Convention on the Prohibition of Military or Any Hostile Use of Environmental Modification Techniques (ENMOD), 1976 08/04/1977 (s) None Convention on Mercenaries, 1989 10/23/2008 (r) The Syrian Arab Republic has reservations on paragraph 1 article 17 of the Convention. TREATIES RELATING TO HUMAN RIGHTS LAW42 (general) International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, 1966 04/21/1969 (r) The Syrian Arab Republic does not consider itself bound by the provisions of article 22 of the Convention, under which any dispute between two or more States Parties with respect to the interpretation or application of the Convention is, at the request of any of the Parties to the dispute, to be referred to the International Court of Justice for decision. The Syrian Arab Republic states that, in each individual case, the consent of all parties to such a dispute is necessary for referring the dispute to the International Court of Justice. International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, 1966 04/21/1969 (r) International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, 1966 04/21/1969 (r) The Syrian Arab Republic considers that paragraph 1 of article 26 of the Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and paragraph 1 of article 48 of the Covenant on Civil and Political Rights are incompatible with the purposes and objectives of the said Covenants, inasmuch as they do not allow all States, without distinction or discrimination, the opportunity to become parties to 33