Telecommunications (International Conventions) Notification No. 1 of 1997 (Cth)

COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA

Telecommunications Act 1997

Telecommunications (International Conventions)

Notification No. 1 of 1997

I, RICHARD KENNETH ROBERT ALSTON, Minister for Communications and the Arts, under section 580 of the Telecommunications Act 1997, notify the Australian Communications Authority of each convention specified in the Schedule.

Dated 18 June 1997.

RICHARD ALSTON

Minister for Communications and the Arts

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SCHEDULE

Item	Convention	Done at	Date
1	Convention for the Protection of Submarine Telegraph Cables	Paris	14 March 1884
2	Plant Protection Agreement for the Asia and Pacific region (as amended in 1979 and by the 1994 Amendment)	Rome	27 February 1956
3	Convention on the High Seas	Geneva	29 April 1958
4	Convention on Wetlands of International Importance Especially as Waterfowl Habitat (as amended by the 1982 Protocol and the 1987 Amendment)	Ramsar	2 February 1971
5	Agreement relating to the International Telecommunications Satellite Organisation (INTELSAT) (as amended by the 1994  Amendment)	Washington	20 August 1971

SCHEDULE––continued

Item	Convention	Done at	Date
6	Operating Agreement relating to the International Telecommunications Satellite Organisation (INTELSAT) (as amended by the 1995 Amendment)	Washington	20 August 1971
7	Convention on International Liability for Damage caused by Space Objects	London, Moscow, Washington	29 March 1972
8	Convention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping of Wastes and Other Matter (the London Convention)	London	29 December 1972
9	Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage	Paris	23 December 1972
10	Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (as amended by the 1979 and 1983 Amendments)	Washington	3 March 1973
11	Agreement between the Government of Australia and the Government of Japan for the Protection of Migratory Birds and Birds in Danger of Extinction and their Environment	Tokyo	6 February 1974
12	Convention relating to the distribution of Programme-Carrying Signals Transmitted by Satellite	Brussels	21 May 1974
13	Convention on Registration of Objects Launched into Outer Space	New York	14 January 1975
14	Constitution of the Asia-Pacific Telecommunity (under the auspices of ESCAP) (as amended by the 1981 and 1991 Amendments)	Bangkok	27 March 1976

SCHEDULE––continued

Item	Convention	Done at	Date
15	Convention on the Conservation of Nature in the South Pacific	Apia	12 June 1976
16	Convention on the International Maritime Satellite Organisation (INMARSAT) (as amended by the 1985, 1989 and 1994 Amendments)	London	3 September 1976
17	Operating Agreement on the International Maritime Satellite Organisation (INMARSAT) (as amended by the 1985, 1989 and 1994 Amendments)	London	3 September 1976
18	Treaty between Australia and the Independent State of Papua New Guinea concerning Sovereignty and Maritime Boundaries in the area between the two Countries, including the area known as Torres Strait, and Related Matters	Sydney	18 December 1978
19	Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals	Bonn	23 June 1979
20	Revised Text of the International Plant Protection Convention of 6 December 1951	Rome	28 November 1979
21	United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea	Montego Bay	10 December 1982
22	Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer	Vienna	22 March 1985
23	International Agreement on the Use of INMARSAT Ship Earth Stations within the Territorial Seas and Ports	London	16 October 1985
24	Agreement between the Government of Australia and the Government of the People’s Republic of China for the Protection of Migratory Birds and their Environment	Canberra	20 October 1986

SCHEDULE––continued

Item	Convention	Done at	Date
25	Convention for the Protection of the Natural Resources and Environment of the South Pacific Region	Noumea	24 November 1986
26	Protocol for the Prevention of Pollution of the South Pacific Region by Dumping	Noumea	24 November 1986
27	Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer (as amended by the 1992 and 1994 Amendments)	Montreal	16 September 1987
28	The International COSPAS-SARSAT (Search and Rescue Satellite) Programme Agreement	Paris	1 July 1988
29	Convention on the Controls of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal	Basel	22 March 1989
30	Treaty on the Zone of Cooperation in an Area between the Indonesian Province of East Timor and Northern Australia (Timor Gap Treaty)	Timor Sea	11 December 1989
31	Agreement between the Government of Australia and the Government of the USSR on Cooperation in the Field of Protection and Enhancement of the Environment	Canberra	15 February 1990
32	Letter of Notification of Association (of Australia) with the International COSPAS-SARSAT Programme as a Ground Segment Provider	London	23 May 1991
33	Convention on Biological Diversity	Rio de Janiero	5 June 1992
34	United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change	New York	9 May 1992

SCHEDULE––continued

Item	Convention	Done at		Date
35	Constitution and Convention of the International Telecommunication Union which includes the Administrative Regulations (International Telecommunication Regulations and Radio Regulations) (as amended by the 1994 Amendments) Optional Protocol on the Compulsory Settlements of Disputes relating to the Constitution of the International Telecommunication Union, the Convention of the International Telecommunication Union and to the Administrative Regulations (International Telecommunication Regulations and Radio Regulations) as set out in the Final Acts of the Additional Plenipotentiary Conference 1992	Geneva	22 December 1992
36	Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organization	Marrakesh	15 April 1994
37	Agreement relating to the Implementation of Part XI of the United Nations Convention of the Law of the Sea on 10 December 1982	New York	5 October 1994
38	World Trade Organisation Information Technology Agreement	Singapore	13 December 1996
39	World Trade Organisation Group on Basic Telecommunications Agreement	Geneva	15 February 1997