Basic Documents
Convention on the Establishment of the International Organization for Mediation
Signatories to the Convention & Declarations
Signatories to the IOMed Convention and their Declarations
16 Contracting States: China, Nicaragua, Venezuela, Congo, Kiribati, Pakistan, Kenya, Dominica, Central African Republic, Myanmar, Cambodia, Belarus, Mauritania, Serbia, Cuba, Sierra Leone
46 Signatory States: Algeria, Angola, Belarus, Benin, Cambodia, Cameroon, Central African Republic, China, Congo, Cuba, Djibouti, Dominica, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea Bissau, Indonesia, Iran, Jamaica, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kiribati, Kyrgyzstan, Lao PDR, Liberia, Mauritania, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nauru, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Serbia, Solomon Islands, Sudan, Tajikistan, Timor-Leste, Togo, Uganda, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Zimbabwe
1 Acceding State: Sierra Leone
Declarations by Contracting States：
China
In accordance with Article 25 and 29 of the Convention, the People’s Republic of China will not submit its disputes arising under the World Trade Organization to the International Organization for Mediation.
In accordance with the Basic Law of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the PRC and the Basic Law of the Macao Special Administrative Region of the PRC, the Government of the PRC decides that the Convention applies to the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and the Macao Special Administrative Region of the PRC. (Courtesy translation, original language: Chinese)
Venezuela
Disputes related to the vital interests of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, such as independence, territorial sovereignty, maritime delimitation, maritime interests or other issues concerning the territory and free exercise of sovereignty of the Republic, are excluded from the mediation services provided by the International Organization for Mediation. (Courtesy translation, original language: Spanish)
Myanmar
Pursuant to Article 29, the Republic of the Union of Myanmar hereby declares that the mediation service under the Convention shall not be applicable to matters that it considers inappropriate for such process, including, but not limited to, issues relating to territorial sovereignty between States, delimitation of maritime boundaries, maritime entitlements, or any matters that require intergovernmental negotiations and agreement, in accordance with the Article 29.
The Republic of the Union of Myanmar declares that the application of this Convention shall be in conformity with its domestic laws and regulations.
Cuba
The Republic of Cuba, in its conditions of Contracting State, shall not submit to the Organization such disputes as may arise with respect to:
1. The sovereignty exercised by a State over its national territory; the environment and its natural resources, whether living or non-living, of the seabed and its subsoil; as well as maritime spaces under its jurisdiction; and
2. Commercial or investment disputes between a State and a national of another State. (Courtesy translation, original language: Spanish)
States that have signed or endorsed the Joint Statement on the Future Establishment of the International Organization for Mediation
Algeria, Belarus, Cambodia, Cameroon, China, Côte d’Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Madagascar, Pakistan, Serbia，Sri Lanka, Sudan, Thailand, and Zimbabwe.
Headquarters Agreement
Coming soon.
The IOMed will negotiate a host country agreement with the Government of the People’s Republic of China in conformity with Chapter X Privileges and Immunities of the IOMed Convention in due course.