01 Dec 2005: Signatories to the United Nations Convention Against Transnational Organised Crime

TRENDS AND MARKERS

Signatories to the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organised Crime


Published in African Security Review Vol 14 No 4, 2005


Country
Signature
Ratification, acceptance (A),
approval (AA), accession (a)
Afghanistan
14 December 2000
24 September 2003
Albania
12 December 2000
21 August 2002
Algeria
12 December 2000
07 October 2002
Andorra
11 November 2001
 
Angola
13 December 2000
 
Antigua and Barbuda
26 September 2001
24 July 2002
Argentina
12 December 2000
19 November 2002
Armenia
15 November 2001
01 July 2003
Australia
13 December 2000
27 May 2004
Austria
12 December 2000
23 September 2004
Azerbaijan
12 December 2000
30 October 2003
Bahamas
09 April 2001
 
Bahrain
 
7 June 2004 a
Barbados
26 September 2001
 
Belarus
14 December 2000
25 June 2003
Belgium
12 December 2000
11 August 2004
Belize
 
26 September 2003 a
Benin
13 December 2000
30 August 2004
Bolivia
12 December 2000
10 October 2005
Bosnia and Herzegovina
12 December 2000
24 April 2002
Botswana
10 April 2002
29 August 2002
Brazil
12 December 2000
29 January 2004
Bulgaria
13 December 2000
5 December 2001
Burkina Faso
15 December 2000
15 May 2002
Burundi
14 December 2000
 
Cambodia
11 November 2001
 
Cameroon
13 December 2000
 
Canada
14 December 2000
13 May 2002
Cape Verde
13 December 2000
15 July 2004
Central African Republic
 
14 September 2004 a
Chile
13 December 2000
29 November 2004
China
12 December 2000
23 September 2003
Colombia
12 December 2000
4 August 2004
Comoros
 
25 September 2003 a
Congo, The
14 December 2000
 
Cook Islands
 
04 March 2004 a
Costa Rica
16 March 2001
24 July 2003
Côte d` Ivoire
15 December 2000
 
Croatia
12 December 2000
24 January 2003
Cuba
13 December 2000
 
Cyprus
12 December 2000
22 April 2003
Czech Republic
12 December 2000
 
Denmark
12 December 2000
30 September 2003
Djibouti
 
20 April 2005 a
Dominican Republic
13 December 2000
 
Ecuador
13 December 2000
17 September 2002
Egypt
13 December 2000
05 March 2004
El Salvador
14 December 2000
18 March 2004
Equatorial Guinea
14 December 2000
07 February 2003
Estonia
14 December 2000
10 February 2003
Ethiopia
14 December 2000
 
European Community
12 December 2000
21 May 2004 AA
Finland
12 December 2000
10 February 2004
France
12 December 2000
29 October 2002
Gabon
 
15 December 2004 a
Gambia
14 December 2000
05 May 2003
Georgia
13 December 2000
 
Germany
12 December 2000
 
Greece
13 December 2000
 
Grenada
 
21 May 2004 a
Guatemala
12 December 2000
25 September 2003
Guinea
 
9 November 2004 a
Guinea-Bissau
14 December 2000
 
Guyana
 
14 September 2004 a
Haiti
13 December 2000
 
Honduras
14 December 2000
02 December 2003
Hungary
14 December 2000
 
Iceland
13 December 2000
 
India
12 December 2002
 
Indonesia
12 December 2000
 
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
12 December 2000
 
Ireland
13 December 2000
 
Israel
13 December 2000
 
Italy
12 December 2000
 
Jamaica
26 September 2001
29 September 2003
Japan
12 December 2000
 
Jordan
26 November 2002
 
Kazakhstan
13 December 2000
 
Kenya
 
16 June 2004 a
Kiribati
 
15 September 2005 a
Kuwait
12 December 2000
 
Kyrgyzstan
13 December 2000
02 October 2003
Lao`s People`s Democratic
 
26 September 2003 a
Republic
13 December 2000
 
Latvia
18 December 2001
7 December 2001
Lebanon
14 December 2000
05 October 2005
Lesotho
 
24 September 2003
Liberia
13 November 2001
22 September 2004 a
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
12 December 2000
18 June 2004
Liechtenstein
13 December 2000
 
Lithuania
13 December 2000
9 May 2002
Luxemburg
14 December 2000
 
Madagascar
13 December 2000
15 September 2005
Malawi
26 September 2002
17 March 2005
Malaysia
15 December 2000
24 September 2004
Mali
14 December 2000
12 April 2002
Malta
 
24 September 2003
Mauritania
12 December 2000
22 July 2005 a
Mauritius
13 December 2000
21 April 2003
Mexico
 
04 March 2003
Micronesia (Federal States of)
 
24 May 2004 a
Monaco
13 December 2000
5 June 2001
Morocco
13 December 2000
19 September 2002
Mozambique
15 December 2000
 
Myanmar
 
30 March 2004 a
Namibia
13 December 2000
16 August 2002
Nauru
12 November 2001
 
Nepal
12 December 2002
 
Netherlands, The
12 December 2000
26 May 2004
New Zealand
14 December 2000
19 July 2002
Nicaragua
14 December 2000
9 September 2002
Niger
21 August 2001
30 September 2004
Nigeria
13 December 2000
28 June 2001
Norway
13 December 2000
23 September 2003
Oman
 
13 May 2005 a
Pakistan
14 December 2000
 
Panama
13 December 2000
18 August 2004
Paraguay
12 December 2000
22 September 2004
Peru
14 December 2000
23 January 2002
Philippines
14 December 2000
28 May 2002
Poland
12 December 2000
12 November 2001
Portugal
12 December 2000
10 May 2004
Republic of Korea
13 December 2000
 
Republic of Moldova
14 December 2000
16 September 2005
Romania
14 December 2000
04 December 2002
Russian Federation
12 December 2000
26 May 2004
Rwanda
14 December 2000
26 September 2003
Saint Kitts and Nevis
20 November 2001
21 May 2004
Saint Lucia
26 September 2001
 
Saint Vincent and the
Grenadines
24 July 2002
 
San Marino
14 December 2000
 
Saudi Arabia
12 December 2000
18 January 2005
Senegal
13 December 2000
27 October 2003
Serbia and Montenegro
12 December 2000
06 September 2001
Seychelles
12 December 2000
22 April 2003
Sierra Leone
27 November 2001
 
Singapore
13 December 2000
 
Slovakia
14 December 2000
03 December 2003
Slovenia
12 December 2000
21 May 2004
South Africa
14 December 2000
20 February 2004
Spain
13 December 2000
01 March 2002
Sri Lanka
13 December 2000
 
Sudan
15 December 2000
10 December 2004
Swaziland
14 December 2000
 
Sweden
12 December 2000
30 April 2004
Switzerland
12 December 2000
 
Syrian Arab Republic
13 December 2000
 
Tajikistan
12 December 2000
08 July 2002
Thailand
13 December 2000
 
The former Yugoslav
12 December 2000
12 January 2005
Republic of Macedonia
 
 
Togo
12 December 2000
2 July 2004
Trinidad and Tobago
26 September 2001
 
Tunisia
13 December 2000
19 June 2003
Turkey
13 December 2000
25 March 2003
Turkmenistan
 
28 March 2005 a
Uganda
12 December 2000
9 March 2005
Ukraine
12 December 2000
21 May 2004
United Arab Emirates
09 December 2002
 
United Kingdom of Great Britain
and Northern Ireland
14 December 2000
 
United Republic of Tanzania
13 December 2000
 
United States of America
13 December 2000
 
Uruguay
13 December 2000
4 March 2005
Uzbekistan
14 December 2000
09 December 2003
Venezuela
13 December 2000
13 May 2002
Vietnam
15 December 2000
 
Yemen
 
 
Zambia
 
24 April 2005 a
Zimbabwe
12 December 2000
 

Source: http://www.unodc.org/unodc/en/crime_cicpsignatures_convention.html (19/10/2005)

 

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