We, Qaboos bin Said, the Sultan of Oman
after perusal of Royal Decree 26/75 Issuing the Law Governing the Administrative Apparatus of the State and its amendments,
the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change of 1992,
and the Convention on Biological Diversity of 1992,
and in pursuance of public interest,
have decreed as follows
Article I
The accession of the Sultanate of Oman to the following international agreements is hereby approved:
1. The mentioned Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal.
2. The mentioned United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.
3. The mentioned Convention on Biological Diversity.
Article II
Competent entities shall deposit the instruments of accession with the Secretary-General of the United Nations in accordance with the provisions of each of the three conventions.
Article III
This decree must be published in the Official Gazette, and comes into force from the date of its issuance.
Issued on: 4 Rajab 1415
Corresponding to: 7 December 1994
Qaboos bin Said
Sultan of Oman
Published in Official Gazette 541 issued on 17 December 1994.