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25Status of major international environmental treaties
Status of environmental treaties - Convention on Biological Diversity (year of ratification/signature)Excel

HDI Rank Country
1 Iceland 1994
2 Norway 1993
3 Australia 1993
4 Canada 1992
5 Ireland 1996
6 Sweden 1993
7 Switzerland 1994
8 Japan 1993
9 Netherlands 1994
10 France 1994
11 Finland 1994
12 United States 1993 1
13 Spain 1993
14 Denmark 1993
15 Austria 1994
16 United Kingdom 1994
17 Belgium 1996
18 Luxembourg 1994
19 New Zealand 1993
20 Italy 1994
21 Hong Kong, China (SAR) ..
22 Germany 1993
23 Israel 1995
24 Greece 1994
25 Singapore 1995
26 Korea (Republic of) 1994
27 Slovenia 1996
28 Cyprus 1996
29 Portugal 1993
30 Brunei Darussalam ..
31 Barbados 1993
32 Czech Republic 1993
33 Kuwait 2002
34 Malta 2000
35 Qatar 1996
36 Hungary 1994
37 Poland 1996
38 Argentina 1994
39 United Arab Emirates 2000
40 Chile 1994
41 Bahrain 1996
42 Slovakia 1994
43 Lithuania 1996
44 Estonia 1994
45 Latvia 1995
46 Uruguay 1993
47 Croatia 1996
48 Costa Rica 1994
49 Bahamas 1993
50 Seychelles 1992
51 Cuba 1994
52 Mexico 1993
53 Bulgaria 1996
54 Saint Kitts and Nevis 1993
55 Tonga 1998
56 Libyan Arab Jamahiriya 2001
57 Antigua and Barbuda 1993
58 Oman 1995
59 Trinidad and Tobago 1996
60 Romania 1994
61 Saudi Arabia 2001
62 Panama 1995
63 Malaysia 1994
64 Belarus 1993
65 Mauritius 1992
66 Bosnia and Herzegovina 2002
67 Russian Federation 1995
68 Albania 1994
69 Macedonia (TFYR) 1997
70 Brazil 1994
71 Dominica 1994
72 Saint Lucia 1993
73 Kazakhstan 1994
74 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 1994
75 Colombia 1994
76 Ukraine 1995
77 Samoa 1994
78 Thailand 2003
79 Dominican Republic 1996
80 Belize 1993
81 China 1993
82 Grenada 1994
83 Armenia 1993
84 Turkey 1997
85 Suriname 1996
86 Jordan 1993
87 Peru 1993
88 Lebanon 1994
89 Ecuador 1993
90 Philippines 1993
91 Tunisia 1993
92 Fiji 1993
93 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1996
94 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 1996
95 Paraguay 1994
96 Georgia 1994
97 Guyana 1994
98 Azerbaijan 2000
99 Sri Lanka 1994
100 Maldives 1992
101 Jamaica 1995
102 Cape Verde 1995
103 El Salvador 1994
104 Algeria 1995
105 Viet Nam 1994
106 Occupied Palestinian Territories ..
107 Indonesia 1994
108 Syrian Arab Republic 1996
109 Turkmenistan 1996
110 Nicaragua 1995
111 Moldova 1995
112 Egypt 1994
113 Uzbekistan 1995
114 Mongolia 1993
115 Honduras 1995
116 Kyrgyzstan 1996
117 Bolivia 1994
118 Guatemala 1995
119 Gabon 1997
120 Vanuatu 1993
121 South Africa 1995
122 Tajikistan 1997
123 Sao Tome and Principe 1999
124 Botswana 1995
125 Namibia 1997
126 Morocco 1995
127 Equatorial Guinea 1994
128 India 1994
129 Solomon Islands 1995
130 Lao People's Democratic Republic 1996
131 Cambodia 1995
132 Myanmar 1994
133 Bhutan 1995
134 Comoros 1994
135 Ghana 1994
136 Pakistan 1994
137 Mauritania 1996
138 Lesotho 1995
139 Congo 1996
140 Bangladesh 1994
141 Swaziland 1994
142 Nepal 1993
143 Madagascar 1996
144 Cameroon 1994
145 Papua New Guinea 1993
146 Haiti 1996
147 Sudan 1995
148 Kenya 1994
149 Djibouti 1994
150 Timor-Leste 2006
151 Zimbabwe 1994
152 Togo 1995
153 Yemen 1996
154 Uganda 1993
155 Gambia 1994
156 Senegal 1994
157 Eritrea 1996
158 Nigeria 1994
159 Tanzania (United Republic of) 1996
160 Guinea 1993
161 Rwanda 1996
162 Angola 1998
163 Benin 1994
164 Malawi 1994
165 Zambia 1993
166 Côte d'Ivoire 1994
167 Burundi 1997
168 Congo (Democratic Republic of the) 1994
169 Ethiopia 1994
170 Chad 1994
171 Central African Republic 1995
172 Mozambique 1995
173 Mali 1995
174 Niger 1995
175 Guinea-Bissau 1995
176 Burkina Faso 1993
177 Sierra Leone 1994

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.