The Cartagena Convention has been ratified by 26 United Nations Member States in the Wider Caribbean Region. It covers the marine environment of the Gulf of Mexico, the Caribbean Sea and the areas of the Atlantic Ocean adjacent thereto, south of 30 north latitude and within 200 nautical miles of the Atlantic Coasts of the States.
- Ratification Map for the Cartagena Convention and Oil Spills Protocol
- Ratification Map for the LBS or Pollution Protocol
- Ratification Map for the SPAW or Marine Biodiversity Protocol
How to ratify our Convention and its protocols?
Any State in the Wider Caribbean Region that wishes to join the Cartagena Convention and/or any of its Protocols so may by ratification or accession.
Instruments of ratification or accession to the Convention shall be deposited with the Government of the Republic of Colombia, which function as Depositary for the Cartagena Convention.
To ratify or accede, a Government's Ministry of Foreign Affairs must obtain a certified copy of the Cartagena Convention and the Protocol that they wish to ratify/accede to.
Contact Information for Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Colombia.
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Division of International Co-operation
Calle 10 No.35-52
Palacio de San Carlos
Bogota, Colombia
Telephone: (571) 566-7077
Telefax: (571) 562-5903/341 6777
