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MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS
MAJURO, REPUBLIC OF THE MARSHALL ISLANDS
RMI TREATY LIST
Name of Treaty
Done at
Date
Status
REGIONAL AGREEMENTS
Nauru Agreement Concerning Cooperation on the Management of Fisheries of
Common Interest (PNA)
South Pacific Regional Trade & Economic Cooperation
South Pacific Forum Fisheries Agency Convention (FFA)
Treaty on Fisheries between the Government of Certain Pacific Island States
and the Government of the United States of America (US Treaty)
US Treaty related Amendments - US Amendments (2002)
US Treaty related Amendments - Consequential Amendment (2003)
US Treaty related Amendments - Niue Amendment (2005)
Convention for the protection of natural resources & environment in the South
Pacific (Noumea Convention)
Protocol for the prevention of pollution in the South Pacific Region by
dumping (Protocol on Dumping)
Protocol concerning co-operation in combating pollution emergencies in the
South Pacific Region (Protocol on Pollution Emergencies)
Protocol on Oil Pollution Preparedness, Response and Cooperation in the
Pacific Region (Oil Pollution Protocol)
Protocol on Hazardous and Noxious Substances Pollution, Preparedness,
Response and Cooperation in the Pacific Region (HNS Protocol)
Convention on long drift nets in the South Pacific (Wellington Convention)
Niue Treaty on Cooperation in Fisheries Surveillance & Law Enforcement in
the South Pacific Region (Niue Treaty)
Palau Agreement for Management of the Western Pacific Purse Seine Fishery
(Palau Agreement)
Nauru 2/11/82
2/11/82
Signed
Tarawa 7/14/80
Honiara 7/10/79
Port Moresby 04/02/87
Kiribati 3/24/02
4/28/89
3/27/87
4/2/87
3/12/87
2/28/03
Ratified
Accession
Signed
Ratified
Ratified
Rarotonga, 09/26/03
11/25/05
Ratified
Nuku’alofa, 3/23/05
11/25/05
Ratified
Noumea 11/25/86
Noumea, 9/10/06
11/25/86
5/4/87
11/25/86
5/4/87
11/25/86
5/4/87
11/9/06
Signed
Ratified
Signed
Ratified
Signed
Ratified
Signed
Noumea, 09/10/06
11/9/06
Signed
Noumea 11/25/86
Noumea 11/25/86
Wellington 11/24/89
Honiara 7/09/92
Palau 10/28/92
11/29/89
7/9/92
1/10/95
10/28/92
11/28/94
Signed
Signed
Ratified
Signed
Ratified
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MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS
MAJURO, REPUBLIC OF THE MARSHALL ISLANDS
RMI TREATY LIST
Agreement establishing the South Pacific Forum (SPF)
New Agreement establishing the Pacific Islands Forum
Pohnpei 7/29/91
Suva, 10/4/05
Agreement establishing the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat (PIF
Secretariat)
Agreement establishing South Pacific Regional Environmental Programme
(SPREP)
Amendments to the Constitution of the APT
Constitution of the Asia-Pacific Telecommunity (APT)
SPARTECA
Agreement between the Solomon Islands, Australia, New Zealand, Fiji, PNG,
Samoa and Tonga concerning the operations and status of the police and armed
forces and other personnel deployed to the Solomon Islands to assist in the
restoration of law and order and security (The Multilateral Agreement,
RAMSI))
Asia and the Pacific Coconut Community (APCC)
Kiribati 10/03/00
Name of Treaty
Convention on the Conservation & Management of Highly Migratory Fish
Stocks in the Western and Central Pacific Ocean (MHLC)
Pacific Agreement on Closer Economic Relations (PACER)
Pacific Island Countries Trade Agreement (PICTA)
“Trade and Services”
Ratified
Signed
New Delhi, 10/23/02
Bangkok, 3/27/76
4/15/93
NEED
DATE
10/03/00
2/5/02
6/16/93
1/13/03
1/16/07
1/25/05
Townsville, Australia
07/24/2003
08/15/2003
03/14/2006
Signed
Ratified
Manado, Indonesia
01/24/2003
03/08/2004
Accession
Date
9/5/00
3/30/01
8/18/01
28/8/2012
Status
Signed
Ratified
Signed
Signed
8/8/95
Ratified
Samoa 6/16/93
Done at
Honolulu 9/05/00
Nauru 8/18/01
Rarotonga 28/8/2012
Signed
Ratified
Signed
Accession
Accepted
Accession
HEALTH
WHO & RMI: Basic agreement establishing technical advisory cooperation
relations
Manila 8/8/95
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MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS
MAJURO, REPUBLIC OF THE MARSHALL ISLANDS
RMI TREATY LIST
Constitution of the World Health Organization
WHO, Amendments to art. 24 and 25
WHO, Amendments to art. 24 and 25
WHO, Amendments to art. 24 and 25
WHO, Amendments to art. 24 and 25
WHO, Amendments to art. 34 and 55
WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control
New York 7/22/46
Adopted 5/28/59
Adopted 5/23/67
Adopted 5/17/76
Adopted 5/12/86
Adopted 5/22/73
Geneva 5/21/03
6/5/91
6/5/91
6/5/91
6/5/91
6/5/91
6/5/91
6/16/03
12/8/04
Accepted
Accepted
Accepted
Accepted
Accepted
Accepted
Signed
Ratified
9/17/91
11/12/99
6/13/2002
Signed
FOOD & AGRICULTURE
FAO & RMI: Basic agreement establishing technical cooperation relations
FAO membership
International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (2001)
Rome 2001
Signed
NARCOTIC & PSYCHOTROPIC SUBSTANCES
Convention on Psychotropic Substances
Vienna 2/21/71
Name of Treaty
Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs
Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, 1961, as amended by the Protocol
amending the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, 1961
United Nations Convention against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and
Psychotropic Substances 1988
United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime (UNCTOC)
Done at
New York 3/30/61
New York 8/8/75
8/9/91
Accession
Date
8/9/91
8/9/91
Status
Accession
Accepted
New York 11/11/90
10/26/10
Accession
New York 09/29/03
10/26/10
Accession
8/9/91
Accession
LAW OF SEA
UN Convention on the Law of Sea
Montego Bay 12/10/82
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MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS
MAJURO, REPUBLIC OF THE MARSHALL ISLANDS
RMI TREATY LIST
Agreement relating to the implementation of Part XI of the United Nations
Convention on the Law of the Sea of 10 December 1982
New York 7/28/94
11/16/94
Implementing Agreement, UNCLOS Straddling Fish Stocks
New York 8/4/95
12/4/95
3/19/03
Provisional
application
by virtue of
signature,
adoption,
or
accession
thereto
Signed
Ratified
Vienna Convention on Consular Relations
Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations
Convention on Abolishing the Requirement of Legislation for Foreign Public
Documents
Vienna 4/24/63
Vienna 4/18/61
UN/Hague 10/5/61
8/9/91
8/9/91
11/18/91
Accepted
Accepted
Accession
Name of Treaty
Done at
DIPLOMATIC & CONSULAR RELATIONS
Date
Status
ENVIRONMENT
Paris Agreement
Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)
UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD)
UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)
New York, USA
Rio de Janeiro 6/5/92
Paris 6/17/94
New York 5/9/92
Kyoto Protocol to the UNFCCC
Kyoto 12/11/97
Montreal Protocol on substances that deplete the Ozone Layer
Amendment to the Montreal Protocol on Ozone depletion
Montreal 9/16/87
London 6/29/90
22/04/2016
10/8/92
6/2/98
6/12/92
10/8/92
3/17/98
8/11//03
3/11/93
3/11/93
Ratified
Ratified
Accession
Signed
Ratified
Signed
Ratified
Accession
Accession
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MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS
MAJURO, REPUBLIC OF THE MARSHALL ISLANDS
RMI TREATY LIST
Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer
Amendment to the Montreal Protocol on Ozone depletion
Amendment to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone
Layer adopted by the Ninth Meeting of the Parties
Amendment to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone
Layer
Cartegena Protocol on Biosafety to the Convention on Biological Diversity
Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous
Wastes and their Disposal
Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs)
Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain
Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade
Vienna 3/22/85
Copenhagen 11/25/92
Montreal 9/17/97
3/11/93
5/24/93
1/27/03
Accession
Accession
Accession
Beijing 12/3/99
5/19/04
Accession
Montreal 1/29/00
Basel 3/22/89
1/27/03
1/27/03
Accession
Accession
Stockholm 5/22/01
Rotterdam 9/10/98
1/27/03
1/27/03
Accession
Accession
HUMAN RIGHTS
Convention on the Rights of the Child
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women
(CEDAW)
New York 11/20/89
New York 12/18/79
Name of Treaty
Done at
10/4/93
3/2/06
Date
Ratified
Accession
Status
EDUCATION & CULTURAL MATTERS
Constitution of the UN Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
Convention concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural
Heritage
London 11/16/45
Paris 11/23/72
6/30/95
4/24/02
Accepted
Accession
Geneva 12/22/92
Finland 6/18/98
2/22/96
11/11/98
Accession
Signed
TRANSPORT & COMMUNICATIONS
Constitution and Convention on the International Telecommunication Union
The Tampere Convention on the Provision of Telecommunication Resources
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MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS
MAJURO, REPUBLIC OF THE MARSHALL ISLANDS
RMI TREATY LIST
for Disaster Mitigation and Relief Operations
DISARMAMENT
Convention on Chemical Weapons (CWC)
Paris 1/13/93
Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT)
Convention on Anti-Personnel Mines (Ottawa Treaty)
Treaty for Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT)
New York 9/10/96
Oslo 9/18/97
London, Moscow, D.C.
7/1/68
New York, 5/3/05
Agreement between the RMI and the IAEA for the Application of Safeguards in
Connection with the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons
Protocol Additional to the Agreement between the RMI and the IAEA for the
New York, 5/3/55
application of Safeguards in connection with the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation
of nuclear weapons
The 2005 Amendment to the 1987 Convention on the Physical Protection of
Majuro 28/03/2016
Nuclear Material (CPPNM)
1/13/93
5/19/04
9/24/96
12/4/97
1/30/95
Signed
Ratification
Signed
Signed
Accession
5/3/05
Signed
5/3/05
Signed
Ratified
CORRUPTION
United Nations Convention Against Corruption (UNCAC)
New York, 2005
10/19/2011 Signed
Ratification
INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT
Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court
Agreement between the Government of the U.S.A and the Government of RMI
Regarding the Surrender of Persons to the International Criminal Court (ICC
Article 98)
Rome 7/17/98
Majuro
9/6/00
9/18/02
Ratified
Signed
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MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS
MAJURO, REPUBLIC OF THE MARSHALL ISLANDS
RMI TREATY LIST
Name of Treaty
Done at
Date
Status
INTERATIONAL TRADE & DEVELOPMENT
Cotonou Agreement (Agreement between EU-ACP)
Benin 6/23/00
Revised Cotonou Agreement (EU and 77 Countries of Africa, Caribbean and
the Pacific)
Brussels
06/23/00
11/15/00
Signed
Ratified
Waiting
Confirmation
EMPLOYMENT AND LABOUR
ILO (International Labour Organization)
Maritime Labour Convention
New York
Geneva
07/03/2007 Accession
09/25/2007 Ratified
IMO (International Maritime Organization)
Convention on the International Maritime Organization (IMO)
IMO Convention Amendments (1991)
IMO Convention Amendments (1993)
IMO, amendment to article 28
IMO, amendment to articles 17 and 18
IMO, amendment to articles 10,16,17,18,20,28,31, & 32
IMO, amendment to articles 17,18,20, and 51
IMO, amendment to Committee on Technical Cooperation
IMO, amendments to the title & substantive provisions
International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea
Geneva 3/6/48
London 11/7/91
London 11/4/93
London 9/28/65
London 9/15/64
London 10/17/74
London 11/15/79
London 11/17/77
London 11/14/75 &
10/9/77
London 11/1/74
3/26/98
9/7/98
9/7/98
3/26/98
3/26/98
3/26/98
3/26/98
3/26/98
3/26/98
Accepted
Accepted
Accepted
Accepted
Accepted
Accepted
Accepted
Accepted
Accepted
4/26/88
Accession
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MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS
MAJURO, REPUBLIC OF THE MARSHALL ISLANDS
RMI TREATY LIST
Protocol of 1978 Relating to the International Convention for the Safety of Life
at Sea (SOLAS)
Protocol of 1988 Relating to the International Convention for the Safety of Life
at Sea (SOLAS)
International Convention on Load Lines (1966)
Protocol of 1988 Relating to the International Convention on Load Lines
(1966)
International Convention on Tonnage Measurement of Ships (1969)
Protocol of 1996 relating to the Convention on Limitation of Liability for
Maritime Claims, 1976
Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards (New York
Convention)
Name of Treaty
Convention on the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea
(COLREGS 1972)
International Convention for Safe Containers (1972)
1993 Amendments to the International Convention for Safe Containers (1972)
International Convention on the Standards of Training, Certification and
Watchkeeping for Seafarers (STCW 1978)
Convention on the International Mobile Satellite Organization, as amended
(INMARSAT C)
1998 Amendments (INMARSAT C)
Operating Agreement on the International Mobile Satellite Organization
(INMARSAT) as amended (INMARASAT OA)
1998 Amendments Relating to the Operating Agreement on the International
Mobile Satellite Organization, as amended (INMARSAT OA)
Convention on Facilitation of International Maritime Traffic (FAL 1965)
International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships (1973) as
amended by the Protocol of 1978 (MARPOL 73/78)
London 2/11/78
4/26/88
Accession
London 11/11/88
10/16/95
Accession
London 4/5/66
London 11/11/88
4/26/88
11/29/94
Accession
Accession
London 6/23/69
London 5/02/1996
4/25/89
Accession
01/24/2006 Accession
New York, 1958
11/06/2006 Accession
Done at
London 10/20/72
Date
4/26/88
Status
Accession
Geneva 12/2/72
London 11/4/93
London 7/7/78
11/29/94
10/16/95
4/25/89
Accession
Accession
Accession
London 1/19/89
5/12/97
Accession
London 1/19/89
12/3/99
5/12/97
Signatory
Signatory
12/3/98
Signatory
11/29/94
4/26/88
Accession
Accession
London 2/17/78
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MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS
MAJURO, REPUBLIC OF THE MARSHALL ISLANDS
RMI TREATY LIST
Annex III to MARPOL 73/78
Annex IV to MARPOL 73/78
Annex V to MARPOL 73/78
MARPOL Protocol 1997 (Annex VI)
International Convention Relating to Intervention on the High Sea in Cases of
Oil Pollution Casualties
Protocol relating to Intervention on High Seas in Cases of Pollution by
Substances Other than Oil (1973)
Convention Relating to the Carriage of Passengers and their Luggage by Sea
(PAL 1974)
International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling (ICRW)
Name of Treaty
Protocol to the Athens Convention Relating to the Carriage of Passengers and
their Luggage by Sea (PAL PROT 76)
Convention on the Limitation of Liability for Maritime Claims (1976)
*Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against the Safety of
Maritime Navigation (SUA 1988)
*Protocol for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against the Safety of Fixed
Platforms Located on the Continental Shelf (SUA PROT 1988)
International Convention on Salvage (1989)
International Convention on Oil Pollution Preparedness, Response and
Cooperation (OPRC 1990)
Protocol to the International Convention on Civil Liability for Oil Pollution
Damage (1976)
International Convention on Civil Liability for Oil Pollution Damage
Protocol amending International Convention on Civil Liability for Oil Pollution
(1992)
------------ 9/26/97
Brussels 11/29/69
4/26/88
4/26/88
4/26/88
3/7/02
10/16/95
Signatory
Signatory
Signatory
Accession
Accession
London 11/2/73
10/16/95
Accession
Athens 12/13/74
11/29/94
Accession
Washington D.C
12/02/1946
03/31/2006 Accession
Done at
London 11/19/76
Date
Status
11/29/94 Accession
London 11/19/76
Rome 3/10/88
11/29/94 Accession
11/29/94
Accession
Rome 3/10/88
10/16/95
Accession
London 4/28/89
London 11/30/90
10/16/95
10/16/95
Accession
Accession
London 11/19/76
1/24/94
Accession
Brussels 11/29/69
London 11/27/92
1/24/94
10/16/95
Accession
Accession
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MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS
MAJURO, REPUBLIC OF THE MARSHALL ISLANDS
RMI TREATY LIST
International Convention on the Establishment of an International Fund for
Compensation for Oil Pollution
Protocol to the International Convention on the Establishment of an International
Fund for Compensation for Oil Pollution Damage (FUND PROT 76)
Protocol of 1992 to Amend the International Convention on the Establishment of
an International Fund for Compensation for Oil Pollution Damage (FUND
PROT 92)
Convention on the Statute on International Regime of Maritime Ports
Brussels 12/18/71
11/30/94
Accession
London 11/19/76
10/16/95
Accession
London 11/27/92
10/16/95
Accession
Geneva 12/9/23
2/2/94
Accepted
Name of Treaty
Done at
Date
Status
NAVIGATION
*Convention on Offences & Certain Other Acts Committed on Board Aircraft
*Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against the Safety of Civil
Aviation
Convention on International Civil Aviation
*Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Seizure of Aircrafts
*Protocol on the Suppression of Unlawful Acts of Violence at Airports Serving
International Civil Aviation, supplementary to the Convention for the
Suppression of Unlawful Acts against Civil Aviation
Tokyo 9/14/63
Montreal 9/23/71
5/15/89
5/31/89
Accession
Accession
Chicago 12/7/44
Hague 12/16/70
Montreal 2/24/88
3/18/88
5/31/89
6/23/88
5/30/89
Adherence
Accession
Signed
Ratified
New York 12/14/73
1/27/03
Accession
New York 12/17/79
New York 12/9/99
New York 12/15/97
1/27/03
1/27/03
1/27/03
Accession
Accession
Accession
ANTI-TERRORISM CONVENTIONS (*)
Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of Crimes Against Internationally
Protected Persons, including Diplomatic Agents
International Convention Against the Taking of Hostages
International Convention for the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism
International Convention for the Suppression of Terrorist Bombings
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MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS
MAJURO, REPUBLIC OF THE MARSHALL ISLANDS
RMI TREATY LIST
Convention on Physical Protection of Nuclear Material
Convention on the Marking of Plastic Explosives for the Purpose of Detection
Vienna 10/26/79
Montreal 3/1/91
2/07/03
2/06/03
Accession
Accession
Geneva, 8/12/49
6/1/04
Accession
Geneva, 8/12/49
6/1/04
Accession
Geneva, 8/12/49
6/1/04
Accession
Geneva, 8/12/04
6/1/04
Accession
1949 GENEVA CONVENTIONS
Geneva Convention for the Amelioration of the Condition of the wounded and
sick in Armed Forces in the Field (the First Convention)
Geneva Convention for the Amelioration of the Condition of Wounded, Sick,
and Shipwrecked members of Armed Forces at Sea (the Second Convention)
Geneva Convention relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War (the Third
Convention)
Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in time of War
(the Fourth Convention)
UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME (UNDP)
Basic agreement concerning assistance by UNDP to RMI Government
United Nations Industrial Development Organization
Majuro 1/14/94
Majuro 4/03/2015
1/14/94
Signed
Accession
Majuro, 4/30/03
Honolulu, 8/13/04
4/30/2003
8/13/04
Signed
Signed
Majuro
11/28/07
Agreement
U.S. BILATERAL AGREEMENTS
Compact of Free Association, as Amended
Cooperation to Suppress the Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction,
Their Delivery Systems, and Related Materials by Sea
RMI-US Cooperative Shiprider Agreement (Agreement by Diplomatic Note)