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25Status of major international environmental treaties
Status of environmental treaties - Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (year of ratification/signature)Excel

HDI Rank Country
1 Iceland 2001 1
2 Norway 2001
3 Australia ..
4 Canada 2001 1
5 Ireland 2003
6 Sweden 2002
7 Switzerland 2002
8 Japan 2003
9 Netherlands 2002
10 France 2003
11 Finland 2004
12 United States ..
13 Spain 2002
14 Denmark 2002
15 Austria 2002
16 United Kingdom 2003
17 Belgium 2004
18 Luxembourg 2002
19 New Zealand 2005
20 Italy 2004
21 Hong Kong, China (SAR) ..
22 Germany 2003
23 Israel ..
24 Greece 2004
25 Singapore ..
26 Korea (Republic of) 2000 1
27 Slovenia 2002
28 Cyprus 2003
29 Portugal 2004
30 Brunei Darussalam ..
31 Barbados 2002
32 Czech Republic 2001
33 Kuwait ..
34 Malta 2007
35 Qatar 2007
36 Hungary 2004
37 Poland 2003
38 Argentina 2000 1
39 United Arab Emirates ..
40 Chile 2000 1
41 Bahrain ..
42 Slovakia 2003
43 Lithuania 2003
44 Estonia 2004
45 Latvia 2004
46 Uruguay 2001 1
47 Croatia 2002
48 Costa Rica 2007
49 Bahamas 2004
50 Seychelles 2004
51 Cuba 2002
52 Mexico 2002
53 Bulgaria 2000
54 Saint Kitts and Nevis 2001
55 Tonga 2003
56 Libyan Arab Jamahiriya 2005
57 Antigua and Barbuda 2003
58 Oman 2003
59 Trinidad and Tobago 2000
60 Romania 2003
61 Saudi Arabia ..
62 Panama 2002
63 Malaysia 2003
64 Belarus 2002
65 Mauritius 2002
66 Bosnia and Herzegovina ..
67 Russian Federation ..
68 Albania 2005
69 Macedonia (TFYR) 2005
70 Brazil 2003
71 Dominica 2004
72 Saint Lucia 2005
73 Kazakhstan ..
74 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 2002
75 Colombia 2003
76 Ukraine 2002
77 Samoa 2002
78 Thailand 2005
79 Dominican Republic 2006
80 Belize 2004
81 China 2005
82 Grenada 2004
83 Armenia 2004
84 Turkey 2003
85 Suriname ..
86 Jordan 2003
87 Peru 2004
88 Lebanon ..
89 Ecuador 2003
90 Philippines 2006
91 Tunisia 2003
92 Fiji 2001
93 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 2003
94 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 2003
95 Paraguay 2004
96 Georgia ..
97 Guyana ..
98 Azerbaijan 2005
99 Sri Lanka 2004
100 Maldives 2002
101 Jamaica 2001 1
102 Cape Verde 2005
103 El Salvador 2003
104 Algeria 2004
105 Viet Nam 2004
106 Occupied Palestinian Territories ..
107 Indonesia 2004
108 Syrian Arab Republic 2004
109 Turkmenistan ..
110 Nicaragua 2002
111 Moldova 2003
112 Egypt 2003
113 Uzbekistan ..
114 Mongolia 2003
115 Honduras 2000 1
116 Kyrgyzstan 2005
117 Bolivia 2002
118 Guatemala 2004
119 Gabon 2007
120 Vanuatu ..
121 South Africa 2003
122 Tajikistan 2004
123 Sao Tome and Principe ..
124 Botswana 2002
125 Namibia 2005
126 Morocco 2000 1
127 Equatorial Guinea ..
128 India 2003
129 Solomon Islands 2004
130 Lao People's Democratic Republic 2004
131 Cambodia 2003
132 Myanmar 2001 1
133 Bhutan 2002
134 Comoros ..
135 Ghana 2003
136 Pakistan 2001 1
137 Mauritania 2005
138 Lesotho 2001
139 Congo 2006
140 Bangladesh 2004
141 Swaziland 2006
142 Nepal 2001 1
143 Madagascar 2003
144 Cameroon 2003
145 Papua New Guinea 2005
146 Haiti 2000 1
147 Sudan 2005
148 Kenya 2002
149 Djibouti 2002
150 Timor-Leste ..
151 Zimbabwe 2005
152 Togo 2004
153 Yemen 2005
154 Uganda 2001
155 Gambia 2004
156 Senegal 2003
157 Eritrea 2005
158 Nigeria 2003
159 Tanzania (United Republic of) 2003
160 Guinea 2000 1
161 Rwanda 2004
162 Angola ..
163 Benin 2005
164 Malawi 2000 1
165 Zambia 2004
166 Côte d'Ivoire ..
167 Burundi ..
168 Congo (Democratic Republic of the) 2005
169 Ethiopia 2003
170 Chad 2006
171 Central African Republic 2000 1
172 Mozambique 2002
173 Mali 2002
174 Niger 2004
175 Guinea-Bissau ..
176 Burkina Faso 2003
177 Sierra Leone ..

Notes :
Data are as of 1 July 2007. Data refer to year of ratification, accession approval or succession unless otherwise specified. All these stages have the same legal effects. Bold signifies signature not yet followed by ratification.
1 - Signature not yet followed by ratification.

Source :
UN (United Nations) 2007a. “Multilateral Treaties Deposited with the Secretary-General.” New York. [http://untreaty.un.org]. Accessed July 2007.