Agreement relating to the Implementation of Part XI of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea of 10 December 1982

Party

Cambodia modified

• Ratification: 06-02-2026 (A)
• Entry into force: 08-03-2026

Party

Kyrgyzstan added

• Ratification: 20-09-2025 (R)
• Entry into force: 20-10-2025
• Reservations / Declarations: No
• Objections: No

Party

San Marino added

• Ratification: 19-07-2024 (R)
• Entry into force: 18-08-2024
• Reservations / Declarations: No
• Objections: No

Party

Rwanda added

• Ratification: 18-05-2023 (R)
• Entry into force: 17-06-2023
• Reservations / Declarations: No
• Objections: No

General information

• Provisional application: 16-11-1994
• Entry into force: 28-07-1996

Kingdom part

Netherlands (in Europe)

• Provisional application: 16-11-1994
• Entry into force: 28-07-1996

Netherlands (Bonaire)

• Entry into force: 10-10-2010

Netherlands (Sint Eustatius)

• Entry into force: 10-10-2010

Netherlands (Saba)

• Entry into force: 10-10-2010

Aruba

• Entry into force: 23-07-2014

Curaçao

• Entry into force: 10-10-2010

Sint Maarten

• Entry into force: 10-10-2010

Party

Afghanistan

• Provisional application: 16-11-1994

Albania

• Ratification: 23-06-2003 (A)
• Entry into force: 23-07-2003

Algeria

• Signature: 29-07-1994
• Ratification: 11-06-1996 (R)
• Entry into force: 28-07-1996

Andorra

• Provisional application: 16-11-1994

Angola

• Ratification: 07-09-2010 (A)
• Entry into force: 07-10-2010

Antigua and Barbuda

• Ratification: 03-05-2016 (A)
• Entry into force: 02-06-2016

Argentina

• Signature: 29-07-1994
• Ratification: 01-12-1995 (R)
• Entry into force: 28-07-1996

Armenia

• Ratification: 09-12-2002 (A)
• Entry into force: 08-01-2003

Australia

• Signature: 29-07-1994
• Ratification: 05-10-1994 (R)
• Entry into force: 28-07-1996

Bahamas

• Signature: 29-07-1994
• Ratification: 28-07-1995 (R)
• Entry into force: 28-07-1996

Bahrain

• Provisional application: 16-11-1994

Bangladesh

• Ratification: 27-07-2001 (A)
• Entry into force: 26-08-2001

Barbados

• Signature: 15-11-1994
• Ratification: 28-07-1995 (R)
• Entry into force: 28-07-1996

Belarus

• Ratification: 30-08-2006 (A)
• Entry into force: 29-09-2006

Belize

• Ratification: 21-10-1994 (S)
• Entry into force: 28-07-1996

Benin

• Ratification: 16-10-1997 (A)
• Entry into force: 15-11-1997

Bhutan

• Provisional application: 16-11-1994

Bolivia

• Ratification: 28-04-1995 (A)
• Entry into force: 28-07-1996

Bosnia and Herzegovina

• Ratification: 26-05-2021 (A)
• Entry into force: 25-06-2021

Botswana

• Ratification: 31-01-2005 (A)
• Entry into force: 02-03-2005

Brazil

• Signature: 29-07-1994
• Ratification: 25-10-2007 (R)
• Entry into force: 24-11-2007

Brunei

• Ratification: 05-11-1996 (A)
• Entry into force: 05-12-1996

Bulgaria

• Ratification: 15-05-1996 (A)
• Entry into force: 28-07-1996

Burkina Faso

• Signature: 30-11-1994
• Ratification: 25-01-2005 (R)
• Entry into force: 24-02-2005

Burundi

• Provisional application: 16-11-1994

Cabo Verde

• Signature: 29-07-1994
• Ratification: 23-04-2008 (R)
• Entry into force: 23-05-2008

Cambodia

• Provisional application: 16-11-1994

Cameroon

• Signature: 24-05-1995
• Ratification: 28-08-2002 (R)
• Entry into force: 27-09-2002

Chad

• Ratification: 14-08-2009 (R)
• Entry into force: 13-09-2009

Chile

• Ratification: 25-08-1997 (A)
• Entry into force: 24-09-1997

China

• Signature: 29-07-1994
• Ratification: 07-06-1996 (R)
• Entry into force: 28-07-1996

Cook Islands

• Ratification: 15-02-1995 (A)
• Entry into force: 28-07-1996

Costa Rica

• Ratification: 20-09-2001 (A)
• Entry into force: 20-10-2001

Côte d'Ivoire

• Signature: 25-11-1994
• Ratification: 28-07-1995 (R)
• Entry into force: 28-07-1996

Croatia

• Ratification: 05-04-1995 (A)
• Entry into force: 28-07-1996

Cuba

• Ratification: 17-10-2002 (A)
• Entry into force: 16-11-2002

Cyprus

• Signature: 01-11-1994
• Ratification: 27-07-1995 (R)
• Entry into force: 28-07-1996

Czech Republic

• Signature: 16-11-1994
• Ratification: 21-06-1996 (R)
• Entry into force: 28-07-1996

Denmark

• Signature: 29-07-1994
• Ratification: 16-11-2004 (R)
• Entry into force: 16-12-2004
• Faroes
  Entry into force: 16-12-2004Greenland
  Entry into force: 16-12-2004

Dominican Republic

• Ratification: 10-07-2009 (R)
• Entry into force: 09-08-2009

Ecuador

• Ratification: 24-09-2012 (R)
• Entry into force: 24-10-2012

Egypt

• Signature: 22-03-1995
• Provisional application: 16-11-1994

Equatorial Guinea

• Ratification: 21-07-1997 (A)
• Entry into force: 20-08-1997

Eritrea

• Provisional application: 16-11-1994

Estonia

• Ratification: 26-08-2005 (A)
• Entry into force: 25-09-2005

Eswatini

• Signature: 12-10-1994
• Ratification: 24-09-2012 (R)
• Entry into force: 24-10-2012

Ethiopia

• Provisional application: 16-11-1994

EU (European Union)

• Signature: 29-07-1994
• Ratification: 01-04-1998 (R)
• Entry into force: 01-05-1998

Federated States of Micronesia

• Signature: 10-08-1994
• Ratification: 06-09-1995 (R)
• Entry into force: 28-07-1996

Fiji

• Signature: 29-07-1994
• Ratification: 28-07-1995 (R)
• Entry into force: 28-07-1996

Finland

• Signature: 29-07-1994
• Ratification: 21-06-1996 (R)
• Entry into force: 28-07-1996

France

• Signature: 29-07-1994
• Ratification: 11-04-1996 (R)
• Entry into force: 28-07-1996

Gabon

• Signature: 04-04-1995
• Ratification: 11-03-1998 (R)
• Entry into force: 10-04-1998

Georgia

• Ratification: 21-03-1996 (A)
• Entry into force: 28-07-1996

Germany

• Signature: 29-07-1994
• Ratification: 14-10-1994 (R)
• Entry into force: 28-07-1996

Ghana

• Ratification: 23-09-2016 (A)
• Provisional application: 16-11-1994
• Entry into force: 23-10-2016

Greece

• Signature: 29-07-1994
• Ratification: 21-07-1995 (R)
• Entry into force: 28-07-1996

Grenada

• Signature: 14-11-1994
• Ratification: 28-07-1995 (R)
• Entry into force: 28-07-1996

Guatemala

• Ratification: 11-02-1997 (A)
• Entry into force: 13-03-1997

Guinea

• Signature: 26-08-1994
• Ratification: 28-07-1995 (R)
• Entry into force: 28-07-1996

Guyana

• Ratification: 25-09-2008 (A)
• Entry into force: 25-10-2008

Haïti

• Ratification: 31-07-1996 (A)
• Entry into force: 30-08-1996

Honduras

• Ratification: 28-07-2003 (A)
• Entry into force: 27-08-2003

Hungary

• Ratification: 05-02-2002 (A)
• Entry into force: 07-03-2002

Iceland

• Signature: 29-07-1994
• Ratification: 28-07-1995 (R)
• Entry into force: 28-07-1996

India

• Signature: 29-07-1994
• Ratification: 29-06-1995 (R)
• Entry into force: 28-07-1996

Indonesia

• Signature: 29-07-1994
• Ratification: 02-06-2000 (R)
• Entry into force: 02-07-2000

Iraq

• Provisional application: 16-11-1994

Ireland

• Signature: 29-07-1994
• Ratification: 21-06-1996 (R)
• Entry into force: 28-07-1996

Italy

• Signature: 29-07-1994
• Ratification: 13-01-1995 (R)
• Entry into force: 28-07-1996

Jamaica

• Signature: 29-07-1994
• Ratification: 28-07-1995 (R)
• Entry into force: 28-07-1996

Japan

• Signature: 29-07-1994
• Ratification: 20-06-1996 (R)
• Entry into force: 28-07-1996

Jordan

• Ratification: 27-11-1995 (A)
• Entry into force: 28-07-1996

Kenya

• Ratification: 29-07-1994 (S)
• Entry into force: 28-07-1996

Kiribati

• Ratification: 24-02-2003 (A)
• Entry into force: 26-03-2003

Kuwait

• Ratification: 02-08-2002 (A)
• Entry into force: 01-09-2002

Laos

• Signature: 27-10-1994
• Ratification: 05-06-1998 (R)
• Entry into force: 05-07-1998

Latvia

• Ratification: 23-12-2004 (A)
• Entry into force: 22-01-2005

Lebanon

• Ratification: 05-01-1995 (A)
• Entry into force: 28-07-1996

Lesotho

• Ratification: 31-05-2007 (A)
• Entry into force: 30-06-2007

Liberia

• Ratification: 25-09-2008 (R)
• Entry into force: 25-10-2008

Libya

• Provisional application: 16-11-1994

Liechtenstein

• Provisional application: 16-11-1994

Lithuania

• Ratification: 12-11-2003 (A)
• Entry into force: 12-12-2003

Luxembourg

• Signature: 29-07-1994
• Ratification: 05-10-2000 (R)
• Entry into force: 04-11-2000

Madagascar

• Ratification: 22-08-2001 (A)
• Entry into force: 21-09-2001

Malawi

• Ratification: 28-09-2010 (R)
• Entry into force: 28-10-2010

Malaysia

• Signature: 02-08-1994
• Ratification: 14-10-1996 (R)
• Entry into force: 13-11-1996

Maldives

• Signature: 10-10-1994
• Ratification: 07-09-2000 (R)
• Entry into force: 07-10-2000

Malta

• Signature: 29-07-1994
• Ratification: 26-06-1996 (R)
• Entry into force: 28-07-1996

Marshall Islands

• Provisional application: 16-11-1994

Mauritania

• Signature: 02-08-1994
• Ratification: 17-07-1996 (R)
• Entry into force: 16-08-1996

Mexico

• Ratification: 10-04-2003 (A)
• Entry into force: 10-05-2003

Moldova

• Ratification: 06-02-2007 (A)
• Entry into force: 08-03-2007

Monaco

• Signature: 30-11-1994
• Ratification: 20-03-1996 (R)
• Entry into force: 28-07-1996

Mongolia

• Signature: 17-08-1994
• Ratification: 13-08-1996 (R)
• Entry into force: 12-09-1996

Montenegro

• Ratification: 23-10-2006 (Su)
• Entry into force: 03-06-2006

Morocco

• Signature: 19-10-1994
• Ratification: 31-05-2007 (R)
• Entry into force: 30-06-2007

Mozambique

• Ratification: 13-03-1997 (A)
• Entry into force: 12-04-1997

Myanmar

• Ratification: 21-05-1996 (A)
• Entry into force: 28-07-1996

Namibia

• Signature: 29-07-1994
• Ratification: 28-07-1995 (R)
• Entry into force: 28-07-1996

Nauru

• Ratification: 23-01-1996 (A)
• Entry into force: 28-07-1996

Nepal

• Ratification: 02-11-1998 (A)
• Entry into force: 02-12-1998

Netherlands, the Kingdom of the

• Signature: 29-07-1994
• Ratification: 28-06-1996 (R)
• Entry into force: 28-07-1996

New Zealand

• Signature: 29-07-1994
• Ratification: 19-07-1996 (R)
• Entry into force: 18-08-1996

Nicaragua

• Ratification: 03-05-2000 (A)
• Entry into force: 02-06-2000

Niger

• Ratification: 07-08-2013 (A)
• Entry into force: 06-09-2013

Nigeria

• Signature: 25-10-1994
• Ratification: 28-07-1995 (R)
• Entry into force: 28-07-1996

Niue

• Ratification: 11-10-2006 (R)
• Entry into force: 10-11-2006

North Macedonia

• Ratification: 19-08-1994 (A)
• Entry into force: 28-07-1996

Norway

• Ratification: 24-06-1996 (A)
• Entry into force: 28-07-1996

Oman

• Ratification: 26-02-1997 (A)
• Entry into force: 28-03-1997

Pakistan

• Signature: 10-08-1994
• Ratification: 26-02-1997 (R)
• Entry into force: 28-03-1997

Palau

• Ratification: 30-09-1996 (A)
• Entry into force: 30-10-1996

Panama

• Ratification: 01-07-1996 (A)
• Entry into force: 31-07-1996

Papua New Guinea

• Ratification: 14-01-1997 (A)
• Entry into force: 13-02-1997

Paraguay

• Signature: 29-07-1994
• Ratification: 10-07-1995 (R)
• Entry into force: 28-07-1996

Philippines

• Signature: 15-11-1994
• Ratification: 23-07-1997 (R)
• Entry into force: 22-08-1997

Poland

• Signature: 29-07-1994
• Ratification: 13-11-1998 (R)
• Entry into force: 13-12-1998

Portugal

• Signature: 29-07-1994
• Ratification: 03-11-1997 (R)
• Entry into force: 03-12-1997

Qatar

• Ratification: 09-12-2002 (A)
• Entry into force: 08-01-2003

Republic of Korea, the

• Signature: 07-11-1994
• Ratification: 29-01-1996 (R)
• Entry into force: 28-07-1996

Republic of the Congo

• Ratification: 09-07-2008 (R)
• Entry into force: 08-08-2008

Romania

• Ratification: 17-12-1996 (A)
• Entry into force: 16-01-1997

Samoa

• Signature: 07-07-1995
• Ratification: 14-08-1995 (R)
• Entry into force: 28-07-1996

Saudi Arabia

• Ratification: 24-04-1996 (A)
• Entry into force: 28-07-1996

Senegal

• Signature: 09-08-1994
• Ratification: 25-07-1995 (R)
• Entry into force: 28-07-1996

Serbia

• Signature: 12-05-1995
• Ratification: 28-07-1995 (R)
• Entry into force: 28-07-1996

Seychelles

• Signature: 29-07-1994
• Ratification: 15-12-1994 (R)
• Entry into force: 28-07-1996

Sierra Leone

• Ratification: 12-12-1994 (A)
• Entry into force: 28-07-1996

Singapore

• Ratification: 17-11-1994 (A)
• Entry into force: 28-07-1996

Slovakia

• Signature: 14-11-1994
• Ratification: 08-05-1996 (R)
• Entry into force: 28-07-1996

Slovenia

• Signature: 19-01-1995
• Ratification: 16-06-1995 (R)
• Entry into force: 28-07-1996

Solomon Islands

• Ratification: 23-06-1997 (A)
• Entry into force: 23-07-1997

South Africa

• Signature: 03-10-1994
• Ratification: 23-12-1997 (R)
• Entry into force: 22-01-1998

Spain

• Signature: 29-07-1994
• Ratification: 15-01-1997 (R)
• Entry into force: 14-02-1997

Sri Lanka

• Signature: 29-07-1994
• Ratification: 28-07-1995 (R)
• Entry into force: 28-07-1996

Sudan

• Signature: 29-07-1994
• Provisional application: 16-11-1994

Suriname

• Ratification: 09-07-1998 (A)
• Entry into force: 08-08-1998

Sweden

• Signature: 29-07-1994
• Ratification: 25-06-1996 (R)
• Entry into force: 28-07-1996

Switzerland

• Signature: 26-10-1994
• Ratification: 01-05-2009 (R)
• Entry into force: 31-05-2009

Tanzania

• Signature: 07-10-1994
• Ratification: 25-06-1998 (R)
• Entry into force: 25-07-1998

Thailand

• Ratification: 15-05-2011 (A)
• Entry into force: 14-06-2011

Timor-Leste

• Ratification: 08-01-2013 (R)
• Entry into force: 07-02-2013

Togo

• Signature: 03-08-1994
• Ratification: 28-07-1995 (R)
• Entry into force: 28-07-1996

Tonga

• Ratification: 02-08-1995 (A)
• Entry into force: 28-07-1996

Trinidad and Tobago

• Signature: 10-10-1994
• Ratification: 28-07-1995 (R)
• Entry into force: 28-07-1996

Tunisia

• Signature: 15-05-1995
• Ratification: 24-05-2002 (R)
• Entry into force: 23-06-2002

Tuvalu

• Ratification: 09-12-2002 (A)
• Entry into force: 08-01-2003

Uganda

• Signature: 09-08-1994
• Ratification: 28-07-1995 (R)
• Entry into force: 28-07-1996

United Arab Emirates

• Provisional application: 16-11-1994

United Kingdom

• Signature: 29-07-1994
• Ratification: 25-07-1997 (R)
• Entry into force: 24-08-1997
• Anguilla
  Entry into force: 24-08-1997Bermuda
  Entry into force: 24-08-1997British Antarctic Territory
  Entry into force: 24-08-1997British Indian Ocean Territory
  Entry into force: 24-08-1997British Virgin Islands
  Entry into force: 24-08-1997Cayman Islands
  Entry into force: 24-08-1997Ducie and Oeno Islands
  Entry into force: 24-08-1997Falkland Islands
  Entry into force: 24-08-1997Gibraltar
  Entry into force: 24-08-1997Guernsey
  Entry into force: 24-08-1997Henderson Island
  Entry into force: 24-08-1997Jersey
  Entry into force: 24-08-1997Man, Isle of
  Entry into force: 24-08-1997Montserrat
  Entry into force: 24-08-1997Pitcairn Islands
  Entry into force: 24-08-1997Saint-Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha
  Entry into force: 24-08-1997South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands
  Entry into force: 24-08-1997Turks and Caicos Islands
  Entry into force: 24-08-1997

United States of America

• Signature: 29-07-1994
• Provisional application: 16-11-1994

Uruguay

• Signature: 29-07-1994
• Ratification: 07-08-2007 (R)
• Entry into force: 06-09-2007

Vanuatu

• Signature: 29-07-1994
• Ratification: 10-08-1999 (R)
• Entry into force: 09-09-1999

Vietnam

• Ratification: 27-04-2006 (A)
• Entry into force: 27-05-2006

Yemen

• Ratification: 13-10-2014 (A)
• Entry into force: 12-11-2014

Zambia

• Signature: 13-10-1994
• Ratification: 28-07-1995 (R)
• Entry into force: 28-07-1996

Zimbabwe

• Signature: 28-10-1994
• Ratification: 28-07-1995 (R)
• Entry into force: 28-07-1996

Austria

• Signature: 29-07-1994
• Ratification: 14-07-1995 (R)
• Entry into force: 28-07-1996
• Reservations / Declarations: Yes
• Objections: No

• reservation
  29-07-1994
  Austria declares that it understands the provisions of its article 7 paragraph 2 to signify with regard to its own position that pending parliamentary approval of the Convention and of the Agreement and their subsequent ratification it will have access to the organs for the International Sea-Bed authority.

Belgium

• Signature: 29-07-1994
• Ratification: 13-11-1998 (R)
• Entry into force: 13-12-1998
• Reservations / Declarations: Yes
• Objections: No

• reservation
  29-07-1994
  This signature also commits the Flemish region, the Wallone region and the region of the capital Brussels.

Canada

• Signature: 29-07-1994
• Ratification: 07-11-2003 (R)
• Entry into force: 07-12-2003
• Reservations / Declarations: Yes
• Objections: No

• reservation
  16-01-2015
  The Permanent Mission of Canada to the United Nations presents its compliments to the Secretary-General of the United Nations and has the honour to refer to the Agreement Relating to the Implementation of Part XI of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea and the Secretary-General's communication of 6 January 2015, C.N.16.2015 TREATIES-XXI.6.a, relating to that treaty. The Permanent Mission of Canada notes that this communication was made pursuant to the Secretary-General's capacity as Depositary for the Agreement Relating to the Implementation of Part XI of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea. The Permanent Mission of Canada notes the technical and administrative role of the Depositary, and that it is for States Parties to a treaty, not the Depositary, to make their own determination with respect to any legal issues raised by instruments circulated by a depositary. In that context, the Permanent Mission of Canada notes that 'Palestine' does not meet the criteria of a state under international law and is not recognized by Canada as a state. Therefore, in order to avoid confusion, the Permanent Mission of Canada wishes to note its position that in the context of the purported Palestinian accession to the Agreement Relating to the Implementation of Part XI of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, 'Palestine' is not able to accede to this convention, and that the Agreement Relating to the Implementation of Part XI of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea does not enter into force, or have an effect on Canada's treaty relations, with respect to the 'State of Palestine'.

Mauritius

• Ratification: 04-11-1994 (A)
• Entry into force: 28-07-1996
• Reservations / Declarations: Yes
• Objections: No

• reservation
  09-01-2020
  (…) has the honour to register its strong objection against the extension by the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to the socalled ‘British Indian Ocean Territory’, of the Agreements listed at Annex and in respect of which the Secretary-General is the depositary. The Government of the Republic of Mauritius considers that by extending these Agreements to the so-called ‘British Indian Ocean Territory’, the United Kingdom purported to exercise sovereignty over the Chagos Archipelago - a claim which is untenable under international law. The Government of the Republic of Mauritius wishes to reiterate in emphatic terms that it does not recognize the so-called ‘British Indian Ocean Territory’. The fact that the Chagos Archipelago is, and has always been, part of the territory of the Republic of Mauritius, and that the United Kingdom has never had sovereignty over the Chagos Archipelago, has been authoritatively established by the International Court of Justice in its Advisory Opinion of 25 February 2019, on the Legal Consequences of the Separation of the Chagos Archipelago from Mauritius in 1965. In this authoritative legal determination, the Court declared that the decolonization of the Republic of Mauritius had not been lawfully completed in 1968, since the Chagos Archipelago had been unlawfully detached in 1965, in violation of the right of self-determination of peoples and the Charter of the United Nations, as applied and interpreted in accordance with UN General Assembly resolution 1514 (XV) of 14 December 1960, resolution 2066 (XX) of 16 December 1965, resolution 2232 (XXI) of 20 December 1966 and resolution 2357 (XXII) of 19 December 1967. Accordingly, it went on to hold that the United Kingdom’s ongoing administration of the Chagos Archipelago, as the so-called ‘British Indian Ocean Territory’, was an internationally wrongful act, of a continuing nature, that engaged the State responsibility of the United Kingdom. It determined that the United Kingdom is under a legal obligation to terminate its unlawful colonial administration ‘as rapidly as possible’. The Court further determined that all UN Member States have an obligation to cooperate with the United Nations in facilitating the completion of the decolonization of the Republic of Mauritius as rapidly as possible, including an obligation not to support the continuing wrongful conduct of the United Kingdom in maintaining its colonial administration in the Chagos Archipelago. On 22 May 2019, the General Assembly, by an overwhelming majority of 116 votes to 6, adopted resolution 73/295. By this resolution, it endorsed the Court’s Advisory Opinion, affirmed that the Chagos Archipelago forms an integral part of the territory of the Republic of Mauritius, and demanded that the United Kingdom terminate its unlawful colonial administration within a maximum of six months, that is, by no later than 22 November 2019. That deadline has now expired. Moreover, the General Assembly in its resolution called upon Member States to ‘cooperate with the United Nations to ensure the completion of the decolonization of Mauritius as rapidly as possible’ and to refrain from conduct that might impede or delay the completion of decolonization. It further called upon the United Nations and all its specialized agencies to recognize that the Chagos Archipelago forms an integral part of the territory of the Republic of Mauritius, to support the decolonization of the Republic of Mauritius as rapidly as possible, and to refrain from impeding that process by recognizing the so-called ‘British Indian Ocean Territory’. Lastly, the resolution also called upon ‘all other international, regional and intergovernmental organizations, including those established by treaty,’ to recognize that the Chagos Archipelago forms an integral part of the territory of the Republic of Mauritius, to support its speedy decolonization, and to ‘refrain from impeding that process’ by recognizing the so-called ‘British Indian Ocean Territory’. The Republic of Mauritius has, over the years, consistently asserted, and hereby reasserts, its full sovereignty over the Chagos Archipelago. The Government of the Republic of Mauritius therefore unequivocally protests against the extension by the United Kingdom of the Agreements listed at Annex to the so-called ‘British Indian Ocean Territory’ and against the purported exercise by the United Kingdom of any sovereignty, rights or jurisdiction within the territory of the Republic of Mauritius. For the above stated reasons, which arise from established principles of international law as authoritatively interpreted and applied by the International Court of Justice and endorsed by the UN General Assembly, the Government of the Republic of Mauritius does not recognize the extension by the United Kingdom of the Agreements listed at Annex to the so-called ‘British Indian Ocean Territory’, reserves all its rights in this regard, and calls upon all States Parties to the Agreements listed at Annex to reject the United Kingdom's extension of these Agreements to the so-called ‘British Indian Ocean Territory’. -- See depositairy notification no. C.N.50.2020.TREATIES-XXI.6.a for the Annex (list of Agreements).

Palestine

• Ratification: 02-01-2015 (R)
• Entry into force: 01-02-2015
• Reservations / Declarations: Yes
• Objections: No

• reservation
  06-02-2015
  The Permanent Observer of the State of Palestine to the United Nations presents his compliments to the Secretary-General of the United Nations, in his capacity as Depositary, and has the honor to refer to depositary notification C.N.56.2015.TREATIES-XXI.6.a, dated 23 January 2015, conveying a communication of Canada regarding the accession of the State of Palestine to the Agreement relating to the implementation of Part XI of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea of 10 December 1982, dated 28 July 1994. The Government of the State of Palestine regrets the position of Canada and wishes to recall United Nations General Assembly resolution 67/19 of 29 November 2012 according Palestine ‘non-member observer State status in the United Nations’. In this regard, Palestine is a State recognized by the United Nations General Assembly on behalf of the international community. As a State Party to the Agreement relating to the implementation of Part XI of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea of 10 December 1982, which entered into force on 1 February 2015, the State of Palestine will exercise its rights and honor its obligations with respect to all States Parties. The State of Palestine trusts that its rights and obligations will be equally respected by its fellow States Parties.

Russian Federation

• Ratification: 12-03-1997 (A)
• Entry into force: 11-04-1997
• Reservations / Declarations: Yes
• Objections: No

• reservation
  12-03-1997
  According to expert opinion, industrial exploitation of deep sea-bed mineral resources will not start earlier than in ten to fifteen years. Therefore, the International body for the sea-bed will not have a subject of real activity for a long time yet, which fact highlights especially the financial aspects of activities of the newly established organization. It is important to avoid non-productive administrative and other expenditures, to abstain from establishing yet unnecessary structures and positions, and to strictly observe the agreements concerning the economy regime reflected in the Agreement. The efforts aimed at rendering universal the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea of 1982 can, in the long run, produce a positive result only if all the States act on the basis of the above-mentioned agreements without trying to seek any unilateral advantages, and if they succeed in establishing a cooperation free of discrimination and with a due account of the interests of potential investors in deep sea-bed mining.

Ukraine

• Signature: 28-02-1995
• Ratification: 26-07-1999 (R)
• Entry into force: 25-08-1999
• Reservations / Declarations: Yes
• Objections: No

• reservation
  26-07-1999
  1. Ukraine declares that, in accordance with article 287 of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea of 1982, it chooses as the principal means for the settlement of disputes concerning the interpretation or application of this Convention an arbitral tribunal constituted in accordance with Annex VII. For the consideration of disputes concerning the interpretation or application of the Convention in respect of questions relating to fisheries, protection and preservation of the marine environment, marine scientific research and navigation, including pollution from vessels and by dumping, Ukraine chooses a special arbitral tribunal constituted in accordance with Annex VIII. Ukraine recognises the competence, as stipulated in article 292 of the Convention, of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea in respect of questions relating to the prompt release of detained vessels or their crews. 2. Ukraine declares, in accordance with article 298 of the Convention, that it does not accept, unless otherwise provided by specific international treaties of Ukraine with relevant States, the compulsory procedures entailing binding decisions for the consideration of disputes relating to sea boundary delimitations, disputes involving historic bays or titles, and disputes concerning military activities. 3. Ukraine declares, taking into account articles 309 and 310 of the Convention, that it objects to any statements or declarations, irrespective of when such statements or declarations were or may be made, that may result in a failure to interpret the provisions of the Convention in good faith, or are contrary to the ordinary meaning of terms in the context of the Convention or its object and purpose. 4. As a geographically disadvantaged country bordering a sea poor in living resources, Ukraine reaffirms the necessity to develop international cooperation for the exploitation of the living resources of economic zones, on the basis of just and equitable agreements that should ensure the access to fishing resources in the economic zones of other regions and sub-regions.