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Convenio de Estocolmo
Party Signature Ratification Status Additional information
20 Feb 2013 Accession
05 Dec 2001 04 Oct 2004 Ratification
05 Sep 2001 22 Sep 2006 Ratification
23 Oct 2006 Accession
23 May 2001 10 Sep 2003 Ratification
23 May 2001 25 Jan 2005 Ratification Declaraciones
23 May 2001 26 Nov 2003 Ratification
23 May 2001 20 May 2004 Ratification Declaraciones
23 May 2001 27 Aug 2002 Ratification Declaraciones
13 Jan 2004 Accession
20 Mar 2002 03 Oct 2005 Ratification
22 May 2002 31 Jan 2006 Ratification Declaraciones
23 May 2001 12 Mar 2007 Ratification Declaraciones
07 Jun 2004 Accession
03 Feb 2004 Accession
23 May 2001 25 May 2006 Ratification Declaraciones
14 May 2002 25 Jan 2010 Ratification
23 May 2001 05 Jan 2004 Ratification
23 May 2001 03 Jun 2003 Ratification
23 May 2001 30 Mar 2010 Ratification
28 Oct 2002 Accession Declaraciones
23 May 2001 16 Jun 2004 Ratification
23 May 2001 20 Dec 2004 Ratification
23 May 2001 31 Dec 2004 Ratification
02 Apr 2002 02 Aug 2005 Ratification
01 Mar 2006 Accession
23 May 2001 25 Aug 2006 Ratification
05 Oct 2001 19 May 2009 Ratification
23 May 2001 23 May 2001 Ratification Declaraciones
09 May 2002 12 Feb 2008 Ratification
16 May 2002 10 Mar 2004 Ratification
23 May 2001 20 Jan 2005 Ratification
23 May 2001 13 Aug 2004 Ratification Declaraciones
End notes
23 May 2001 22 Oct 2008 Ratification
23 May 2001 23 Feb 2007 Ratification
04 Dec 2001 12 Feb 2007 Ratification
29 Jun 2004 Accession
16 Apr 2002 06 Feb 2007 Ratification
23 May 2001 30 Jan 2007 Ratification
23 May 2001 21 Dec 2007 Ratification
07 Mar 2005 Accession
23 May 2001 06 Aug 2002 Ratification
23 May 2001 20 Jan 2004 Ratification
26 Aug 2002 Accession
23 Mar 2005 Accession
23 May 2001 17 Dec 2003 Ratification End notes
15 Nov 2001 11 Mar 2004 Ratification
08 Aug 2003 Accession
23 May 2001 04 May 2007 Ratification
28 Aug 2001 07 Jun 2004 Ratification
17 May 2002 02 May 2003 Ratification
30 Jul 2001 27 May 2008 Ratification Declaraciones
24 Dec 2019 Accession
10 Mar 2005 Accession
07 Nov 2008 Accession
13 Jan 2006 Accession
17 May 2002 09 Jan 2003 Ratification
23 May 2001 16 Nov 2004 Approval Declaraciones
14 Jun 2001 20 Jun 2001 Ratification
23 May 2001 03 Sep 2002 Acceptance
23 May 2001 17 Feb 2004 Approval
21 May 2002 07 May 2007 Ratification
23 May 2001 28 Apr 2006 Ratification
23 May 2001 04 Oct 2006 Ratification
23 May 2001 25 Apr 2002 Ratification
23 May 2001 30 May 2003 Ratification
23 May 2001 03 May 2006 Ratification
15 Oct 2021 Accession
29 Jan 2002 30 Jul 2008 Ratification Declaraciones
23 May 2001 11 Dec 2007 Ratification
24 Apr 2002 06 Aug 2008 Ratification
12 Sep 2007 Accession
17 May 2002 23 May 2005 Ratification
23 May 2001 14 Mar 2008 Ratification
23 May 2001 29 May 2002 Ratification
14 May 2002 13 Jan 2006 Ratification Declaraciones
23 May 2001 28 Sep 2009 Ratification
23 May 2001 06 Feb 2006 Ratification
08 Mar 2016 Accession
23 May 2001 05 Aug 2010 Ratification
23 May 2001 29 Sep 2022 Ratification
23 May 2001 01 Jun 2007 Ratification
30 Aug 2002 Accession
18 Jan 2002 08 Nov 2004 Ratification
23 May 2001 09 Nov 2007 Ratification
23 May 2001 24 Sep 2004 Ratification
04 Apr 2002 07 Sep 2004 Ratification
23 May 2001 12 Jun 2006 Ratification
16 May 2002 12 Dec 2006 Ratification
05 Mar 2002 28 Jun 2006 Ratification
23 May 2001 28 Oct 2004 Ratification
23 May 2001 03 Jan 2003 Ratification
23 Jan 2002 23 Jan 2002 Ratification
23 May 2002 Accession
14 Jun 2005 Accession
23 May 2001 03 Dec 2004 Ratification Declaraciones
17 May 2002 05 Dec 2006 Ratification
23 May 2001 07 Feb 2003 Ratification
24 Sep 2001 18 Nov 2005 Ratification
22 May 2002 27 Feb 2009 Ratification
17 Oct 2006 Accession
23 May 2001 05 Sep 2003 Ratification
23 May 2001 17 Jan 2017 Ratification
27 Jan 2003 Accession
08 Aug 2001 22 Jul 2005 Ratification
23 May 2001 13 Jul 2004 Ratification Declaraciones
23 May 2001 10 Feb 2003 Ratification
31 Jul 2001 15 Jul 2005 Ratification Declaraciones
23 May 2001 20 Oct 2004 Ratification
17 May 2002 30 Apr 2004 Ratification
23 Oct 2006 31 Mar 2011 Ratification End notes
23 May 2001 15 Jun 2004 Ratification
23 May 2001 31 Oct 2005 Ratification
19 Apr 2004 Accession
24 Jun 2005 Accession
09 May 2002 09 May 2002 Ratification
05 Apr 2002 06 Mar 2007 Ratification
23 May 2001 28 Jan 2002 Acceptance Declaraciones
23 May 2001 24 Sep 2004 Ratification End notes
23 May 2001 01 Dec 2005 Ratification
12 Oct 2001 12 Apr 2006 Ratification
23 May 2001 24 May 2004 Ratification
12 Mar 2002 02 Sep 2005 Ratification
23 May 2001 27 May 2004 Ratification
23 May 2001 11 Jul 2002 Ratification
04 Mar 2002 19 Jan 2005 Ratification
06 Dec 2001 17 Apr 2008 Ratification
28 Mar 2002 08 Sep 2011 Ratification
23 May 2001 05 Mar 2003 Ratification
23 May 2001 07 Oct 2003 Ratification
12 Oct 2001 01 Apr 2004 Ratification
23 May 2001 14 Sep 2005 Ratification
23 May 2001 27 Feb 2004 Ratification
23 May 2001 23 Oct 2008 Ratification
23 May 2001 15 Jul 2004 Acceptance
10 Dec 2004 Accession
04 Oct 2001 25 Jan 2007 Ratification Declaraciones
23 May 2001 07 Apr 2004 Ratification Declaraciones
23 May 2001 28 Oct 2004 Ratification
22 May 2002 17 Aug 2011 Ratification Declaraciones
05 Jun 2002 Accession
23 May 2001 04 Feb 2002 Ratification
03 Apr 2002 12 Apr 2006 Ratification
14 Mar 2002 25 Jul 2012 Ratification
23 May 2001 08 Oct 2003 Ratification
02 May 2002 31 Jul 2009 Ratification Declaraciones
End notes
25 Mar 2002 03 Jun 2008 Ratification
26 Sep 2003 Accession
23 May 2001 24 May 2005 Ratification
23 May 2001 05 Aug 2002 Ratification
23 May 2001 04 May 2004 Ratification Declaraciones
28 Jul 2004 Accession
26 Jul 2010 Accession
23 May 2001 04 Sep 2002 Ratification
23 May 2001 28 May 2004 Ratification
05 Sep 2001 22 Dec 2005 Ratification
21 May 2004 Accession
04 Oct 2002 Accession
15 Sep 2005 Accession
29 Dec 2017 Accession
23 May 2001 29 Aug 2006 Ratification
22 May 2002 20 Sep 2011 Ratification
23 May 2001 08 May 2002 Ratification
23 May 2001 30 Jul 2003 Ratification
15 Feb 2002 05 Aug 2005 Ratification Declaraciones
21 May 2002 08 Feb 2007 Ratification
22 May 2002 31 Jan 2005 Ratification
23 May 2001 22 Jul 2004 Ratification
21 May 2002 23 Oct 2009 Ratification
13 Dec 2002 Accession
23 May 2001 17 Jun 2004 Ratification
19 Jan 2004 Accession
23 May 2001 14 Oct 2009 Ratification
20 Jul 2004 Accession
23 May 2001 25 Sep 2007 Ratification
23 May 2001 11 Jul 2002 Ratification
11 Dec 2001 17 Jan 2005 Ratification
23 May 2001 30 Apr 2004 Ratification
23 May 2001 09 Feb 2004 Ratification
28 Jun 2019 Accession Declaraciones
21 May 2002 16 Sep 2005 Ratification Declaraciones
23 May 2001 19 Apr 2005 Ratification Declaraciones
23 May 2001 22 Jul 2002 Ratification
05 Dec 2001 09 Jan 2004 Ratification
23 May 2001 07 Jul 2006 Ratification
23 May 2001 01 Mar 2012 Ratification

Estados que no son Parte

Party Signature Status Additional information
21 May 2002 Signatory
23 May 2001 Signatory
30 Jul 2001 Signatory
16 May 2002 Signatory
23 May 2001 Signatory

Declarations

Argentina
Declaration:In accordance with article 25, paragraph 4 of the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants, the Republic of Argentina declares that any amendment to Annex A, B, or C shall enter into force for Argentina only after it has deposited its instrument of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession with respect thereto.
Australia
Declaration:"In accordance with article 25 (4) [of the Convention], the Government of Australia declares that any amendment to Annex A, B or C shall enter into force only upon the deposit of Australia's instrument of ratification with respect thereto."
Austria
Declaration:“The Republic of Austria declares in accordance with Article 18 paragraph 2 of the Convention that it accepts both of the means of dispute settlement mentioned in paragraph 2 as compulsory in relation to any party accepting an obligation concerning one or both of these means of dispute settlement.”
Bahrein
Declarations:1. Arbitration according to the procedures adopted by the Conference of States Parties is the only binding procedure for the Government of the Kingdom of Bahrain regarding resolving any dispute on the interpretation or implementation of the Convention.2. Any amendment to the Convention annexes A, B and C will not be binding to the Kingdom of Bahrain unless it is ratified according to the constitutional rules.
Bangladesh
Declaration"Pursuant to Article 25, paragraph 4, of the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants, Bangladesh hereby declares that any amendment to Annex A, B or C shall enter into force for Bangladesh only upon the deposit by Bangladesh of its instrument of ratification, acceptance or approval with respect thereto."
Bélgica
Declaration made upon signature:“This signature engages also the Waloon region, the Flemish region, and the Brussels-Capital region.”
Botswana
Declaration:"... the Republic of Botswana declares pursuant to article 25 (4) that, with respect to it, any amendment to Annex A, B or C shall enter into force for it only after it has deposited an instrument of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession with respect to such amendment."
Canadá
Declaration:“Pursuant to Article 25, paragraph 4, of the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants, Canada hereby declares that any amendment to Annex A, B or C shall enter into force for Canada only upon the deposit by Canada of its instrument of ratification, acceptance or approval with respect thereto.”
China
Declaration:In accordance with the provisions of article 25, paragraph 4 of the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants, with respect to the People's Republic of China, any amendment to Annex A, B or C shall enter into force only upon the deposit of its instrument of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession with respect thereto.
El Salvador
Reservation:With respect to the provisions of article 18 of this Convention, the Republic of El Salvador does not consider itself bound by the provisions of paragraph 2 of that article in that it does not recognize the compulsory jurisdiction of the International Court of Justice.
Unión Europea
Declaration in accordance with article 25 (3) :"The Community declares that, in accordance with the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular article 175 thereof, it is competent for entering into international environmental agreements, and for implementing the obligations resulting therefrom, which contribute to the pursuit of the following objectives:- Preserving, protecting and improving the quality of the environment,- Protecting human health,- Prudent and rational utilisation of natural resources,- Promoting measures at international level to deal with regional or worldwide environmental problems.Moreover, the Community declares that it has already adopted legal instruments, binding on its Member States, covering matters governed by this Convention, and will submit and update, as appropriate, a list of those legal instruments to the Conference of the Parties in accordance with article 15 (1) of the Convention.The Community is responsible for the performance of those obligations resulting from the Convention which are covered by Community law in force.The exercise of Community competence is, by its nature, subject to continuous development."
Guatemala
Declaration:In accordance with article 25, paragraph 4 of the aforementioned Convention, the Government of the Republic of Guatemala declares that any amendment to Annex A, B or C shall enter into force for Guatemala only after it has deposited its instrument of accession or ratification.
India
28 March 2006Declaration:"Any amendment to Annex A, B or C shall enter into force only upon the deposit of its instrument of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession with respect thereto."
Liechtenstein
Declaration:"The Principality of Liechtenstein declares in accordance with Article 18 paragraph 2 of the Convention that it accepts both of the means of dispute settlement mentioned in this paragraph as compulsory in relation to any party accepting an obligation concerning one or both of these means of dispute settlement."
Mauritius
Declaration:"Pursuant to Article 25, paragraph 4, of the Stockholm Convention on Persistant Organic Pollutants, the Republic of Mauritius declares that any amendments to Annex A, B or C shall enter into force for the Republic of Mauritius only upon the deposit by the Republic of Mauritius of its instrument of Ratification, Acceptance, Approval or Accession with respect thereto."
Micronesia, Estados Federados de
Declaration:1. The Federated States of Micronesia declares in accordance with the provisions of article 25, paragraph 4 of the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants, that any amendment to Annex A, B or C shall enter into force only upon the deposit of the Federated States of Micronesia's instrument of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession thereto.2. The Federated States of Micronesia declares in accordance with Article 18, paragraph 2 of the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants that it accepts both of the means of dispute settlement mentioned in this paragraph as compulsory in relation to any party accepting an obligation concerning one or both of these means of dispute settlement.
Países Bajos, Holanda
17 February 2010Declaration:“The Kingdom of the Netherlands declares, in accordance with paragraph 2 of Article 18 of the Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants, that it accepts both means of dispute settlement referred to in that paragraph as compulsory in relation to any Party accepting one or both means of dispute settlement.”
República de Corea
Declaration:The Republic of Korea, in accordance with Article 25, paragraph 4 of the Convention, declares that, with respect to the Republic of Korea, any amendment to Annex A, B or C shall enter into force only upon the deposit of its instrument of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession with respect thereto.
Moldavia
Declaration:In accordance with article 18, paragraph 2 of the Convention, the Republic of Moldova accepts both of the means of dispute settlement mentioned in this paragraph as compulsory in relation to any party that accepts the same obligation.Pursuant to article 25, paragraph 4, of the Convention, any amendment to Annex A, B or C shall enter into force for the Republic of Moldova only upon the deposit of its instrument of ratification, acceptance or approval with respect thereto.
Federación Rusa
1. The Russian Federation declares that in accordance with paragraph 2 of article 18 of the Convention, with respect to any dispute concerning the interpretation or application of the Convention, it recognizes the means of dispute settlement indicated in subparagraphs (a) and (b) of paragraph 2 of article 18 of the Convention as compulsory in relation to any Party accepting the same obligations;2. The Russian Federation declares that in accordance with paragraph 4 of article 25 of the Convention any amendment to Annex A, B or C shall enter into force for the Russian Federation only upon the deposit of its instrument of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession with respect thereto.
Arabia Saudita
Declaration:“The Republic of Serbia declares in accordance with Article 18 of the Convention that it accepts both of the means of dispute settlement mentioned in paragraph 2.”
Eslovenia
Declaration:"In accordance with article 25, paragraph 4 of the Convention, the Republic of Slovenia herewith declares, that any amendment to Annex A, B or C shall enter into force only upon the deposit of its instrument of ratification with respect thereto."
Siria
Declaration:The ratification of the Syrian Arab Republic to this Convention shall in no way signify the recognition of Israel or entail entry into any dealings with Israel in the context of the provisions of this Convention.
Uzbekistán
Declaration:“In accordance with the Article 25, paragraph 4 of the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants, the Republic of Uzbekistan declares that any amendment to Annex A, B, or C shall enter into force for the Republic of Uzbekistan only after it has deposited its instrument of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession with respect thereto.”
Vanuatu
Declaration:"That in relation to paragraph 4 of Article 25 of the Convention, any amendment to Annex A, B or C shall bind the Republic of Vanuatu only upon its deposit of an instrument of ratification or accession with respect to such amendments."
Venezuela (República Bolivariana de)
Declaration:In accordance with article 25, paragraph 4 of the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants, the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela declares that any amendment to Annex A, B, or C shall enter into force for the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela only after it has deposited its instrument of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession with respect thereto.

End Notes

China

With the following :

In accordance with the provisions of article 153 of the Basic Law of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China and article 138 of the Basic Law of the Macao Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China, the Government of the People’s Republic of China decides that the Convention shall apply to the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and the Macao Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China.

Dinamarca

By a communication received on 22 March 2024, the Government of Denmark notified the Secretary-General that it had decided to withdraw the declaration, made upon ratification, regarding the territorial exclusion in respect of Greenland.

By a communication received on 10 February 2012, the Government of Denmark informed the Secretary-General that it had decided to withdraw the declaration, made upon ratification, regarding the territorial exclusion in respect of the Faroe Islands.

Upon ratification on 17 December 2003, Denmark had notified the Secretary-General of the following: With a territorial exclusion in respect of the Faroe Islands and Greenland.

Montenegro

See note 1 under "Montenegro" in the "Historical Information" section in the front matter of this volume.

Nueva Zelanda

With the following territorial exclusion:

".....consistent with the constitutional status of Tokelau and taking into account the commitment of the Government of New Zealand the development of self-government for Tokelau through an act of self-determination under the Charter of the United Nations, this ratification shall not extend to Tokelau unless and until a Declaration to this effect is lodged by the Government of New Zealand with the Depositary on the basis of appropriate consultation with that territory."

Arabia Saudita

“On 20 July 2014, the Republic of Serbia notified the Secretary-General as depositary of the Stockholm Convention of the following: “The Republic of Serbia is currently unable to accept the listing of HBCDD in Annex A to the convention with specific exemptions for production and use in expanded polystyrene and extruded polystyrene in buildings according to Articles 21 and 22 of the Stockholm Convention. The Republic of Serbia will be able to accept SC-6/13 decision on 21st August 2015.”

This position of the Republic of Serbia as EU candidate country for membership is in line with position of the European Union.

Since the submission of that notification to the depositary, the EU has been preparing the measures necessary to be able to comply with Decision SC-6/13. However, due to the timeline of internal administrative adoption processes, those measures implementing the requirements of the Decision will not be in place in the EU by 21 August 2015.

With that regard and pursuant to Article 22(3)(b) of the Stockholm Convention, the Republic of Serbia is informing the depositary, that it will not be in a position to accept the Decision on the listing of HBCDD in Annex A to the convention by 21 August 2015 and will need to extend the period of non-acceptance of the Decision for the Republic of Serbia until such time as the internal administrative processes in EU are finalised.

The Republic of Serbia will, upon the adoption of the mentioned measures for implementation of the SC-6/13 decision, inform the depositary that the notification of non-acceptance is withdrawn. The notification will contain the date of acceptance of the amendment.”
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