Treaties and Agreements
| Name of Convention | Trinidad & Tobago’s Position |
Date of Position |
|---|---|---|
| AGRICULTURE | ||
Union for the Protection of New Plant Varieties (UPOV) |
Accession |
31 Dec. 1997 |
| International Tropical Timber Agreement 1994 | Accession | 29 Dec. 1998 |
| Convention on the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture | Ratification | 05 Dec. 1980 |
| AIR TRANSPORT | ||
| 1995 Protocol Relating to an Amendment to the Convention on International Civil Aviation Ratification | Ratification | 18 Feb. 1999 |
| Convention on International Civil Aviation | Accession | 14 Mar. 1963 |
ASSOCIATION OF CARIBBEAN STATES (ACS) | ||
|
Convention Establishing the Association of Caribbean States (with annexes). Concluded at Cartagena de Indias, Colombia, on 24th July, 1994 |
Ratification | 21 Sept. 1994 |
| Protocol on Privileges and Immunities of the Association of Caribbean States | Ratification | 21 Jul. 2006 |
| Convention on the Sustainable Tourism Zone of the Caribbean | Ratification | 26 Oct. 2006 |
| Protocol on Privileges and Immunities of the Association of Caribbean States | Ratification | 21 Jul. 2006 |
| CUSTOMS | ||
| International Convention to Facilitate the Importation of Commercial Samples and Advertising Material, done at Geneva on 7 November 1952 | Succession | 11 Apr. 1966 |
| Convention concerning Customs Facilities for Touring, done at New York on 4 June 1954 | Succession | 11 Apr. 1966 |
| Additional Protocol to the Convention concerning Customs Facilities for Touring, relating to the Importation of Tourist Publicity Documents and Material, done at New York on 4 June 1954 | Succession | 11 Apr. 1966 |
| Customs Convention on the Temporary Importation of Private Roads Vehicles, done at New York on 4 June 1954 | Succession | 11 Apr. 1966 |
| Customs Convention on Containers, done at Geneva on 18 May 1956 | Succession | 11 Apr. 1966 |
| Customs Convention on the Temporary Importation for Private Use of Aircraft and Pleasure Boats, done at Geneva on 18 May 1956 | Succession | 11 Apr. 1966 |
| Custom Convention concerning facilities for the Importation of Goods for Display or use at Exhibitions, Fairs, Meetings or Similar Events | Accession | 05 Jan. 1981 |
| Customs Convention on the A.T.A. Carnet for the Temporary Admission of Goods (A.T.A Convention) | Accession | 13 May. 1981 |
| Customs Convention on the Temporary Importation of Professional Equipment | Accession | 05 Jan. 1981 |
| Customs Convention on Containers, 1972. Concluded in Geneva on 2nd December, 1972 | Accession | 23 Mar. 1990 |
| Name of Convention | Trinidad & Tobago’s Position |
Date of Position |
|---|---|---|
| ENVIRONMENTAL | ||
| Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete Ozone Layer. Concluded at Montreal on 16th December, 1987 |
Accession | 28 Aug. 1989 |
| United Nations Convention on the Desertification. Concluded 17th June, 1994 | Accession | 01 Jan. 2000 |
| Amendment to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer. Copenhagen, 25 November 1992 | Ratification | 10 Jun. 1999 |
| Amendment to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer. London, 29 June 1990 | Ratification | 10 Jun. 1999 |
| Amendment to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer by the Ninth Meeting of the Parties. Montreal, 17 September 1997 | Ratification | 10 Jun. 1999 |
| Amendment to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer. Beijing, 3 December 1999 | Ratification | 29 Oct. 2003 |
| Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer. Concluded at Vienna on 22nd March, 1989 | Accession | 28 Aug. 1989 |
| Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change | Ratification | 08 Jan 1999 |
| Convention for the Protection and Development of the Marine Environment of the Wider Caribbean Region, Cartagena, 24 March, 1983 | Accession | 24 Jan. 1986 |
| Protocol concerning Specially Protected Areas and Wildlife to the Convention for the Protection and Development of the Marine Environment of the Wider Caribbean Region (SPAW) | Ratification | 10 Aug. 1999 |
| Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITIES) Concluded at Washington in March, 1973 | Accession | 19 Jan. 1984 |
| Convention on Wetlands of International Importance Especially as Waterfowl Habitat | Accession | 21 Dec. 1992 |
| Budapest Treaty on the International Recognition of the Deposit of Microorganisms for the purposes of Patent Procedure. Concluded at Budapest on 28th April, 1997 | Accession | 10 Dec. 1993 |
| United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Concluded at New York on 9th May, 1992 | Ratification | 24 Jun. 1994 |
| Basel Convention on the Control of Trans-boundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal. Concluded at Basel on 22nd March, 1989. (Ban Amendment, 1995) | Accession | 18 Feb. 1994 |
| Amendment to the Basel Convention on the Control of Trans-boundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal. Geneva, 22 September 1995 | Ratification | 12 Jan. 2000 |
| Convention on Biological Diversity. Concluded at Rio de Janeiro on 5th June, 1992 | Ratification | 01 Aug. 1996 |
| Convention on Nature Protection and Wild Life Preservation in the Western Hemisphere | ||
| Name of Convention | Trinidad & Tobago’s Position |
Date of Position |
|---|---|---|
| HAGUE CONVENTION | ||
| Hague Convention Abolishing the Requirement of Legislation for Foreign Public Documents | Accession | 03. Dec. 1998 |
| Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of Child Abduction | Accession | 7 Jun. 2000 |
| HEALTH | ||
| Constitution of the World Health Organization New York, 22 July 1946 | Accession | 3 Jan. 1963 |
| HUMAN RIGHTS | ||
| Convention on the rights of the Child Adopted by the General Assembly of the United Nations on 20th November, 1989 | Ratification | 05 Dec. 1991 |
| International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. Adopted by the General Assembly of the United Nations on 16th December 1996 | Accession | 08 Dec. 1978 |
| Protocol Relating to the Status of Refugees, New York, 31 January 1967 | Accession | 10 Nov. 2000 |
| International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights New York 16 December, 1966 | Accession | 21 Dec. 1978 |
| International Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Racial Discrimination New York, 7 March 1966 | 4 Oct. 1973 | |
| INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY | ||
| The Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) (1970) | Accession | 10. Mar. 1994 |
| Paris Conventions for the Protection of Industrial Property (1983) | Accession | 01 Apr. 1988 |
| The Lorcano Agreement Establishment International Classification for Industrial Designs (1968) | Accession | 20 Mar. 1996 |
| Vienna Agreement Establishing an International Classification of the Figurative Elements of Marks (1973) | Accession | 20 Mar. 1996 |
