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    • Convention concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage. Paris, 16 November 1972.1

    States Group Date of deposit of instrument Type of instrument
     AfghanistanIV20/03/1979Ratification
     AlbaniaII10/07/1989Ratification
     AlgeriaVb24/06/1974Ratification
     AndorraI03/01/1997Acceptance
     AngolaVa07/11/1991Ratification
     Antigua and BarbudaIII01/11/1983Acceptance
     ArgentinaIII23/08/1978Acceptance
     ArmeniaII05/09/1993Notification of succession
     AustraliaIV22/08/1974Ratification
     AustriaI18/12/1992Ratification
     AzerbaijanII16/12/1993Ratification
     BahamasIII15/05/2014Ratification
     BahrainVb28/05/1991Ratification
     BangladeshIV03/08/1983Acceptance
     BarbadosIII09/04/2002Acceptance
     BelarusII12/10/1988Ratification
     BelgiumI24/07/1996Ratification
     BelizeIII06/11/1990Ratification
     BeninVa14/06/1982Ratification
     BhutanIV17/10/2001Ratification
     Bolivia (Plurinational State of)III04/10/1976Ratification
     Bosnia and HerzegovinaII12/07/1993Notification of succession
     BotswanaVa23/11/1998Acceptance
     BrazilIII01/09/1977Acceptance
     Brunei DarusalaamIV12/08/2011Ratification
     BulgariaII07/03/1974Acceptance
     Burkina FasoVa02/04/1987Ratification
     BurundiVa19/05/1982Ratification
     Cabo VerdeVa28/04/1988Acceptance
     CambodiaIV28/11/1991Acceptance
     CameroonVa07/12/1982Ratification
     CanadaI23/07/1976Acceptance
     Central African RepublicVa22/12/1980Ratification
     ChadVa23/06/1999Ratification
     ChileIII20/02/1980Ratification
     ChinaIV12/12/1985Ratification
     ColombiaIII24/05/1983Acceptance
     ComorosVa27/09/2000Ratification
     CongoVa10/12/1987Ratification
     Cook IslandsIV16/01/2009Acceptance
     Costa RicaIII23/08/1977Ratification
     Côte d'IvoireVa09/01/1981Ratification
     CroatiaII06/07/1992Notification of succession
     CubaIII24/03/1981Ratification
     CyprusI14/08/1975Acceptance
     Czech RepublicII26/03/1993Notification of succession
     Democratic People's Republic of KoreaIV21/07/1998Acceptance
     Democratic Republic of the CongoVa23/09/1974Ratification
     DenmarkI25/07/1979Ratification
     DjiboutiVa30/08/2007Ratification
     DominicaIII04/04/1995Ratification
     Dominican RepublicIII12/02/1985Ratification
     EcuadorIII16/06/1975Acceptance
     EgyptVb07/02/1974Ratification
     El SalvadorIII08/10/1991Acceptance
     Equatorial GuineaVa10/03/2010Ratification
     EritreaVa24/10/2001Acceptance
     EstoniaII27/10/1995Ratification
     EthiopiaVa06/07/1977Ratification
     FijiIV21/11/1990Ratification
     FinlandI04/03/1987Ratification
     FranceI27/06/1975Acceptance
     GabonVa30/12/1986Ratification
     GambiaVa01/07/1987Ratification
     GeorgiaII04/11/1992Notification of succession
     GermanyI23/08/1976Ratification
     GhanaVa04/07/1975Ratification
     GreeceI17/07/1981Ratification
     GrenadaIII13/08/1998Acceptance
     GuatemalaIII16/01/1979Acceptance
     GuineaVa18/03/1979Ratification
     Guinea-BissauVa28/01/2006Ratification
     GuyanaIII20/06/1977Acceptance
     HaitiIII18/01/1980Ratification
     Holy See~07/10/1982Accession
     HondurasIII08/06/1979Ratification
     HungaryII15/07/1985Acceptance
     IcelandI19/12/1995Ratification
     IndiaIV14/11/1977Ratification
     IndonesiaIV06/07/1989Acceptance
     Iran (Islamic Republic of)IV26/02/1975Acceptance
     IraqVb05/03/1974Acceptance
     IrelandI16/09/1991Ratification
     IsraelI06/10/1999Acceptance
     ItalyI23/06/1978Ratification
     JamaicaIII14/06/1983Acceptance
     JapanIV30/06/1992Acceptance
     JordanVb05/05/1975Ratification
     KazakhstanIV29/04/1994Acceptance
     KenyaVa05/06/1991Acceptance
     KiribatiIV12/05/2000Acceptance
     KuwaitVb06/06/2002Ratification
     KyrgyzstanIV03/07/1995Acceptance
     Lao People's Democratic RepublicIV20/03/1987Ratification
     LatviaII10/01/1995Acceptance
     LebanonVb03/02/1983Ratification
     LesothoVa25/11/2003Acceptance
     LiberiaVa28/03/2002Acceptance
     LibyaVb13/10/1978Ratification
     LithuaniaII31/03/1992Acceptance
     LuxembourgI28/09/1983Ratification
     MadagascarVa19/07/1983Ratification
     MalawiVa05/01/1982Ratification
     MalaysiaIV07/12/1988Ratification
     MaldivesIV22/05/1986Acceptance
     MaliVa05/04/1977Acceptance
     MaltaI14/11/1978Acceptance
     Marshall IslandsIV24/04/2002Acceptance
     MauritaniaVb02/03/1981Ratification
     MauritiusVa19/09/1995Ratification
     MexicoIII23/02/1984Acceptance
     Micronesia (Federated States of)IV22/07/2002Acceptance
     MonacoI07/11/1978Ratification
     MongoliaIV02/02/1990Acceptance
     MontenegroII26/04/2007Notification of succession
     MoroccoVb28/10/1975Ratification
     MozambiqueVa27/11/1982Ratification
     MyanmarIV29/04/1994Acceptance
     NamibiaVa06/04/2000Acceptance
     NepalIV20/06/1978Acceptance
     NetherlandsI26/08/1992Acceptance
     New ZealandIV22/11/1984Ratification
     NicaraguaIII17/12/1979Acceptance
     NigerVa23/12/1974Acceptance
     NigeriaVa23/10/1974Ratification
     NiueIV23/01/2001Acceptance
     NorwayI12/05/1977Ratification
     OmanVb06/10/1981Acceptance
     PakistanIV23/07/1976Ratification
     PalauIV11/06/2002Acceptance
     PalestineVb08/12/2011Ratification
     PanamaIII03/03/1978Ratification
     Papua New GuineaIV28/07/1997Acceptance
     ParaguayIII27/04/1988Ratification
     PeruIII24/02/1982Ratification
     PhilippinesIV19/09/1985Ratification
     PolandII29/06/1976Ratification
     PortugalI30/09/1980Ratification
     QatarVb12/09/1984Acceptance
     Republic of KoreaIV14/09/1988Acceptance
     Republic of MoldovaII23/09/2002Ratification
     RomaniaII16/05/1990Acceptance
     Russian FederationII12/10/1988Ratification
     RwandaVa28/12/2000Acceptance
     Saint Kitts and NevisIII10/07/1986Acceptance
     Saint LuciaIII14/10/1991Ratification
     Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesIII03/02/2003Ratification
     SamoaIV28/08/2001Acceptance
     San MarinoI18/10/1991Ratification
     Sao Tome and PrincipeVa25/07/2006Ratification
     Saudi ArabiaVb07/08/1978Acceptance
     SenegalVa13/02/1976Ratification
     SerbiaII11/09/2001Notification of succession
     SeychellesVa09/04/1980Acceptance
     Sierra LeoneVa07/01/2005Ratification
     SingaporeIV19/06/2012Acceptance
     SlovakiaII31/03/1993Notification of succession
     SloveniaII05/11/1992Notification of succession
     Solomon IslandsIV10/06/1992Accession
     South AfricaVa10/07/1997Ratification
     South SudanVa09/03/2016Ratification
     SpainI04/05/1982Acceptance
     Sri LankaIV06/06/1980Acceptance
     SudanVb06/06/1974Ratification
     SurinameIII23/10/1997Acceptance
     SwazilandVa30/11/2005Ratification
     SwedenI22/01/1985Ratification
     SwitzerlandI17/09/1975Ratification
     Syrian Arab RepublicVb13/08/1975Acceptance
     TajikistanII28/08/1992Notification of succession
     ThailandIV17/09/1987Acceptance
     The former Yugoslav Republic of MacedoniaII30/04/1997Notification of succession
     TogoVa15/04/1998Acceptance
     TongaIV03/06/2004Acceptance
     Trinidad and TobagoIII16/02/2005Ratification
     TunisiaVb10/03/1975Ratification
     TurkeyI16/03/1983Ratification
     TurkmenistanIV30/09/1994Notification of succession
     UgandaVa20/11/1987Acceptance
     UkraineII12/10/1988Ratification
     United Arab EmiratesVb11/05/2001Acceptance
     United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandI29/05/1984Ratification
     United Republic of TanzaniaVa02/08/1977Ratification
     United States of AmericaI07/12/1973Ratification
     UruguayIII09/03/1989Acceptance
     UzbekistanII13/01/1993Notification of succession
     VanuatuIV13/06/2002Ratification
     Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)III30/10/1990Acceptance
     Viet NamIV19/10/1987Acceptance
     YemenVb07/10/1980Ratification
     ZambiaVa04/06/1984Ratification
     ZimbabweVa16/08/1982Ratification

    1This Convention entered into force on 17 December 1975. 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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