Convention and Optional Protocol Signatures and Ratifications in the Asia-Pacific region
38 signatures to the Convention | |
43 ratifications or accessions to the Convention | |
9 signatures to the Optional Protocol | |
12 ratifications or accessions to the Optional Protocol |
Country/Territory by subregion* | Convention Signature Date | Convention Ratification or Accession (a) Date | Protocol Signature Date | Protocol Ratification or Accession (a) Date |
East and North-East Asia | ||||
China | 30 Mar. 2007 | 1 Aug. 2008 | -- | -- |
Democratic People’s Republic of Korea | 3 July 2013 | 6 Dec. 2016 | -- | -- |
Japan | 28 Sep. 2007 | 20 Jan 2014 | -- | -- |
Mongolia | -- | 13 May 2009 (a) | -- | 13 May 2009 (a) |
Republic of Korea | 30 Mar. 2007 | 11 Dec. 2008 | -- | -- |
South-East Asia | ||||
Brunei Darussalam | 18 Dec. 2007 | 11 Apr. 2016 | -- | -- |
Cambodia | 1 Oct. 2007 | 20 Dec. 2012 | 1 Oct. 2007 | -- |
Indonesia | 30 Mar. 2007 | 30 Nov. 2011 | -- | -- |
Lao People's Democratic Republic | 15 Jan. 2008 | 25 Sep. 2009 | -- | -- |
Malaysia | 8 Apr. 2008 | 19 Jul. 2010 | -- | -- |
Myanmar | -- | 7 Dec. 2011 (a) | -- | -- |
Philippines | 25 Sep. 2007 | 15 Apr. 2008 | -- | -- |
Singapore | 30 Nov. 2012 | 18 Jul. 2013 | -- | -- |
Thailand | 30 Mar. 2007 | 29 Jul. 2008 | -- | 2 Sep. 2016 |
Timor-Leste | -- | -- | -- | -- |
Viet Nam | 22 Oct. 2007 | 5 Feb. 2015 | -- | -- |
South and South-West Asia | ||||
Afghanistan | -- | 18 Sep. 2012 (a) | -- | 18 Sep. 2012 (a) |
Bangladesh | 9 May 2007 | 30 Nov. 2007 | -- | 12 May 2008 (a) |
Bhutan | 21 Sep. 2010 | -- | -- | -- |
India | 30 Mar. 2007 | 1 Oct. 2007 | -- | -- |
Iran (Islamic Republic of) | -- | 23 Oct. 2009 (a) | -- | -- |
Maldives | 2 Oct. 2007 | 5 Apr. 2010 | -- | -- |
Nepal | 3 Jan. 2008 | 7 May 2010 | 3 Jan. 2008 | 7 May 2010 |
Pakistan | 25 Sep. 2008 | 5 Jul. 2011 | -- | -- |
Sri Lanka | 30 Mar. 2007 | 8 Feb. 2016 | -- | -- |
Turkey | 30 Mar. 2007 | 28 Sep. 2009 | 28 Sep. 2009 | 26 Mar. 2015 |
North and Central Asia | ||||
Armenia | 30 Mar. 2007 | 22 Sep. 2010 | 30 Mar. 2007 | -- |
Azerbaijan | 9 Jan. 2008 | 28 Jan. 2009 | 9 Jan. 2008 | 28 Jan. 2009 |
Georgia | 10 Jul. 2009 | 13 Mar. 2014 | 10 Jul. 2009 | -- |
Kazakhstan | 11 Dec. 2008 | 21 Apr. 2015 | 11 Dec. 2008 | -- |
Kyrgyzstan | 21 Sep. 2011 | -- | -- | -- |
Russian Federation | 24 Sep. 2008 | 25 Sep. 2012 | -- | -- |
Tajikistan | -- | -- | -- | -- |
Turkmenistan | -- | 4 Sep. 2008 (a) | -- | 10 Nov. 2010 (a) |
Uzbekistan | 27 Feb. 2009 | -- | -- | -- |
Pacific | ||||
Australia | 30 Mar. 2007 | 17 Jul. 2008 | -- | 21 Aug. 2009 (a) |
Cook Islands | -- | 8 May 2009 (a) | -- | 8 May 2009 (a) |
Fiji | 2 Jun. 2010 | 7 Jun 2017 | 2 Jun. 2010 | -- |
Kiribati | -- | 27 Sep. 2013 (a) | -- | -- |
Marshall Islands | -- | 17 Mar. 2015 (a) | -- | -- |
Micronesia (Federated States of) | 23 Sep. 2011 | 7 Dec. 2016 | -- | -- |
Nauru | -- | 27 Jun. 2012 (a) | -- | -- |
New Zealand | 30 Mar. 2007 | 25 Sep. 2008 | -- | 4 Oct. 2016 |
Palau | 20 Sep. 2011 | 11 Jun. 2013 | -- | 11 Jun. 2013 (a) |
Papua New Guinea | 2 Jun. 2011 | 26 Sep. 2013 | -- | -- |
Samoa | 24 Sep. 2014 | 2 Dec. 2016 | -- | -- |
Solomon Islands | 23 Sep. 2008 | -- | 24 Sep. 2009 | -- |
Tonga | 15 Nov. 2007 | -- | -- | -- |
Tuvalu | -- | 18 Dec. 2013 (a) | -- | -- |
Vanuatu | 17 May 2007 | 23 Oct. 2008 | -- | -- |
Note:
* Excludes associate members, except Cook Islands, to whom the present Convention is not open for signature in accordance with its article 42.