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Membership Information for: Amendments To The Schedule To The International Convention For The Regulation Of Whaling, Thirty-Eighth Meeting

Signed: 1986-06-13; Entered into force: 1986-09-30; Terminated: 1987-10-07
This is the IEADB's most current data on signature, ratification, entry into force, and other membership actions. The IEADB updates this data approximately once a year and tries to ensure it is current and accurate. For the most current data, visit the International Whaling Commission website. For inaccuracies, please notify the Project Director.
This amendment was adopted under a provision of the agreement being amended that allows for entry into force via their “tacit acceptance,” for all countries that do not object in a specified period of time. The membership information here has been inferred based on membership in the agreement being amended.
CountryYearMembership Status
Antigua and Barbuda19862
Antigua and Barbuda19872
Argentina19862
Argentina19872
Australia19862
Australia19872
Belize19862
Belize19872
Brazil19862
Brazil19872
Canada19860
Canada19870
Chile19862
Chile19872
China19862
China19872
Costa Rica19862
Costa Rica19872
Denmark19862
Denmark19872
Dominica19860
Dominica19870
Egypt19862
Egypt19872
Finland19862
Finland19872
France19862
France19872
Germany19862
Germany19872
Iceland19862
Iceland19872
India19862
India19872
Ireland19862
Ireland19872
Jamaica19860
Jamaica19870
Japan19862
Japan19872
Kenya19862
Kenya19872
Korea, Republic of19862
Korea, Republic of19872
Mauritius19862
Mauritius19872
Mexico19862
Mexico19872
Monaco19862
Monaco19872
Netherlands19862
Netherlands19872
New Zealand19862
New Zealand19872
Norway19862
Norway19872
Oman19862
Oman19872
Panama19860
Panama19870
Peru19862
Peru19872
Philippines19862
Philippines19872
Russian Federation19862
Russian Federation19872
Saint Lucia19862
Saint Lucia19872
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines19862
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines19872
Senegal19862
Senegal19872
Seychelles19862
Seychelles19872
Solomon Islands19862
Solomon Islands19872
South Africa19862
South Africa19872
Spain19862
Spain19872
Sweden19862
Sweden19872
Switzerland19862
Switzerland19872
United Kingdom19862
United Kingdom19872
United States19862
United States19872
Uruguay19862
Uruguay19872

Membership status is coded as follows:

  • Countries listed are those that have signed and/or ratified the IEA in question.
  • Legend:
    • 0 (pink): Signer: country signed but did not ratify IEA. Status is 0 for all countries until IEA enters into force.
    • 1 (yellow): Ratifier: country signed and ratified IEA but IEA had not entered into force. Status is 1 for countries that have ratified until IEA enters into force.
    • 2 (green):Member: country signed and ratified IEA and IEA has entered into force for that country.
    • Ratifier row is count of states that have ratified.
    • Membership row is count (not sum) of members.
  • If membership data source lacks entry into force date, membership is inferred from year of ratification, if that year occurs after entry into force year of IEA.
  • Status can return to 0 if an IEA is terminated or if a country withdraws. In rare cases, countries later re-join IEAs, with their status returning to 2.
  • Action tab: membership by Action, Country, Year, Month, Day.
  • Wide tab: Annual status data (countries as rows, years as columns).
  • Long tab: Annual status data in Stata format (Country, Year, Membership Status).