Reservations
ARTICLE 17
"The obligation stipulated in article 17 (1) to accord to refugees lawfully staying in the country the most favourable treatment accorded to nationals of a foreign country in the same circumstances as regards the right to engage in wage-earning employment, shall not be construed as extending to refugees the benefits of agreements which may in the future be concluded between Norway, Denmark, Finland, Iceland and Sweden, or between Norway and any one of these countries, for the purpose of establishing special conditions for the transfer of labour between these countries."
ARTICLE 24
"The obligation stipulated in article 24 (1)(b) to accord to refugees lawfully staying in the country the same treatment as is accorded to nationals in respect of social security, shall not apply as regards benefits payable under the Act of July 16, 1936, relating to the disabled and the blind or the Act relating to family allowances of October 24, 1946, nor as regards the benefits payable under the Act of June 24, 1931, relating to employment injury insurance for seamen.
A reservation is also made with respect to the provisions contained in article 24 (3) in so far as payment of benefits under the three above-mentioned Acts is concerned." On January 21, 1954, the Secretary-General of the United Nations was notified that- "The Government of Norway withdraws, with immediate effect, the reservation made by it to article 24 of the Convention, as the Acts mentioned in said reserva- tion have been amended to accord to refugees lawfully staying in the country the same treatment as is accorded to Norwegian nationals."
ACCESSION
Australia, Norfolk Island, Papua, New Guinea and
Nauru
...
January 22, 1954.
With the following declaration and reservations:-
Declaration
"In accordance with Article 1, section B(1), the Government of the Commonwealth of Australia declare that, for the purpose of their obligations under this Convention, the words events occurring before January 1, 1951,' in Article 1, section A, shall be understood to mean events occurring in Europe before January 1, 1951 "."
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Reservations
Articles 17, 18, 19 and 26
'The Government of the Commonwealth of Australia understand that none of the obligations with regard to refugees stipulated in Articles 17, 18, 19 and 26 of the Convention precludes:
(a) the imposition of conditions upon which a refugee may enter the Commonwealth of Australia or any of its Territories where the entry is made for a specific purpose; or
(b) the making of arrangements with a refugee under which he is required to under- take employment under the direction of the Government of the Commonwealth of Australia for a specified period after his entry into the Commonwealth of Australia or any of its Territories.'
ARTICLE 28
"The Government of the Commonwealth of Australia make a reservation with respect to the provisions contained in paragraph 1 of Article 28 of the Convention and do not accept the obligations stipulated in this paragraph but are prepared to recognise travel documents issued by other Contracting States pursuant to this Article.”
ARTICLE 32
The Government of the Commonwealth of Australia make a reservation with respect to the provisions contained in Article 32 of the Convention and do not accept the obligations stipulated in this Article."
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