parties - (113) Afghanistan, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina,
Armenia, Australia, Austria, The Bahamas, Bangladesh, Belgium,
Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil,
Bulgaria, Burma, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, China,
Colombia, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Costa Rica, Cote
d'Ivoire, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dominican
Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Fiji, Finland, Gabon, The
Gambia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Guatemala, Honduras, Hungary,
Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Italy,
Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kenya, South Korea, Kuwait, Laos, Lebanon,
Liberia, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Malta,
Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Morocco, Nepal, Netherlands, NZ,
Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Norway, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Peru,
Philippines, Poland, Romania, Russia, Rwanda, Samoa, San Marino,
Senegal, Serbia, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Slovakia,
Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname,
Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Thailand, Togo, Tonga,
Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Uganda, UK, US, Venezuela,
Zambia
countries that have signed, but not yet ratified - (17) Algeria,
Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Chile, Ethiopia, Haiti, Libya,
Mali, Pakistan, Paraguay, Portugal, Somalia, Tanzania, Uruguay,
Vietnam, Yemen
Tropical Timber 83
see International Tropical Timber Agreement, 1983
Tropical Timber 94
see International Tropical Timber Agreement, 1994
United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (LOS) note - abbreviated as Law of the Sea
opened for signature - 10 December 1982
entered into force - 16 November 1994
objective - to set up a comprehensive new legal regime for the sea and oceans; to include rules concerning environmental standards as well as enforcement provisions dealing with pollution of the marine environment