Ratified and Non-Ratified Conventions by Country

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Ratified Conventions

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Convention	Date of deposit	Type of deposit
Agreement on the Importation of Educational, Scientific and Cultural Materials, with Annexes A to E and Protocol annexed. Florence, 17 June 1950.	30/04/1956	Accession
Universal Copyright Convention, with Appendix Declaration relating to Article XVII and Resolution concerning Article XI. Geneva, 6 September 1952.	16/01/1963	Ratification
Protocol 1 annexed to the Universal Copyright Convention concerning the application of that Convention to the works of stateless persons and refugees. Geneva, 6 September 1952.	16/01/1963	Ratification
Protocol 2 annexed to the Universal Copyright Convention concerning the application of that Convention to the works of certain international organizations. Geneva, 6 September 1952.	16/01/1963	Ratification
Protocol 3 annexed to the Universal Copyright Convention concerning the effective date of instruments of ratification or acceptance of or accession to that Convention. Geneva, 6 September 1952.	16/01/1963	Ratification
Convention concerning the International Exchange of Publications. Paris, 3 December 1958.	26/05/1967	Ratification
Convention concerning the Exchange of Official Publications and Government Documents between States. Paris, 3 December 1958.	26/05/1967	Ratification
Convention against Discrimination in Education. Paris, 14 December 1960.	18/10/1971	Ratification
Convention for the Protection of Producers of Phonograms against Unauthorized Duplication of their Phonograms. Geneva, 29 October 1971.	18/12/1972	Ratification
Convention on Wetlands of International Importance especially as Waterfowl Habitat. Ramsar, 2 February 1971.^*	28/05/1974	Ratification
Convention on the Recognition of Studies, Diplomas and Degrees concerning Higher Education in the States belonging to the Europe Region. Paris, 21 December 1979.	19/01/1982	Ratification
International Convention for the Protection of Performers, Producers of Phonograms and Broadcasting Organizations. Rome, 26 October 1961.	21/07/1983	Ratification
Protocol to amend the Convention on Wetlands of International Importance especially as Waterfowl Habitat. Paris, 3 December 1982.	15/05/1984	Acceptance
Universal Copyright Convention as revised on 24 July 1971, with Appendix Declaration relating to Article XVII and Resolution concerning Article XI. Paris, 24 July 1971.	01/08/1986	Ratification
Protocol to the Agreement on the Importation of Educational, Scientific and Cultural Materials, with Annexes A to H. Nairobi, 26 November 1976.	17/02/1987	Accession
Convention concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage. Paris, 16 November 1972.	04/03/1987	Ratification
Protocol to amend articles 6 and 7 of the Convention on Wetlands of International Importance especially as Waterfowl Habitat. Regina, Canada, 28 May 1987.	27/03/1990	Ratification
Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict with Regulations for the Execution of the Convention. The Hague, 14 May 1954.	16/09/1994	Accession
Protocol to the Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict. The Hague, 14 May 1954.	16/09/1994	Accession
Convention on the Means of Prohibiting and Preventing the Illicit Import, Export and Transfer of Ownership of Cultural Property. Paris, 14 November 1970.	14/06/1999	Ratification
Convention on the Recognition of Qualifications concerning Higher Education in the European Region. Lisbon, 11 April 1997.	21/01/2004	Ratification
Second Protocol to the Hague Convention of 1954 for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict. The Hague, 26 March 1999.	27/08/2004	Acceptance
Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions. Paris, 20 October 2005	18/12/2006	Acceptance
International Convention against Doping in Sport. Paris, 19 October 2005	22/12/2006	Acceptance
Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage. Paris, 17 October 2003.	21/02/2013	Acceptance

Convention

Date of deposit

Type of deposit

Agreement on the Importation of Educational, Scientific and Cultural Materials, with Annexes A to E and Protocol annexed. Florence, 17 June 1950.

30/04/1956

Accession

Universal Copyright Convention, with Appendix Declaration relating to Article XVII and Resolution concerning Article XI. Geneva, 6 September 1952.

16/01/1963

Ratification

Protocol 1 annexed to the Universal Copyright Convention concerning the application of that Convention to the works of stateless persons and refugees. Geneva, 6 September 1952.

16/01/1963

Ratification

Protocol 2 annexed to the Universal Copyright Convention concerning the application of that Convention to the works of certain international organizations. Geneva, 6 September 1952.

16/01/1963

Ratification

Protocol 3 annexed to the Universal Copyright Convention concerning the effective date of instruments of ratification or acceptance of or accession to that Convention. Geneva, 6 September 1952.

16/01/1963

Ratification

Convention concerning the International Exchange of Publications. Paris, 3 December 1958.

26/05/1967

Ratification

Convention concerning the Exchange of Official Publications and Government Documents between States. Paris, 3 December 1958.

26/05/1967

Ratification

Convention against Discrimination in Education. Paris, 14 December 1960.

18/10/1971

Ratification

Convention for the Protection of Producers of Phonograms against Unauthorized Duplication of their Phonograms. Geneva, 29 October 1971.

18/12/1972

Ratification

Convention on Wetlands of International Importance especially as Waterfowl Habitat. Ramsar, 2 February 1971.^*

28/05/1974

Ratification

Convention on the Recognition of Studies, Diplomas and Degrees concerning Higher Education in the States belonging to the Europe Region. Paris, 21 December 1979.

19/01/1982

Ratification

International Convention for the Protection of Performers, Producers of Phonograms and Broadcasting Organizations. Rome, 26 October 1961.

21/07/1983

Ratification

Protocol to amend the Convention on Wetlands of International Importance especially as Waterfowl Habitat. Paris, 3 December 1982.

15/05/1984

Acceptance

Universal Copyright Convention as revised on 24 July 1971, with Appendix Declaration relating to Article XVII and Resolution concerning Article XI. Paris, 24 July 1971.

01/08/1986

Ratification

Protocol to the Agreement on the Importation of Educational, Scientific and Cultural Materials, with Annexes A to H. Nairobi, 26 November 1976.

17/02/1987

Accession

Convention concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage. Paris, 16 November 1972.

04/03/1987

Ratification

Protocol to amend articles 6 and 7 of the Convention on Wetlands of International Importance especially as Waterfowl Habitat. Regina, Canada, 28 May 1987.

27/03/1990

Ratification

Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict with Regulations for the Execution of the Convention. The Hague, 14 May 1954.

16/09/1994

Accession

Protocol to the Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict. The Hague, 14 May 1954.

16/09/1994

Accession

Convention on the Means of Prohibiting and Preventing the Illicit Import, Export and Transfer of Ownership of Cultural Property. Paris, 14 November 1970.

14/06/1999

Ratification

Convention on the Recognition of Qualifications concerning Higher Education in the European Region. Lisbon, 11 April 1997.

21/01/2004

Ratification

Second Protocol to the Hague Convention of 1954 for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict. The Hague, 26 March 1999.

27/08/2004

Acceptance

Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions. Paris, 20 October 2005

18/12/2006

Acceptance

International Convention against Doping in Sport. Paris, 19 October 2005

22/12/2006

Acceptance

Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage. Paris, 17 October 2003.

21/02/2013

Acceptance

^*The States marked with an asterisk have accepted the amendments to Articles 6 and 7 of the Convention adopted by the Extraordinary Conference of the Contracting Parties (Regina, Canada, 1987). These amendments entered into force on 1 May 1994.