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
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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 | |