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Convention on Wetlands of International Importance
especially as Waterfowl Habitat. Ramsar, 2 February 1971.
1States 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
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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
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
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
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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.
