Notification
Denunciation of the Convention by the Russian Federation
Date: 22.12.2025
To: Heads of Administrative Authorities and National Focal Points
On 3 September 2025 the Secretariat of the Convention on Wetlands was informed by the Office of International Standards and Legal Affairs of UNESCO, the depository of the Convention, that it had received notification of denunciation of the Convention by the Russian Federation.
The Director-General of UNESCO received this notification on 21 August 2025. In accordance with Article 11 (2) of the Convention, the denunciation of the Convention, asamended in 1982 and in 1987, took effect four months after the date of receipt, that is to say on 21 December 2025. The Convention now has 172 Contracting Parties.
The Secretariat has updated the Convention website (www.ramsar.org) and the Ramsar Sites Information Service (rsis.ramsar.org) to reflect this.
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