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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

    States Date of deposit of instrument Type of instrument
    1Ecuador24/03/1971Acceptance
    2Bulgaria15/09/1971Ratification
    3Nigeria24/01/1972Ratification
    4Central African Republic01/02/1972Ratification
    5Cameroon24/05/1972Ratification
    6Kuwait22/06/1972Acceptance
    7Cambodia26/09/1972Ratification
    8Mexico04/10/1972Acceptance
    9Niger16/10/1972Ratification
    10Libya09/01/1973Ratification
    11Argentina11/01/1973Ratification
    12Iraq12/02/1973Acceptance
    13Brazil16/02/1973Ratification
    14Dominican Republic07/03/1973Ratification
    15Egypt05/04/1973Acceptance
    16Panama13/08/1973Acceptance
    17Poland31/01/1974Ratification
    18Jordan15/03/1974Ratification
    19Algeria24/06/1974Ratification
    20Democratic Republic of the Congo23/09/1974Ratification
    21Iran (Islamic Republic of)27/01/1975Acceptance
    22Syrian Arab Republic21/02/1975Acceptance
    23Tunisia10/03/1975Acceptance
    24Nepal23/06/1976Ratification
    25Saudi Arabia08/09/1976Acceptance
    26Bolivia (Plurinational State of)04/10/1976Ratification
    27India24/01/1977Ratification
    28Nicaragua19/04/1977Ratification
    29Qatar20/04/1977Acceptance
    30Mauritania27/04/1977Ratification
    31United Republic of Tanzania02/08/1977Ratification
    32Uruguay09/08/1977Ratification
    33El Salvador20/02/1978Ratification
    34Mauritius27/02/1978Acceptance
    35Canada28/03/1978Acceptance
    36Oman02/06/1978Acceptance
    37Italy02/10/1978Ratification
    38Hungary23/10/1978Ratification
    39Guinea18/03/1979Ratification
    40Honduras19/03/1979Ratification
    41Cyprus19/10/1979Ratification
    42Peru24/10/1979Acceptance
    43Cuba30/01/1980Ratification
    44Sri Lanka07/04/1981Acceptance
    45Turkey21/04/1981Ratification
    46Pakistan30/04/1981Ratification
    47Greece05/06/1981Ratification
    48Republic of Korea14/02/1983Acceptance
    49Democratic People's Republic of Korea13/05/1983Ratification
    50United States of America02/09/1983Acceptance
    51Senegal09/12/1984Ratification
    52Guatemala14/01/1985Ratification
    53Zambia21/06/1985Ratification
    54Portugal09/12/1985Ratification
    55Spain10/01/1986Ratification
    56Mali06/04/1987Ratification
    57Burkina Faso07/04/1987Ratification
    58Bangladesh09/12/1987Ratification
    59Belarus28/04/1988Ratification
    60Russian Federation28/04/1988Ratification
    61Ukraine28/04/1988Ratification
    62Colombia24/05/1988Acceptance
    63Madagascar21/06/1989Ratification
    64Australia30/10/1989Acceptance
    65China28/11/1989Acceptance
    66Belize26/01/1990Ratification
    67Côte d'Ivoire30/10/1990Ratification
    68Mongolia23/05/1991Acceptance
    69Angola07/11/1991Ratification
    70Croatia06/07/1992Notification of succession
    71Lebanon25/08/1992Ratification
    72Tajikistan28/08/1992Ratification
    73Grenada10/09/1992Acceptance
    74Georgia04/11/1992Notification of succession
    75Slovenia05/11/1992Notification of succession
    76Czechia26/03/1993Notification of succession
    77Slovakia31/03/1993Notification of succession
    78Bosnia and Herzegovina12/07/1993Notification of succession
    79Armenia05/09/1993Notification of succession
    80Romania06/12/1993Acceptance
    81Kyrgyzstan03/07/1995Acceptance
    82Estonia27/10/1995Ratification
    83Costa Rica06/03/1996Ratification
    84Uzbekistan15/03/1996Ratification
    85France07/01/1997Ratification
    86North Macedonia30/04/1997Notification of succession
    87Bahamas09/10/1997Ratification
    88Lithuania27/07/1998Ratification
    89Finland14/06/1999Ratification
    90Azerbaijan25/08/1999Ratification
    91Serbia11/09/2001Notification of succession
    92Rwanda25/09/2001Ratification
    93Barbados10/04/2002Acceptance
    94Albania13/06/2002Acceptance
    95United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland01/08/2002Acceptance
    96Japan09/09/2002Acceptance
    97Bhutan26/09/2002Ratification
    98Sweden13/01/2003Ratification
    99Morocco03/02/2003Ratification
    100Denmark26/03/2003Ratification
    101Gabon29/08/2003Acceptance
    102Switzerland03/10/2003Acceptance
    103South Africa18/12/2003Acceptance
    104Seychelles28/05/2004Ratification
    105Paraguay09/11/2004Ratification
    106Iceland09/11/2004Ratification
    107Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)21/03/2005Acceptance
    108Afghanistan08/09/2005Acceptance
    109Viet Nam20/09/2005Ratification
    110Zimbabwe30/05/2006Acceptance
    111New Zealand01/02/2007Acceptance
    112Norway16/02/2007Ratification
    113Montenegro26/04/2007Notification of succession
    114Republic of Moldova14/09/2007Ratification
    115Germany30/11/2007Ratification
    116Chad17/06/2008Ratification
    117Belgium31/03/2009Ratification
    118Netherlands17/07/2009Acceptance
    119Haiti08/02/2010Ratification
    120Equatorial Guinea17/06/2010Ratification
    121Kazakhstan09/02/2012Ratification
    122Palestine22/03/2012Ratification
    123Eswatini30/10/2012Acceptance
    124Lesotho17/07/2013Ratification
    125Myanmar05/09/2013Ratification
    126Bahrain07/03/2014Ratification
    127Chile18/04/2014Ratification
    128Luxembourg03/02/2015Ratification
    129Austria15/07/2015Ratification
    130Lao People's Democratic Republic22/12/2015Acceptance
    131Ghana20/01/2016Ratification
    132Benin01/03/2017Ratification
    133Botswana23/08/2017Acceptance
    134Monaco25/08/2017Ratification
    135United Arab Emirates09/10/2017Ratification
    136Ethiopia22/11/2017Ratification
    137Djibouti09/04/2018Ratification
    138Togo19/11/2018Ratification
    139Latvia21/01/2019Ratification

    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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