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CHAPTER XII
NAVIGATION
1 .b Amendment to article 28 of the Convention on the International Maritime Organization
London, 28 September 1965
Entry into force
:
3 November 1968, in accordance with article 52 of the Convention, for all Members of the Organization*.
Registration :
3 November 1968, No. 4214
Status :
Parties*.
Text :
United Nations,  Treaty Series , vol. 649, p. 335.
Note :
See " Note: " 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 71 of the Convention as amended.
Participant 1, 2
Acceptance(A)
Albania
  3 Nov 1968 A
Algeria
  3 Nov 1967 A
Argentina
  5 Oct 1966 A
Australia
 23 Jun 1966 A
Belgium
  6 Jun 1966 A
Brazil
 30 Dec 1966 A
Bulgaria
  3 Oct 1966 A
Canada
 29 Apr 1966 A
Côte d'Ivoire
 20 Mar 1967 A
Denmark
 15 Nov 1966 A
Egypt
 15 Feb 1967 A
Finland
 20 Jan 1967 A
France
 14 Mar 1966 A
Germany 3
22 Jul 1966 A
Iceland
 13 Mar 1967 A
India
 13 Oct 1966 A
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
  1 Jul 1968 A
Ireland
 23 Jun 1966 A
Israel
  9 Feb 1967 A
Kuwait
  6 Sep 1966 A
Lebanon
 20 Feb 1967 A
Madagascar
 27 Jan 1966 A
Maldives
 22 Apr 1968 A
Malta
  8 Sep 1966 A
Mexico
 16 Oct 1967 A
Morocco
 27 Jan 1966 A
Netherlands (Kingdom of the)
 15 May 1967 A
New Zealand
 29 Jul 1968 A
Nigeria
 11 Dec 1967 A
Norway
 23 May 1966 A
Pakistan
  5 Jul 1966 A
Panama
  2 Aug 1966 A
Philippines
  2 Nov 1966 A
Poland
 19 Aug 1966 A
Republic of Korea
 10 Jan 1967 A
Romania
 27 Jul 1967 A
Russian Federation
  7 Mar 1966 A
Singapore
 18 Feb 1966 A
Spain
  9 May 1966 A
Sweden
 26 Jul 1966 A
Switzerland
 13 Jan 1967 A
Trinidad and Tobago
 20 Apr 1967 A
Tunisia
 23 Feb 1966 A
Türkiye
  9 Jun 1967 A
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
 23 May 1966 A
United States of America
  1 Feb 1968 A
End Note
1.The 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.
2.The 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.
3.See note 2 under “Germany” in the “Historical Information” section in the front matter of this volume.