of the Convention shall in no way constitute a renunciation of any rights under international law concerning state responsibility for the adverse effects of climate change, and that no provisions in the Convention can be interpreted as derogating from the principles of general international law."

(3) Upon signature, the following formal declaration was made:

"The Government of the Republic of Kiribati declares its understanding that signature and/or ratification of the Convention shall in no way constitute a renunciation of any rights under international law concerning state responsibility for the adverse effects of climate change, and that no provisions in the Convention can be interpreted as derogating from the principles of general international law."

(4) Upon signature, the following formal declaration was made:

"The European Community and its Member States declare, for the purposes of clarity, that the inclusion of the European Community as well as its Member States in the lists in the Annexes to the Convention is without prejudice to the division of competence and responsibilities between the Community and its Member States, which is to be declared in accordance with Article 21.3 of the Convention."

(5) Upon signature, the following formal declaration was made:

"The Government of Fiji declares its understanding that signature of the Convention shall, in no way, constitute a renunciation of any rights under international law concerning state responsibility for the adverse effects of climate change, and that no provisions in the Convention can be interpreted as derogating from the principles of general international law."

(6) The instrument of ratification contains the following declaration:

"In accordance with sub-paragraph g of article 4.2 of the Convention, the Principality of Monaco declares that it intends to be bound by the provision of sub-paragraphs a and b of said article."

(7) The instrument of ratification was accompanied by the following declaration:

"The Government of the Independent State of Papua New Guinea declares its understanding that ratification of the Convention shall in no way constitute a renunciation of any rights under international law concerning state responsibility for the adverse effects of climate change as derogating from the principles of general international law."

(8) The instrument of ratification was accompanied by the following declaration:

"The European Economic Community and its Members States declare that the commitment to limit anthropogenic CO₂ emissions set out in Article 4(2) of the Convention will be fulfilled in the Community as a whole though action by the Community and its Member States, within the respective competence of each.

In this perspective, the Community and its Member States reaffirm the objectives set out in the Council conclusions of 29 October 1990, and in particular the objective of stabilization of CO₂ emissions by 2000 at 1990 level in the Community as a whole.

The European Community and its Member States are elaborating a coherent strategy in order to attain this objective."

(9) The instrument of ratification contains the following declaration:

"El Gobierno de la República de Cuba declara, en relación con el Artículo 14 de la Convención Marco de las Naciones Unidas sobre el Cambio Climático, que a los efectos de la República de Cuba, las controversias que surjan entre las Partes, en la interpretación o aplicación de la Convención, serán resueltas mediante negociación por la vía diplomática."

(10) Upon deposit, the Government of Hungary made the following declaration:

"The Government of the Republic of Hungary attributes great significance to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and it reiterates its position in accordance with the provision of Article 4.6 of the Convention on certain degree of flexibility that the average level of anthropogenic carbon-dioxide emissions for the period of 1985-1987 will be considered as reference level in context of the commitments under Article 4.2 of the Convention. This understanding is closely related to the "process of transition" as it is given in Article 4.6 of the Convention. The Government of the Republic of Hungary declares that it will do all efforts to contribute to the objective of the Convention."

(11) The instrument of ratification contains the following declaration:

"Now therefore in pursuance of Article 14.2 of the said Convention I hereby declare that the Government of Solomon Islands shall recognise as compulsory, arbitration, in accordance with procedures to be adopted by the Conference of the Parties as soon as practicable, in an annex on arbitrations."