LIST OF INSTRUMENTS OF CONVENTIONS
DEPOSITED BY
THE STATE OF
KUWAIT SINCE 1963
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Convention on the privileges and immunities
of the United Nations, adopted by the General Assembly of the United Nations
on 13 February 1946
ACCESSION
Instrument deposited on:
13 December 1963
Kuwait
Registered ex officio on 13 December 1963.
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Constitution of the World Health Organization.
Signed at New York on 22 July 1946
ACCEPTANCE
Instrument deposited on:
9 May 1960
Kuwait
Registered ex officio on 9 May 1960.
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International Telecommunication Union
ACCESSION
Instrument deposited with Secretary-General
of the UN on:
13 November 1961
Kuwait
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World Health Organization
APPLICATION
Notification received by Secretary-General
of the UN
07 February 1963
Kuwait
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International Labor Organization
APPLICATION
Notification received by Secretary-General
of the UN
07 February 1963
Kuwait
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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United
Nations
APPLICATION
Notification received by Secretary-General
of the UN
07 February 1963
Kuwait
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United Nations Educational, Scientific and
Cultural Organization
APPLICATION
Notification received by Secretary-General
of the UN
07 February 1963
Kuwait
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International Bank for Reconstruction and
Development
APPLICATION
Notification received by Secretary-General
of the UN
07 February 1963
Kuwait
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Universal Postal Union
APPLICATION
Notification received by Secretary-General
of the UN
07 February 1963
Kuwait
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World Meteorological Organization
APPLICATION
Notification received by Secretary-General
of the UN
07 February 1963
Kuwait
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Inter-Governmental Maritime Consultative Organization
APPLICATION
Notification received by Secretary-General
of the UN
07 February 1963
Kuwait
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International Finance Corporation
APPLICATION
Notification received by Secretary-General
of the UN
07 February 1963
Kuwait
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International Development Association
APPLICATION
Notification received by Secretary-General
of the UN
07 February 1963
Kuwait
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International Civil Aviation Organization
APPLICATION
Notification received by Secretary-General
of the UN
07 February 1963
Kuwait
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Convention on the Privileges and Immunities
of the Specialized Agencies. Approved by the General Assembly of the United
Nations on 21 November 1947
ACCEPTANCE
Notification received on:
29 August 1966
Kuwait
Registered ex office on 29 August 1966
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Convention on the Privileges and Immunities
of the Specialized Agencies. Approved by the General Assembly of the United
Nations on 21 November 1947
ACCEPTANCE of the revised text of Annex XII
adopted by the Council of the Inter-Governmental Maritime Consultative
Organization in resolution C.37 (XX) of 16 May 1968
Notification received on:
9 July 1969
Kuwait
Registered ex office on 9 July 1969
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Convention on the Prevention and Punishment
of the Crime of Genocide. Adopted by the General Assembly of the United
Nations on 9 December 1948
ACCESSION
Instrument deposited on:
07 March 1995
Kuwait
(with effect from 5 June 1995.)
Registered ex officio on 7 March 1995
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Convention for the Suppression of the Traffic
in Persons and of the Exploitation of the Prostitution of Others (with
Final Protocol). Opened for signature at Lake Success, New York, on 21
March 1950
ACCESSION
Instrument deposited on:
20 November 1968
Kuwait
(with effect from 18 February 1969.)
Registered ex officio on 20 November 1968
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Slavery Convention, signed at Geneva on 25
September 1926 and amended by the Protocol opened for signature or acceptance
at the Headquarters of the United Nations, New York, on 7 December 1953
ACCESSION
Instrument deposited on:
28 May 1963
Kuwait
Registered ex officio on 28 May 1963
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Supplementary Convention on the Abolition
of Slavery, the Slave Trade, and Institutions and Practices Similar to
Slavery (with Final Act of the United Nations Conference of Plenipotentiaries
on a Supplementary Convention on the Abolition of Slavery, the Slave Trade,
and Institutions and Practices Similar to Slavery). Done at the European
Office of the United Nations at Geneva, on 7 September 1956
ACCESSION
Instrument deposited on:
18 January 1963
Kuwait
Registered ex officio on 18 January 1963
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International Maritime Organization
ACCEPTANCE
Instrument deposited with Secretary-General
of the UN
05 July 1960
Kuwait
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Convention on the International Maritime Organization.
Done at Geneva on 6 March 1948
ACCEPTANCE
Instrument deposited on:
06 September 1968
Kuwait
Registered ex officio on 6 September 1968
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Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement
of Foreign Arbitral Awards. Done at New York on 10 June 1958
ACCESSION
Instrument deposited on:
28 April 1978
Kuwait
(with effect from 27 July 1978. With a declaration
and an understanding)
Registered ex officio on 28 April 1978.
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Customs Convention on the International Transport
of Goods under Cover of TIR Carnets (TIR Convention). Done at Geneva on
15 January 1959
ACCESSION
Instrument deposited on:
26 May 1977
Kuwait
(with effect from 24 August 1977.)
Registered ex officio on 26 May 1977.
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Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations.
Done at Vienna on 18 April 1961
ACCESSION
Instrument deposited on:
23 July 1969
Kuwait
(With reservation)
Registered ex officio on 23 July 1969.
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Optional Protocol to the Vienna Convention
on Diplomatic Relations, concerning the Compulsory Settlement of Disputes.
Done at Vienna on 18 April 1961
ACCESSION
Instrument deposited on:
21 February 1991
Kuwait
(With effect from 23 March 1991.)
Registered ex officio on 21 February 1991.
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Vienna Convention on Consular Relations. Done
at Vienna on 24 April 1963
RATIFICATION
Instrument deposited on:
31 July 1975
Kuwait
(With effect from 30 August 1975. With a declaration.)
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Convention on the non-applicability of statutory
limitations to war crimes and crimes against humanity. Adopted by the General
Assembly of the United Nations on 26 November 1968
ACCESSION
Instrument deposited on:
7 March 1995
Kuwait
(With effect from 5 June 1995.)
Registered ex officio on 7 March 1995.
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International Covenant on Economic, Social
and Cultural Rights. Adopted by the General Assembly of the United Nations
on 16 December 1956
ACCESSION
Instrument deposited on:
21 May 1996
Kuwait
(With effect from 21 August 1996. With declaration
and a reservation.)
Registered ex officio on 21 May 1996.
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International Covenant on Civil and Political
Rights. Adopted by the General Assembly of the United Nations on 16 December
1966
ACCESSION
Instrument deposited on:
21 May 1996
Kuwait
(With effect from 21 August 1996. With declaration
and a reservation.)
Registered ex officio on 21 May 1996.
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International Convention on the Suppression
and Punishment of the Crime of Apartheid. Adopted by the General Assembly
of the United Nations on 30 November 1973
ACCESSION
Instrument deposited on:
23 February 1977
Kuwait
(With effect from 25 March 1977. With a declaration)
Registered ex officio on 23 February 1977.
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Convention on psychotropic substances. Concluded
at Vienna on 21 February 1971
ACCESSION
Instrument deposited on:
13 July 1979
Kuwait
(With effect from 11 October 1979. With a
declaration.)
Registered ex officio on 13 July 1979.
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Convention on the prevention and punishment
of crimes against internationally protected persons, including diplomatic
agents. Adopted by the General Assembly of the United Nations, at New York,
on 14 December 1973
ACCESSION
Instrument deposited on:
1 March 1989
Kuwait
(With effect from 31 March 1989. With a declaration.)
Registered ex officio on 1 March 1989.
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Convention on Road Traffic. Concluded at Vienna
on 8 November 1968
ACCESSION
Instrument deposited on:
14 March 1980
Kuwait
(With effect from 14 March 1981. With an understanding.)
Registered ex officio on 14 March 1980.
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Agreement establishing the International Fund
fro Agricultural Development. Concluded at Rome on 13 June 1976
Instrument deposited on:
29 July 1977
Kuwait
(With a declaration)
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Customs Convention on the international transport
of goods under cover of TIR carnets (TIR Convention). Concluded at Geneva
on 14 November 1975
ACCESSION
Instrument deposited on:
23 November 1983
Kuwait
(With effect from 23 May 1984. With reservation
in respect of article 57 (2) to (6). With understanding.)
Registered ex officio on 23 November 1983.
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Convention on road signs and signals. Concluded
at Vienna on 8 November 1968
ACCESSION
Instrument deposited on:
13 May 1980
Kuwait
(With effect from 13 May 1981. With a declaration.)
Registered ex officio on 13 May 1980.
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Convention on the prohibition of military
or any other hostile use of environmental modification techniques. Adopted
by the General Assembly of the United Nations on 10 December 1976
ACCESSION
Instrument deposited on:
2 January 1980
Kuwait
(With effect from 2 January 1980, subject
to the legal effects which each Party might wish to draw from the said
reservation as regards the application of the Convention. With a reservation.)
Registered ex officio on 2 January 1980.
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Vienna Convention on the law of treaties (with
annex). Concluded at Vienna on 23 May 1969
ACCESSION
Instrument deposited on:
11 November 1975
Kuwait
(With a declaration)
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Convention on the Elimination of All Forms
of Discrimination against Women. Adopted by the General Assembly of the
United Nations on 18 December 1979
ACCESSION
Instrument deposited on:
2 September 1994
Kuwait
(With effect from 2 October 1994. With reservations.)
Registered ex officio on 2 September 1994.
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Agreement establishing the African Development
Bank, as amended. Concluded at Lusaka on 7 May 1982
ACCEPTANCE
Instrument deposited on:
9 November 1982
Kuwait
(with an understanding)
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International Convention against the taking
of hostages. Adopted by the General Assembly of the United Nations on 17
December 1979
ACCESSION
Instrument deposited on:
6 February 1989
Kuwait
(With effect from 8 March 1989. With a declaration.)
Registered ex officio on 6 February 1989.
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Convention on a Code of Conduct for Liner
Conferences. Concluded at General on 6 April 1974
ACCESSION
Instrument deposited on:
31 March 1986
Kuwait
(With effect from 30 September 1986. With
a declaration.)
Registered ex officio on 31 March 1986.
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Constitution of the United Nations Industrial
Development Organization. Concluded at Vienna on 8 April 1979
NOTIFICATIONS under article 25
Instrument received on:
30 July 1985
Kuwait
(With effect from 30 July 1985. Instrument
of ratification deposited on 7 April 1982.)
Registered ex officio on 30 July 1985.
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Onchocerciasis 1975 Fund Agreement (with annexes).
Signed at Washington on 7 May 1975
Date of definitive signature
7 May 1975
Kuwait
Registered ex officio on 1 September 1989
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Onchocerciasis Fund Agreement 1979 (with memorandum
of agreement). Signed at Washington on 19 September 1979
Date of definitive signature
19 September 1979
Kuwait
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Convention against Torture and Other Cruel,
Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment. Adopted by the General Assembly
of the United Nations on 10 December 1984
ACCESSION
Instrument deposited on:
8 March 1996
Kuwait
(With effect from 7 April 1996. With reservation.)
Registered ex officio on 8 March 1996.
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Vienna Convention for the Protection of the
Ozone Layer. Concluded at Vienna on 22 March 1985
ACCESSION
Instrument deposited on:
23 November 1992
Kuwait
(With effect from 21 February 1993.)
Registered ex officio on 23 November 1992.
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Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete
the Ozone Layer. Concluded at Montreal on 16 September 1987
ACCESSION
Instrument deposited on:
23 November 1992
Kuwait
(With effect from 21 February 1993.)
Registered ex officio on 23 November 1992.
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Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete
the Ozone Layer. Concluded at Montreal on 16 September 1987
ACCESSION to the Amendment to the above-mentioned
Protocol, adopted at the Second Meeting of the Parties at London on 29
June 1990
Instrument deposited on:
22 July 1994
Kuwait
(With effect from 20 October 1994.)
Registered ex officio on 22 July 1994.
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Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete
the Ozone Layer. Concluded at Montreal on 16 September 1987
ACCESSION to the Amendment to the above-mentioned
Protocol, adopted at the Fourth Meeting of the Parties at Copenhagen on
25 November 1992
Instrument deposited on:
22 July 1994
Kuwait
(With effect from 20 October 1994.)
Registered ex officio on 22 July 1994.
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Agreement establishing the Common Fund for
Commodities. Concluded at Geneva on 27 June 1980
Instrument deposited on:
26 April 1983
Kuwait
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Convention on the rights of the child. Adopted
by the General Assembly of the United Nations on 20 November 1989
RATIFICATION
Instrument deposited on:
21 October 1991
Kuwait
(With effect from 20 November 1991. With declaration.)
Registered ex officio on 21 October 1991.
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Basel Convention on the control of transboundary
movements of hazardous wastes and their disposal. Concluded at Basel on
22 March 1989
RATIFICATION
Instrument deposited on:
11 October 1993
Kuwait
(With effect from 9 January 1994.)
Registered ex officio on 11 October 1993.
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Statutes of the International Centre for Genetic
Engineering and Biotechnology (with protocol of 4 April 1984). Concluded
at Madrid on 13 September 1983
Instrument deposited on:
21 October 1986
Kuwait
(With a declaration)
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United Nations Framework Convention on Climate
Change. Concluded at New York on 9 May 1992
ACCESSIONS
Instruments deposited on:
28 December 1994
Kuwait
Saudi Arabia
(With effect from 28 March 1995.)
Registered ex officio on 28 December 1994.
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United Nations Convention on the Law of the
Sea. Concluded at Montego Bay on 10 December 1982
Instrument deposited on:
2 May 1986
Kuwait
(With a understanding)
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International Convention for the Suppression
of Counterfeiting Currency, and Protocol. Signed at Geneva, April 20, 1929
ACCESSION
Instrument deposited on:
9 December 1968
Kuwait
(With effect from 9 March 1969.)
Registered ex officio on 9 December 1968
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Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel,
Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, adopted by the General Assembly
of the United Nations on 10 December 1984
ACCESSION
Instrument deposited on:
8 March 1996
Kuwait
(With reservations as to article (20) and
the provision of paragraph (1) from article (30) of the Convention.)
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International Covenant on Economic, Social
and Cultural Rights, adopted by the General Assembly of the United Nations
on 16 December 1966
ACCESSION
Instrument deposited with Secretary-General
21 May 1996
Kuwait
(With declaration and reservation)
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International Covenant on Civil and Political
Rights, adopted by the General Assembly of the United Nations on 16 December
1966
ACCESSION
Instrument deposited with Secretary-General
of the UN
21 May 1996
Kuwait
(With declaration and reservation)
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Convention on the Prohibition of the Development,
Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on Their Destruction,
opened for signature at Paris on 13 January 1993
RATIFICATION
Instrument deposited with Secretary-General
of the UN
29 May 1997
Kuwait
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