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.	21/05/1952	Ratification
Universal Copyright Convention, with Appendix Declaration relating to Article XVII and Resolution concerning Article XI. Geneva, 6 September 1952.	01/04/1961	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.	01/04/1961	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.	01/04/1961	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.	01/04/1961	Ratification
International Convention for the Protection of Performers, Producers of Phonograms and Broadcasting Organizations. Rome, 26 October 1961.	13/07/1962	Ratification
Convention against Discrimination in Education. Paris, 14 December 1960.	21/03/1968	Ratification
Convention for the Protection of Producers of Phonograms against Unauthorized Duplication of their Phonograms. Geneva, 29 October 1971.	18/01/1973	Ratification
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.	27/06/1973	Ratification
Protocol 1 annexed to the Universal Copyright Convention as revised on 24 July 1971 concerning the application of that Convention to work of stateless persons and refugees. Paris, 24 July 1971.	27/06/1973	Ratification
Protocol 2 annexed to the Universal Copyright Convention as revised on 24 July 1971 concerning the application of that Convention to works of certain international organizations. Paris, 24 July 1971.	27/06/1973	Ratification
Convention on Wetlands of International Importance especially as Waterfowl Habitat. Ramsar, 2 February 1971.^*	05/12/1974	Signature without reservation as to ratification
Convention concerning the International Exchange of Publications. Paris, 3 December 1958.	10/06/1980	Acceptance
Convention concerning the Exchange of Official Publications and Government Documents between States. Paris, 3 December 1958.	10/06/1980	Acceptance
Convention on the Recognition of Studies, Diplomas and Degrees concerning Higher Education in the States belonging to the Europe Region. Paris, 21 December 1979.	07/03/1984	Ratification
Protocol to amend the Convention on Wetlands of International Importance especially as Waterfowl Habitat. Paris, 3 December 1982.	03/05/1984	Signature without reservation as to 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.	22/01/1985	Accession
Protocol to the Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict. The Hague, 14 May 1954.	22/01/1985	Accession
Convention concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage. Paris, 16 November 1972.	22/01/1985	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.	06/04/1989	Ratification
Protocol to the Agreement on the Importation of Educational, Scientific and Cultural Materials, with Annexes A to H. Nairobi, 26 November 1976.	30/07/1997	Accession
Convention on the Recognition of Qualifications concerning Higher Education in the European Region. Lisbon, 11 April 1997.	28/09/2001	Ratification
Convention on the Means of Prohibiting and Preventing the Illicit Import, Export and Transfer of Ownership of Cultural Property. Paris, 14 November 1970.	13/01/2003	Ratification
International Convention against Doping in Sport. Paris, 19 October 2005	09/11/2005	Ratification
Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions. Paris, 20 October 2005	18/12/2006	Ratification
Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage. Paris, 17 October 2003.	26/01/2011	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.	10/11/2017	Ratification

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.

21/05/1952

Ratification

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

01/04/1961

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.

01/04/1961

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.

01/04/1961

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.

01/04/1961

Ratification

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

13/07/1962

Ratification

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

21/03/1968

Ratification

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

18/01/1973

Ratification

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.

27/06/1973

Ratification

Protocol 1 annexed to the Universal Copyright Convention as revised on 24 July 1971 concerning the application of that Convention to work of stateless persons and refugees. Paris, 24 July 1971.

27/06/1973

Ratification

Protocol 2 annexed to the Universal Copyright Convention as revised on 24 July 1971 concerning the application of that Convention to works of certain international organizations. Paris, 24 July 1971.

27/06/1973

Ratification

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

05/12/1974

Signature without reservation as to ratification

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

10/06/1980

Acceptance

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

10/06/1980

Acceptance

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

07/03/1984

Ratification

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

03/05/1984

Signature without reservation as to 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.

22/01/1985

Accession

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

22/01/1985

Accession

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

22/01/1985

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.

06/04/1989

Ratification

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

30/07/1997

Accession

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

28/09/2001

Ratification

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

13/01/2003

Ratification

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

09/11/2005

Ratification

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

18/12/2006

Ratification

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

26/01/2011

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.

10/11/2017

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.