CHAPTER XII
NAVIGATION1cAmendments to articles 10, 16, 17, 18, 20, 28, 31 and 32 of the Convention on the International Maritime OrganizationLondon, 17 October 19741 April 1978, in accordance with article 52 of the Convention, for all Members of the Organization*.1 April 1978, No. 4214Parties*.United Nations, <i>Treaty Series </i>, vol. 1080, p. 375.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_315_ES.V-E.pdf" target="_blank">A.315 (ES.V)</a> of 17 October 1974. 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 amendments are in force, pursuant to article 71 of the Convention as amended.
Participant<superscript>1</superscript>Acceptance(A)Algeria 8 Mar 1976 AAngola 6 Jun 1977 AAustria 1 Mar 1977 ABahamas31 Jan 1977 ABahrain<superscript>2</superscript>22 Sep 1976 ABarbados30 Jun 1975 ABelgium 6 Jul 1976 ABrazil30 Jul 1976 ABulgaria16 Apr 1975 ACabo Verde24 Aug 1976 ACameroon 1 Nov 1976 ACanada16 Jul 1975 AChile11 Feb 1976 AChina28 Apr 1975 ACuba24 Nov 1975 ACyprus24 Feb 1976 ADenmark20 Jul 1976 ADominican Republic30 Dec 1976 AEcuador 3 Jan 1977 AEgypt16 Nov 1976 AEthiopia 2 Aug 1977 AFinland19 Oct 1976 AFrance24 Mar 1975 AGabon15 Nov 1977 AGermany<superscript>3,4</superscript> 1 Dec 1975 AGhana18 Oct 1976 AGreece16 May 1977 AGuinea 1 Apr 1977 AGuinea-Bissau 6 Dec 1977 AHungary30 Dec 1976 AIceland13 May 1976 AIndia16 Jan 1976 AIndonesia23 Nov 1976 AIran (Islamic Republic of) 8 Jul 1975 AIraq<superscript>5</superscript>11 Mar 1976 AIsrael<superscript>5</superscript> 8 Sep 1976 AItaly13 May 1976 AJordan 5 Apr 1977 ALiberia 8 Sep 1975 ALibya30 Jul 1976 AMadagascar29 Dec 1975 AMaldives21 Jul 1975 AMalta 2 Nov 1976 AMexico23 Mar 1976 AMorocco<superscript>6</superscript>17 Sep 1976 ANetherlands (Kingdom of the)<superscript>7</superscript>10 Nov 1975 ANew Zealand24 Mar 1976 ANigeria30 Jun 1976 ANorway28 Apr 1975 AOman17 Nov 1976 APakistan13 May 1976 APanama23 May 1975 APeru17 Nov 1976 APoland15 Mar 1976 APortugal24 Oct 1977 AQatar19 May 1977 ARepublic of Korea 8 Nov 1976 ARomania25 Jul 1977 ARussian Federation28 Apr 1975 ASaudi Arabia23 Mar 1977 ASingapore18 Jan 1977 ASpain24 Mar 1975 ASri Lanka17 May 1976 ASuriname26 Nov 1976 ASweden 5 May 1975 ASwitzerland16 Jan 1976 ASyrian Arab Republic25 Mar 1977 AThailand 1 Dec 1975 ATrinidad and Tobago16 May 1975 ATunisia13 May 1976 AUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland26 Jun 1975 AUnited Republic of Tanzania28 Sep 1976 AUnited States of America11 Feb 1976 AVenezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)27 Oct 1975 A
1The former Yugoslavia had accepted the amendments on 30 March 1976. 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.2On 8 July 2021, the Government of Bahrain notified the Secretary-General of its withdrawal of the following reservation made upon acceptance: “The acceptance of the Convention on the Inter-Governmental Maritime Consultative Organization by the State of Bahrain shall, however, in no way signify recognition of, or entry into any relations with Israel.” Upon depositing its instrument of acceptance of the amendments, the Government of Bahrain reiterated the same declaration as the one made upon accceptance of the Convention (see chapter XII.1). In a communication received by the Secretary-General on 8 November 1976, the Government of Bahrain confirmed that the general reservation is intended to constitute a general declaration of policy of the Government of the State of Bahrain and should not be interpreted as expanding or diminishing the scope of the Convention or its application to States parties to the Convention." With regard to the said reservation, the Governrment of Israel, in communication received by the Secretary-General on 23 December 1976, stated the following: "The instrument deposited by the Government of Bahrain contains a statement of political pronouncements, which are moreover, in flagrant contradiction to the principles, objects and purposes of the Organization. That pronouncement by the Government of Bahrain cannot in any way affect whatever obligations are binding upon Bahrain, under general international law or under particular treaties." The Government of Israel will, insofar as concerns the substance of the matter, adopt towards the Government of Bahrain an attitude of complete reciprocity."3The German Democratic Republic had deposited its instrument of acceptance of the amendments with the Secretary-General of the International Maritime Organization on 18 September 1975 and with the Secretary-General of the United Nations on 30 September 1975. See also note 2 under “Germany” in the “Historical Information” section in the front matter of this volume.4See note 1 under “Germany” regarding Berlin (West) in the “Historical Information” section in the front matter of this volume.5With the following declaration: Acceptance of the above amendments by the Republic of Iraq shall, however, in no way signify recognition of Israel or be conducive to entry into any relations with it. In this connection, the Secretary-General received, on 28 February 1977, from the Government of Israel the following communication: "The instrument deposited by the Government of Iraq contains a statement of a political character in respect to Israel. In the view of the Government of Israel, this is not the proper place for making such political pronouncements, which are moreover, in flagrant contradiction to the principles, objects and purposes of the Organization. That pronouncement by the Government of Iraq cannot in any way affect whatever obligations are binding upon Iraq, under general international law or under particular treaties. "The Government of Israel will, insofar as concerns the substance of the matter, adopt towards the Government of Iraq and attitude of complete reciprocity."6With the same declaration as the one made in respect of the Convention on the International Maritime Organization.7For the Kingdom in Europe, Surinam and the Netherlands Antilles. See also note 1 under “Netherlands” regarding Aruba/Netherlands Antilles in the “Historical Information” section in the front matter of this volume.