Ratified and Non-Ratified Conventions by Country

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Ratified Conventions

Canada

Convention

Date of deposit

Type of deposit

Agreement for Facilitating the International Circulation of Visual and Auditory Materials of an Educational, Scientific and Cultural character with Protocol of Signature and model form of certificate provided for in Article IV of the above-mentioned Agreement. Beirut, 10 December 1948.

04/10/1950

Acceptance

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

10/05/1962

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.

10/05/1962

Ratification

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

23/07/1976

Acceptance

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

28/03/1978

Acceptance

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

15/01/1981

Accession

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

02/06/1983

Signature without reservation as to 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.

08/11/1988

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.

06/03/1990

Ratification

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

04/06/1998

Accession

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.

11/12/1998

Accession

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

28/11/2005

Acceptance

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

29/11/2005

Accession

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.

29/11/2005

Accession

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

29/11/2005

Acceptance

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

13/06/2018

Ratification

^*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.