list of multilateral treaties

LIST OF MULTILATERAL

ARGRICULTURE

  1.  International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture, Rome, 3 November 2001.

ATMOSPHERE AND OUTER SPACE 

1. Treaty on Principles Governing the Activities of States in the Exploration and Use of Outer Space, including the Moon and Other Celestial Bodies, Washington, London and Moscow, 27 January 1967
2. Agreement on the Rescue of Astronauts, the Return of Astronauts and the Return of Objects Launched into Outer Space, Washington, London and Moscow, 22 April 1968 ( hereafter “1968 Rescue Agreement “ )
3. Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer, Vienna, 22 March 1985

COMMUNICATIONS

1. Universal Postal Convention and General Regulation of UPU, Rio de Janeiro, 26 October 1979
2. Postal Parcels Agreement, Rio de Janeiro, 26 October 1979
3. Asia Pacific Postal Convention, Jogjakarta, 27 March 1981
4. Universal Postal Convention and General Regulation of UPU, Hamburg, 27 July 1984
5. Constitution of the Asia-Pacific Postal Union, Bangkok, 4 December 1985
6. Asia Pacific Postal Convention, Rotorua, 6 December 1990

COMMODITIES

1. Constitution of the International Rice Commission, Washington, 29 November 1948
2. Agreement establishing the Asian Coconut Community, Bangkok, 12 December 1968
3. Agreement establishing the Pepper Community, Bangkok, 16 April 1971
4. Agreement establishing the Southeast Asia Tin Research and Development Centre, Bangkok, 28 April 1977
5. International Natural Rubber Agreement 1979, Geneva, 6 October 1979
6. Agreement establishing the Common Fund for Commodities, Geneva, 27 June 1980
7. Sixth International Tin Agreement 1981, Geneva, 26 Jun 1981
8. Agreement establishing the Association of Tin Producing Financial Agreement, London, 30 March 1983
9. International Convention on the Harmonized Comodity Description and Coding System, Brussels, 14 Jun 1983
10. International Tropical Timber Agreement, Geneva, 18 November 1983
11. International Natural Rubber Agreement 1987, Geneva, 20 March 1987
12. Terms of References of the International Tin Study Groups, New York, 7 April 1989
13. International Cocoa Agreement 1993, Geneva, 16 July 1993

CUSTOMS MATTER

1. International Convention for the Publication of Customs Tariffs, Brussels, 5 July 1890:-

      (i). Protocol modifying the 1890 Convention concerning the Creation of an International Union of Publication

           of Customs Tariff, Brussels, 16 December 1949

2. Convention on the Nomenclature in Goods in Customs Tariff and 1955 amending Protocol, Brussels, 15 December 1950
3. Convention Establishing a Customs Cooperation Council, Brussels, 15 December 1950
4. Customs Convention on the Temporary Importation of Private Road Vehicles, New York, 4 Jun 1954
5. Convention concerning Customs Facilities for Touring, New York, 4 Jun 1954:-

      (i). Additional Protocol to the 1954 Convention concerning Customs Facilities for Touring relating to the

           Importation Tourist Publicity and Material, New York, 4 Jun 1954

6. Convention on the A.T.A Carnet for the Temporary Admission of Goods, Brussels, 6 December 1963
7. International Convention on the Simplification and Harmonization of Customs Procedures, Kyoto, 18 May 1973

DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR RELATIONS

  1.  Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, Vienna, 18 April 1961:-

      (i). Optional Protocol to the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations concerning Acquisition of Nationality,

           Vienna, 18 April 1961

      (ii) Optional Protocol to 1961 Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations concerning the Compulsory

           Settlement of Disputes, Vienna, 18 April 1961

  2.  Vienna Convention on Consular Relations, Vienna, 24 April 1963

DISARMAMENT

  1.  Treaty Banning Nuclear Weapons Testing in the Atmosphere in Outer Space and Underwater, Moscow, 5

       August 1963

  2.  Treaty on the Non Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, London, Moscow, Washington, 1 July 1968

  3.  Treaty of the Prohibition of the Emplacement of Nuclear Weapons and Other Weapons of Mass Destruction

       on the Seabed and the Ocean Floor and in the Subject thereof, London, Moscow, Washington, 11 February

       1971

  4.  Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production and Stockpiling of Bacteriological (Biological)

       and Toxin Weapons and on their Destruction, London, Moscow, Washington, 10 April 1972

  5.  Convention on Early Notification of Nuclear Accident, Vienna, 26 September 1986

  6.  Convention on Assistance in the Case of a Nuclear Accident or Radiological Emergency, Vienna, 26

       September 1986

  7.  Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons

       and on their Destruction, Geneva,3 September 1992

  8.  Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty. New York, 10 September 1996

  9.  Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and

       on their Destruction, Oslo, 18 September 1997

DISPUTES SETTLEMENT

  1.  Convention for the Pacific Settlement of International Disputes, The Hague, 18 October 1907

  2.  Optional Protocol of Signature concerning the Compulsory Settlement of Disputes, Geneva, 29 April 1958

  3.  Convention on the Settlement of Investment Disputes between States and National of Other States,

       Washington, 18 March 1965

NARCOTIC DRUGS AND PSYCHOTROPIC SUBSTANCES

  1.  Convention for Limiting the Manufacture and Regulating the Distribution of Narcotic Drugs, New York, 11

       December 1946

  2.  Protocol Bringing Under International Drugs Outside the Scope of the Convention of 13 July 1931 for

       Limiting the Manufacture and Regulating the Distribution of Narcotic Drugs as amended by the Protocol

       signed at Lake Success, New York, 11 December 1946

  3.  Protocol Bringing Under International Drug Outside the Scope of the Convention of 13 July 1931 for Limiting

       the Manufacture and Regulating the Distribution of Narcotic Drugs as amended by the Protocol signed at

       Lake Success, New York, 11 December 1946 Paris , 19 November 1948

  4.  Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, New York, 30 March 1961:-

      (i) Protocol amending 1961 Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, Geneva, 25 March 1972

  5.  Convention on Psychotropic Substances, Vienna, 21 February 1971

  6.  Convention against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances, Vienna, 20 December 1988

ENVIRONMENT

  1.  Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer, Vienna, 22 March 1985

  2.  International Convention on Civil Liability for Oil Pollution Damage, Brussels, 29 November 1969

  3.  International Convention on the establishment of an International Fund for Compensation for Oil Pollution

       Damage, Brussels, 18 December 1971

  4.  International Convention on Oil Pollution Preparedness, Response and Cooperation, London, 30 November

       1990

HEALTH

  1.   Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, Geneva, 21 May 2003

HUMAN RIGHTS

  1.   Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, New York, 18 December 1979

  2.   International Convention against Apartheid in Sport, 10 December 1985

INTELLECTUAL AND INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY

  1.   Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property and Revision, Paris, 20 March 1883

  2.   Convention establishing the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO), Stockholm, 14 July 1967

INTERNATIONAL LAW

  1.   Statute of the Hague Conference on Private International Law, 31 October 1951

  2.   Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards, New York, 10 June 1958

  3.   Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties, Vienna, 23 May 1969

INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATION

  1.   Statutes of the International Atomic Energy Agency, New York, 26 October 1956

  2.   Convention on the Asian Productivity Organisation (APO), Manila, 14 April 1961

  3.   WHO Nomenclature Regulations, Geneva, 22 February 1967

  4.   Agreement for the Establishment of a Regional Animal Production and Health Commission for Asia and the

       Pacific, Rome, 22 June 1973

  5.   Agreement for the Establishment of a Centre on Integrated Rural Development for Asia and the Pacific,

       Kuala Lumpur, 29 July 1978

  6.  Convention establishing the Multilateral Guarantee Agency, Seoul, 11 October 1985

Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO)

  1.   Constitution of the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), Quebec, 16 October 1945

International Monetary Fund (IMF)

  1.   Articles of Agreement of the International Monetary Fund, Washington, 27 Disember 1945

LABOUR

  1.   Medical Examination of Young Persons (SEA) Convention (ILO 16), Geneva, 11 November 1921

  2.   Workmen’s Compensation (Agriculture) Convention (ILO 12), Geneva, 12 November 1921

  3.   Weekly Rest (Industry) Convention (ILO 14), Geneva, 17 November 1921

  4.   Workmen Compensation (Accidents) Convention (ILO 17), Brussels, 10 Jun 1925

  5.   Underground Work (Women) Convention (ILO 45), Geneva, 20 Jun 1936

NAVIGATION

  1.   International Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules of law relating to Assistance and Salvage at

        Sea, Brussels, 23 September 1910

  2.   International Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules of Law Respecting Collission between Vessels,

        Brussels, 23 September 1910

  3.   Convention and Statute on the International Regime of Maritime Ports, Geneva, 9 December 1923

  4.   International Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules of Law relating to Bills Lading, Brussels, 25

        August 1924

  5.   International Convention on Tonnage Measurement of Ships, London, 23 Jun 1969

TRANSPORT & COMMUNICATIONS

  1.   Convention on International Civil Aviation, Chicago, 7 December 1944

  2.   International Air Services Transit Agreement, Chicago, 7 December 1944

Custom Matters

  1.   International Convention to Facilitate the importation of Commercial Samples and advertising Material

  2.   Convention concerning Custom Facilities For Touring , New York , 4 June 1954

  3.   Customs Conventions on Temporary Importation of Private Roads Vehicle New York , 4 June 1954

Road Traffic

  1.   Convention on Road Traffic, Geneva, 19 September 1949

  2.   Agreement on the Reconstruction of the Commonwealth Agricultural Bereaux as Cab International, London,

       8 July 1986

WAR AND PEACE

  1.   Protocol for the Prohibition of the Use in War of Asphyxiating Methods of Warfare, Geneva, 17 Jun 1925

  2.   Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, New York, 9 December 1948

PRIVILEGES AND IMMUNITIES

  1.   Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the United Nations New York , 13 February 1946

  2.   Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the Specialized Agencies New York , 21 November 1947

  3.   International Labour Organisation to the Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the Specialized

        Agencies San Francisco , 10 Julai 1948

  4.   Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations ( FAO ) – to the Convention on the Privileges and

        Immunites of the Specialized Agencies Washington , 29 November 1948

INTERNATIONAL TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT

  1.   General Agreement in Tariffs and Trade, Geneva, 30 October 1947

  2.   Agreement Establishing the Asian Development Bank , Manila , 4 December 1965

  3.   Agreement Establishing the International Fund For Agricultural Development Rome , 13 June 1976

EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL MATTERS

  1.   Agreement on the Importation of Educational , Scientific , and Cultural Materials , New York ,22 November

        1950

  2.   Convention for the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage , Paris , 16 November 1972

FISHERIES

  1.   Agreement for the Establishment of the Asia-Pacific Fisheries Commission, Baguio, 26 February 1948

  2.   Agreement on the Network of Aquaculture Centres in Asia and the Pacific, Bangkok, 8 January 1988

  3.   Agreement for the Establishment of the Indian Ocean Tuna Commission, Rome, 25 November 1993

LAW OF THE SEA

  1.   Convention on the Territorial Sea and the Contiguous Zone , Geneva , 29 April 1958

  2.   Convention on Fishing and Conservation of the Living Resources of the High Seas, Geneva, 29 April 1958

  3.   Convention on the Continental Shelf, Geneva, 29 April 1958

STATUS OF WOMEN

  1.   Convention on the Nationality of Married Women , New York , 20 February 1957

LEAGUE OF NATIONS TREATIES

  1.   International Convention for the Suppression of Counterfeiting Currency , Geneva 20 April 1929

  2.   Protocol to the International Convention for the Suppression of Counterfeiting Currency Geneva,20 April

        1929