Convention on Wetlands of International Importance especially as Waterfowl Habitat. Ramsar, 2 February 1971.¹

States	Group	Date of deposit of instrument	Type of instrument
Albania^*	II	31/10/1995	Accession
Algeria^**	Vb	04/11/1983	Accession
Andorra^*	I	23/07/2012	Ratification
Antigua and Barbuda	III	02/06/2005	Accession
Argentina^*	III	04/05/1992	Ratification
Armenia^*	II	06/07/1993	Accession
Australia^*	IV	08/05/1974	Signature without
Austria^*	I	16/12/1982	Accession
Azerbaijan^*	II	21/05/2001	Accession
Bahamas^*	III	07/02/1997	Ratification
Bahrain^*	Vb	27/10/1997	Accession
Bangladesh^*	IV	21/05/1992	Acceptance
Barbados	III	12/12/2005	Accession
Belarus^**	II	10/09/1999	Notification of succession
Belgium^**	I	04/03/1986	Ratification
Belize^*	III	22/04/1998	Accession
Benin	Va	24/01/2000	Accession
Bhutan^*	IV	07/05/2012	Accession
Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	III	27/06/1990	Accession
Bosnia and Herzegovina^**	II	24/09/2001	Notification of succession
Botswana	Va	09/12/1996	Accession
Brazil	III	24/05/1993	Accession
Bulgaria^*	II	24/09/1975	Signature without reservation as to ratification
Burkina Faso	Va	27/06/1990	Accession
Burundi	Va	05/06/2002	Accession
Cabo Verde	Va	18/07/2005	Accession
Cambodia^*	IV	23/06/1999	Accession
Cameroon^*	Va	20/03/2006	Accession
Canada^*	I	15/01/1981	Accession
Central African Republic^*	Va	05/12/2005	Accession
Chad	Va	13/06/1990	Accession
Chile^*	III	27/07/1981	Accession
China	IV	31/03/1992	Accession
Colombia	III	18/06/1998	Accession
Comoros	Va	09/02/1995	Accession
Congo	Va	18/06/1998	Accession
Costa Rica	III	27/12/1991	Ratification
Côte d'Ivoire	Va	27/02/1996	Accession
Croatia^**	II	19/11/1992	Notification of succession
Cuba	III	12/04/2001	Ratification
Cyprus	I	11/07/2001	Accession
Czech Republic	II	26/03/1993	Notification of succession
Democratic Republic of the Congo^*	Va	18/01/1996	Accession
Denmark^*	I	02/09/1977	Accession
Djibouti	Va	22/11/2002	Accession
Dominican Republic	III	15/05/2002	Accession
Ecuador^*	III	07/09/1990	Accession
Egypt	Vb	09/09/1988	Ratification
El Salvador	III	22/01/1999	Ratification
Equatorial Guinea^*	Va	02/06/2003	Accession
Estonia	II	29/03/1994	Ratification
Fiji^*	IV	11/04/2006	Accession
Finland^*	I	28/05/1974	Ratification
France^*	I	01/12/1986	Ratification
Gabon	Va	30/12/1986	Signature without reservation as to ratification
Gambia^*	Va	16/09/1996	Ratification
Georgia	II	07/02/1997	Accession
Germany^*	I	26/02/1976	Ratification
Ghana	Va	22/02/1988	Accession
Greece^*	I	21/08/1975	Accession
Grenada	III	22/05/2012	Accession
Guatemala	III	26/06/1990	Accession
Guinea	Va	18/11/1992	Accession
Guinea-Bissau	Va	14/05/1990	Accession
Honduras	III	23/06/1993	Accession
Hungary^*	II	11/04/1979	Accession
Iceland^*	I	02/12/1977	Accession
India	IV	01/10/1981	Accession
Indonesia^*	IV	08/04/1992	Ratification
Iran (Islamic Republic of)^*	IV	23/06/1975	Ratification
Iraq^*	Vb	17/10/2007	Accession
Ireland^*	I	15/11/1984	Ratification
Israel^*	I	12/11/1996	Ratification
Italy	I	14/12/1976	Ratification
Jamaica	III	07/10/1997	Accession
Japan^*	IV	17/06/1980	Accession
Jordan^*	Vb	10/01/1977	Accession
Kazakhstan^*	IV	02/01/2007	Accession
Kenya	Va	05/06/1990	Accession
Kiribati^*	IV	03/04/2013	Accession
Kuwait^*	Vb	05/05/2015	Accession
Kyrgyzstan	IV	12/11/2002	Accession
Lao People's Democratic Republic^*	IV	28/05/2010	Accession
Latvia^*	II	25/07/1995	Accession
Lebanon	Vb	16/04/1999	Accession
Lesotho^*	Va	01/07/2004	Accession
Liberia	Va	02/07/2003	Accession
Libya	Vb	05/04/2000	Accession
Liechtenstein^*	~	06/08/1991	Accession
Lithuania^*	II	20/08/1993	Accession
Luxembourg^*	I	15/04/1998	Ratification
Madagascar^*	Va	25/09/1998	Accession
Malawi	Va	14/11/1996	Accession
Malaysia	IV	10/11/1994	Ratification
Mali^**	Va	25/05/1987	Accession
Malta	I	30/09/1988	Accession
Marshall Islands	IV	13/07/2004	Accession
Mauritania	Vb	22/10/1982	Accession
Mauritius^*	Va	30/05/2001	Ratification
Mexico^*	III	04/07/1986	Accession
Monaco^*	I	20/08/1997	Accession
Mongolia	IV	08/12/1997	Accession
Montenegro	II	26/04/2007	Notification of succession
Morocco	Vb	20/06/1980	Signature without reservation as to ratification
Mozambique^*	Va	03/08/2004	Accession
Myanmar^*	IV	17/11/2004	Accession
Namibia^*	Va	23/08/1995	Accession
Nepal	IV	17/12/1987	Accession
Netherlands^*	I	23/05/1980	Accession
New Zealand^*	IV	13/08/1976	Signature without reservation as to ratification
Nicaragua	III	30/07/1997	Accession
Niger	Va	30/04/1987	Signature without reservation as to ratification
Nigeria	Va	02/10/2000	Accession
Norway^*	I	09/07/1974	Signature without reservation as to ratification
Oman	Vb	19/04/2013	Accession
Pakistan^*	IV	23/07/1976	Ratification
Palau^*	IV	18/10/2002	Accession
Panama	III	26/11/1990	Accession
Papua New Guinea	IV	16/03/1993	Accession
Paraguay^*	III	07/06/1995	Ratification
Peru	III	30/03/1992	Ratification
Philippines	IV	08/07/1994	Accession
Poland^*	II	22/11/1977	Accession
Portugal	I	24/11/1980	Ratification
Republic of Korea^*	IV	28/03/1997	Accession
Republic of Moldova	II	20/06/2000	Accession
Romania	II	21/05/1991	Accession
Russian Federation^*	II	11/09/1976	Ratification
Rwanda	Va	01/12/2005	Accession
Saint Lucia^*	III	19/02/2002	Accession
Samoa^*	IV	06/10/2004	Accession
Sao Tome and Principe^*	Va	21/08/2006	Accession
Senegal^*	Va	11/07/1977	Accession
Serbia^**	II	03/07/2001	Notification of succession
Seychelles^*	Va	22/11/2004	Accession
Sierra Leone^*	Va	13/12/1999	Accession
Slovakia	II	31/03/1993	Notification of succession
Slovenia^*	II	05/11/1992	Notification of succession
South Africa^*	Va	12/03/1975	Signature without reservation as to ratification
South Sudan^*	Va	10/06/2013	Accession
Spain	I	04/05/1982	Accession
Sri Lanka	IV	15/06/1990	Accession
Sudan	Vb	07/01/2005	Accession
Suriname^**	III	22/07/1985	Accession
Swaziland	Va	15/02/2013	Accession
Sweden^*	I	05/12/1974	Signature without reservation as to ratification
Switzerland^*	I	16/01/1976	Ratification
Syrian Arab Republic	Vb	05/03/1998	Ratification
Tajikistan	II	18/07/2001	Accession
Thailand	IV	13/05/1998	Signature without reservation as to ratification
The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia^**	II	04/04/1995	Notification of succession
Togo^*	Va	04/07/1995	Accession
Trinidad and Tobago^*	III	21/12/1992	Accession
Tunisia^*	Vb	24/11/1980	Accession
Turkey^*	I	13/07/1994	Accession
Turkmenistan	IV	03/03/2009	Accession
Uganda	Va	04/03/1988	Ratification
Ukraine	II	15/07/1997	Notification of succession
United Arab Emirates^*	Vb	29/08/2007	Accession
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland^*	I	05/01/1976	Ratification
United Republic of Tanzania	Va	13/04/2000	Accession
United States of America	I	18/12/1986	Ratification
Uruguay^**	III	22/05/1984	Accession
Uzbekistan^*	II	08/10/2001	Accession
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	III	23/11/1988	Accession
Viet Nam	IV	20/09/1988	Accession
Yemen	Vb	08/10/2007	Accession
Zambia	Va	28/08/1991	Accession
Zimbabwe	Va	03/01/2013	Accession

¹This Convention entered into force on 21 December 1975. It subsequently entered into force for each State four months after the date of deposit of that State’s instrument, except in cases of notifications of succession, where the entry into force occurred on the date on which the State assumed responsibility for conducting its international relations. All the States, with the exception of those marked with two asterisks, are also parties to the Convention as amended by the 1982 Protocol. * The States marked with an asterisk have accepted the amendments to Articles 6 and 7 of the Convention adopted by the Extraordinary Conference of the Contracting Parties (Regina, Canada, 1987). These amendments entered into force on 1 May 1994. ** The States marked with two asterisks are parties to the 1971 Convention alone.

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Convention on Wetlands of International Importance especially as Waterfowl Habitat. Ramsar, 2 February 1971.¹