Convention concerning the Exchange of Official Publications and Government Documents between States. Paris, 3 December 1958.¹

States	Group	Date of deposit of instrument	Type of instrument
Australia	IV	15/06/1984	Acceptance
Belarus	II	10/12/1962	Ratification
Belgium	I	22/10/1975	Ratification
Brunei Darusalaam	IV	25/01/1985	Notification of succession
Bulgaria	II	04/03/1963	Ratification
Central African Republic	Va	20/07/1973	Ratification
China²	IV	26/04/1961	Ratification
Cuba	III	01/08/1963	Ratification
Czechia	II	26/03/1993	Notification of succession
Denmark	I	10/11/1964	Ratification
Dominica	III	14/03/1983	Notification of succession
Dominican Republic	III	24/08/1972	Ratification
Ecuador	III	08/02/1961	Ratification
Egypt	Vb	22/10/1962	Ratification
Estonia	II	07/06/1993	Ratification
Finland	I	26/05/1967	Ratification
France	I	30/05/1960	Ratification
Georgia	II	04/11/1992	Notification of succession
Germany	I	03/10/1969	Ratification
Ghana	Va	06/12/1963	Ratification
Guatemala	III	23/11/1960	Ratification
Hungary	II	10/12/1962	Acceptance
Indonesia	IV	10/01/1967	Acceptance
Iraq	Vb	27/12/1973	Acceptance
Israel	I	04/01/1960	Ratification
Italy	I	02/08/1961	Acceptance
Japan	IV	29/05/1984	Acceptance
Libya	Vb	09/01/1973	Ratification
Lithuania	II	10/03/1993	Acceptance
Luxembourg	I	13/12/1967	Ratification
Malta	I	18/05/1966	Notification of succession
Morocco	Vb	30/08/1968	Acceptance
Netherlands	I	21/11/1975	Acceptance
New Zealand	IV	05/02/1963	Ratification
Nigeria	Va	22/07/1970	Acceptance
Norway	I	19/09/1968	Acceptance
Panama	III	17/07/1962	Ratification
Poland	II	12/02/1970	Acceptance
Romania	II	09/06/1965	Ratification
Russian Federation	II	08/10/1962	Ratification
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	III	22/01/1985	Notification of succession
Saudi Arabia	Vb	28/01/2003	Ratification
Slovakia	II	31/03/1993	Notification of succession
Solomon Islands	IV	06/10/1981	Notification of succession
Spain	I	01/02/1963	Ratification
Sri Lanka	IV	07/12/1959	Ratification
Sweden	I	10/06/1980	Acceptance
Tajikistan	II	28/08/1992	Notification of succession
Ukraine	II	19/12/1962	Ratification
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	I	01/06/1961	Acceptance
United States of America	I	09/06/1967	Ratification

¹This Convention entered into force on 30 May 1961. It subsequently entered into force for each State 12 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.

²Instrument of ratification deposited by the authorities representing China at UNESCO at the time of the deposit. The Director-General received from the Permanent Delegation of the People’s Republic of China to UNESCO the following communication dated 2 September 1974: “All signatures affixed to the Convention concerning the International Exchange of Publications by the Chiang Kai-shek Clique usurping the name of China are illegal and without force. The Chinese Government does not recognize them and shall in no way be bound by them”. By a communication dated 17 May 1988, the Permanent Delegation of the People’s Republic of China to UNESCO informed the Director-General that the preceding declaration also applied to the Convention concerning the Exchange of Official Publications and Government Documents between States and to the Convention against Discrimination in Education.

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Convention concerning the Exchange of Official Publications and Government Documents between States. Paris, 3 December 1958.¹