As of February 23, 1995, there are 73 parties to the Law of the Sea Convention1 12 States (of the 73 States and entities to have signed the Agreement) have consented to be bound by the Agreement in Implementation of Part XI, and 116 States and entities have agreed to apply provisionally the Agreement.
Parties to the Convention
Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Australia, The Bahamas, Bahrain, Barbados, Belize, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Comoros, Cook Islands, Costa Rica, Cote d'lvoire, Cuba, Cyprus, Djibouti, Dominica, Egypt, Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Fiji, The Gambia, Germany, Ghana, Grenada, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Honduras, Iceland, Indonesia, Iraq, Italy, Jamaica, Kenya, Kuwait, Lebanon, The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Mali, Malta Marshall Islands, Mauritius, Mexico, Federated States of Micronesia, Namibia Nigeria, Oman, Paraguay Philippines, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Sac Tome and Principe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Slovenia, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Uganda, Uruguay, Vietnam, Yemen, Zaire, Zambia, Zimbabwe.
In addition, the following countries have informally indicated their intention to become party to the Convention once their internal procedures are completed:
Austria, Belgium, Canada, Chile, China, Denmark, Finland, France, Greece, India, Ireland, Japan, Republic of Korea, Luxembourg, Netherlands, New Zealand, Panama, Portugal, South Africa, Spain1 Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine, United Kingdom.
Agreement in Implementation of Part XI
The following States have consented to be bound by the Agreement:
Australia, Belize, Cook Islands, Germany, Italy, Kenya, Lebanon, The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Mauritius, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore.
The following States and entity have signed the Agreement:
Algeria, Argentina, Australia, Austria, The Bahamas, Barbados, Belgium, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Canada, Cape Verde, China, Cote d'lvoire, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, European Community, Fiji, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Grenada, Guinea, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Republic of Korea, Laos, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Maldives, Malta, Mauritania, Federated States of Micronesia, Monaco, Mongolia, Morocco, Namibia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nigeria, Pakistan, Paraguay, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Senegal, Seychelles, Slovakia, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Tanzania, Togo, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Vanuatu, Zambia, Zimbabwe.
The following States and entity have agreed to apply the Agreement provisionally:
The Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Botswana, Brunei, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burma, Burundi, Cambodia, Canada, Cape Verde, Chile, China, Congo, Cote d'lvoire, Cuba, Czech Republic, Egypt, Eritrea, Estonla, Ethiopia, European Community, Fiji, Finland, France, Gabon, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Grenada, Guinea, Guyana, Honduras, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iraq, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Kenya, Republic of Korea, Kuwait, Laos, Libya, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Malaysia, Maldives, Malta, Marshall Islands, Mauritania, Mauritius, Federated States of Micronesia, Moldova, Monaco, Mongolia, Mozambique, Namibia, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nigeria, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Papua New
Guinea, Paraguay, Philippines, Poland, Qatar, Russia, Senegal, Seychelles, Singapore, Slovakia, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Swaziland, Switzerland, Tanzania, Togo, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Uganda, Ukralne, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Vanuatu, Vietnam, Westem Samoa, Zambia, Zimbabwe. □
1Serbia and Montenegro have asserted the formation of a joint Independent state, but this entity has not been recognized as a state by the United States.
