New York, 4 May 1949
.
ENTRY INTO FORCE: 1 March 1950, the date on which the amendments to the Agreement, set forth in the
annex to the Protocol of 4 May 1949, entered into force in accordance with the second
paragraph of article 5 of the Protocol.
REGISTRATION: 1 March 1950, No. 728.
STATUS: Parties: 57.
TEXT: United Nations, Treaty Series , vol. 47, p. 159.
.
Participant1
Definitive
signature of the
Protocol,
Acceptance of
the Protocol,
Succession to
the Agreement
and the Protocol
Ratification of the
Agreement as
amended by the
Protocol,
Accession to the
Agreement as
amended by the
Protocol(a),
Succession to the
Agreement as
amended by the
Protocol(d)
Australia …………………… 8 Dec 1949
Austria ……………………… 4 Aug 1950
Belarus……………………… 8 Sep 1998 d
Belgium …………………….13 Oct 1952
Cambodia …………………. 30 Mar 1959 a
Canada……………………… 4 May 1949
China2,3 …………………….. 4 May 1949
Cuba ………………………… 2 Dec 1983
Cyprus ……………………… 16 May 1963 d
Czech Republic4 ………… 30 Dec 1993 d
Democratic Republic of
the Congo…………….. 31 May 1962 d
Denmark …………………… 1 Mar 1950
Egypt ………………………..16 Sep 1949
Fiji …………………………… 1 Nov 1971
Finland………………………31 Oct 1949
France ………………………. 5 May 1949
Ghana ………………………. 7 Apr 1958 d
Haiti5………………………… 26 Aug 1953
Iceland ………………………25 Oct 1950
India………………………….28 Dec 1949
Iran (Islamic Republic
of) ……………………….30 Dec 1959
Iraq …………………………..14 Sep 1950
Ireland……………………….28 Feb 1952
Italy…………………………..13 Nov 1952
Jamaica5……………………. 30 Jul 1964 a
Participant1
Definitive
signature of the
Protocol,
Acceptance of
the Protocol,
Succession to
the Agreement
and the Protocol
Ratification of the
Agreement as
amended by the
Protocol,
Accession to the
Agreement as
amended by the
Protocol(a),
Succession to the
Agreement as
amended by the
Protocol(d)
Jordan5……………………… 11 May 1959 a
Lesotho…………………….. 28 Nov 1975 d
Liberia ……………………… 16 Sep 2005 a
Luxembourg ………………14 Mar 1955
Madagascar ………………. 10 Apr 1963 a
Malawi……………………… 22 Jul 1965 a
Malaysia …………………… 31 Aug 1957 d
Malta ……………………….. 24 Mar 1967 d
Mauritius ………………….. 18 Jul 1969 d
Mexico………………………22 Jul 1952
Montenegro6 ……………… 23 Oct 2006 d
Myanmar5 …………………. 13 May 1949 a
Netherlands ……………….26 Sep 1950
New Zealand ……………..14 Oct 1950
Nigeria……………………… 26 Jun 1961 d
Norway…………………….. 4 May 1949
Pakistan ……………………. 4 May 1951
Romania …………………… 2 Nov 1950
Russian Federation ……..14 May 1949
Serbia7 ……………………… 12 Mar 2001 d
Sierra Leone ……………… 13 Mar 1962 d
Slovakia4 ………………….. 28 May 1993 d
Solomon Islands ………… 3 Sep 1981 d
South Africa ……………… 1 Sep 1950
Sri Lanka …………………..14 Jul 1949
Switzerland………………..23 Sep 1949
VIII 5. OBSCENE PUBLICATIONS 2
Trinidad and Tobago ….. 11 Apr 1966 d
Turkey ………………………13 Sep 1950
United Kingdom of
Great Britain and
Northern Ireland2 ….. 4 May 1949
United Republic of
Tanzania………………. 28 Nov 1962 a
United States of
America ……………….14 Aug 1950
Zambia……………………… 1 Nov 1974 d
Notes: 1 An instrument of acceptance of the Protocol was deposited
on 2 December 1975 with the Secretary-General by the
Government of the German Democratic Republic with a
declaration. For the text of the declaration, see United Nations,
Treaty Series , vol. 987, p. 410. A “notification of
reapplication” of the Agreement of 4 May 1910 on behalf of the
German Democratic Republic had been deposited with the
Secretary-General on 4 October 1974. See also note 2 under
“Germany” in the “Historical Information” section in the front
matter of this volume. See also note 2 under “Germany” in the
“Historical Information” section in the front matter of this
volume.
2 The Secretary-General, received on 6 and 10 June 1997
communications regarding the status of Hong Kong from China
and the United Kingdom of Great Brtiain and Northern Ireland
with regard to the Agreement (chapter VIII-6) and Protocol
(chapter VIII-4)(see also note 2 under “China” and note 2 under
“United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland” in the
“Historical Information” section in the front matter of this
volume). Upon resuming the exercise of sovereignty over Hong
Kong, China notified the Secretary-General that the Agreement
and the Protocol will also apply to the Hong Kong Special
Administrative Region.
On 17 December 2002, the Government of China informed the
Secretary-General of the following:
“On 1 July 2002, the Government of the HKSAR merged its
Information Technology and Broadcasting Bureau and the
Commerce and Industry Bureau into the Commerce Industry and
Technology Bureau. Accordingly, the Commerce, Industry and
Technology Bureau becomes the authority of the HKSAR
charged with the duty provided for in Article 1 of the
Agreement.”
3 See note concerning signatures, ratifications, accessions,
etc., on behalf of China (note 1 under “China” in the “Historical
Information” section in the front matter of this volume).
4 Czechoslovakia, by virtue of its acceptance on 21 June
1951 of the Protocol of 4 May 1949 amending the Agreement of
1910, was a participant in the Agreement on that same date. See
also note 1 under “Czech Republic” and note 1 under “Slovakia”
in the “Historical Information” section in the front matter of this
volume.
5 States whose ratification of or accession to the Convention
of 12 September 1923 as amended, in accordance with its article
10, ipso facto and without special notification involved
concomitant and full acceptance of the Agreement of 4 May
1910 as amended.
6 See note 1 under “Montenegro” in the “Historical
Information” section in the front matter of this volume.
7 The former Yugoslavia had accepted the Protocol on 29
April 1953. See also note 1 under “Bosnia and Herzegovina”,
“Croatia”, “former Yugoslavia”, “Slovenia”, “The Former
Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia” and “Yugoslavia” in the
“Historical Information” section in the front matter of this
volume.