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

    States Date of deposit of instrument Type of instrument
    1United States of America07/12/1973Ratification
    2Egypt07/02/1974Ratification
    3Iraq05/03/1974Acceptance
    4Bulgaria07/03/1974Acceptance
    5Sudan06/06/1974Ratification
    6Algeria24/06/1974Ratification
    7Australia22/08/1974Ratification
    8Democratic Republic of the Congo23/09/1974Ratification
    9Nigeria23/10/1974Ratification
    10Niger23/12/1974Acceptance
    11Iran (Islamic Republic of)26/02/1975Acceptance
    12Tunisia10/03/1975Ratification
    13Jordan05/05/1975Ratification
    14Ecuador16/06/1975Acceptance
    15France27/06/1975Acceptance
    16Ghana04/07/1975Ratification
    17Syrian Arab Republic13/08/1975Acceptance
    18Cyprus14/08/1975Acceptance
    19Switzerland17/09/1975Ratification
    20Morocco28/10/1975Ratification
    21Senegal13/02/1976Ratification
    22Poland29/06/1976Ratification
    23Pakistan23/07/1976Ratification
    24Canada23/07/1976Acceptance
    25Germany23/08/1976Ratification
    26Bolivia (Plurinational State of)04/10/1976Ratification
    27Mali05/04/1977Acceptance
    28Norway12/05/1977Ratification
    29Guyana20/06/1977Acceptance
    30Ethiopia06/07/1977Ratification
    31United Republic of Tanzania02/08/1977Ratification
    32Costa Rica23/08/1977Ratification
    33Brazil01/09/1977Acceptance
    34India14/11/1977Ratification
    35Panama03/03/1978Ratification
    36Nepal20/06/1978Acceptance
    37Italy23/06/1978Ratification
    38Saudi Arabia07/08/1978Acceptance
    39Argentina23/08/1978Acceptance
    40Libya13/10/1978Ratification
    41Monaco07/11/1978Ratification
    42Malta14/11/1978Acceptance
    43Guatemala16/01/1979Acceptance
    44Guinea18/03/1979Ratification
    45Afghanistan20/03/1979Ratification
    46Honduras08/06/1979Ratification
    47Denmark25/07/1979Ratification
    48Nicaragua17/12/1979Acceptance
    49Haiti18/01/1980Ratification
    50Chile20/02/1980Ratification
    51Seychelles09/04/1980Acceptance
    52Sri Lanka06/06/1980Acceptance
    53Portugal30/09/1980Ratification
    54Yemen07/10/1980Ratification
    55Central African Republic22/12/1980Ratification
    56Côte d'Ivoire09/01/1981Ratification
    57Mauritania02/03/1981Ratification
    58Cuba24/03/1981Ratification
    59Greece17/07/1981Ratification
    60Oman06/10/1981Acceptance
    61Malawi05/01/1982Ratification
    62Peru24/02/1982Ratification
    63Spain04/05/1982Acceptance
    64Burundi19/05/1982Ratification
    65Benin14/06/1982Ratification
    66Zimbabwe16/08/1982Ratification
    67Holy See07/10/1982Accession
    68Mozambique27/11/1982Ratification
    69Cameroon07/12/1982Ratification
    70Lebanon03/02/1983Ratification
    71Turkey16/03/1983Ratification
    72Colombia24/05/1983Acceptance
    73Jamaica14/06/1983Acceptance
    74Madagascar19/07/1983Ratification
    75Bangladesh03/08/1983Acceptance
    76Luxembourg28/09/1983Ratification
    77Antigua and Barbuda01/11/1983Acceptance
    78Mexico23/02/1984Acceptance
    79United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland29/05/1984Ratification
    80Zambia04/06/1984Ratification
    81Qatar12/09/1984Acceptance
    82New Zealand22/11/1984Ratification
    83Sweden22/01/1985Ratification
    84Dominican Republic12/02/1985Ratification
    85Hungary15/07/1985Acceptance
    86Philippines19/09/1985Ratification
    87China12/12/1985Ratification
    88Maldives22/05/1986Acceptance
    89Saint Kitts and Nevis10/07/1986Acceptance
    90Gabon30/12/1986Ratification
    91Finland04/03/1987Ratification
    92Lao People's Democratic Republic20/03/1987Ratification
    93Burkina Faso02/04/1987Ratification
    94Gambia01/07/1987Ratification
    95Thailand17/09/1987Acceptance
    96Viet Nam19/10/1987Acceptance
    97Uganda20/11/1987Acceptance
    98Congo10/12/1987Ratification
    99Paraguay27/04/1988Ratification
    100Cabo Verde28/04/1988Acceptance
    101Republic of Korea14/09/1988Acceptance
    102Russian Federation12/10/1988Ratification
    103Belarus12/10/1988Ratification
    104Ukraine12/10/1988Ratification
    105Malaysia07/12/1988Ratification
    106Uruguay09/03/1989Acceptance
    107Indonesia06/07/1989Acceptance
    108Albania10/07/1989Ratification
    109Mongolia02/02/1990Acceptance
    110Romania16/05/1990Acceptance
    111Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)30/10/1990Acceptance
    112Belize06/11/1990Ratification
    113Fiji21/11/1990Ratification
    114Bahrain28/05/1991Ratification
    115Kenya05/06/1991Acceptance
    116Ireland16/09/1991Ratification
    117El Salvador08/10/1991Acceptance
    118Saint Lucia14/10/1991Ratification
    119San Marino18/10/1991Ratification
    120Angola07/11/1991Ratification
    121Cambodia28/11/1991Acceptance
    122Lithuania31/03/1992Acceptance
    123Solomon Islands10/06/1992Accession
    124Japan30/06/1992Acceptance
    125Croatia06/07/1992Notification of succession
    126Netherlands26/08/1992Acceptance
    127Tajikistan28/08/1992Notification of succession
    128Georgia04/11/1992Notification of succession
    129Slovenia05/11/1992Notification of succession
    130Austria18/12/1992Ratification
    131Uzbekistan13/01/1993Notification of succession
    132Czechia26/03/1993Notification of succession
    133Slovakia31/03/1993Notification of succession
    134Bosnia and Herzegovina12/07/1993Notification of succession
    135Armenia05/09/1993Notification of succession
    136Azerbaijan16/12/1993Ratification
    137Myanmar29/04/1994Acceptance
    138Kazakhstan29/04/1994Acceptance
    139Turkmenistan30/09/1994Notification of succession
    140Latvia10/01/1995Acceptance
    141Dominica04/04/1995Ratification
    142Kyrgyzstan03/07/1995Acceptance
    143Mauritius19/09/1995Ratification
    144Estonia27/10/1995Ratification
    145Iceland19/12/1995Ratification
    146Belgium24/07/1996Ratification
    147Andorra03/01/1997Acceptance
    148North Macedonia30/04/1997Notification of succession
    149South Africa10/07/1997Ratification
    150Papua New Guinea28/07/1997Acceptance
    151Suriname23/10/1997Acceptance
    152Togo15/04/1998Acceptance
    153Democratic People's Republic of Korea21/07/1998Acceptance
    154Grenada13/08/1998Acceptance
    155Botswana23/11/1998Acceptance
    156Chad23/06/1999Ratification
    157Israel06/10/1999Acceptance
    158Namibia06/04/2000Acceptance
    159Kiribati12/05/2000Acceptance
    160Comoros27/09/2000Ratification
    161Rwanda28/12/2000Acceptance
    162Niue23/01/2001Acceptance
    163United Arab Emirates11/05/2001Acceptance
    164Samoa28/08/2001Acceptance
    165Serbia11/09/2001Notification of succession
    166Bhutan17/10/2001Ratification
    167Eritrea24/10/2001Acceptance
    168Liberia28/03/2002Acceptance
    169Barbados09/04/2002Acceptance
    170Marshall Islands24/04/2002Acceptance
    171Kuwait06/06/2002Ratification
    172Palau11/06/2002Acceptance
    173Vanuatu13/06/2002Ratification
    174Micronesia (Federated States of)22/07/2002Acceptance
    175Republic of Moldova23/09/2002Ratification
    176Saint Vincent and the Grenadines03/02/2003Ratification
    177Lesotho25/11/2003Acceptance
    178Tonga03/06/2004Acceptance
    179Sierra Leone07/01/2005Ratification
    180Trinidad and Tobago16/02/2005Ratification
    181Eswatini30/11/2005Ratification
    182Guinea-Bissau28/01/2006Ratification
    183Sao Tome and Principe25/07/2006Ratification
    184Montenegro26/04/2007Notification of succession
    185Djibouti30/08/2007Ratification
    186Cook Islands16/01/2009Acceptance
    187Equatorial Guinea10/03/2010Ratification
    188Brunei Darusalaam12/08/2011Ratification
    189Palestine08/12/2011Ratification
    190Singapore19/06/2012Acceptance
    191Bahamas15/05/2014Ratification
    192South Sudan09/03/2016Ratification
    193Timor-Leste31/10/2016Ratification

    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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