The Ratification of Maritime Conventions
Chapter I.7.521
PROTOCOL CONCERNING SPECIALLY PROTECTED AREAS AND WILDLIFE TO THE CONVENTION FOR THE PROTECTION AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE MARINE ENVIRONMENT OF THE WIDER CARIBBEAN REGION
ADOPTED: Done at Kingston 18 January 1990
ENTERED INTO FORCE: 18 June 2000
DEPOSITARY: Government of the Federal Republic of Colombia
SECRETARY: United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
IMPLEMENTATION
SIGNATURE
Article XXVIII
This Protocol shall be open for signature at Kingston, from 18 January 1990 to 31 January 1990 and at Bogota from 1 February 1990 to 17 January 1991 by any Party to the Convention.
RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER CONVENTIONS DEALING WITH THE SPECIAL PROTECTION OF WILDLIFE
Article XXV
Nothing in this Protocol shall be interpreted in a way that may affect the rights and obligations of Parties under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna or Flora (CITES) and the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS).
TRANSITIONAL CLAUSE
Article XXVI
1. The initial version of the annexes, which constitute an integral part of the Protocol, shall be adopted by consensus at a Conference of Plenipotentiaries of the Contracting Parties to the Convention.
ENTRY INTO FORCE
Article XXVII
1. The Protocol and its annexes, once adopted by the Contracting Parties to the Convention, will enter into force in conformity with the procedure established in paragraph 2 of Article 28 of the Convention.
2. The Protocol shall not enter into force until the initial annexes have been adopted in accordance with Article 26.