Amendment to article 8 of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination

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2.a. Amendment to article 8 of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, (New York, 15 January 1992)


Last update:	20 July 2007
No yet in force:	See paragraph 4 of the Decision of the State Parties which reads as follows: "The amendment shall enter into force when it has been approved by the General Assembly and accepted by a two thirds majority of States parties which shall have so notified the Secretary-General as depositary.".
Status:	Parties: 43.
Text:	Doc. CERD/sp/45.

Note: The amendment proposed by the Government of Australia and circulated by the Secretary-General under cover of depositary notification C.N.285.1991.TREATIES-4 of 20 December 1991, was adopted by the States Parties to the Convention at their Fourteenth Meeting and submitted to the General Assembly in accordance with article 23 of the Convention. The General Assembly endorsed the said amendment at its Forty-seventh session by resolution 47/111 of 16 December 1992.

Participant	Acceptance (A)
Australia	15 Oct 1993 A
Bahamas	31 Mar 1994 A
Bahrain	29 Jun 2000 A
Belize	5 Mar 2004 A
Bulgaria	2 Mar 1995 A
Burkina Faso	9 Aug 1993 A
Canada	8 Feb 1995 A
China	10 Jul 2002 A
Colombia	5 Oct 1999 A
Costa Rica	13 Dec 2000 A
Cuba	21 Nov 1996 A
Cyprus	28 Sep 1998 A
Czech Republic	6 Aug 2002 A
Denmark	3 Sep 1993 A
Ecuador	26 Sep 2006 A
Finland	9 Feb 1994 A
France	1 Sep 1994 A
Germany	8 Oct 1996 A
Guinea	31 May 2000 A
Holy See	14 Mar 2002 A
Iceland	14 Mar 2001 A
Iran (Islamic Republic of)	8 Nov 2005 A
Iraq	25 May 2001 A
Ireland	29 Dec 2000 A
Liberia	16 Sep 2005 A
Liechtenstein	28 Apr 2000 A
Luxembourg	12 Aug 2004 A
Mexico	16 Sep 1996 A
Netherlands 1	24 Jan 1995 A
New Zealand 2	8 Oct 1993 A
Norway	6 Oct 1993 A
Poland	23 Aug 2002 A
Republic of Korea	30 Nov 1993 A
Saudi Arabia	28 Feb 2003 A
Seychelles	23 Jul 1993 A
Slovakia	9 Aug 2006 A
Sweden	14 May 1993 A
Switzerland	16 Dec 1996 A
Syrian Arab Republic	25 Feb 1998 A
Trinidad and Tobago	23 Aug 1993 A
Ukraine	17 Jun 1994 A
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	7 Feb 1994 A
Zimbabwe	10 Apr 1997 A

Notes

1. See note 1 under "Netherlands" regarding Aruba/Netherlands Antilles in the "Historical Information" section in the in the front matter of this volume.

2. See note 1 under "New Zealand" regarding Tokelau in the "Historical Information" section in the in the front matter of this volume.

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