Collection

Treaties for which the UK is depositary

Links to the texts and status lists.

• From: Foreign & Commonwealth Office and Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
• Published: 11 December 2013
• Last updated: 20 December 2023
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  1. 20 December 2023

     Uploaded Convention on the Establishment of the "Global Combat Air Programme - GCAP International Government Organisation" (Tokyo, 14 December 2023).

  2. 31 May 2019

     The UK is now depositary for the Trade Agreement between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, of the one part, and the Republic of Colombia, the Republic of Ecuador and the Republic of Peru, of the other part. The status list for this has been uploaded accordingly.

  3. 11 December 2013

     First published.

Animals and Conservation

• Arrangements for the Regulation of Antarctic Pelagic Whaling (London, 6 June 1962)
  • 20 December 2013
  • International treaty
• Convention for the Conservation of Antarctic Seals (London, 1 June 1972 - 31 December 1972)
  • 11 December 2013
  • International treaty
• Agreement on the Conservation of Populations of European Bats (London, 4 December 1991)
  • 20 December 2013
  • International treaty
• Amendment to the Agreement on the Conservation of Populations of European Bats (Bristol, 18 July 1995 - 20 July 1995)
  • 20 December 2013
  • International treaty
• Amendment to the Agreement on the Conservation of Populations of European Bats (Bristol, 24 July 2000 - 26 July 2000)
  • 20 December 2013
  • International treaty

Agriculture

• Agreement on CAB International (London, 8 July 1986)
  • 10 January 2014
  • International treaty

Aviation

• Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Seizure of Aircraft (The Hague, 16 December 1970)
  • 10 January 2014
  • International treaty
• Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against the Safety of Civil Aviation (Montreal, 23 September 1971)
  • 1 April 2015
  • International treaty
• Protocol for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts of Violence at Airports serving International Civil Aviation, supplementary to the Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against the Safety of Civil Aviation (Montreal, 24 February 1988)
  • 10 January 2014
  • International treaty

Cultural Relations

• Constitution of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization [UNESCO] (London, 16 November 1945)
  • 10 January 2014
  • International treaty
• Agreement concerning the Shipwrecked Vessel RMS Titanic (London, 6 November 2003)
  • 12 September 2019
  • International treaty

Defence

• Agreement between the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Government of the French Republic concerning the European Air Group (London, 6 July 1998)
  • 13 January 2014
  • International treaty
• Amending Protocol to the Agreement concerning the European Air Group, (London, 16 June 1999)
  • 13 January 2014
  • International treaty
• Second Amending Protocol to the Agreement concerning the European Air Group (London, 12 December 2011)
  • 6 December 2012
  • International treaty
• Framework Agreement concerning measures to Facilitate the Restructuring and Operation of the European Defence Industry (Farnborough, 27 July 2000)
  • 21 April 2016
  • International treaty
• Amendment to Article 16 of the Framework Agreement re Measures to facilitate the Restructuring and Operation of the European Defence Industry, Farnborough, 27 July 2000 (Adopted Brussels, 13 March 2008)
  • 21 April 2016
  • International treaty
• Convention on the Establishment of the "Global Combat Air Programme - GCAP International Government Organisation" (Tokyo, 14 December 2023)
  • 9 December 2024
  • International treaty

Disarmament

• Treaty on the Prohibition of the Emplacement of Nuclear Weapons and other Weapons of Mass Destruction on the Sea-Bed and the Ocean Floor and in the Subsoil Thereof (London, 11 February 1971)
  • 10 January 2014
  • International treaty
• Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production and Stockpiling of Bacteriological (Biological) and Toxin Weapons and on their Destruction (London, Moscow and Washington, 10 April 1972)
  • 10 January 2014
  • International treaty

Fisheries

• Convention for the Regulation of the Meshes of Fishing Nets and Size Limits of Fish (London, 5 April 1946)
  • 10 January 2014
  • International treaty
• Amendments to the Convention for the Regulation of the Meshes of Fishing Nets and Size Limits of Fish, signed at London on May 5, 1946 (Adopted London, 8 May 1963 - 10 May 1963)
  • 10 January 2014
  • International treaty
• North-East Atlantic Fisheries Convention (London, 24 January 1959)
  • 10 January 2014
  • International treaty
• Fisheries Convention with Protocol of Provisional Application and two Agreements as to Transitional Rights (London, 9 March 1964 - 10 April 1964)
  • 10 January 2014
  • International treaty
• Convention on Conduct of Fishing Operations in the North Atlantic (London, 1 June 1967 - 30 November 1967)
  • 10 January 2014
  • International treaty
• Convention on Future Multilateral Co-operation in North-East Atlantic Fisheries (London, 18 November 1980)
  • 10 January 2014
  • International treaty

German external debts

• Agreement on German External Debts (London, 27 February 1953)
  • 10 January 2014
  • International treaty
• Administrative Agreement concerning the Arbitral Tribunal and the Mixed Commission under the Agreement on German External Debts signed at London on the 27th February, 1953 (Bonn, 1 December 1964)
  • 10 January 2014
  • International treaty
• Agreement amending the Administrative Agreement signed at Bonn on December 1, 1954, concerning the Arbitral Tribunal and the Mixed Commission under the Agreement on German External Debts signed at London on February 27, 1953 (Bonn, 30 November 1956)
  • 10 January 2014
  • International treaty
• Agreement amending the Administrative Agreement of December 1, 1954 concerning the Arbitral Tribunal and the Mixed Commission under the Agreement of February 27, 1953 on German External Debts (Bonn, 29 August 1960)
  • 10 January 2014
  • International treaty
• Agreement amending the Administrative Agreement of December 1, 1954 concerning the Arbitral Tribunal and Mixed Commission under the Agreement on German External Debts (Bonn, 26 November 1969)
  • 10 January 2014
  • International treaty

Nuclear

• Treaty banning Nuclear Weapon Tests in the Atmosphere, in Outer Space and under Water (Moscow, 5 August 1963)
  • 10 January 2014
  • International treaty
• Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (London, 1 July 1968)
  • 10 January 2014
  • International treaty

Pollution

• Convention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping of Wastes and other Matter (London, Mexico City, Moscow, Washington, 29 December 1972 - 31 December 1973)
  • 10 January 2014
  • International treaty
• Convention on Civil Liability for Oil Pollution Damage resulting from Exploration for and Exploitation of Seabed Mineral Resources (London, 1 May 1977)
  • 10 January 2014
  • International treaty

Red locust

• International Convention for the Permanent Control of Outbreak Areas of the Red Locust (London, 22 February 1949)
  • 10 January 2014
  • International treaty
• Protocol modifying the International Convention of 22 February 1949 for the Permanent Control of Outbreak Areas of the Red Locust (London, 29 October 1953)
  • 10 January 2014
  • International treaty

Red Sea lights

• International Agreement regarding the Maintenance of Certain Lights in the Red Sea (London, 20 February 1962 - 19 August 1962)
  • 10 January 2014
  • International treaty

Science

• Convention Establishing the Square Kilometre Array Observatory (Rome, 12 March 2019)
  • 15 August 2019
  • International treaty

Space

• Treaty on Principles Governing the Activities of States in the Exploration and Use of Outer Space, including the Moon and other Celestial Bodies (London, Moscow and Washington, 27 Jan 1967)
  • 4 January 2017
  • International treaty
• Agreement on the Rescue of Astronauts, the Return of Astronauts and the Return of Objects launched into Outer Space (London, Moscow and Washington, 22 April 1968)
  • 26 January 2024
  • International treaty
• Convention on International Liability for Damage caused by Space Objects (London, Moscow and Washington, 29 March 1972)
  • 10 January 2014
  • International treaty

Submarine warfare

• Procès-Verbal relating to the Rules of Submarine Warfare set forth in Part IV of the Treaty of London of April 22, 1930 (London, 6 November 1936)
  • 10 January 2014
  • International treaty

Telecommunications

• Commonwealth Telecommunications Organisation Financial Agreement (27 January 1969)
  • 10 January 2014
  • International treaty
• Agreement terminating the Commonwealth Telecommunications Organisation Financial Agreement signed at London on 27 January 1969 (London, 30 March 1973)
  • 10 January 2014
  • International treaty
• Commonwealth Telecommunications Organisation Financial Agreement, 1973 (30 March 1973)
  • 29 March 2017
  • International treaty
• Agreement terminating the Commonwealth Telecommunications Organisation Financial Agreement, 1973 (London, 30 March 1983)
  • 10 January 2014
  • International treaty
• Commonwealth Telecommunications Organisation Financial Agreement, 1983 (London, 30 March 1983)
  • 10 January 2014
  • International treaty
• Amendments to the Commonwealth Telecommunications Organisation Financial Agreement, 1983 (2 to 4 May 1990)
  • 29 March 2017
  • International treaty

Trade

• Agreement establishing an Economic Partnership Agreement between the Eastern and Southern Africa States and the UK (London, 31 January 2019)
  • 12 February 2019
  • International treaty
• Economic Partnership Agreement between the CARIFORUM States, of the one part, and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, of the other part (Castries, 22 March 2019)
  • 2 April 2019
  • International treaty
• Trade Agreement between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, of the one part, and the Republic of Colombia, the Republic of Ecuador and the Republic of Peru, of the other part (Quito, 15 May 2019)
  • 31 May 2019
  • International treaty
• Economic Partnership Agreement between the United Kingdom, of the one part, and the Republic of Kenya, a Member of the East African Community, of the other part (London, 8 December 2020)
  • 18 December 2020
  • International treaty