Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants

Stockholm, 22 May 2001

 
Entry into force: 17 May 2004, in accordance with article 26 (1) see article 26 which reads as follows:

"1. This Convention shall enter into force on the ninetieth day after the date of deposit of the fiftieth instrument of ratification acceptance, approval or accession.

2. For each State or regional economic integration organization that ratifies, accepts or approves this Convention or accedes thereto after the deposit of the fiftieth instrument of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession, the Convention shall enter into force on the ninetieth day after the date of deposit by such State or regional economic integration organization of its instrument of rafification, acceptance, approval or accession.

3. For the purpose of paragraphs 1 and 2, any instrument deposited by a regional economic integration organization shall not be counted as additional to those deposited by member States of that organization."

 
Registration: 17 May 2004, No. 40214.
Status: Signatories: 151 , Parties: 176 1.
Text: Depositary notification C.N.531.2001.TREATIES-96 of 19 June 2001; C.N.1204.2002.TREATIES-63 of 19 November 2002 [Proposal of corrections to the original text of the Convention (authentic Spanish text)] and C.N.157.2003.TREATIES-6 of 21 February 2003 [Correction of the original text of the Convention (authentic Spanish text)]; C.N.618.2007.TREATIES-12 of 5 June 2007 [Proposal of corrections to the original text of the Convention (authentic Russian text) and to the Certified True Copies]; C.N.1017.2007.TREATIES-14 of 31 October 2007 [Entry into force of Annex G].  

Note: The Convention was adopted on 22 May 2001 at the Conference of Plenipotentiaries on the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants, Stockholm, 22-23 May 2001.

In accordance with its article 24, the Convention will be open for signature at Stockholm by all States and by regional economic integration organizations on 23 May 2001 at the Stockholm City Conference Centre/Folkets Hus, and at the United Nations Headquarters in New York from 24 May 2001 to 22 May 2002.

PARTICIPANTS
ParticipantSignature, Succession to
Signature (d) 		Ratification, Acceptance (A),
Approval (AA), Accession (a)
Mali 23/05/2001 05/09/2003
Malta 23/05/2001
Mauritania 08/08/2001 22/07/2005
Mauritius 23/05/2001 13/07/2004
Mexico 23/05/2001 10/02/2003
Monaco 23/05/2001 20/10/2004
Mongolia 17/05/2002 30/04/2004
Moldova, Republic of 23/05/2001 07/04/2004
Morocco 23/05/2001 15/06/2004
Mozambique 23/05/2001 31/10/2005
Oman 04/03/2002 19/01/2005
Namibia 24/06/2005 (a)
Nauru 09/05/2002 09/05/2002
Nepal 05/04/2002 06/03/2007
Netherlands 23/05/2001 28/01/2002 (A)
Vanuatu 21/05/2002 16/09/2005
New Zealand5 23/05/2001 24/09/2004
Nicaragua 23/05/2001 01/12/2005
Niger 12/10/2001 12/04/2006
Nigeria 23/05/2001 24/05/2004
Norway 23/05/2001 11/07/2002
Pakistan 06/12/2001 17/04/2008
Panama 23/05/2001 05/03/2003
Papua New Guinea 23/05/2001 07/10/2003
Paraguay 12/10/2001 01/04/2004
Peru 23/05/2001 14/09/2005
Philippines 23/05/2001 27/02/2004
Poland 23/05/2001 23/10/2008
Portugal 23/05/2001 15/07/2004 (A)
Guinea-Bissau 24/04/2002 06/08/2008
Qatar 10/12/2004 (a)
Romania 23/05/2001 28/10/2004
Russian Federation 22/05/2002 17/08/2011
Rwanda 05/06/2002 (a)
Saint Kitts and Nevis 21/05/2004 (a)
Saint Lucia 04/10/2002 (a)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 15/09/2005 (a)
Sao Tome and Principe 03/04/2002 12/04/2006
Saudi Arabia 14/03/2002
Senegal 23/05/2001 08/10/2003
Seychelles 25/03/2002 03/06/2008 (a)
Sierra Leone 26/09/2003 (a)
Singapore 23/05/2001 24/05/2005
Slovakia 23/05/2001 05/08/2002
Viet Nam 23/05/2001 22/07/2002
Somalia 26/07/2010 (a)
South Africa 23/05/2001 04/09/2002
Zimbabwe 23/05/2001
Spain 23/05/2001 28/05/2004
Sudan 23/05/2001 29/08/2006
Suriname 22/05/2002 20/09/2011
Swaziland 13/01/2006 (a)
Sweden 23/05/2001 08/05/2002
Switzerland 23/05/2001 30/07/2003
Syrian Arab Republic 15/02/2002 05/08/2005
Tajikistan 21/05/2002 08/02/2007
Thailand 22/05/2002 31/01/2005
Togo 23/05/2001 22/07/2004
Tonga 21/05/2002 23/10/2009
Trinidad and Tobago 13/12/2002 (a)
United Arab Emirates 23/05/2001 11/07/2002
Tunisia 23/05/2001 17/06/2004
Turkey 23/05/2001 14/10/2009
Uganda 20/07/2004 (a)
Ukraine 23/05/2001 25/09/2007
Egypt 17/05/2002 02/05/2003
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 11/12/2001 17/01/2005
Tanzania, United Republic of 23/05/2001 30/04/2004
United States of America 23/05/2001
Burkina Faso 23/05/2001 31/12/2004
Uruguay 23/05/2001 09/02/2004
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 23/05/2001 19/04/2005
Samoa 23/05/2001 04/02/2002
Yemen 05/12/2001 09/01/2004
The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia 23/05/2001 27/05/2004
Zambia 23/05/2001 07/07/2006
Armenia 23/05/2001 26/11/2003
Slovenia 23/05/2001 04/05/2004
Albania 05/12/2001 04/10/2004
Algeria 05/09/2001 22/09/2006
Angola 23/10/2006 (a)
Antigua and Barbuda 23/05/2001 10/09/2003
Azerbaijan 13/01/2004 (a)
Argentina 23/05/2001 25/01/2005
Australia 23/05/2001 20/05/2004
Austria 23/05/2001 27/08/2002
Bahamas 20/03/2002 03/10/2005
Bahrain 22/05/2002 31/01/2006
Bangladesh 23/05/2001 12/03/2007
Barbados 07/06/2004 (a)
Belgium 23/05/2001 25/05/2006
Bolivia 23/05/2001 03/06/2003
Bosnia and Herzegovina 23/05/2001 30/03/2010
Botswana 28/10/2002 (a)
Brazil 23/05/2001 16/06/2004
Belize 14/05/2002 25/01/2010
Solomon Islands 28/07/2004 (a)
Brunei Darussalam 21/05/2002
European Union 23/05/2001 16/11/2004 (AA)
Bulgaria 23/05/2001 20/12/2004
Myanmar 19/04/2004 (a)
Burundi 02/04/2002 02/08/2005
Cambodia 23/05/2001 25/08/2006
Cameroon 05/10/2001 19/05/2009
Canada 23/05/2001 23/05/2001
Cape Verde 01/03/2006 (a)
Central African Republic 09/05/2002 12/02/2008
Sri Lanka 05/09/2001 22/12/2005
Chad 16/05/2002 10/03/2004
Chile 23/05/2001 20/01/2005
China2 23/05/2001 13/08/2004
Colombia 23/05/2001 22/10/2008
Comoros 23/05/2001 23/02/2007
Congo, Republic of the 04/12/2001 12/02/2007
Congo, Democratic Republic of the 23/03/2005 (a)
Cook Islands 29/06/2004 (a)
Costa Rica 16/04/2002 06/02/2007
Cuba 23/05/2001 21/12/2007
Cyprus 07/03/2005 (a)
Czech Republic 23/05/2001 06/08/2002
Benin 23/05/2001 05/01/2004
Denmark3 23/05/2001 17/12/2003
Dominica 08/08/2003 (a)
Dominican Republic 23/05/2001 04/05/2007
Ecuador 28/08/2001 07/06/2004
El Salvador 30/07/2001 27/05/2008
Ethiopia 17/05/2002 09/01/2003
Estonia 07/11/2008 (a)
Fiji 14/06/2001 20/06/2001
Finland 23/05/2001 03/09/2002 (A)
France 23/05/2001 17/02/2004 (AA)
Djibouti 15/11/2001 11/03/2004
Gabon 21/05/2002 07/05/2007
Georgia 23/05/2001 04/10/2006
Gambia 23/05/2001 28/04/2006
Germany 23/05/2001 25/04/2002
Ghana 23/05/2001 30/05/2003
Greece 23/05/2001 03/05/2006
Guatemala 29/01/2002 30/07/2008
Guinea 23/05/2001 11/12/2007
Guyana 12/09/2007 (a)
Haiti 23/05/2001
Honduras 17/05/2002 23/05/2005
Hungary 23/05/2001 14/03/2008
Iceland 23/05/2001 29/05/2002
India 14/05/2002 13/01/2006
Indonesia 23/05/2001 28/09/2009
Iran (Islamic Republic of) 23/05/2001 06/02/2006
Ireland 05/08/2010
Israel 30/07/2001
Italy 23/05/2001
Côte d´Ivoire 23/05/2001 20/01/2004
Jamaica 23/05/2001 01/06/2007
Japan 30/08/2002 (a)
Kazakhstan 23/05/2001 09/11/2007
Jordan 18/01/2002 08/11/2004
Kenya 23/05/2001 24/09/2004
Korea, Democratic People´s Republic of 26/08/2002 (a)
Korea, Republic of 04/10/2001 25/01/2007
Kuwait 23/05/2001 12/06/2006
Kyrgyzstan 16/05/2002 12/12/2006
Lao People´s Democratic Republic 05/03/2002 28/06/2006
Lebanon 23/05/2001 03/01/2003
Lesotho 23/01/2002 23/01/2002
Latvia 23/05/2001 28/10/2004
Liberia 23/05/2002 (a)
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya 14/06/2005 (a)
Liechtenstein 23/05/2001 03/12/2004
Lithuania 17/05/2002 05/12/2006
Luxembourg 23/05/2001 07/02/2003
Madagascar 24/09/2001 18/11/2005
Malawi 22/05/2002 27/02/2009
Malaysia 16/05/2002
Maldives 17/10/2006 (a)
Kiribati 04/04/2002 07/09/2004
Belarus 03/02/2004 (a)
Croatia 23/05/2001 30/01/2007
Marshall Islands 27/01/2003 (a)
Micronesia (Federated States of) 31/07/2001 15/07/2005
Niue 12/03/2002 02/09/2005
Palau 28/03/2002 08/09/2011
Eritrea 10/03/2005 (a)
Serbia 02/05/2002 31/07/2009
Tuvalu 19/01/2004 (a)
Montenegro4 23/10/2006 (d) 31/03/2011

DECLARATIONS

Declarations

(Unless otherwise indicated, the declarations were made upon ratification,

acceptance, approval or accession.)

Argentina

Declaration:

In accordance with article 25, paragraph 4 of the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants, the Republic of Argentina declares that any amendment to Annex A, B, or C shall enter into force for Argentina only after it has deposited its instrument of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession with respect thereto.

Australia

Declaration:

"In accordance with article 25 (4) [of the Convention], the Government of Australia declares that any amendment to Annex A, B or C shall enter into force only upon the deposit of Australia's instrument of ratification with respect thereto."

Austria

Declaration:

"The Republic of Austria declares in accordance with Article 18 paragraph 2 of the Convention that it accepts both of the means of dispute settlement mentioned in paragraph 2 as compulsory in relation to any party accepting an obligation concerning one or both of these means of dispute settlement."

Bahrain

Declarations:

1. Arbitration according to the procedures adopted by the Conference of States Parties is the only binding procedure for the Government of the Kingdom of Bahrain regarding resolving any dispute on the interpretation or implementation of the Convention.

2. Any amendment to the Convention annexes A, B and C will not be binding to the Kingdom of Bahrain unless it is ratified according to the constitutional rules.

Bangladesh

Declaration

"Pursuant to Article 25, paragraph 4, of the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants, Bangladesh hereby declares that any amendment to Annex A, B or C shall enter into force for Bangladesh only upon the deposit by Bangladesh of its instrument of ratification, acceptance or approval with respect thereto."

Belgium

Declaration made upon signature:

"This signature engages also the Waloon region, the Flemish region, and the Brussels-Capital region."

Botswana

Declaration:

"... the Republic of Botswana declares pursuant to article 25 (4) that, with respect to it, any amendment to Annex A, B or C shall enter into force for it only after it has deposited an instrument of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession with respect to such amendment."

Canada

Declaration:

"Pursuant to Article 25, paragraph 4, of the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants, Canada hereby declares that any amendment to Annex A, B or C shall enter into force for Canada only upon the deposit by Canada of its instrument of ratification, acceptance or approval with respect thereto."

China

Declaration:

In accordance with the provisions of article 25, paragraph 4 of the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants, with respect to the People's Republic of China, any amendment to Annex A, B or C shall enter into force only upon the deposit of its instrument of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession with respect thereto.

European Community

Declaration in accordance with article 25 (3) :

"The Community declares that, in accordance with the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular article 175 thereof, it is competent for entering into international environmental agreements, and for implementing the obligations resulting therefrom, which contribute to the pursuit of the following objectives:

- Preserving, protecting and improving the quality of the environment,

- Protecting human health,

- Prudent and rational utilisation of natural resources,

- Promoting measures at international level to deal with regional or worldwide environmental problems.

Moreover, the Community declares that it has already adopted legal instruments, binding on its Member States, covering matters governed by this Convention, and will submit and update, as appropriate, a list of those legal instruments to the Conference of the Parties in accordance with article 15 (1) of the Convention.

The Community is responsible for the performance of those obligations resulting from the Convention which are covered by Community law in force.

The exercise of Community competence is, by its nature, subject to continuous development."

India

28 March 2006

Declaration:

"Any amendment to Annex A, B or C shall enter into force only upon the deposit of its instrument of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession with respect thereto."

Liechtenstein

Declaration:

"The Principality of Liechtenstein declares in accordance with Article 18 paragraph 2 of the Convention that it accepts both of the means of dispute settlement mentioned in this paragraph as compulsory in relation to any party accepting an obligation concerning one or both of these means of dispute settlement."

Mauritius

Declaration:

"Pursuant to Article 25, paragraph 4, of the Stockholm Convention on Persistant Organic Pollutants, the Republic of Mauritius declares that any amendments to Annex A, B or C shall enter into force for the Republic of Mauritius only upon the deposit by the Republic of Mauritius of its instrument of Ratification, Acceptance, Approval or Accession with respect thereto."

Moldova

Declaration:

In accordance with article 18, paragraph 2 of the Convention, the Republic of Moldova accepts both of the means of dispute settlement mentioned in this paragraph as compulsory in relation to any party that accepts the same obligation.

Pursuant to article 25, paragraph 4, of the Convention, any amendment to Annex A, B or C shall enter into force for the Republic of Moldova only upon the deposit of its instrument of ratification, acceptance or approval with respect thereto.

Micronesia (Federated States of)

Declaration:

1. The Federated States of Micronesia declares in accordance with the provisions of article 25, paragraph 4 of the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants, that any amendment to Annex A, B or C shall enter into force only upon the deposit of the Federated States of Micronesia's instrument of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession thereto.

2. The Federated States of Micronesia declares in accordance with Article 18, paragraph 2 of the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants that it accepts both of the means of dispute settlement mentioned in this paragraph as compulsory in relation to any party accepting an obligation concerning one or both of these means of dispute settlement.

Slovakia

Declaration:

"Pursuant to article 25, paragraph 4, of the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants, the Slovak Republic hereby declares that any amendment to Annex A, B or C shall enter into force for the Slovak Republic only upon the deposit by the Slovak Republic of its instrument of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession with respect thereto."

Slovenia

Declaration:

"In accordance with article 25, paragraph 4 of the Convention, the Republic of Slovenia herewith declares, that any amendment to Annex A, B or C shall enter into force only upon the deposit of its instrument of ratification with respect thereto."

Syrian Arab Republic

Declaration:

The ratification of the Syrian Arab Republic to this Convention shall in no way signify the recognition of Israel or entail entry into any dealings with Israel in the context of the provisions of this Convention.

Vanuatu

Declaration:

"That in relation to paragraph 4 of Article 25 of the Convention, any amendment to Annex A, B or C shall bind the Republic of Vanuatu only upon its deposit of an instrument of ratification or accession with respect to such amendments."

Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)

Declaration:

In accordance with article 25, paragraph 4 of the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants, the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela declares that any amendment to Annex A, B, or C shall enter into force for the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela only after it has deposited its instrument of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession with respect thereto.

 

 

NOTES

1. In accordance with article 26 (3) of the Convention, any instrument of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession deposited by a regional economic integration organization shall not be counted as additional to those deposited by member States of that organization.

2. With the following :

In accordance with the provisions of article 153 of the Basic Law of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China and article 138 of the Basic Law of the Macao Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China, the Government of the People's Republic of China decides that the Convention shall apply to the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and the Macao Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China.

3. With a territorial exclusion in respect of the Faroe Islands and Greenland.

4. Historical Information

Montenegro Note 1. The National Assembly of the Republic of Montenegro adopted its Declaration of Independence on 3 June 2006, following the referendum in the Republic of Montenegro on 21 May 2006, which took place pursuant to Article 60 of the Constitutional Charter of Serbia and Montenegro. Montenegro was admitted to membership in the United Nations by General Assembly resolution A/RES/60/264 on 28 June 2006. In a letter dated 10 October 2006, received by the Secretary-General on 23 October 2006 and accompanied by a list of multilateral treaties deposited with the Secretary-General, the Government of the Republic of Montenegro notified that: "[The Government of]…the Republic of Montenegro decided to succeed to the treaties to which the State Union of Serbia and Montenegro was a party or signatory. [The Government of]…the Republic of Montenegro succeeds to the treaties listed in the attached Annex and undertakes faithfully to perform and carry out the stipulations therein contained as from June 3rd 2006, which is the date the Republic of Montenegro assumed responsibility for its international relations and the Parliament of Montenegro adopted the Declaration of Independence. [The Government of]…the Republic of Montenegro does maintain the reservations, declarations and objections made by Serbia and Montenegro, as indicated in the Annex to this instrument, prior to the date on which the Republic of Montenegro assumed responsibility for its international relations."

Serbia Note 1. As from 3 June 2006: "Serbia". Formerly: "Serbia and Montenegro" until 2 June 2006. The Republic of Serbia continued the membership of Serbia and Montenegro in the United Nations, including all organs and organizations of the United Nations system, on the basis of Article 60 of the Constitutional Charter of Serbia and Montenegro, activated by the Declaration of Independence adopted by the National Assembly of Montenegro on 3 June 2006. Accordingly, by a letter dated 3 June 2006, the President of the Republic of Serbia notified the Secretary-General that "membership of the state union of Serbia and Montenegro is continued by the Republic of Serbia in the United Nations, including all organs and organizations of the United Nations system...". Subsequently, in a letter dated 16 June 2006, the Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Serbia informed the Secretary-General that "the Republic of Serbia continues to exercise its rights and honour its commitments deriving from international treaties concluded by Serbia and Montenegro. Therefore, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs requests that the Republic of Serbia be considered a party to all international agreements in force, instead of Serbia and Montenegro. Furthermore, the Government of the Republic of Serbia will perform the functions formerly performed by the Council of ministers of the state union of Serbia and Montenegro as depositary for the corresponding multilateral treaties." Moreover, in a letter dated 30 June 2006, the Minister for Foreign Affaires of the Republic of Serbia confirmed that "all treaty actions undertaken by Serbia and Montenegro will continue in force with respect to the Republic of Serbia with effect from 3 June 2006. Therefore, all declarations, reservations and notifications made by Serbia and Montenegro will be maintained by the Republic of Serbia until the Secretary-General, as depositary, is duly notified otherwise."

Serbia and Montenegro Note 1. As from 4 February 2003 until 2 June 2006. Formerly: "Yugoslavia" until 3 February 2003.

5. With the following territorial exclusion:

".....consistent with the constitutional status of Tokelau and taking into account the commitment of the Government of New Zealand the development of self-government for Tokelau through an act of self-determination under the Charter of the United Nations, this ratification shall not extend to Tokelau unless and until a Declaration to this effect is lodged by the Government of New Zealand with the Depositary on the basis of appropriate consultation with that territory."