Convention on the Means of Prohibiting and Preventing the Illicit Import, Export and Transfer of Ownership of Cultural Property. Paris, 14 November 1970.¹

States	Group	Date of deposit of instrument	Type of instrument
Afghanistan	IV	08/09/2005	Acceptance
Albania	II	13/06/2002	Acceptance
Algeria	Vb	24/06/1974	Ratification
Angola	Va	07/11/1991	Ratification
Argentina	III	11/01/1973	Ratification
Armenia	II	05/09/1993	Notification of succession
Australia	IV	30/10/1989	Acceptance
Austria	I	15/07/2015	Ratification
Azerbaijan	II	25/08/1999	Ratification
Bahamas	III	09/10/1997	Ratification
Bahrain	Vb	07/03/2014	Ratification
Bangladesh	IV	09/12/1987	Ratification
Barbados	III	10/04/2002	Acceptance
Belarus	II	28/04/1988	Ratification
Belgium	I	31/03/2009	Ratification
Belize	III	26/01/1990	Ratification
Bhutan	IV	26/09/2002	Ratification
Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	III	04/10/1976	Ratification
Bosnia and Herzegovina	II	12/07/1993	Notification of succession
Brazil	III	16/02/1973	Ratification
Bulgaria	II	15/09/1971	Ratification
Burkina Faso	Va	07/04/1987	Ratification
Cambodia	IV	26/09/1972	Ratification
Cameroon	Va	24/05/1972	Ratification
Canada	I	28/03/1978	Acceptance
Central African Republic	Va	01/02/1972	Ratification
Chad	Va	17/06/2008	Ratification
Chile	III	18/04/2014	Ratification
China	IV	28/11/1989	Acceptance
Colombia	III	24/05/1988	Acceptance
Costa Rica	III	06/03/1996	Ratification
Côte d'Ivoire	Va	30/10/1990	Ratification
Croatia	II	06/07/1992	Notification of succession
Cuba	III	30/01/1980	Ratification
Cyprus	I	19/10/1979	Ratification
Czech Republic	II	26/03/1993	Notification of succession
Democratic People's Republic of Korea	IV	13/05/1983	Ratification
Democratic Republic of the Congo	Va	23/09/1974	Ratification
Denmark	I	26/03/2003	Ratification
Dominican Republic	III	07/03/1973	Ratification
Ecuador	III	24/03/1971	Acceptance
Egypt	Vb	05/04/1973	Acceptance
El Salvador	III	20/02/1978	Ratification
Equatorial Guinea	Va	17/06/2010	Ratification
Estonia	II	27/10/1995	Ratification
Finland	I	14/06/1999	Ratification
France	I	07/01/1997	Ratification
Gabon	Va	29/08/2003	Acceptance
Georgia	II	04/11/1992	Notification of succession
Germany	I	30/11/2007	Ratification
Ghana	Va	20/01/2016	Ratification
Greece	I	05/06/1981	Ratification
Grenada	III	10/09/1992	Acceptance
Guatemala	III	14/01/1985	Ratification
Guinea	Va	18/03/1979	Ratification
Haiti	III	08/02/2010	Ratification
Honduras	III	19/03/1979	Ratification
Hungary	II	23/10/1978	Ratification
Iceland	I	09/11/2004	Ratification
India	IV	24/01/1977	Ratification
Iran (Islamic Republic of)	IV	27/01/1975	Acceptance
Iraq	Vb	12/02/1973	Acceptance
Italy	I	02/10/1978	Ratification
Japan	IV	09/09/2002	Acceptance
Jordan	Vb	15/03/1974	Ratification
Kazakhstan	IV	09/02/2012	Ratification
Kuwait	Vb	22/06/1972	Acceptance
Kyrgyzstan	IV	03/07/1995	Acceptance
Lao People's Democratic Republic	IV	22/12/2015	Acceptance
Lebanon	Vb	25/08/1992	Ratification
Lesotho	Va	17/07/2013	Ratification
Libya	Vb	09/01/1973	Ratification
Lithuania	II	27/07/1998	Ratification
Luxembourg	I	03/02/2015	Ratification
Madagascar	Va	21/06/1989	Ratification
Mali	Va	06/04/1987	Ratification
Mauritania	Vb	27/04/1977	Ratification
Mauritius	Va	27/02/1978	Acceptance
Mexico	III	04/10/1972	Acceptance
Mongolia	IV	23/05/1991	Acceptance
Montenegro	II	26/04/2007	Notification of succession
Morocco	Vb	03/02/2003	Ratification
Myanmar	IV	05/09/2013	Ratification
Nepal	IV	23/06/1976	Ratification
Netherlands	I	17/07/2009	Acceptance
New Zealand	IV	01/02/2007	Acceptance
Nicaragua	III	19/04/1977	Ratification
Niger	Va	16/10/1972	Ratification
Nigeria	Va	24/01/1972	Ratification
Norway	I	16/02/2007	Ratification
Oman	Vb	02/06/1978	Acceptance
Pakistan	IV	30/04/1981	Ratification
Palestine	Vb	22/03/2012	Ratification
Panama	III	13/08/1973	Acceptance
Paraguay	III	09/11/2004	Ratification
Peru	III	24/10/1979	Acceptance
Poland	II	31/01/1974	Ratification
Portugal	I	09/12/1985	Ratification
Qatar	Vb	20/04/1977	Acceptance
Republic of Korea	IV	14/02/1983	Acceptance
Republic of Moldova	II	14/09/2007	Ratification
Romania	II	06/12/1993	Acceptance
Russian Federation	II	28/04/1988	Ratification
Rwanda	Va	25/09/2001	Ratification
Saudi Arabia	Vb	08/09/1976	Acceptance
Senegal	Va	09/12/1984	Ratification
Serbia	II	11/09/2001	Notification of succession
Seychelles	Va	28/05/2004	Ratification
Slovakia	II	31/03/1993	Notification of succession
Slovenia	II	05/11/1992	Notification of succession
South Africa	Va	18/12/2003	Acceptance
Spain	I	10/01/1986	Ratification
Sri Lanka	IV	07/04/1981	Acceptance
Swaziland	Va	30/10/2012	Acceptance
Sweden	I	13/01/2003	Ratification
Switzerland	I	03/10/2003	Acceptance
Syrian Arab Republic	Vb	21/02/1975	Acceptance
Tajikistan	II	28/08/1992	Ratification
The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia	II	30/04/1997	Notification of succession
Tunisia	Vb	10/03/1975	Acceptance
Turkey	I	21/04/1981	Ratification
Ukraine	II	28/04/1988	Ratification
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	I	01/08/2002	Acceptance
United Republic of Tanzania	Va	02/08/1977	Ratification
United States of America	I	02/09/1983	Acceptance
Uruguay	III	09/08/1977	Ratification
Uzbekistan	II	15/03/1996	Ratification
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	III	21/03/2005	Acceptance
Viet Nam	IV	20/09/2005	Ratification
Zambia	Va	21/06/1985	Ratification
Zimbabwe	Va	30/05/2006	Acceptance

¹This Convention entered into force on 24 April 1972. It subsequently entered into force for each State three months after the date of deposit of that State’s instrument, except in cases of notifications of succession, where the entry into force occurred on the date on which the State assumed responsibility for conducting its international relations.

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Convention on the Means of Prohibiting and Preventing the Illicit Import, Export and Transfer of Ownership of Cultural Property. Paris, 14 November 1970.¹