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Membership Information for: United Nations Convention On The Law Of The Sea

Signed: 1982-12-10; Entered into force: 1994-11-16; Terminated:
Source for membership data: https://treaties.un.org/pages/ViewDetailsIII.aspx?src=TREATY&mtdsg_no=XXI-6&chap…
Date of last download from source: 2022-11-28
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 United Nations Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea website. For inaccuracies, please notify the Project Director.
Agreement Action Country Year Month Day Edit link
Ratification, Accession, Succession, or Similar Egypt 1983 8 26
Ratification, Accession, Succession, or Similar Equatorial Guinea 1997 7 21
Ratification, Accession, Succession, or Similar Estonia 2005 8 26
Ratification, Accession, Succession, or Similar Eswatini 2012 9 24
Ratification, Accession, Succession, or Similar European Union 1998 4 1
Ratification, Accession, Succession, or Similar Fiji 1982 12 10
Ratification, Accession, Succession, or Similar Finland 1996 6 21
Ratification, Accession, Succession, or Similar France 1996 4 11
Ratification, Accession, Succession, or Similar Gabon 1998 3 11
Ratification, Accession, Succession, or Similar Gambia 1984 5 22
Ratification, Accession, Succession, or Similar Georgia 1996 3 21
Ratification, Accession, Succession, or Similar Germany 1994 10 14
Ratification, Accession, Succession, or Similar Ghana 1983 6 7
Ratification, Accession, Succession, or Similar Greece 1995 7 21
Ratification, Accession, Succession, or Similar Grenada 1991 4 25
Ratification, Accession, Succession, or Similar Guatemala 1997 2 11
Ratification, Accession, Succession, or Similar Guinea 1985 9 6
Ratification, Accession, Succession, or Similar Guinea-Bissau 1986 8 25
Ratification, Accession, Succession, or Similar Guyana 1993 11 16
Ratification, Accession, Succession, or Similar Haiti 1996 7 31
Ratification, Accession, Succession, or Similar Honduras 1993 10 5
Ratification, Accession, Succession, or Similar Hungary 2002 2 5
Ratification, Accession, Succession, or Similar Iceland 1985 6 21
Ratification, Accession, Succession, or Similar India 1995 6 29
Ratification, Accession, Succession, or Similar Indonesia 1986 2 3
Ratification, Accession, Succession, or Similar Iraq 1985 7 30
Ratification, Accession, Succession, or Similar Ireland 1996 6 21
Ratification, Accession, Succession, or Similar Italy 1995 1 13
Ratification, Accession, Succession, or Similar Jamaica 1983 3 21
Ratification, Accession, Succession, or Similar Japan 1996 6 20
Ratification, Accession, Succession, or Similar Jordan 1995 11 27
Ratification, Accession, Succession, or Similar Kenya 1989 3 2
Ratification, Accession, Succession, or Similar Kiribati 2003 2 24
Ratification, Accession, Succession, or Similar Korea, Republic of 1996 1 29
Ratification, Accession, Succession, or Similar Kuwait 1986 5 2
Ratification, Accession, Succession, or Similar Laos 1998 6 5
Ratification, Accession, Succession, or Similar Latvia 2004 12 23
Ratification, Accession, Succession, or Similar Lebanon 1995 1 5
Ratification, Accession, Succession, or Similar Lesotho 2007 5 30
Ratification, Accession, Succession, or Similar Liberia 2008 9 25
Ratification, Accession, Succession, or Similar Lithuania 2003 11 12
Ratification, Accession, Succession, or Similar Luxembourg 2000 10 5
Ratification, Accession, Succession, or Similar Madagascar 2001 8 22
Ratification, Accession, Succession, or Similar Malawi 2010 9 28
Ratification, Accession, Succession, or Similar Malaysia 1996 10 14
Ratification, Accession, Succession, or Similar Maldives 2000 9 7
Ratification, Accession, Succession, or Similar Mali 1985 7 16
Ratification, Accession, Succession, or Similar Malta 1993 5 20
Ratification, Accession, Succession, or Similar Marshall Islands 1991 8 9
Ratification, Accession, Succession, or Similar Mauritania 1996 7 17
Ratification, Accession, Succession, or Similar Mauritius 1994 11 4
Ratification, Accession, Succession, or Similar Mexico 1983 3 18
Ratification, Accession, Succession, or Similar Micronesia 1991 4 29
Ratification, Accession, Succession, or Similar Moldova 2007 2 6
Ratification, Accession, Succession, or Similar Monaco 1996 3 20
Ratification, Accession, Succession, or Similar Mongolia 1996 8 13
Ratification, Accession, Succession, or Similar Montenegro 2006 10 23
Ratification, Accession, Succession, or Similar Morocco 2007 5 31
Ratification, Accession, Succession, or Similar Mozambique 1997 3 13
Ratification, Accession, Succession, or Similar Myanmar 1996 5 21
Ratification, Accession, Succession, or Similar Namibia 1983 4 18
Ratification, Accession, Succession, or Similar Nauru 1996 1 23
Ratification, Accession, Succession, or Similar Nepal 1998 11 2
Ratification, Accession, Succession, or Similar Netherlands 1996 6 28
Ratification, Accession, Succession, or Similar New Zealand 1996 7 19
Ratification, Accession, Succession, or Similar Nicaragua 2000 5 3
Ratification, Accession, Succession, or Similar Niger 2013 8 7
Ratification, Accession, Succession, or Similar Nigeria 1986 8 14
Ratification, Accession, Succession, or Similar Niue 2006 10 11
Ratification, Accession, Succession, or Similar North Macedonia 1994 8 19
Ratification, Accession, Succession, or Similar Norway 1996 6 24
Ratification, Accession, Succession, or Similar Oman 1989 8 17
Ratification, Accession, Succession, or Similar Pakistan 1997 2 26
Ratification, Accession, Succession, or Similar Palau 1996 9 30
Ratification, Accession, Succession, or Similar Palestine, Occupied Territories 2015 1 2
Ratification, Accession, Succession, or Similar Panama 1996 7 1
Ratification, Accession, Succession, or Similar Papua New Guinea 1997 1 14
Ratification, Accession, Succession, or Similar Paraguay 1986 9 26
Ratification, Accession, Succession, or Similar Philippines 1984 5 8
Ratification, Accession, Succession, or Similar Poland 1998 11 13
Ratification, Accession, Succession, or Similar Portugal 1997 11 3
Ratification, Accession, Succession, or Similar Qatar 2002 12 9
Ratification, Accession, Succession, or Similar Romania 1996 12 17
Ratification, Accession, Succession, or Similar Russian Federation 1997 3 12
Ratification, Accession, Succession, or Similar Saint Kitts and Nevis 1993 1 7
Ratification, Accession, Succession, or Similar Saint Lucia 1985 3 27
Ratification, Accession, Succession, or Similar Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1993 10 1
Ratification, Accession, Succession, or Similar Samoa 1995 8 14
Ratification, Accession, Succession, or Similar Sao Tome and Principe 1987 11 3
Ratification, Accession, Succession, or Similar Saudi Arabia 1996 4 24
Ratification, Accession, Succession, or Similar Senegal 1984 10 25
Ratification, Accession, Succession, or Similar Serbia 2001 3 12
Ratification, Accession, Succession, or Similar Seychelles 1991 9 16
Ratification, Accession, Succession, or Similar Sierra Leone 1994 12 12
Ratification, Accession, Succession, or Similar Singapore 1994 11 17
Ratification, Accession, Succession, or Similar Slovakia 1996 5 8
Ratification, Accession, Succession, or Similar Slovenia 1995 6 16
Ratification, Accession, Succession, or Similar Solomon Islands 1997 6 23
Ratification, Accession, Succession, or Similar Somalia 1989 7 24
Ratification, Accession, Succession, or Similar South Africa 1997 12 23

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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).