18 August 2015: Since the month of May, the UNFCCC Secretariat has reported that Azerbaijan, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Ethiopia, Liberia, Maldives, the Republic of Korea, San Marino, Seychelles, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda and Viet Nam have accepted the Doha Amendment, which formalizes commitments for the second commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol (2013-2020). These announcements bring the total number of Parties that have deposited their instruments of acceptance to 41.

The Doha Amendment to the Kyoto Protocol was adopted by decision 1/CMP.8 at the eighth session of the Conference of the Parties serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol (CMP 8), which took place in Doha, Qatar, from 26 November to 8 December 2012. Azerbaijan deposited its instrument of acceptance to the Depositary on 1 July 2015; DRC, on 14 May 2015; Ethiopia, on 26 June 2015; Liberia, on 17 August 2015; Maldives, on 1 July 2015; the Republic of Korea, on 27 May 2015; San Marino, on 4 August 2015; Seychelles, on 15 July 2015; Trinidad and Tobago, on 6 August 2015; Uganda, on 8 July 2015; and Viet Nam, on 22 June 2015.

The UN is encouraging governments to ratify the amendment as soon as possible. In August 2014, the UNFCCC Secretariat wrote to governments asking for an update on preparations for ratification. The amendment will enter into force when 144 or three-quarters of Parties to the Protocol have submitted instruments of acceptance. [UNFCCC Press Release on Azerbaijan] [UNFCCC Press Release on DRC] [UNFCCC Press Release on Ethiopia] [UNFCCC Press Release on Liberia] [UNFCCC Press Release on Maldives] [UNFCCC Press Release on Republic of Korea] [UNFCCC Press Release on San Marino] [UNFCCC Press Release on Seychelles] [UNFCCC Press Release on Trinidad and Tobago] [UNFCCC Press Release on Uganda] [UNFCCC Press Release on Viet Nam] [UNFCCC Notification] [Status of the Doha Amendment]