CHAPTER XII
NAVIGATION1gAmendments to the Convention on the International Maritime Organization (institutionalization of the Facilitation Committee)London, 7 November 19917 December 2008, in accordance with article 66 of the Convention, as amended, for all members of the Organization..7 December 2008, No. 4214Parties *.IMO Resolution A.724 (17). C.N.1150.2007.TREATIES-7 (Reissued) of 18 December 2007 (Entry into force of the amendments). C.N.380.2012.TREATIES-XII.1.g of 18 July 2012 (proposal of correction to the French text of the certified true copies of the amendments) and C.N.459.2012.TREATIES-XII.1.g of 21 August 2012 (corrections).See " <i>Note: </i>" at beginning of chapter XII.1. The amendments were adopted by the Assembly of the Organization by resolution A.724 (17) of 7 November 1991. Pursuant to article 64 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 have accepted the Amendments to the Convention prior to their entry into force. *See chapter XII.1 for the complete list of Participants, Members of the International Maritime Organization, for which the above amendments are in force, pursuant to article 66 of the Convention as amended.
ParticipantAcceptance(A)Albania 1 Jul 2005 AAlgeria 8 Jun 2000 AAntigua and Barbuda28 Feb 2002 AArgentina17 Oct 2006 AAustralia 1 Jul 1994 ABahamas 7 May 1998 ABangladesh 6 Feb 2007 ABarbados 1 Jul 1998 ABelgium 5 Apr 1994 ABelize20 Jan 2006 ABenin18 Jan 2007 ABolivia (Plurinational State of)26 May 2006 ABrazil16 Nov 1995 ABrunei Darussalam23 Dec 1998 ABulgaria29 Jan 1997 ACameroon17 Mar 1994 ACanada24 Jun 1993 AChile20 Nov 1995 AChina27 Oct 1994 AColombia13 Sep 2006 AComoros 3 Aug 2001 ACongo31 May 2002 ACôte d'Ivoire16 Dec 2004 ACuba22 Dec 1993 ACyprus24 Jun 1996 ACzech Republic12 Aug 2004 ADemocratic People's Republic of Korea12 Dec 2002 ADenmark 6 Jan 1994 ADjibouti13 Aug 2002 AEcuador 5 Sep 2005 AEgypt12 Jul 1994 AEritrea23 Oct 2001 AEstonia26 Aug 1992 AFiji 3 Mar 2005 AFinland26 Jan 1994 AFrance28 May 1996 AGabon10 Jun 2002 AGambia10 Jan 2003 AGeorgia 5 Sep 2006 AGermany25 Jun 2007 AGhana21 Nov 2003 AGreece 2 Dec 1994 AGuatemala 8 Aug 2001 AHonduras30 Aug 2002 AHungary 8 Jul 2004 AIceland17 Feb 1998 AIndia31 Oct 1995 AIndonesia21 May 1996 AIran (Islamic Republic of)11 Dec 2007 AIreland25 Sep 2003 AIsrael 3 May 2006 AItaly18 Feb 2000 AJamaica18 Aug 2005 AJapan 6 Jun 2006 AJordan22 Jun 2005 AKenya13 Nov 2006 AKiribati28 Oct 2003 ALatvia16 Jun 2000 ALiberia 9 Aug 2002 ALithuania16 Nov 2004 ALuxembourg22 Sep 2000 AMalaysia10 Nov 2004 AMaldives23 May 2005 AMalta16 Jan 1998 AMarshall Islands 7 Sep 1998 AMauritius16 Mar 2004 AMexico 1 Sep 1998 AMonaco13 Nov 2002 AMongolia20 Sep 2007 AMontenegro10 Oct 2006 AMorocco16 Jun 1995 ANamibia28 Nov 2000 ANetherlands 6 Dec 1993 ANew Zealand<superscript>1</superscript> 9 Oct 2000 ANicaragua 4 Jul 2006 ANigeria29 Aug 2007 ANorway10 Sep 1992 APakistan 5 Apr 2002 APanama19 Mar 1999 APeru 7 May 1996 APoland 5 Mar 2002 APortugal12 Jul 2004 ARepublic of Korea22 Dec 1994 ARomania 6 Sep 2002 ARussian Federation23 Aug 1993 ASamoa18 Jun 2002 ASan Marino12 Mar 2002 ASaudi Arabia26 Sep 2005 ASenegal20 Jun 2005 ASerbia11 Dec 2000 ASeychelles14 Jul 1992 ASierra Leone27 Jul 2001 ASingapore25 May 1994 ASlovakia12 Jun 1995 ASlovenia10 Mar 1998 ASpain 6 Oct 1993 ASt. Kitts and Nevis 8 Oct 2001 ASt. Lucia30 Aug 2005 ASt. Vincent and the Grenadines 9 Aug 2002 ASweden 1 Sep 1994 ASyrian Arab Republic15 Feb 2001 AThailand19 Apr 1994 ATogo11 Jun 2002 ATonga 4 Dec 2002 ATrinidad and Tobago10 Nov 1995 ATunisia15 Jan 1999 AUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland14 Sep 1994 AUnited Republic of Tanzania 6 Sep 2002 AUnited States of America14 Oct 1998 AUruguay30 Jan 1998 AVanuatu18 Feb 1999 AVenezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)29 Apr 2004 AYemen 7 Dec 2007 A
1With a declaration to the effect that "... consistent with the constitutional status of Tokelau and taking into account the commitment of the Government of New Zealand to the development of self-government for Tokelau through an act of self-determination under the Charter of the United Nations, this acceptance shall not extend to Tokelau unless and until a Declaration to this effect is lodged by the Government of New Zealand with the Depositary on the basis of appropriate consultation with that territory.".