CHAPTER XI
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Multimodal Transport3Intergovernmental Agreement on Dry PortsBangkok, 1 May 201323 April 2016, in accordance with article 5(1).23 April 2016, No. 53630Signatories17Parties18United Nations,<i>Treaty Series</i>,vol. 3124. <a href="http://treaties.un.org/doc/Treaties/2013/11/20131107%2012-02%20PM/XI-E-3.pdf" target = "_ blank"> Certified true copy</a> C.N.767.2017.TREATIES-XI.E.3 of 19 December 2017 (Amendments to Annex I); C.N.619.2019.Reissued.22012020.TREATIES-XI.E.3 of 12 December 2019 (Amendments to Annex I); C.N.245.2021.TREATIES-XI.E.3 of 29 July 2021 (Amendments to Annex I); C.N.477.2023.TREATIES-XI.E.3 of 21 November 2023 (Amendments to Annex I).The above Agreement was adopted on 1 May 2013 by resolution 69/7 during the sixty-ninth session of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific. The Agreement shall be open for signature to States that are members of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific in Bangkok, Thailand, on 7 and 8 November 2013, and thereafter at United Nations Headquarters in New York until 31 December 2014.
ParticipantSignatureApproval(AA), Acceptance(A), Accession(a), RatificationAfghanistan 1 Aug 2016 aArmenia 7 Nov 2013 Azerbaijan24 Apr 2020 aBangladesh25 Sep 2014 8 Mar 2016 Cambodia 7 Nov 2013 China 7 Nov 2013 24 Mar 2016 AAIndia17 Dec 2015 aIndonesia 7 Nov 2013 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 7 Nov 2013 10 Apr 2017 Kazakhstan 8 Apr 2016 aLao People's Democratic Republic 7 Nov 2013 5 Nov 2019 Mongolia 7 Nov 2013 30 Jun 2016 Myanmar 7 Nov 2013 15 Sep 2020 Nepal 7 Nov 2013 Republic of Korea 7 Nov 2013 22 Apr 2014 Russian Federation 7 Nov 2013 30 Dec 2015 AASri Lanka16 May 2014 Tajikistan 7 Nov 2013 20 Nov 2015 AAThailand 7 Nov 2013 7 Nov 2013 Türkiye15 Dec 2014 25 Apr 2024 Turkmenistan27 Nov 2016 aUzbekistan18 Oct 2021 aViet Nam 7 Nov 2013 29 Oct 2014 AA
Declarations and Reservations (Unless otherwise indicated, the declarations and reservations were made upon ratification,acceptance, approval or accession.)AzerbaijanReservation:"In accordance with Article 13, paragraph 5 of the Intergovernmental Agreement on Dry Ports, the Republic of Azerbaijan does not consider itself bound by the provisions of Article 13 relating to conciliation."Declaration:"The Republic of Azerbaijan declares that the provisions of the Intergovernmental Agreement on Dry Ports shall not be applied by the Republic of Azerbaijan in respect of the Republic of Armenia.The Republic of Azerbaijan declares that it does not guarantee the implementation of the provisions of the Agreement in its territories occupied by the Republic of Armenia (the Nagorno-Karabakh region of the Republic of Azerbaijan and its seven districts surrounding that region), until the liberation of those territories from the occupation and complete elimination of the consequences of that occupation…"ChinaDeclaration in respect of Macao Special Administrative Region:In accordance with the Basic Law of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the PRC and the Basic Law of the Macao Special Administrative Region of the PRC, the Government of the People's Republic of China decides that the Agreement applies to the Macao Special Administrative Region of the PRC, and unless otherwise notified by the Government, shall not apply to the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the PRC.Iran (Islamic Republic of)Reservation:"...the implementation of the provisions of Article 13 of the Agreement is subject to fulfilment of the requirements of Article 139 of the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Iran..."MyanmarReservation:“In accordance with Article 10 and Article 13, Paragraph 5 of the Agreement, the Republic of the Union of Myanmar does not consider itself bound by the provisions of Article 13 relating to conciliation.”ThailandReservation:“In accordance with Article 10 and Article 13, paragraph 5 of the Agreement, the Kingdom of Thailand does not consider itself bound by the provisions of Article 13 relating to conciliation.”Türkiye<right>15 December 2014</right>Reservation made upon signature:“The Government of the Republic of Turkey does not consider itself bound by the provisions of Article 13 relating to reconciliation.”