Written answers
Tuesday, 23 October 2007
Department of Foreign Affairs
International Agreements
10:00 pm
Róisín Shortall (Dublin North West, Labour)
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Question 115: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the United Nations instruments awaiting ratification that will be ratified in the current Dáil term and which he expects to have ratified in the lifetime of this Government. [24975/07]
Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)
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As the Deputy will be aware, there is a large number of international agreements within the UN framework, covering a very wide range of subjects and falling within the functional responsibility of a number of Departments.
A list of the international agreements within the UN framework which have been signed but not ratified by Ireland (apart from those which have been superseded by subsequent agreements) is as follows, indicating the lead Government Department with responsibility in each case. I have asked my officials to check with each of the relevant Departments concerning their current plans for ratification of these instruments, and I will communicate this information separately to the Deputy as soon as possible.
| UN Agreements signed but not yet ratified by Ireland | |||
| No. | Title: | Date of Signature: | Department responsible: |
| 1 | Optional Protocol to the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, concerning the Compulsory Settlement of Disputes | 18 April 1961 | DFA |
| 2 | Optional Protocol to the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations, concerning the Compulsory Settlement of Disputes | 24 April 1963 | DFA |
| 3 | Agreement concerning the Adoption of Uniform Conditions for Periodical Technical Inspections of Wheeled Vehicles and the Reciprocal Recognition of such Inspections | 13 November 1997 | Transport |
| 4 | Protocol to the 1979 Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution on Persistent Organic Pollutants | 24 June 1998 | Environment & Local Government |
| 5 | Protocol to the 1979 Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution on Heavy Metals | 24 June 1998 | Environment & Local Government |
| 6 | Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-Making, and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters | 25 June 1998 | Environment & Local Government |
| 7 | Protocol to the 1979 Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution to abate Acidification, Eutrophication and Ground Level Ozone | 1 December 1999 | Environment & Local Government |
| 8 | Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the Sale of Children, Child Prostitution and Child Pornography | 7 September 2000 | D/JELR |
| 9 | UN Convention against Transnational Organized Crime | 13 December 2000 | D/JELR |
| 10 | Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, especially Women and Children, supplementing the UN Convention against Transnational Organised Crime | 13 December 2000 | D/JELR |
| 11 | Protocol against the Smuggling of Migrants by Land, Sea and Air, supplementing the UN Convention against Transnational Organised Crime | 13 December 2000 | D/JELR |
| 12 | Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants | 23 May 2001 | Environment & Local Government |
| 13 | Protocol on Strategic Environmental Assessment to the Convention on Environmental Impact Assessment in a Transboundary Context | 21 May 2003 | Environment & Local Government |
| 14 | Protocol on Pollutant Release and Transfer Registers | 21 May 2003 | Environment & Local Government |
| 15 | UN Convention against Corruption | 9 December 2003 | D/JELR |
| 16 | International Convention for the Suppression of Acts of Nuclear Terrorism | 15 September 2005 | D/JELR |
| 17 | The International Convention for the Protection of all Persons from Enforced Disappearances | 29 March 2007 | D/JELR |
| 18 | The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities | 30 March 2007 | D/JELR |
| 19 | Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment | 2 October 2007 | D/JELR |
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