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ENVIRONMENT11Lusaka Agreement on Co-operative Enforcement Operations Directed at Illegal Trade in Wild Fauna and FloraLusaka, 8 September 1994Entry into force10 December 1996, in accordance with article 13(1).Registration10 December 1996, No. 33409StatusSignatories6Parties6TextUnited Nations, <i>Treaty Series </i>, vol. 1950, p. 35.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.

ParticipantSignatureRatification, Accession(a), Acceptance(A), Approval(AA)Congo14 May 1997 aEswatini 9 Sep 1994 Ethiopia 1 Feb 1995 Kenya 9 Sep 1994 17 Jan 1997 Lesotho20 Jun 1995 aLiberia16 Sep 2005 aSouth Africa 9 Sep 1994 Uganda<superscript>1</superscript>[ 9 Sep 1994 ][12 Apr 1996 ]United Republic of Tanzania 9 Sep 1994 11 Oct 1996 Zambia 9 Sep 1994 9 Nov 1995 1On 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.