TABLE OF CONTENT

Foreign Policy
Membership in Organizations
International Law and Treaties
Statements
Oman Abroad
Foreign Missions in Oman

Oman's Adherence to International Law and Norms

Oman is a strict adherent to international law and practices. In this regard, it is important to note that Oman has never broken any regional or international agreement. On both international and regional level, Oman, has signed many treaties, conventions, protocols, and agreements, and those are as follows:


Transportation & Communications


INTERNATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATION CONVENTION AND ITS ANNEXED PROTOCOLS OF 1973

INTERNATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATION CONVENTION AND ITS ANNEXED PROTOCOLS OF 1982

OPERATING AGREEMENT OF THE INTERNATIONAL MARITIME SATELLITE ORGANIZATION

PROTOCOL ON PRIVILEGES AND IMMUNITIES OF THE INTERNATIONAL MARITIME SATELLITE ORGANIZATION

AMENDMENTS TO THE CONVENTION OF THE INTERNATIONAL MARITIME SATELLITE ORGANISATION AND TO ITS OPERATING AGREEMENT

OPERATING AGREEMENT OF THE INTERNATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATION SATELLITE ORGANIZATION

PROTOCOL ON PRIVILEGES AND IMMUNITIES OF THE INTERNATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATION SATELLITE ORGANIZATION

INTERNATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATION UNION, GENEVA DOCUMENTS OF 1992

INTERNATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATION UNION, KYOTO DOCUMENTS OF 1994

AMENDED PROTOCOLS TO THE INTERNATIONAL CIVIL AVIATION CONVENTION


Environmental Protection


INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION FOR THE PREVENTION OF POLLUTION FROM SHIPS, LONDON, 1973

REGULATIONS FOR THE PREVENTION OF MARINE POLLUTION BY SEWAGE FROM SHIPS
INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION RELATING TO INTERVENTION ON THE HIGH SEAS IN CASES OF OIL POLLUTION CASUALTIES, BRUSSELS, 1969 AND ITS PROTOCOL, LONDON, 1973

INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION ON CIVIL LIABILITY FOR OIL POLLUTION DAMAGE, BRUSSELS, 1969 AND ITS PROTOCOL, LONDON, 1976

INTERNATIONAL FUND FOR COMPENSATION FOR OIL POLLUTION DAMAGE, BRUSSELS, 1971

PROTOCOL CONCERNING MARINE POLLUTION RESULTING FROM EXPLORATION AND EXPLOITATION OF THE CONTINENTAL SHELF, 1989

PROTOCOL FOR THE PROTECTION OF THE MARINE ENVIRONMENT AGAINST POLLUTION FROM LAND-BASED SOURCES

BASEL CONVENTION ON THE CONTROL OF TRANSBOUNDARY MOVEMENTS OF HAZARDOUS WASTES AND THEIR DISPOSAL

UNITED NATIONS FRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE

CONVENTION ON BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY

INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION FOR THE REGULATION OF WHALING

INTERNATIONAL REGULATIONS FOR PREVENTING COLLISIONS AT SEA

INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION FOR THE SAFETY OF LIFE AT SEA

UNITED NATIONS CONVENTION ON THE LAW OF THE SEA, 1982

INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION ON TONNAGE MEASUREMENT OF SHIPS

UNITED NATIONS CONVENTION ON CONDITIONS FOR REGISTRATION OF SHIPS, 1986

INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION ON STANDARDS OF TRAINING, CERTIFICATION AND WATCHKEEPING FOR SEAFARERS, LONDON, 1978

INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION ON SALVAGE, LONDON, 1989

CONVENTION ON TERRITORIAL SEA, CONTINENTAL SHELF AND EXCLUSIVE ECONOMIC ZONE

TREATY ON THE USE OF STRAIGHT BASELINES TO MEASURE TERRITORIAL SEA, INTERNAL WATERS AND CONTIGUOUS ZONES

INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION ON MARITIME SEARCH AND RESCUE, 1979
PROTOCOLS RELATING TO MARITIME NAVIGATION

UNITED NATIONS CONVENTION TO COMBAT DESERTIFICATION IN THOSE COUNTRIES EXPERIENCING SERIOUS DROUGHT AND/OR DESERTIFICATION, PARTICULARLY IN AFRICA, 1994

AGREEMENT RELATING TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF PART XI OF THE UNITED NATIONS CONVENTION ON THE LAW OF THE SEA, 1994

VIENNA CONVENTION ON THE PROTECTION OF THE OZONE LAYER, 1985

MONTREAL PROTOCOL ON SUBSTANCES THAT DEPLETE THE OZONE LAYER, 1987

PROTOCOL ON PRIVILEGES AND IMMUNITIES OF THE INTERNATIONAL SEABED AUTHORITY, 1998

CONVENTION ON THE LAW OF THE NON-NAVIGATIONAL USES OF INTERNATIONAL WATERCOURSES, 1997

CONVENTION ON THE PRIOR INFORMED CONSENT PROCEDURE FOR CERTAIN HAZARDOUS CHEMICALS AND PESTICIDES IN INTERNATIONAL TRADE


Combating Terrorism


CONVENTION ON THE SUPPRESSION OF UNLAWFUL ACTS AGAINST THE SAFETY OF MARITIME NAVIGATION, 1988

PROTOCOL ON THE SUPPRESSION OF UNLAWFUL ACTS AGAINST THE SAFETY OF FIXED PLATFORMS LOCATED ON THE CONTINENTAL SHELF, 1988

CONVENTION ON THE SUPPRESSION OF UNLAWFUL ACTS AGAINST THE SAFETY OF CIVIL AVIATION, 1971

PROTOCOL ON THE SUPPRESSION OF UNLAWFUL ACTS OF VIOLENCE AT AIRPORTS SERVING INTERNATIONAL CIVIL AVIATION, SUPPLEMENTARY TO THE CONVENTION FOR THE SUPPRESSION OF UNLAWFUL ACTS AGAINST THE SAFETY OF CIVIL AVIATION, 1988

INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION AGAINST THE TAKING OF HOSTAGES, 1979

CONVENTION ON THE PREVENTION AND PUNISHMENT OF CRIMES AGAINST INTERNATIONALLY PROTECTED PERSONS INCLUDING DIPLOMATIC AGENTS, 1973

CONVENTION ON THE SUPPRESSION OF UNLAWFUL SEIZURE OF AIRCRAFT, 1970

CONVENTION ON OFFENCES AND CERTAIN OTHER ACTS COMMITTED ON BOARD AIRCRAFT, TOKYO, 1963
CONVENTION ON THE MARKING OF PLASTIC EXPLOSIVES FOR THE PURPOSE OF DETECTION, MONTREAL, 1971

INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION ON THE SUPPRESSION OF TERRORIST BOMBINGS, 1998

PROTOCOL ON THE SUPPRESSION OF UNLAWFUL ACTS AGAINST THE SAFETY OF FIXED PLATFORMS LOCATED ON THE CONTINENTAL SHELF, ROME, 1988

Disarmament & Arms Control

CONVENTION ON THE PROHIBITION OF THE DEVELOPMENT, PRODUCTION, STOCKPILING AND USE OF CHEMICAL WEAPONS AND ON THEIR DESTRUCTION. PARIS, 1993

CONVENTION ON THE PROHIBITION OF THE DEVELOPMENT, PRODUCTION AND STOCKPILING OF BACTERIOLOGICAL (BIOLOGICAL) AND TOXIN WEAPONS AND THEIR DESTRUCTION (BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION), 1972

TREATY ON NON-PROLIFERATION OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS, 1968

COMPREHENSIVE NUCLEAR TEST BAN TREATY

SAFEGUARD AGREEMENT WITH THE INYERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY


Narcotic & Drugs


SINGLE CONVENTION ON NARCOTIC DRUGS, NEW YORK, 1961

SAARC CONVENTION ON NARCOTIC DRUGS AND PSYCHOTROPIC SUBSTANCES

CONVENTION ON PSYCHOTROPIC SUBSTANCES

UNITED NATIONS CONVENTION AGAINST ILLICIT TRAFFIC IN NARCOTIC DRUGS AND SYCHOTROPIC SUBSTANCES, VIENNA, 1971.

UNITED NATIONS CONVENTION ON NARCOTIC DRUGS AND PSYCHOTROPIC SUBSTANCES


Science, Education and Culture


AGREEMENT ON THE IMPORTATION OF EDUCATIONAL, SCIENTIFIC AND CULTURAL MATERIALS (FLORENCE AGREEMENT), NEW YORK, 1950

CONVENTION FOR THE PROTECTION OF CULTURAL PROPERTY IN THE EVENT OF ARMED CONFLICT, THE HAGUE, 1954

SECOND PROTOCOL TO THE HAGUE CONVENTION FOR THE PROTECTION OF CULTURAL PROPERTY IN THE EVENT OF ARMED CONFLICT, THE HAGUE, 1999

CONVENTION ON THE MEANS OF PROHIBITING AND PREVENTING THE ILLICIT IMPORT, EXPORT AND TRANSFER OF OWNERSHIP OF CULTURAL PROPERTY, PARIS, 1970

CONVENTION FOR THE PROTECTION OF THE WORLD CULTURAL AND NATURAL HERITAGE, 1972

CONVENTION ON THE RECOGNITION OF STUDIES, DIPLOMAS AND DEGREES IN HIGHER EDUCATION IN THE ARAB STATES

CONVENTION ON TECHNICAL AND VOCATIONAL EDUCATION IN 1989

PARIS CONVENTION FOR THE PROTECTION OF INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY, 1883

BERNE CONVENTION FOR THE PROTECTION OF LITERARY AND ARTISTIC WORKS AS REVISED IN PARIS, 1971


Human Rights and Humanitarian Law


INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION ON THE ELIMINATION OF ALL FORMS OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION, NEW YORK, 1966

CONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD, NEW YORK, 1989.

GENEVA CONVENTION FOR THE AMELIORATION OF THE CONDITION OF WOUNDED, SICK IN ARMED FORCES IN THE FIELD

GENEVA CONVENTION FOR THE AMELIORATION FOR THE WOUNDED, SICK AND SHIPWRECKED MEMBER OF ARMED FORCES AT SEA

GENEVA CONVENTION RELATIVE TO THE TREATMENT OF PRISONERS OF WAR

GENEVA CONVENTION RELATIVE TO THE PROTECTION OF CIVIL PERSONS IN TIME OF WAR

ADDITIONAL PROTOCOL TO THE GENEVA CONVENTIONS RELATING TO THE PROTECTION OF VICTIMS OF INTERNATIONAL ARMED CONFLICTS [PROTOCOL I], GENEVA, 1977

ADDITIONAL PROTOCOL TO THE GENEVA CONVENTIONS RELATING TO THE PROTECTION OF VICTIMS OF NON-INTERNATIONAL ARMED CONFLICTS [PROTOCOL II] GENEVA, 1977


Other Instruments


NAIROBI CONVENTION ON THE PROTECTION OF THE OLYMPIC SYMBOL

CONVENTION ON THE INTERNATIONAL HYDROGRAPHIC ORGANISATION DONE AT MONACO ON 3 MAY 1967

INTERNATIONAL PLANT PROTECTION CONVENTION OF 6 DECEMBER 1951

VIENNA CONVENTION ON THE LAW OF TREATIES 23 MAY 1969

CONVENTION ON THE SETTLEMENT OF INVESTMENT DISPUTES BETWEEN STATES AND NATIONALS OF OTHER STATES, 1965

CONVENTION ON THE RECOGNITION AND ENFORCEMENT OF FOREIGN ARBITRAL AWARDS, 1958

AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT OF THE SYLTNATE OF OMAN AND THE MIDDLE EAST DESALINATION RESEARCH CENTER, OMAN, 1996

AGREEMENT ON THE FACILITATION OF TRADE COOPERATION BETWEEN THE ARAB STATES

ARAB AGREEMENT ON THE COMBATING OF TERRORISM

ARAB AGENCY FOR THE CLASSIFICATION OF VESSELS

ANNEX PROTCOL CONCERNING THE CONVENING OF THE COUNCIL FOR THE LEAGUE OF ARAB STATES AT THE LEVEL OF HEAD OF STATES


International Organizations


CONSTITUTION OF THE INTERNATIONAL LABOUR ORGANISATION DONE AT VERSAILLES, 1919

CONVENTION ON THE ESTABLISHMENT OF MULTILATERAL INVESTMENT GUARANTEE AGENCY DONE AT SEOUL, 1985

MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT OF THE SULTANATE OF OMAN AND UNESCO RELATING TO THE SILK ROADS PROJECT, 1988

BASIC AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT OF THE SULTANATE OF OMAN AND UNICEF

CONSTITUTION OF THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION AND ITS AMENDMENTS TO ARTICLE 24 AND 25 OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION

AGREEMENT ESTABLISHING THE INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND (IMF)

THIRD AMENDENETS FOR THE AGREEMENT ESTABLISHING INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND (IMF),

FOURTH AMENDEMNET FOR THE AGREEMENT ESTABLISHING INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND (IMF)
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AGREEMENT ESTABLISHING INTERNATIONAL BANK FOR RECONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT (IBRD)

AGREEMENT ESTABLISHING INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION (IDB)

AGREEMENT ON THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE INTERNATIONAL FINANCE CORPORATION DONE AT WASHINGTON, 1955

CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED NATIONS INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION (UNIDO), DONE AT VIENNA, 1979

BASIC AGREEMENT CONCLUDED BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT OF THE SULTANATE OF OMAN AND THE UNIDO

AGREEMENT ESTABLISHING THE INTERNATIONAL FUND FOR AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT (IFAD), ROME, 1976

CONVENTION ESTABLISHING THE WORLD INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ORGANISATION DONE AT STOCKHOLM, 1967 AS AMENDED IN 1979

AGREEMENT FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE INDIAN OCEAN TUNA COMMISSION, ROME 1993

AGREEMENT ON THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE INTERNATIONAL VACCINE INSTITUTE, ROK 1996

INTERNATIONAL CUSTOMS ORGANIZATION


Treaties Among the Arab States


ARAB SATELLLITE COMMUNICATIONS ORGANISATION (ARABSAT), RIYADH, 1974

CONSTITUTION OF THE ARAB TELECOMMUNICATIONS UNION, 1953

OPERATING AGREEMENT FOR THE ARAB SATELLLITE COMMUNICATIONS ORGANISATION (ARABSAT), 1991

ARAB POSTAL UNION DOCUMENTS (X SESSION), ALGIERS, 1979

ARAB POSTAL UNION DOCUMENTS (XI SESSION), BAGHDAD, 1980

ARAB POSTAL UNION DOCUMENTS (XII SESSION)

ARAB PLANNING INSTITUTE - KUWAIT

JOINT DEFENCE AND ECONOMIC CO-OPERATION AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE ARAB STATES RELATING TO THE ESTABLSHIMENT OF THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL FOR THE LEAGUE OF ARAB STATES (ARICLE II)

AGREEMENT ON THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE ARAB TOURISM ORGANIZATION
ARAB INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AND MINING ORGANISATION, RABAT, 1990

CULTURAL TREATY OF THE ARAB LEAGUE, 1946

AIR SERVICE TRANSIT AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE ARAB STATES

AGREEMENT ON THE ESTABLISHMENT OF CIVIL AVIATION ORGANIZATION FOR THE ARAB STATES

AGREEMENT ON THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE ARAB MONETARY FUND AND ITS ACCOMPANYING RULE OF PROCEDURES, 1977

ARAB BANK FOR EXTERNAL TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT - MUSCAT BRANCH


Treaties Among the Gulf States


AGREEMENT CONCERNING THE ESTALISHMENT OF THE GULF BROADCATING TELEVISION

AGREEMENT ON THE ASSOCIATION OF GCC NEWS AGENCIES

GENERAL RULES FOR THE GULF POSTAL AGENCY

FIRST ADDITIONAL PROTOCOL FOR THE GULF POSATL AGAENCY
GULF POSTAL AGREEMENT, ABHA

AMENDED CONVENTUION FOR THE GCC POSTAL AGENCY

REGIONAL CONVENTION FOR COOPERATION ON THE PROTECTION OF THE MARINE ENVIRONMENT FROM POLLUTION, KUWAIT, 1978

OPERATING AGREEMENT FOR THE GULF INVESTMENT CORPORATION (GIC) AND ITS STATUTE

COOPERATION AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY AND THE ARAB STATES OF THE GULF COOPERATION COUNCIL, 1989

SECURITY AGREEMENT AMONG THE STATES MEMBERS OF THE GULF COOPERATION COUNCIL, 1994

SECURITY AGREEMENT AMONG THE STATES MEMBERS OF THE GULF COOPERATION COUNCIL, 2001

ECONOMIC AGREEMENT AMONG THE STATES MEMBERS OF THE GULF COOPERATION COUNCIL, 2001

AGREEMENT FOR THE ESTBALISHMENT OF THE GULF ORGANIZATION FOR INDUSTRIAL CONSULTING (GOIC), 1976

STATUTE OF THE ARAB BUREAU OF EDUCATION FOR THE GULF STATES (ABEGS)

TREATY ON THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE ARABIAN GULF UNIVERSITY, BAHRAIN

FOLKLORE CENTRE FOR THE ARAB STATES IN THE GULF, DOHA, QATAR

AGREEMENT ON PRIVILEGES AND IMMUNITIES IN GCC STATES

 

 

 
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