167. Presentation of the Federal Chancellor concerning the scope of the International Convention against hostage-taking

According to the Communications of the Secretary-General of the United Nations, the following States have ratified their instruments of ratification or ratification. Certificates of accession to the International Convention against hostage-taking (BGBl. N ° 600/1986, last proclamation of the BGBl area. (III) No 113/2002):

States:	Date of deposit of the Ratifications and/or Certificate of Accession:
Afghanistan	24 September 2003
Andorra	23 September 2004
Equatorial Guinea	7 February 2003
Armenia	16 March 2004
Ethiopia	16 April 2003
Bahrain	16 September 2005
Bangladesh	20 May 2005
Benin	31 July 2003
Burkina Faso	1 October 2003
Costa Rica	24 January 2003
Dominican Republic	3 October 2007
Djibouti	1 June 2004
Fiji	15 May 2008
Gabon	19 April 2005
Georgia	18 February 2004
Guinea	22 December 2004
Guinea-Bissau	6. August 2008
Guyana	12 September 2007
Iran	20 November 2006
Ireland	30 June 2005
Jamaica	9 August 2005
Cambodia	27 July 2006
Cape Verde	10 September 2002
Kyrgyzstan	2 October 2003
Kiribati	15 September 2005
Colombia	14. April 2005
Comoros	25 September 2003
Croatia	23 September 2003
Laos People's Democratic Republic	22 August 2002
Latvia	14 November 2002
Liberia	5 March 2003
Madagascar	24 September 2003
Malaysia	29 May 2007
Morocco	9 May 2007
Marshal Islands	27 January 2003
Micronesia	6 July 2004
Moldova	10 October 2002
Mozambique	14 January 2003
Myanmar	4 June 2004
Nauru	2 August 2005
Nicaragua	24 September 2003
Niger	26 October 2004
Papua New Guinea	30 September 2003
Paraguay	22 September 2004
Rwanda	13 May 2002
São Tomé and Príncipe	23 August 2006
Seychelles	12 November 2003
Sierra Leone	26 September 2003
South Africa	23 September 2003
Swaziland	4 April 2003
Tajikistan	6 May 2002
United Republic of Tanzania	22 January 2003
Thailand	2 October 2007
Tonga	9 December 2002
Chad	1 November 2006
Turkmenistan	25 June 1999
Uganda	5 November 2003
Uruguay	4 March 2003
United Arab Emirates	24 September 2003
Central African Republic	9 July 2007

Montenegro also has 23. On 3 June 2006, it declared that it had continued to comply with the Convention with effect from 3 June 2006, and that it was bound by the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia on the occasion of the submission of the Declaration of Continuity 1 Reservation is confirmed.

On the occasion of the deposit of their instrument of accession or The following states have expressed the following reservations: Statements made:

Ethiopia:

The Government of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia does not consider itself bound by the above provision of the Convention, according to which any dispute between two or more Contracting Parties concerning the interpretation or application of the Convention , at the request of which an arbitration procedure or the International Court of Justice is submitted, and it shall be established that disputes concerning the interpretation or application of the Convention shall be subject to arbitration or to the Court of Justice only with prior consent of all the parties concerned.

Colombia:

According to Article 16 (2) of the Convention, Colombia does not consider itself bound by Article 16 (1).

Iran:

In accordance with Article 16 (2) of the International Convention against Hostages, the Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran declares that it does not consider itself bound by Article 16 (1) of the Convention, concerning the expulsion of any dispute over the interpretation or application of this Convention, which cannot be settled by negotiation, to an arbitration procedure or to the International Court of Justice.

Laos People's Democratic Republic:

In accordance with Article 16 (2) of the International Convention against hostage-taking, the Lao People's Democratic Republic does not deem itself bound by Article 16 (1) of the Convention. The Lao People's Democratic Republic declares that the consent of all parties to the dispute in a dispute concerning the interpretation or application of the Convention for the submission of an arbitration procedure or to the International Court of Justice is required.

Malaysia:

1.		The Government of Malaysia understands the term "preliminary investigation to determine the facts" in Article 6 (1) of the Convention in that it refers to the criminal investigation by the competent law enforcement authority. , which shall be carried out prior to the decision as to whether criminal proceedings are initiated against the suspect for the offences covered by the Convention.
2.		The Government of Malaysia understands Article 8 (1) of the Convention in that it includes the right of competent authorities to decide not to impose a specific case on the judicial authorities for the purpose of criminal prosecution if the suspects are to be subject to national security legislation and preventive detention.
3.		(a) According to Article 16 (2) of the Convention, the Government of Malaysia declares that it does not regard itself as bound by Article 16 (1) of the Convention;
		(b) the Government of Malaysia reserves the right to expressly give its consent to the implementation of the arbitration procedure provided for in Article 16 (1) of the Convention or of any other arbitration procedure in individual cases.

Mozambique:

The Republic of Mozambique does not consider itself bound by Article 16 (1) of the Convention. In this context, the Republic of Mozambique states that in each individual case the consent of all parties to the dispute is required for the submission of the dispute to an arbitral tribunal or to the International Court of Justice.

Furthermore, the Republic of Mozambique states that, in accordance with its constitution and national laws, it is not able to extradit any nationals of Mozambique. Therefore, nationals of Mozambique are indicted and convicted by national courts.

Myanmar:

The Government of the Union of Myanmar does not consider itself bound by Article 16 (1) of the International Convention against Hostage-taking, adopted on 17 December 1979.

Moldova:

In accordance with Article 16 (2) of the International Convention against hostage-taking, the Republic of Moldova declares that it does not consider itself bound by Article 16 (1) of the Convention.

Thailand:

The Government of the Kingdom of Thailand does not consider itself bound by Article 16 (1) of the Convention.

According to a further note by the Secretary-General of the United Nations, on 1 May 2007, the Russian Federation announced that it had made the reservation 2 Article 16 (1) withdraws.

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