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CHAPTER XXVII
ENVIRONMENT
11. Lusaka Agreement on Co-operative Enforcement Operations Directed at Illegal Trade in Wild Fauna and Flora
Lusaka, 8 September 1994
Entry into force
:
10 December 1996, in accordance with article 13(1).
Registration :
10 December 1996, No. 33409
Status :
Signatories : 6. Parties : 6
Text : Certified true copy
United Nations,  Treaty Series , vol. 1950, p. 35.
Note :
The Agreement was adopted at the Ministerial Meeting for the Adoption of the Agreed Text of the Lusaka Agreement on Co-operative Enforcement Operations Directed at Illegal Trade in Wild Fauna and Flora held at Lusaka on 8-9 September 1994. In accordance with its article 12 (1), the Agreement was open for signature on 9 September 1994 by all African States at Lusaka and thereafter from 12 September 1994 at the Headquarters of the United Nations Environment Programme in Nairobi, and from 13 December 1994 to 13 March 1995 at the United Nations Headquarters in New York.
Participant
 Signature
 Ratification, Accession(a), Acceptance(A), Approval(AA)
Congo
   14 May 1997 a
Eswatini
  9 Sep 1994
 
Ethiopia
  1 Feb 1995
 
Kenya
  9 Sep 1994
17 Jan 1997
Lesotho
   20 Jun 1995 a
Liberia
   16 Sep 2005 a
South Africa
  9 Sep 1994
 
Uganda 1
[  9 Sep 1994 ]
 [12 Apr 1996 ]
United Republic of Tanzania
  9 Sep 1994
11 Oct 1996
Zambia
  9 Sep 1994
 9 Nov 1995
End Note
1

On 10 September 2020, the Government of Uganda notified the Secretary-General of its decision to withdraw from the Agreement, taking effect on 10 September 2021 in accordance with paragraphs 1 and 2 of article 14 of the Agreement.
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