TREATY	SIGNATURE	RATIFICATION	ACCESSION	RESERVATIONS
ENVIRONMENT
	Vienna Convention on the Protection of the Ozone Layer (1985)	22 Mar 1985	9 May 1988
	Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer (1987)	16 Sep 1987	2 Aug 1988
	Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal (1989)			8 Jan 1993	Yes
	United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (1992)	9 Jun 1992	5 Dec 1994
	Convention on Biological Diversity (1992)	9 Jun 1992	2 Jun 1994
	United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification in those Countries Experiencing Serious Drought and/or Desertification Particularly in Africa (1994)	14 Oct 1994	7 Jul 1995
HUMAN RIGHTS
	Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (1948)	12 Dec 1948	8 Feb 1952
	International Covenant on Political and Civil Rights (1966)	4 Aug 1967	14 Jan 1982		Yes
	International Covenant on Economic , Social and Cultural rights (1966)	4 Aug 1967	14 Jan 1982		Yes
	International Convention on the Elimination of All forms of Racial Discrimination (1966)	28 Sep 1966	1 May 1967		Yes
	International Convention on the Suppression and Punishment of the Crime of Apartheid (1973)			13 Jun 1977
	Convention against Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (1984)			25 Jun 1986
STATUS OF WOMEN
	Convention on the Political Rights of Women (1953)			8 Sep 1981
	Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (1979)	16 Jul 1980	18 Sep 1981		Yes
STATUS OF CHILDREN
	Convention on the Rights of the Child (1990)	5 Feb 1990	6 Jul 1990		Yes
REFUGEES
	Convention relating to the Status of Refugees (1951)			22 May 1981	Yes
TRADE
	Final Act of the Uruguay Round and WTO Charter (1994)	15 Apr 1994	1 Jan 95
NARCOTICS
	United Nations Convention Against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (1988)	20 Dec 1988	15 Mar 1991

Source: UN Multilateral Treaty Series, 1996.