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

Signed: 1987-06-26; Entered into force: 1987-10-07; Terminated: 1988-10-20
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 Barbuda19872
Antigua and Barbuda19882
Argentina19872
Argentina19882
Australia19872
Australia19882
Belize19872
Belize19880
Brazil19872
Brazil19882
Canada19870
Canada19880
Chile19872
Chile19882
China19872
China19882
Costa Rica19872
Costa Rica19882
Denmark19872
Denmark19882
Dominica19870
Dominica19880
Egypt19872
Egypt19882
Finland19872
Finland19882
France19872
France19882
Germany19872
Germany19882
Iceland19872
Iceland19882
India19872
India19882
Ireland19872
Ireland19882
Jamaica19870
Jamaica19880
Japan19872
Japan19882
Kenya19872
Kenya19882
Korea, Republic of19872
Korea, Republic of19882
Mauritius19872
Mauritius19880
Mexico19872
Mexico19882
Monaco19872
Monaco19882
Netherlands19872
Netherlands19882
New Zealand19872
New Zealand19882
Norway19872
Norway19882
Oman19872
Oman19882
Panama19870
Panama19880
Peru19872
Peru19882
Philippines19872
Philippines19880
Russian Federation19872
Russian Federation19882
Saint Lucia19872
Saint Lucia19882
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines19872
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines19882
Senegal19872
Senegal19882
Seychelles19872
Seychelles19882
Solomon Islands19872
Solomon Islands19882
South Africa19872
South Africa19882
Spain19872
Spain19882
Sweden19872
Sweden19882
Switzerland19872
Switzerland19882
United Kingdom19872
United Kingdom19882
United States19872
United States19882
Uruguay19872
Uruguay19882

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).