76. Representing the Federal Chancellor concerning the scope of the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants

According to the Communications of the Secretary-General of the United Nations, the following States have ratified their instruments of ratification or ratification. Accession documents to the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (BGBl. III n ° 158/2004):

States:	Date of deposit of the Ratifications and/or Certificate of Accession:
Argentina	25. January 2005
Bahamas	3 October 2005
Bahrain	31 January 2006
Bulgaria	20 December 2004
Burkina Faso	31 December 2004
Burundi	2 August 2005
Chile	20. January 2005
Eritrea	10 March 2005
Honduras	23 May 2005
India	13. January 2006
Iran	6 February 2006
Cape Verde	1 March 2006
Qatar	10 December 2004
Democratic Republic of Congo	23 March 2005
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya	14 June 2005
Liechtenstein	3 December 2004
Madagascar	18. November 2005
Mauritania	22 July 2005
Federations of Micronesia	15 July 2005
Mozambique	31 October 2005
Namibia	24 June 2005
Nicaragua	1 December 2005
Niue	2 September 2005
Oman	19. Jänner 2005
Peru	14. September 2005
Singapore	24 May 2005
Sri Lanka	22 December 2005
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	15 September 2005
Swaziland	13. January 2006
Arab Republic of Syria	5 August 2005
Thailand	31 January 2005
Vanuatu	16 September 2005
Venezuela	19 April 2005
United Kingdom	17. January 2005
Cyprus	7 March 2005

According to other communications of the Secretary-General of the United Nations, the following States have taken place on the occasion of the deposit of their instruments of ratification. The following declarations were made:

Argentina:

In accordance with Article 25 (4) of the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants, the Republic of Argentina declares that all amendments to Annexes A, B or C for Argentina shall not enter into force until such time as its corresponding amendments have been made to Argentina. Certificate of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession has been deposited.

Bahrain:

1.		Arbitration proceedings in accordance with the procedures adopted by the Conference of the States Parties shall be the only procedure binding on the Government of the Kingdom of Bahrain with regard to the solution to any dispute concerning interpretation or application of the Convention.
2.		Any changes to Annexes A, B and C to the Convention shall not be binding on the Kingdom of Bahrain as long as they have not been ratified in accordance with the constitutional requirements.

Liechtenstein:

The Principality of Liechtenstein declares, in accordance with Article 18 (2) of the Convention, that it recognises both the means of dispute settlement referred to in this paragraph as binding in relation to each party which has an obligation to do so in respect of: one or both of the means of dispute settlement.

Federations of Micronesia:

1.		The Federated States of Micronesia declare, in accordance with the provisions of Article 25 (4) of the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants, that any changes to Annexes A, B or C shall be made only after the deposit of the To enter into force the certificate of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession of the Federated States of Micronesia.
2.		The Federated States of Micronesia, in accordance with Article 18 (2) of the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants, declare that they are both binding in relation to the dispute settlement referred to in this paragraph to any party which recognises an obligation to settle one or both of the means of dispute settlement.

Vanuatu:

Vanuatu states that, in relation to Article 25 (4) of the Convention, any amendments to Annexes A, B or C shall not change the Republic of Vanuatu until after the deposit of the instruments of ratification, acceptance, approval or approval concerned with those amendments. Accession document shall be binding.

Venezuela:

In accordance with the provisions of Article 25 (4) of the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants, the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela declares that any changes to Annexes A, B or C shall be made only after the deposit of their to enter into force with respect to these amendments of the instrument of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession.

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