CHAPTER XII
NAVIGATION1bAmendment to article 28 of the Convention on the International Maritime OrganizationLondon, 28 September 19653 November 1968, in accordance with article 52 of the Convention, for all Members of the Organization*.3 November 1968, No. 4214Parties*.United Nations, <i>Treaty Series </i>, vol. 649, p. 335.See " <i>Note: </i>" at beginning of chapter XII.1. The amendment was adopted by the Assembly of the Organization by resolution A.70 (IV) of 28 September 1965. Pursuant to article 54 of the Convention, the acceptance of an amendment shall be made by the communication of an instrument to the Secretary-General of the Organization for deposit with the Secretary-General of the United Nations. Following is the list of States which had accepted the Amendments to the Convention prior to their entry into force. In accordance with article 52 of the Convention, the Assembly of the International Maritime Consultative Organization determined that these amendments were of such a nature that any Member which hereafter declares that it did not accept such amendments and within a period of twelve months after they had come into force would, upon the expiration of this period, cease to be a Party to the Convention. *See chapter XII.1 for the complete list of Participants, Members of the International Maritime Organization, for which the above amendment is in force, pursuant to article 66 of the Convention as amended.
Participant<superscript>1,2</superscript>Acceptance(A)Albania 3 Nov 1968 AAlgeria 3 Nov 1967 AArgentina 5 Oct 1966 AAustralia23 Jun 1966 ABelgium 6 Jun 1966 ABrazil30 Dec 1966 ABulgaria 3 Oct 1966 ACanada29 Apr 1966 ACôte d'Ivoire20 Mar 1967 ADenmark15 Nov 1966 AEgypt15 Feb 1967 AFinland20 Jan 1967 AFrance14 Mar 1966 AGermany<superscript>3</superscript>22 Jul 1966 AIceland13 Mar 1967 AIndia13 Oct 1966 AIran (Islamic Republic of) 1 Jul 1968 AIreland23 Jun 1966 AIsrael 9 Feb 1967 AKuwait 6 Sep 1966 ALebanon20 Feb 1967 AMadagascar27 Jan 1966 AMaldives22 Apr 1968 AMalta 8 Sep 1966 AMexico16 Oct 1967 AMorocco27 Jan 1966 ANetherlands15 May 1967 ANew Zealand29 Jul 1968 ANigeria11 Dec 1967 ANorway23 May 1966 APakistan 5 Jul 1966 APanama 2 Aug 1966 APhilippines 2 Nov 1966 APoland19 Aug 1966 ARepublic of Korea10 Jan 1967 ARomania27 Jul 1967 ARussian Federation 7 Mar 1966 ASingapore18 Feb 1966 ASpain 9 May 1966 ASweden26 Jul 1966 ASwitzerland13 Jan 1967 ATrinidad and Tobago20 Apr 1967 ATunisia23 Feb 1966 ATurkey 9 Jun 1967 AUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland23 May 1966 AUnited States of America 1 Feb 1968 A
1The instrument of acceptance by the Government of the Republic of China was received by the Secretary-General of the International Maritime Organization on 22 July 1966 and deposited with the Secretary-General of the United Nations on 27 July 1966. See note concerning signatures, ratifications, accessions, etc. on behalf of China (note 1 under “China” in the “Historical Information” section in the front matter of this volume.).In communications addressed to the Secretary-General with reference to the above-mentioned acceptance, the Permanent Mission of Romania to the United Nations stated that the only government entitled to represent and to assume obligations on behalf of China is the Central Government of the People's Republic of China and that, consequently, the Government of Romania cannot take note of the said acceptance.2The former Yugoslavia had accepted the amendments on 28 November 1966. See also note 1 under “Bosnia and Herzegovina", "Croatia", "former Yugoslavia", "Slovenia", "The Former Yugsoslav Republic of Macedonia" and "Yugoslavia" in the "Historical Information" section in the front matter of this volume.3See note 2 under “Germany” in the “Historical Information” section in the front matter of this volume.