parties — (72) Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Australia, The Bahamas,
Bahrain, Barbados, Belize, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil,
Cameroon, Cape Verde, Comoros, Costa Rica, Cote d'Ivoire, Cuba,
Cyprus, Djibouti, Dominica, Egypt, Fiji, The Gambia, Germany, Ghana,
Grenada, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Honduras, Iceland, Indonesia,
Iraq, Italy, Jamaica, Kenya, Kuwait, Lebanon, The Former Yugoslav
Republic of Macedonia, Mali, Malta, Marshall Islands, Mauritius,
Mexico, Federated States of Micronesia, Namibia, Nigeria, Oman,
Paraguay, Philippines, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint
Vincent and the Grenadines, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal,
Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Sudan,
Tanzania, Togo, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Uganda, Uruguay,
Vietnam, Yemen, former Yugoslavia, Zaire, Zambia, Zimbabwe
countries that have signed, but not yet ratified — (91) Afghanistan,
Algeria, Argentina, Austria, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belgium, Benin,
Bhutan, Bolivia, Brunei, Bulgaria, Burkina, Burma, Burundi, Cambodia,
Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, China, Colombia, Congo,
Cook Islands, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dominican Republic, El
Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, European Union, Finland,
France, Gabon, Greece, Guatemala, Haiti, Hungary, India, Iran,
Ireland, Japan, North Korea, South Korea, Laos, Lesotho, Liberia,
Libya, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia,
Maldives, Mauritania, Monaco, Mongolia, Morocco, Mozambique, Nauru,
Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Niger, Niue, Norway,
Pakistan, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania,
Russia, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Slovakia, Solomon Islands, South Africa,
Spain, Suriname, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Tuvalu,
Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, Vanuatu, Western Samoa
United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification in those Countries
Experiencing Serious Drought and/or Desertification, Particularly in Africa
note — abbreviated as Desertification
opened for signature — 14 October 1994, but not yet in force
objective — to combat desertification and mitigate the effects of drought through national action programs that incorporate long-term strategies supported by international cooperation and partnership arrangements
parties — (1) Mexico
countries that have signed, but not yet ratified — (104) Algeria,
Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Australia,
Bangladesh, Benin, Bolivia, Brazil, Burkina, Burundi, Cambodia,
Cameroon, Canada, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile,
China, Colombia, Comoros, Congo, Costa Rica, Cote dIvoire, Croatia,
Cuba, Denmark, Djibouti, Ecuador, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea,
Ethiopia, European Union, Finland, France, Gambia, Georgia, Germany,
Ghana, Greece, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Haiti, Honduras, India,
Indonesia, Iran, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan,
Kenya, South Korea, Lebanon, Lesotho, Libya, Luxembourg, Madagascar,
Malawi, Mali, Malta, Mauritania, Mauritius, Micronesia, Mongolia,
Morocco, Namibia, Netherlands, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Norway,
Pakistan, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Portugal, Saint Vincent
and the Grenadines, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, South Africa,
Spain, Sudan, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia,
Turkey, Turkmenistan, Uganda, United Kingdom, United States,
Uzbekistan, Zaire, Zambia, Zimbabwe; note - some late changes not
included under country entries
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
note — abbreviated as Climate Change