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		 Environmental Modification Convention
 
 
                                      Date of               Date of
                    Date 1 of         Deposit 1 of          Deposit 1 of
Country             Signature         Ratification          Accession
 
Afghanistan                                                 10/22/85
Algeria                                                     12/19/91
Antigua and Barbuda                                         10/25/88
Argentina                                              	    03/20/87
Australia            05/31/78           09/07/84 
Austria                                                     01/17/90
 
Bangladesh                                                  10/03/79 
Belgium              05/18/77           07/12/82  
Benin                06/10/77           06/30/86  
Bolivia              05/18/77 
Brazil               11/09/77           10/12/84  
Brunei                                                      01/01/84 1
Bulgaria             05/18/77           05/31/78  
Byelorussian S.S.R.2 05/18/77           06/07/78  

Canada               05/18/77           06/11/81  
Cape Verde                                                  10/03/79 
Chile                                                       04/26/94
Cuba                 09/23/77           04/10/78  
Cyprus               10/07/77           04/12/78  
Czechoslovakia       05/18/77           05/12/78 
Czech Republic                                              02/22/93 

Denmark              05/18/77           04/19/78  
Dominica                                11/09/92            11/08/78 1

Egypt                                                       04/01/82 
Ethiopia             05/18/77

Finland              05/18/77           05/12/78 

German Democratic 
    Republic         05/18/77           05/25/78  
Germany, Federal 
    Republic of      05/18/77           05/24/83  
Ghana                03/21/78           06/22/78  
Greece                                                      08/23/83 
Guatemala                                                   03/21/88 

Holy See             05/27/77 
Hungary              05/18/77           04/19/78  

Iceland              05/18/77 
India                12/10/77           12/15/78  
Iran                 05/18/77 
Iraq                 08/15/77  
Ireland              05/18/77           12/16/82
Italy                05/18/77           11/27/81 
  
Japan                                                        06/09/82 

Korea, Democratic 
     People s Republic of                                    11/08/84 
Korea, Republic of                                           12/02/86 
Kuwait                                                       01/02/80

Laos                 04/13/78           10/05/78  
Lebanon              05/18/77 
Liberia              05/18/77 
Luxembourg           05/18/77  

Malawi                                                       10/05/78 
Mauritius                                                    12/09/92
Mongolia             05/18/77           05/19/78 
Morocco              05/18/77 

Netherlands          05/18/77           04/15/83 
New Zealand                                                  09/07/84 
Nicaragua            08/11/77 
Niger                                                        02/17/93
Norway               05/18/77           02/15/79  

Pakistan                                                     02/27/86 
Papua New Guinea                                             10/28/80 
Poland               05/18/77           06/08/78  
Portugal             05/18/77  

Romania              05/18/77           05/06/83  

St. Christopher-Nevis                                        09/19/83 1 
St. Lucia                               05/27/93             02/22/79 1 
St. Vincent and
  the Grenadines                                             10/27/79 1 
Sao Tome and Principe                                        10/05/79 
Sierra Leone         04/12/78   
Solomon Islands                         06/18/81             06/18/81 
Spain                05/18/77           07/19/78  
Sri Lanka            06/08/77           04/25/78  
Sweden                                                       04/27/84 
Switzerland                                                  08/05/88
Syria                08/04/77 
 
Tunisia              05/11/78           05/11/78  
Turkey               05/18/77 

Uganda               05/18/77  
Ukrainian S.S.R.2    05/18/77           06/13/78  
Union of Soviet  
 Socialist Republics 05/18/77           05/30/78  
United Kingdom       05/18/77           05/16/78  
United States        05/18/77           01/17/80  
Uruguay                                                      09/16/93
Uzbekistan           05/26/93

Vietnam                                                      08/26/80 

Yemen Arab Republic  05/18/77           07/20/77 
  (Sanaa)
Yemen, People s Democratic 
   of (Aden)                                                 06/12/79 

Zaire                02/28/78
               
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Total 3                 51                36                    34 


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1 Dates given are the earliest dates on which countries signed the agreements 
  or deposited their ratifications or accessions -- whether in Washington, London, 
  Moscow, or New York.   In the case of a country that was a dependent territory
  which became a party through succession, the date given is the date on which the 
  country gave notice that it would continue to be bound by the terms of the agreement.

2 The United States regards the signature and ratification by the Byelorussian S.S.R.
  and the Ukrainian S.S.R. as already included under the signature and ratification of
  the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.

3 This total does not include actions by the Byelorussian S.S.R. and the Ukrainian 
  S.S.R. (See footnote 2.)

4 Effective January 1, 1979, the United States recognized the Government of the People's
  Republic of China as the sole government of China.