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Geneva, 19 September 1949

 

Entry into force: 26 March 1952, in accordance with article 29..
Registration: 26 March 1952, No. 1671.
Status: Signatories: 19 ,Parties: 93.
Text:
United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 125, p. 3.

 

Participant Signature   Ratification, Accession (a), Succession (d) 
Albania    1 Oct 1969 a 
Algeria    16 May 1963 a 
Argentina    25 Nov 1960 a 
Australia    7 Dec 1954 a 
Austria  19 Sep 1949  2 Nov 1955 
Bangladesh    6 Dec 1978 a 
Barbados    5 Mar 1971 d 
Belgium  19 Sep 1949  23 Apr 1954 
Benin    5 Dec 1961 d 
Botswana    3 Jan 1967 a 
Bulgaria    13 Feb 1963 a 
Cambodia    14 Mar 1956 a 
Canada    23 Dec 1965 a 
Central African Republic    4 Sep 1962 d 
Chile    10 Aug 1960 a 
Congo    15 May 1962 a 
Côte d'Ivoire    8 Dec 1961 d 
Cuba    1 Oct 1952 a 
Cyprus    6 Jul 1962 d 
Czech Republic   2 Jun 1993 d 
Democratic Republic of the Congo    6 Mar 1961 d 
Denmark  19 Sep 1949  3 Feb 1956 
Dominican Republic  19 Sep 1949  15 Aug 1957 
Ecuador    26 Sep 1962 a 
Egypt  19 Sep 1949  28 May 1957 
Fiji    31 Oct 1972 d 
Finland    24 Sep 1958 a 
France  19 Sep 1949  15 Sep 1950 
Georgia    23 Jul 1993 a 
Ghana    6 Jan 1959 a 
Greece    1 Jul 1952 a 
Guatemala    10 Jan 1962 a 
Haiti    12 Feb 1958 a 
Holy See    5 Oct 1953 a 
Hungary    30 Jul 1962 a 
Iceland    22 Jul 1983 a 
India  19 Sep 1949  9 Mar 1962 
Ireland    31 May 1962 a 
Israel  19 Sep 1949  6 Jan 1955 
Italy  19 Sep 1949  15 Dec 1952 
Jamaica    9 Aug 1963 d 
Japan    7 Aug 1964 a 
Jordan    14 Jan 1960 a 
Kyrgyzstan    22 Mar 1994 a 
Lao People's Democratic Republic    6 Mar 1959 a 
Lebanon  19 Sep 1949  2 Aug 1963 
Lesotho    27 Sep 1973 a 
Luxembourg  19 Sep 1949  17 Oct 1952 
Madagascar    27 Jun 1962 d 
Malawi    17 Feb 1965 d 
Malaysia    10 Sep 1958 a 
Mali    19 Nov 1962 d 
Malta    3 Jan 1966 d 
Monaco    3 Aug 1951 a 
Montenegro   23 Oct 2006 d 
Morocco    7 Nov 1956 d 
Namibia    13 Oct 1993 d 
Netherlands 19 Sep 1949  19 Sep 1952 
New Zealand   12 Feb 1958 a 
Niger    25 Aug 1961 d 
Norway  19 Sep 1949  11 Apr 1957 
Papua New Guinea    12 Feb 1981 a 
Paraguay    18 Oct 1965 a 
Peru    9 Jul 1957 a 
Philippines  19 Sep 1949  15 Sep 1952 
Poland    29 Oct 1958 a 
Portugal    28 Dec 1955 a 
Republic of Korea   14 Jun 1971 d 
Romania    26 Jan 1961 a 
Russian Federation    17 Aug 1959 a 
Rwanda    5 Aug 1964 d 
San Marino    19 Mar 1962 a 
Senegal    13 Jul 1962 d 
Serbia   12 Mar 2001 d 
Sierra Leone    13 Mar 1962 d 
Singapore    29 Nov 1972 d 
Slovakia   1 Feb 1993 d 
South Africa  19 Sep 1949  9 Jul 1952 a 
Spain    13 Feb 1958 a 
Sri Lanka    26 Jul 1957 a 
Sweden  19 Sep 1949  25 Feb 1952 
Switzerland  19 Sep 1949   
Syrian Arab Republic    11 Dec 1953 a 
Thailand    15 Aug 1962 a 
Togo    27 Feb 1962 d 
Trinidad and Tobago    8 Jul 1964 a 
Tunisia    8 Nov 1957 a 
Turkey    17 Jan 1956 a 
Uganda    15 Apr 1965 a 
United Arab Emirates    10 Jan 2007 a 
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland  19 Sep 1949  8 Jul 1957 
United States of America  19 Sep 1949  30 Aug 1950 
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)    11 May 1962 a 
Zimbabwe    1 Dec 1998 d 
     

 

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