Participants of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture 

FAO Nov01

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The FAO Conference, at its Thirty-first Session (November 2001), through Resolution 3/2001, approved the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture. In accordance with Article 25 of the Treaty, it was opened for signature at FAO Headquarters on 3 November 2001 and will remain open for signature until 4 November 2002 by all Members of FAO and any States that are not Members of FAO but are Members of the United Nations, or any of its specialized agencies or of the International Atomic Energy Agency.

Under Article 26, the Treaty shall be subject to ratification, acceptance or approval by the Members and non-Members of FAO referred to in Article 25. Instruments of ratification, acceptance, or approval are deposited with the Director-General of FAO. Under Article 27, the Treaty shall be open for accession from the date on which the Treaty is closed for signature by all Members of FAO and any States that are not Members of FAO but are Members of the United Nations, or any of its specialized agencies or of the International Atomic Energy Agency. Instruments of accession are deposited with the Director-General of FAO.

In accordance with Article 28, the Treaty enters into force on the ninetieth day after the deposit of the fortieth instrument of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession, provided that at least twenty instruments of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession have been deposited by Members of FAO.

Participants

The following instruments have been deposited on the dates indicated: 

Participant 	Signature 	Ratification 	Acceptance 	Approval 	Accession
Angola 		10/10/2002
Argentina 	10/6/2002
Australia 	10/6/2002
Austria 	6/6/2002
Bangladesh 	17/10/2002 
Belgium 	6/6/2002
Bhutan 		10/6/2002
Brazil 		10/6/2002
Burkina Faso 	9/11/2001
Burundi 	10/6/2002
Cambodia 	11/6/2002 			11/6/2002
Cameroon 	3/9/2002 
Canada 		10/6/2002 	10/6/2002
Cape Verde 	16/10/2002 
C. African. Rep.9/11/2001
Chad 		11/6/2002
Costa Rica 	10/6/2002
Côte d'Ivoire 	9/11/2001
Cuba 		11/10/2002 
Cyprus 		12/6/2002 
Denmark 	6/6/2002
Dominican Rep. 	11/6/2002
Egypt 		29/8/2002 
El Salvador 	10/6/2002
Eritrea 	10/6/2002 	10/6/2002
Ethiopia 	12/6/2002
European Comm.	6/6/2002
Finland 	6/6/2002
France 		6/6/2002
Gabon 		10/6/2002
Ghana 		28/10/2002 	28/10/2002
Germany 	6/6/2002
Greece 		6/6/2002
Participant 	Signature 	Ratification 	Acceptance 	Approval 	Accession
Guatemala 	13/6/2002
Guinea 		11/6/2002 					11/6/2002
Haiti 		9/11/2001
India 		10/6/2002 	10/6/2002
Ireland 	6/6/2002
Italy 		6/6/2002
Jordan 		9/11/2001 	30/5/2002
Luxembourg 	6/6/2002
Madagascar 	30/10/2002 
Malawi 		10/6/2002 	4/7/2002
Mali 		9/11/2001
Malta 		10/6/2002
Marshall Islands 13/6/2002
Morocco 	27/3/2002
Namibia		9/11/2001
Netherlands	6/6/2002
Niger 		11/6/2002
Nigeria 	10/6/2002
Norway 		12/6/2002
Paraguay 	24/10/2002 
Peru 		8/10/2002 
Portugal 	6/6/2002
Senegal 	9/11/2001
Spain 		6/6/2002
Sudan 		10/6/2002 	10/6/2002
Swaziland 	10/6/2002
Sweden 		6/6/2002
Switzerland 	28/10/2002 
Syria 		13/6/2002
The Former 	10/6/2002
   Yugoslav Republic
   of Macedonia 
Tunisia 	10/6/2002
United Kingdom 	6/6/2002
Uruguay 	10/6/2002
Venezuela 	11/2/2002
Yugoslavia 	1/10/2002 
Zimbabwe 	30/10/2002 

source: http://www.fao.org/Legal/TREATIES/033s-e.htm 30oct02