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Contracting Parties

The Contracting Parties include member countries that have ratified the Convention: Benin, Cameroon, Congo, Cote d’Ivoire, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa and Togo and member States in the process or yet to ratify the Convention including Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Liberia, Mauritania, Namibia, Sierra Leone and Sao Tome & Principe.

Introduction

Status as at 2006 of the Convention for the Protection, Management and Development of the Marine and Coastal Environment of the Eastern African region and related Protocols


Convention on the Protection and Development of the Marine and Coastal Environment of the West and Central African Region

Country

Signature

Ratification

Angola

-

-

Benin

23 March 1981

17 Oct. 1997

Cameroon

-

1 Mar. 1983

Cape Verde

-

15 Jan. 1982

Congo

23 March 1981

19 Dec. 1987

Cote d'Ivoire

23 March 1981

-

Democratic Republic of Congo

-

-

Equatorial Guinea

-

-

Gabon

23 March 1981

13 Dec. 1988

Gambia

13 June 1981

6 Dec. 1984

Ghana

23 March 1981

20 July 1989

Guinea

23 March 1981

4 Mar. 1982

Guinea Bissau

-

-

Liberia

23 March 1981

22 Mar. 2005

Mauritania

22 June 1981

-

Namibia

-

-

Nigeria

23 March 1981

6 June 1984

Sao_Tome & Principe

-

-

Senegal

23 March 1981

10 May 1983

Sierra Leone

-

7 June 2005

South Africa

16 May 2002

16 May 2002

Togo

23 March 1981

16 Nov. 1983