SIGNATURES. AND RATIFICATIONS
State
Australia
Belgium*
Date of signature
8. 5.1974
19. 3.1975
Date of deposit of instrument of
ratification
Bulgaria (with statement)(9)
24. 9.1975
Finland*
19. 4.1973
28. 5.1974
Germany, Federal Republic of*
28:11.1974
Iran*
Netherlands*
25. 8.1972 7.7.1975
23. 6.1975
Norway
Pakistan*
South Africa
9. 7.1974 17.11.1975
12. 3.1975
Soviet Union (with declaration)(*)*
13. 2.1974
Sweden
5.12.1974
Switzerland*
United Kingdom*
21. 2.1974 6. 9.1973
16. 1.1976
5. 1.1976(5)
Greece
State
ACCESSION
Date of deposit
21. 8.1975
* Subject to ratification.
(3) At the time of signing the Convention the Government of the People's Republic of Bulgaria made the following statement:-
(Translation by UNESCO)
The Government of the People's Republic of Bulgaria considers it necessary to state that the provisions of Article 9 of the Convention limit the possibility for some States of becoming parties to it, and are inconsistent with the generally recognized principle of equality among sovereign States.
(*) At the time of signing the Convention the Government of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics made the following declaration:-
(Translation by UNESCO)
The Government of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics deems it necessary to declare that the provisions of Article 9 of the Convention, restricting the possibility of some countries becoming parties to it, contradict the universally recognized principle of the sovereign equality of States.
(5) The United Kingdom ratification is in respect of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Antigua, The Bailiwick of Jersey, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Falkland Islands and Dependencies. Gibraltar, Montserrat, Pitcairn Islands, Saint Helena and Dependencies, Solomon Islands, Turks and Caicos Islands, Brunei.
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