CHAPTER XII
NAVIGATION1hAmendments to the Convention on the International Maritime OrganizationLondon, 4 November 19937 November 2002, in accordance with article 66 of the Convention, for all Members of the Organization (Article 62 was renumbered as Article 66 by Resolution <a href="/doc/source/docs/A_400_X-E.pdf" target="_blank">A.400 (X)</a> of 17 November 1977)*.7 November 2002, No. 4214Parties *.United Nations, <i>Treaty Series</i>, vol. 2199, p. 113; IMO Resolution <a href="/doc/source/docs/A_735_18-E.pdf" target="_blank">A.735. (18)</a>.See " <i>Note: </i>" at beginning of chapter XII.1. The amendments were adopted by the Assembly of the Organization by resolution <a href="/doc/source/docs/A_735_18-E.pdf" target="_blank">A.735 (18)</a> of 4 November 1993. Pursuant to article 68 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. *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 71 of the Convention as amended.
ParticipantAcceptance(A)Algeria18 Dec 1996 AAntigua and Barbuda10 Oct 2000 AArgentina21 Sep 1995 AAustralia10 Mar 1995 AAzerbaijan31 Oct 2001 ABahamas 7 May 1998 ABahrain28 Jul 1998 ABangladesh13 Jul 1998 ABarbados 1 Jul 1998 ABelgium15 Sep 1998 ABelize 6 May 1997 ABrazil23 Dec 1996 ABrunei Darussalam23 Dec 1998 ABulgaria29 Jan 1997 ACanada23 Jun 1995 AChile19 Jun 1998 AChina27 Oct 1994 AComoros 3 Aug 2001 ACongo21 Aug 2001 ACôte d'Ivoire 4 Nov 1998 ACuba28 Feb 1994 ACyprus24 Jun 1996 ADemocratic People's Republic of Korea 5 Apr 1994 ADenmark 6 Jan 1994 ADominica29 Apr 1997 AEcuador30 Jan 1998 AEgypt12 Jul 1994 AEritrea23 Oct 2001 AEstonia22 Feb 1994 AFiji20 Aug 2002 AFinland28 Aug 1995 AFrance18 Nov 1997 AGambia12 Jul 2001 AGeorgia 7 Jun 2001 AGermany17 Mar 1995 AGhana 1 Jul 1996 AGreece 2 Dec 1994 AGuatemala 8 Aug 2001 AGuyana16 Sep 1998 AHonduras26 Oct 1999 AHungary12 May 2000 AIceland17 Feb 1998 AIndia28 Nov 1995 AIndonesia21 May 1996 AIran (Islamic Republic of)20 Jun 1996 AIreland16 Nov 1998 AItaly18 Feb 2000 AJamaica31 Aug 1999 AKenya 4 Nov 1999 AKuwait15 Sep 1995 ALatvia16 Jun 2000 ALebanon10 Jul 1995 ALiberia16 Jun 1995 ALibya 6 Nov 1998 ALithuania16 Nov 1999 ALuxembourg22 Sep 2000 AMadagascar 9 Oct 1996 AMalawi26 Oct 2001 AMalta 4 Feb 1994 AMarshall Islands 7 Sep 1998 AMauritius16 Jan 1997 AMexico 4 May 1995 AMonaco27 Jan 1994 AMorocco16 Jun 1995 AMyanmar 7 Jul 1998 ANamibia10 Sep 2001 ANepal22 Sep 1998 ANetherlands (Kingdom of the)<superscript>1</superscript>26 Sep 1994 ANew Zealand<superscript>2</superscript> 9 Oct 2000 ANigeria 4 May 1995 AOman20 May 1998 APanama28 Oct 1997 APapua New Guinea 7 Nov 2001 APeru 7 May 1996 APhilippines 8 Dec 1997 APoland29 Dec 1995 APortugal16 Oct 2001 AQatar27 Oct 1998 ARepublic of Korea 5 Apr 1994 ARussian Federation 8 Sep 1994 ASaudi Arabia27 Feb 1996 ASerbia11 Dec 2000 ASeychelles30 Jun 1998 ASierra Leone27 Jul 2001 ASingapore28 Nov 1995 ASlovakia12 Jun 1995 ASlovenia10 Mar 1998 ASouth Africa21 Oct 1999 ASpain24 Jan 1995 ASri Lanka21 Jan 1998 ASt. Kitts and Nevis 8 Oct 2001 ASt. Lucia10 Sep 1998 ASt. Vincent and the Grenadines13 Apr 2000 ASudan21 Aug 2001 ASweden 1 Sep 1994 ASwitzerland21 Dec 1995 ASyrian Arab Republic18 Nov 1997 AThailand10 Sep 1996 ATonga 3 Nov 2000 ATrinidad and Tobago10 Nov 1995 ATunisia16 Jul 1996 ATürkiye 8 May 2001 AUnited Arab Emirates 3 Mar 1995 AUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland14 Sep 1994 AUnited Republic of Tanzania24 Jul 1998 AUnited States of America14 Oct 1998 AVanuatu18 Feb 1999 AViet Nam20 Jul 1998 A
1For the Kingdom in Europe, the Netherlands Antilles and Aruba.2With 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."