171. Presentation of the Federal Chancellor concerning the scope of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change

According to communications from the Secretary-General of the United Nations, the following other States have their instruments of ratification, approval or approval. Accession documents to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (BGBl. No 414/1994, as last amended by BGBl. III n ° 12/1999, last proclamation of the BGBl area. III No 8/1998):

States:	Date of deposit of the instruments of ratification, approval or approval. Certificate of Accession:
Afghanistan	19 September 2002
Andorra	2 March 2011
Angola	17 May 2000
Equatorial Guinea	16 August 2000
Belarus	11 May 2000
Bosnia and Herzegovina	7 September 2000
Brunei Darussalam	7 August 2007
Dominican Republic	7 October 1998
Gabon	21 January 1998
Iraq	28 July 2009
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, now Serbia	12 March 2001
Kyrgyzstan	25 May 2000
Liberia	5 November 2002
Libya	14 June 1999
Madagascar	2 June 1999
the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia	28 January 1998
Palau	10 December 1999
Rwanda	18 August 1998
São Tomé and Príncipe	29 September 1999
Somalia	11 September 2009
Suriname	14 October 1997
Tajikistan	January 7, 1998
Timor-Leste	10 October 2006
Tonga	20 July 1998
Turkey	24 February 2004
Cyprus	15 October 1997

Montenegro has also declared that it will continue to be bound by the Framework Convention with effect from 3 June 2006.

According to other communications from the Secretary-General, Slovenia 1 and Kazakhstan 2 on 9 June 1998, or 23 March 2000 pursuant to Art. 4 (2) lit. g of the Framework Agreement states that they intend to participate in Article 4 (2) (lit). a and b to be bound.

According to other communications from the Secretary-General of the United Nations, the following declarations were made as follows:

China 3 :

According to the provisions of Art. 153 of the Basic Law of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China of 1990, the Government of the People's Republic of China decides that the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and The Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change is applicable to the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.

On the basis of statements made by Portugal and the People's Republic of China, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) has continued to apply to the Macao Special Administrative Region, with its effectiveness of 20 December 1999.

Netherlands 3 :

The Kingdom of the Netherlands declares, in accordance with Article 14 (2) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, that both procedures for the settlement of disputes referred to in this Article shall be deemed to be mandatory any Contracting Party which accepts one or both of the procedures for the settlement of disputes.

United Kingdom 3 :

The United Kingdom extended the scope of the Framework Convention to Guernsey on 4 April 2006, to Gibraltar on 2 January 2007, and to Bermuda, Cayman Islands and the Falkland Islands on 7 March 2007.

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