us of Refugees
FIJI
FINLAND
FRANCE
GABON
GAMBIA
GERMANY, Federal
REPUBLIC OF
GRANA
GREECE
GUINEAS
JAMAICA KENYA LIBERIA
LIECHTENSTEIN
LUXEMBOURG⭑
MALIA
MOROCCO
NETHERLANDS
NEW ZEALAND
NIGER⭑
SPAIN SUDAN1 SURINAME SWEDEN
SWITZERLAND TOGO1
TUNISIA
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GUINEA-BISSAU
HOLY SEE
ICELAND
IRAN
IRELAND
ISRAEL
IVORY COASTA
NIGERIA
NORWAY
PANAMA
PORTUGAL
SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE
SENEGAL⭑
SOMALIA
UGANDA
UNITED KINGDOM UNITED REPUBLIC OF
CAMEROON1
UNITED REPUBLIC
OF TANZANIA URUGUAY YUGOSLAVIA
ZAIRE ZAMBIA
Other Declarations and Reservations
AUSTRALIA.
AUSTRIA
The Convention is ratified:
(a) Subject to the reservation that the Republic of Austria regards the provisions of article 17, paragraphs 1 and 2 (excepting, however, the phrase "who was already exempt from them at the date of entry into force of this Convention for the Contracting State con- cerned, or..." in the latter paragraph) not as a bind- ing obligation, but merely as a recommendation.
(b) Subject to the reservation that the provisions of article 22, paragraph 1, shall not be applicable to the establishment and maintenance of private elemen- tary schools, that the "public relief and assistance” referred to in article 23 shall be interpreted solely in the sense of allocations from public welfare funds (Armenversorgung), and that the "documents or cer- tifications" referred to in article 25, paragraphs 2 and 3, shall be construed to mean the identity certificates provided for in the Convention of 30 June 1928 re- lating to refugees.
BELGIUM
1. In all cases where the Convention grants to refu- gees the most favourable treatment accorded to na- tionals of a foreign country, this provision shall not be interpreted by the Belgian Government as necessarily involving the régime accorded to nationals of countries with which Belgium has concluded regional customs, economic or political agreements.
2. Article 15 of the Convention shall not be appli- cable in Belgium; refugees lawfully staying in Belgian territory will enjoy the same treatment, as regards the right of association, as that accorded to aliens in gen-
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(1) of article 1 of the Convention, made on signature, was repared by the Government of Colombia in its instrument of ratification by the declaration specifying alternative (b) of that
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6 In a communication received on 1 December 1967, the Government of Australia notified the Secretary-General of the withdrawal of the reservations to articles 17, 18, 19, 26 and 32, and, in a communication received by the Secretary-Gen- eral on 11 March 1971, of the withdrawal of the reservation to paragraph 1 of article 28 of the Convention. For the text of those reservations, see United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 189, p. 202.
BOTSWANA
"Subject to the reservation of articles 7, 17, 26, 31, 32 and 34 and paragraph 1 of article 12 of the Con- vention."
BRAZILT
CANADA
Reservations to articles 23 and 24:
"Canada interprets the phrase 'lawfully staying' as referring only to refugees admitted for permanent resi- dence: refugees admitted for temporary residence will be accorded the same treatment with respect to the mat- ters dealt with in articles 23 and 24 as is accorded visi- tors generally."
CHILE
(1) With the reservation that, with reference to the provisions of article 34, the Government of Chile will be unable to grant to refugees facilities greater than those granted to aliens in general, in view of the liberal nature of Chilean naturalization laws;
2) With the reservation that the period specified in article 17, paragraph 2 (a) shall, in the case of Chile, be extended from three to ten years;
(3) Wish the reservation that article 17, paragraph 2 (c) shall apply only if the refugee is the widow or the widower of a Chilean spouse;
(4) With the reservation that the Government of Chile cannot grant longer period for compliance with an expulsion order than that granted to other aliens in general under Chilean law
7 These reservations replace those made at the time of signature. For the text of reservations made on signature, see United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 189, p. 186.
7a On 7 April 1972, the instrument of accession by the Gov- ernment of Brazil to the Protocol relating to the Status of Refugees, done at New York on 31 January 1967, was deposited with the Secretary-General, in accordance with article V.
In the said instrument, the Government of Brazil withdraws its reservations excluding articles 15 and 17, paragraphs 1 and 3, from its application to the Convention and declares that "refu- gees will be granted the same treatment accorded to nationals of foreign countries in general, with the exception of the prefer- ential treatment extended to nationals of Portugal through the Friendship and Consultation Treaty of 1953 and Article 199 of the Brazilian Constitutional Amendment No. 1, of 1969”.
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