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Treaty Name	Host Institution	Date of Adoption (Treaty)	Entry into Force (Treaty)
New Zealand - Hong Kong, China: Closer Economic Partnership Agreement		March 29, 2010	January 1, 2011
Agreement between Australia and the European Community on Trade in Wine		December 1, 2008	September 1, 2010
Free Trade Agreement between the Republic of Colombia and the EFTA States		November 25, 2008	July 1, 2011
Free Trade Agreement between Canada and Peru		May 29, 2008	August 1, 2009
Free Trade Agreement between the Government of New Zealand and the Government of the People's Republic of China		April 7, 2008	October 1, 2008
Agreement between Japan and Indonesia for an Economic Partnership		August 20, 2007	July 1, 2008
United States - Panama Trade Promotion Agreement		June 28, 2007	October 31, 2012
Agreement between Japan and the Kingdom of Thailand for an Economic Partnership		April 3, 2007	November 1, 2007
Treaty between the Government of the Russian Federation and the Government of the State of Qatar concerning the Encouragement and Reciprocal Protection of Investments		February 12, 2007	June 4, 2009
United States - Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement		November 22, 2006	May 15, 2012
Agreement on encouragement and reciprocal protection of investments between the Kingdom of the Netherlands and the Republic of Suriname		March 31, 2005	October 1, 2006
Agreement on encouragement and reciprocal protection of investments between the Government of the Republic of Malawi and the Government of the Kingdom of the Netherlands		December 11, 2003	November 1, 2007
Agreement between the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Government of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam for the Promotion and Protection of Investments		August 1, 2002	August 1, 2002
Treaty between the Government of the State of Qatar and the Republic of Turkey concerning the Reciprocal Promotion and Protection of Investments		December 25, 2001	February 12, 2008
Agreement between the Government of the State of Qatar and the Government of the Republic of Finland on the Promotion and Protection of Investments		November 12, 2001	May 8, 2003
Agreement between New Zealand and Singapore on a Closer Economic Partnership		November 14, 2000	January 1, 2001
Agreement between the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Government of the Republic of Sierra Leone for the Promotion and Protection of Investments		January 13, 2000	November 20, 2001
Agreement between the Government of the State of Qatar and the Government of the Republic of India on the Reciprocal Promotion and Protection of Investments		April 7, 1999	December 15, 1999
Agreement between the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Government of the Kingdom of Tonga for the Promotion and Protection of Investments		October 22, 1997	October 22, 1997
Agreement between the Government of the State of Israel and the Government of the Czech Republic for the Reciprocal Promotion and Protection of Investments		September 23, 1997	March 16, 1999
Agreement between the Government of the State of Israel and the Government of the Republic of Moldova for the Reciprocal Promotion and Protection of Investments		June 22, 1997	March 16, 1999
Agreement between the Government of the State of Israel and the Government of the Republic of Turkey for the Reciprocal Promotion and Protection of Investments		March 14, 1996	August 27, 1998
Agreement between the Government of the State of Israel and the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan for the Reciprocal Promotion and Protection of Investments		December 27, 1995	February 19, 1997
Agreement between the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Government of the Kingdom of Swaziland for the Promotion and Protection of Investments		May 5, 1995	May 5, 1995
Agreement between the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Government of the Republic of Venezuela for the Promotion and Protection of Investments		March 15, 1995	August 1, 1996
Agreement between the Government of the State of Israel and the Government of the Republic of Uzbekistan for the Reciprocal Promotion and Protection of Investments		July 4, 1994	February 18, 1997
Agreement between the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Government of the Republic of Belarus for the Promotion and Protection of Investments		March 1, 1994	December 28, 1994
Agreement between the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Government of the Oriental Republic of Uruguay for the Promotion and Protection of Investments		October 21, 1991	August 1, 1997
Agreement between the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Government of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics for the Promotion and Protection of Investments		April 6, 1989	July 3, 1991
Swakopmund Protocol on the Protection of Traditional Knowledge and Expressions of Folklore within the Framework of the African Regional Intellectual Property Organization (ARIPO)	Host Institution: African Regional Intellectual Property Organization (ARIPO)	August 9, 2010	May 11, 2015
Treaty Establishing the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa	Host Institution: Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA)	November 5, 1993	December 8, 1994
Treaty for the Establishment of the East African Community	Host Institution: East African Community (EAC)	November 30, 1999	July 7, 2000
Agreement for the establishment of the Global Crop Diversity Trust	Host Institution: Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)	October 4, 2003	October 21, 2004
International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture	Host Institution: Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)	November 3, 2001	June 29, 2004
Agreement under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea on the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine Biological Diversity of Areas beyond National Jurisdiction	Host Institution: United Nations (UN)	June 19, 2023
Amendment to the Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-Making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters	Host Institution: United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE)	May 27, 2005
Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization to the Convention on Biological Diversity	Host Institution: United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Host Institution: Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) Secretariat	October 29, 2010	October 12, 2014
Nagoya - Kuala Lumpur Supplementary Protocol on Liability and Redress to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety	Host Institution: United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Host Institution: Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) Secretariat	October 15, 2010	March 5, 2018
Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety to the Convention on Biological Diversity	Host Institution: United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Host Institution: Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) Secretariat	January 29, 2000	September 11, 2003
Convention on Biological Diversity	Host Institution: United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Host Institution: Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) Secretariat	June 5, 1992	December 29, 1993

Treaty Name

Host Institution

Date of Adoption (Treaty)

Entry into Force (Treaty)

New Zealand - Hong Kong, China: Closer Economic Partnership Agreement

March 29, 2010

January 1, 2011

Agreement between Australia and the European Community on Trade in Wine

December 1, 2008

September 1, 2010

Free Trade Agreement between the Republic of Colombia and the EFTA States

November 25, 2008