Membership status for FAO, IPPC, WTO
The present list of countries indicates the membership status for FAO, IPPC and WTO (the previous list was published in EPPO RS 98/056). It can be noted that the following EPPO countries have now accepted the 1997 revised text of the IPPC: Romania, Sweden, Tunisia. This revised text will enter into force when 2/3 of the IPPC contracting parties have accepted it. All EPPO member countries are again invited to accept the revised text of the Convention. In particular, the EPPO member countries (Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, former Yugoslav Rep. of Macedonia, Slovakia, Ukraine) which have not yet become contracting parties to the IPPC despite the repeated recommendations of EPPO Council are invited to do so.
ß IPPC (1997) Contracting Parties (date of acceptance indicated)
˜ IPPC (1951, 1979) Contracting Parties
™ Members of WTO
In bold: FAO Member Nations
Afghanistan
Albania
Algeria ˜
Angola ™
Antigua and Barbuda ™
Argentina ˜ ™
Armenia
Australia ˜ ™
Austria ˜ ™
Azerbaijan
Bahamas ˜
Bahrain ˜ ™
Bangladesh ß (24/11/98) ™
Barbados ß (10/08/98) ™
Belgium; ˜ ™
Belize ˜ ™
Benin ™
Bhutan ˜
Bolivia ˜ ™
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Botswana ™
Brazil ˜ ™
Brunei Darussalam; ™
Bulgaria ˜ ™
Burkina Faso ˜ ™
Burundi ™
Cambodia ˜
Cameroon ™
Canada ˜ ™
Cape Verde ˜
Central African Republic ™
Chad ™
Chile ˜ ™
Chine
Colombia ˜ ™
Comoros
Congo, Democratic Republic of ™
Congo, Republic of ™
Cook Islands
Costa Rica ß (6/07/98) ™
Côte d'Ivoire ™
Croatia ˜
Cuba ˜ ™
Cyprus ˜ ™
Czech Republic ˜ ™
Denmark ˜ ™
Djibouti ™
Dominica ™
Dominican Republic ˜ ™
Ecuador ˜ ™
Egypt ˜ ™
El Salvador ˜ ™
Equatorial Guinea ˜
Eritrea
Estonia
Ethiopia ˜
European Union ™
Fiji ™
Finland ˜ ™
France ˜ ™
Gabon ™
Gambia ™
Georgia
Germany ˜ ™
Ghana ˜ ™
Greece ˜ ™
Grenada ˜ ™
Guatemala ˜ ™
Guinea ˜ ™
Guinea Bissau ™
Guyana ˜ ™
Haiti ˜ ™
Honduras ™
Hong Kong, China, ™
Hungary ˜ ™
Iceland ™
India ˜ ™
Indonesia ˜ ™
Iran ˜
Iraq ˜
Ireland ˜ ™
Israel ˜ ™
Italy ˜ ™
Jamaica ˜ ™
Japan ˜ ™
Jordan ˜
Kazakhstan
Kenya ˜ ™
Korea, Democratic People's Rep. of
Korea, Rep. of ˜ ™
Kuwait ™
Kyrgyz Republic ™
Laos ˜
Latvia ™
Lebanon ˜
Lesotho ™
Liberia ˜
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya ˜
Liechtenstein; ™
Lithuania
Luxembourg ˜ ™
Macau ™
Macedonia, former Yugoslav Rep. of
Madagascar ™
Malawi ˜ ™
Malaysia ˜ ™
Maldives ™
Mali ˜ ™
Malta ˜ ™
Mauritania ™
Mauritius ˜ ™
Mexico ˜ ™
Moldova
Mongolia ™
Morocco ˜ ™
Mozambique ™
Myanmar ™
Namibia ™
Nepal
Netherlands ˜ ™
Netherlands Antilles ™
New Zealand ß (22/06/99) ™
Nicaragua ˜ ™
Niger ˜ ™
Nigeria ˜ ™
Norway ˜ ™
Oman ˜
Pakistan ˜ ™
Panama ˜ ™
Papua New Guinea ß (15/01/99) ™
Paraguay ˜ ™
Peru ˜ ™
Philippines ˜ ™
Poland ˜ ™
Portugal ˜ ™
Qatar ™
Romania ß (21/01/99) ™
Russian Federation ˜
Rwanda ™
Saint Kitts and Nevis ˜ ™
Saint Lucia; ™
Saint Vincent ; the Grenadines ™
Samoa
Sao Tome and Principe
Saudi Arabia
Senegal ˜ ™
Seychelles ˜
Sierra Leone ˜ ™
Singapore ™
Slovak Republic ™
Slovenia ˜ ™
Solomon Islands ˜ ™
Somalia
South Africa ˜ ™
Spain ˜ ™
Sri Lanka ˜ ™
Sudan ˜
Suriname ˜ ™
Swaziland ™
Sweden ß (7/06/99) ™
Switzerland; ˜ ™
Syria
Tajikistan
Tanzania ™
Thailand ˜ ™
Togo ˜ ™
Tonga
Trinidad and Tobago ˜ ™
Tunisia ß (8/02/99) ™
Turkey ˜ ™
Turkmenistan
Uganda ™
Ukraine
United Arab Emirates ™
United Kingdom ˜ ™
United States of America ˜ ™
Uruguay ˜ ™
Vanuatu
Venezuela ˜ ™
Vietnam
Yemen ˜
Yugoslavia ˜
Zambia ˜ ™
Zimbabwe ™
Sources
EPPO Secretariat, 1999-08.
FAO Web Site
FAO Member Nations, 1998-03-31 (http://www.fao.org/unfao/bodies/member-e.htm)
WTO Web Site
WTO members, 1999-02-10 (http://www.wto.org/wto/about/organsn6.htm)