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INTERNATIONAL TROPICAL TIMBER AGREEMENT
Objectives
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To provide an effective framework for cooperation and
consultation between countries producing and consuming tropical
timber, to promote the expansion and diversification of
international trade in tropical timber and the improvement of
structural conditions in the tropical timber market, to promote and
support research and development with a view to improving forest
management and wood utilization, and to encourage the development of
national policies aimed at sustainable utilization and conservation
of tropical forests and their genetic resources, and at maintaining
the ecological balance in the regions concerned.
Summary of provisions
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(a) Establishment of an International Tropical Timber
Organization to administer the provisions and supervise the
operation of the Agreement (art. 3, para. 1), functioning through
the International Tropical Timber Council established under article
6 of the Agreement;
(b) The Council shall make arrangements for consultation or
cooperation with the United Nations and its organs such as UNCTAD,
UNDP, UNEP, and UNIDO and with FAO and other United Nations
specialized agencies and intergovernmental, governmental and non-
governmental organizations;
(c) Establishment of the following permanent committees:
- Committee on Economic Information and Market
Intelligence;
- Committee on Reforestation and Forest Management;
- Committee on Forest Industry (art. 24).
Membership
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Open for signature by Governments invited to the United
Nations Conference on Tropical Timber, 1983, open for accession by
the Governments of all States upon conditions established by the
Council.
Date of adoption 18.11.1983
Place of adoption Geneva, Switzerland
Date of entry into force 1. 4.1985
Languages Arabic, English, French,
Russian, Spanish
Depositary Secretary-General of the
United Nations
Participant Signature Ratification
Accession (Ac)
Acceptance (At)
Approval (Ap)
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Australia 16. 2.1988 (Ac)
Austria 6. 3.1986 (Ac)
Belgium 29. 6.1984 21. 2.1986
Bolivia* 1.11.1984
Brazil 31. 3.1985
Cameroon 15. 4.1985 19.11.1985
Canada 21. 5.1986 (Ac)
China 2. 7.1986 (Ac)
Colombia 27. 3.1990 (Ac)
Congo 7. 3.1985 28. 3.1985
Côte d'Ivoire* 27. 3.1985
Denmark 29. 6.1984 28. 9.1984
Ecuador 31. 3.1985 19. 1.1988
Egypt 31. 3.1985 16. 1.1986
Finland 10. 5.1984 13. 2.1985
France 29. 6.1984 6. 8.1985 (Ap)
Gabon* 25. 6.1984 31.10.1988
Germany 29. 6.1984 21. 3.1986
Ghana 29. 3.1985 29. 3.1985
Greece 29. 6.1984 26. 7.1988
Honduras* 27. 9.1984
India 19. 2.1986 (Ac)
Indonesia 13. 6.1984 9.10.1984
Ireland 29. 6.1984 4.10.1984
Italy 29. 6.1984 29. 3.1985
Japan 28. 3.1984 28. 6.1984 (At)
Republic of Korea 25. 6.1985 (Ac)
Liberia 8. 3.1984 29. 3.1985
Luxembourg 29. 6.1984 21. 2.1986
Malaysia 14.12.1984 14.12.1984
Nepal 3. 7.1990 (Ac)
Netherlands 29. 6.1984 29. 5.1987 (At)
Norway 23. 3.1984 21. 8.1984
Panama 3. 3.1989 (Ac)
Papua New Guinea 27.11.1985 (Ac)
Peru* 31. 3.1985
Philippines* 31. 3.1985
Portugal 3. 7.1989 (Ac)
Russian Federation 28. 3.1985 20. 5.1985 (At)
Spain 27. 2.1985 1. 4.1986
Sweden 23. 3.1984 9.11.1984
Switzerland 30. 4.1985 9. 5.1985
Thailand 9.10.1985 (Ac)
Togo 8. 5.1990 (Ac)
Trinidad and Tobago 29. 4.1985 9. 5.1986
United Kingdom of
Great Britain and
Northern Ireland 29. 6.1984 18. 9.1984
United States of
America 26. 4.1985 25. 5.1990 (At)
Zaire 20.11.1990 (Ac)
European Economic
Community 29. 6.1984
* Provisional application.
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