i Information on the status of multilateral treaties has been taken from: • United Nations Treaty Database, which had information current to 15 November 2007 • Database of International Labour Standards (http://www.ilo.org/ilolex/english/newratframeE.htm) on 10 January 2008 ; • the International Maritime Organization’s Summary of Status Conventions Table (http://www.imo.org/Conventions/mainframe.asp?topic_id=247) current to 29 February 2008 ii Number of countries that can sign international instruments: 194. This excludes: Taiwan; Palestine; Western Sahara iii Number of APF member states that can sign international instruments: 16/17. This excludes Palestine. iv African Union, List of Countries which Have Signed, Ratified/Acceded to the African Union Convention on OAU Convention Governing the Specific Aspects of Refugee Problems in Africa <http://www.africa-union.org/root/au/Documents/Treaties/List/Convention%20on%20Refugees.pdf> at 17 March 2008. v African Union, Member States <http://www.africa-union.org/root/au/memberstates/map.htm> at 10 January 2008. vi This is a United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (‘UNECE’) Convention, which non-UNECE Member States can sign. vii Parties and Signatories to the Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-Making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters <http://www.unece.org/env/pp/ratification.htm> at 10 January 2008. viii Dates of Membership of the Economic Commission for Europe <http://www.unece.org/oes/member_countries/member_countries.htm> at 10 January 2008. ix Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat, Convention to Ban the Importation into Forum Island Countries of Hazardous And Radioactive Wastes and to Control the Transboundary Movement and Management of Hazardous Wastes within the South Pacific Region [Waigani Convention] – Status Report <http://www.forumsec.org/UserFiles/File/Waigani_Convention_Status_Report.pdf?phpMyAdmin=a2498005399765db990bdeaef994e9d1> at 17 March 2008. x Latest Status of the Joint Convention on the Safety Of Spent Fuel Management and on the Safety of Radioactive Waste Management <http://www.iaea.org/Publications/Documents/Conventions/jointconv_status.pdf> at 10 January 2008. xi Latest Status of the Protocol to Amend the Vienna Convention on Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage <http://www.iaea.org/Publications/Documents/Conventions/protamend_status.pdf> at 10 January 2008. xii The Conventions with (C[number]) after the title are International Labour Organization (‘ILO’) Conventions. This table only lists a few, more general, ILO Conventions. More specific ILO Conventions include: Convention Concerning Protection against Hazards of Poisoning Arising from Benzene (C136) (entered into force 27 July 1973); Convention Concerning the Protection of Workers against Ionising Radiations (C115) (entered into force 17 June 1962); Convention Concerning Safety in the Use of Asbestos (C162) (entered into force 6 June 1989). For more ILO Conventions see International Labour Organization, ILOLEX – Database of International Labour Standards <http://www.ilo.org/ilolex/english/convdisp1.htm>. xiii Convention on International Liability for Damage Caused by Space Objects <http://www.unoosa.org/oosa/SpaceLaw/liability.html> at 10 January 2008. xiv State Parties to the Following International Humanitarian Law and Other Related Treaties as of 5 December 2007 <http://www.icrc.org/IHL.nsf/(SPF)/party_main_treaties/$File/IHL_and_other_related_Treaties.pdf> 10 January 2008. - 58 -