Database on the main conventions relating to chemicals and biodiversity
PAN Africa publishes on its website the states of its database on the main conventions relating to chemicals and bioversity (data up to 05/03/2008)
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Countries
Date of Signature

Date of Ratification Acceptation (A) Approval (AA) Accession (a)

Phase 1 ASP
South Africa
05/23/2001
09/04/2002
Yes
Algeria
09/05/2001
09/22/2006
Angola  
23/10/2006 a
 
Benin
05/23/2001
01/05/2004
Botswana  
10/28/2002 a
 
Burkina Faso
05/23/2001
12/31/2004
Burundi
04/02/2002
08/02/2005
Cameroon
10/05/2001
02/12/2008
Central African Republic
05/09/2002
Cape Verde
03/01/2006 a
 
Comoros
05/23/2001
02/23/2007
  
Congo
12/04/2001
02/12/2007
Democratic Republic of the Congo  
03/23/2005 a
 
Côte d'Ivoire
05/23/2001
01/20/2004
Djibouti
11/15/2001
03/11/2004
Egypt
05/17/2002
05/02/2003
Eritrea
03/10/2005 a
 
Ethiopia
05/15/2002
01/09/2003
Yes
Gabon
05/21/2002
05/07/2007
Gambia
05/23/2001
04/28/2006
Ghana
05/23/2001
05/30/2003
Guinea
05/23/2001
Guinea-Bissau
04/24/2002
Kenya
05/23/2001
09/24/2004
Lesotho
01/23/2002
01/23/2002
Liberia
  
05/23/2002 a
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
06/14/2005 a
 
Madagascar
09/24/2001
11/18/2005
Malawi
05/22/2002
Mali
05/23/2001
09/05/2003
Yes
Marocco
05/23/2001
06/15/2004
Yes
Mauritius
05/23/2001
07/13/2004
Mauritania
08/08/2001
07/22/2005
Mozambique
05/23/2001
11/31/2005
  
Namibia
06/24/2005 a
 
Niger
10/12/2001
04/12/2006
  
Nigeria
05/23/2001
05/24/2004
Yes
Rwanda  
06/05/2002 a
 
Sao Tome and Principe
04/03/2002
04/12/2006
  
Senegal
05/23/2001
08/10/2003
Seychelles
03/25/2002
Sierra Leone  
09/26/2003 a
 
Sudan
05/23/2001
08/29/2006
Swaziland
01/13/2006 a
 
Uganda  
07/20/2004 a
 
United Republic of Tanzania
05/23/2001
04/30/2004
Yes
Chad
05/16/2002
03/10/2004
Togo
05/23/2001
07/22/2004
Tunisia
05/23/2001
06/17/2004
Yes
Zambia
05/23/2001
07/07/2006
Zimbabwe
05/23/2001
 
Total
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