Ratified and Non-Ratified Conventions by Country

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Ratified Conventions

Democratic Republic of the Congo

Convention

Date of deposit

Type of deposit

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.

18/04/1961

Accession

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

18/04/1961

Accession

Agreement on the Importation of Educational, Scientific and Cultural Materials, with Annexes A to E and Protocol annexed. Florence, 17 June 1950.

03/05/1962

Notification of succession

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

23/09/1974

Ratification

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

23/09/1974

Ratification

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

15/07/1977

Accession

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

18/01/1996

Accession

Convention on the Protection of the Underwater Cultural Heritage. Paris, 2 November 2001.

28/09/2010

Ratification

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

28/09/2010

Ratification

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

28/09/2010

Ratification

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

28/09/2010

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.