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    • Convention on the Means of Prohibiting and Preventing the Illicit Import, Export and Transfer of Ownership of Cultural Property. Paris, 14 November 1970.1

    States Date of deposit of instrument Type of instrument
    1 Ecuador 24/03/1971 Acceptance
    2 Bulgaria 15/09/1971 Ratification
    3 Nigeria 24/01/1972 Ratification
    4 Central African Republic 01/02/1972 Ratification
    5 Cameroon 24/05/1972 Ratification
    6 Kuwait 22/06/1972 Acceptance
    7 Cambodia 26/09/1972 Ratification
    8 Mexico 04/10/1972 Acceptance
    9 Niger 16/10/1972 Ratification
    10 Libyan Arab Jamahiriya 09/01/1973 Ratification
    11 Argentina 11/01/1973 Ratification
    12 Iraq 12/02/1973 Acceptance
    13 Brazil 16/02/1973 Ratification
    14 Dominican Republic 07/03/1973 Ratification
    15 Egypt 05/04/1973 Acceptance
    16 Panama 13/08/1973 Acceptance
    17 Poland 31/01/1974 Ratification
    18 Jordan 15/03/1974 Ratification
    19 Algeria 24/06/1974 Ratification
    20 Democratic Republic of the Congo 23/09/1974 Ratification
    21 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 27/01/1975 Acceptance
    22 Syrian Arab Republic 21/02/1975 Acceptance
    23 Tunisia 10/03/1975 Acceptance
    24 Nepal 23/06/1976 Ratification
    25 Saudi Arabia 08/09/1976 Acceptance
    26 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 04/10/1976 Ratification
    27 India 24/01/1977 Ratification
    28 Nicaragua 19/04/1977 Ratification
    29 Qatar 20/04/1977 Acceptance
    30 Mauritania 27/04/1977 Ratification
    31 United Republic of Tanzania 02/08/1977 Ratification
    32 Uruguay 09/08/1977 Ratification
    33 El Salvador 20/02/1978 Ratification
    34 Mauritius 27/02/1978 Acceptance
    35 Canada 28/03/1978 Acceptance
    36 Oman 02/06/1978 Acceptance
    37 Italy 02/10/1978 Ratification
    38 Hungary 23/10/1978 Ratification
    39 Guinea 18/03/1979 Ratification
    40 Honduras 19/03/1979 Ratification
    41 Cyprus 19/10/1979 Ratification
    42 Peru 24/10/1979 Acceptance
    43 Cuba 30/01/1980 Ratification
    44 Sri Lanka 07/04/1981 Acceptance
    45 Turkey 21/04/1981 Ratification
    46 Pakistan 30/04/1981 Ratification
    47 Greece 05/06/1981 Ratification
    48 Republic of Korea 14/02/1983 Acceptance
    49 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 13/05/1983 Ratification
    50 United States of America 02/09/1983 Acceptance
    51 Senegal 09/12/1984 Ratification
    52 Guatemala 14/01/1985 Ratification
    53 Zambia 21/06/1985 Ratification
    54 Portugal 09/12/1985 Ratification
    55 Spain 10/01/1986 Ratification
    56 Mali 06/04/1987 Ratification
    57 Burkina Faso 07/04/1987 Ratification
    58 Bangladesh 09/12/1987 Ratification
    59 Belarus 28/04/1988 Ratification
    60 Ukraine 28/04/1988 Ratification
    61 Russian Federation 28/04/1988 Ratification
    62 Colombia 24/05/1988 Acceptance
    63 Madagascar 21/06/1989 Ratification
    64 Australia 30/10/1989 Acceptance
    65 China 28/11/1989 Acceptance
    66 Belize 26/01/1990 Ratification
    67 Côte d'Ivoire 30/10/1990 Ratification
    68 Mongolia 23/05/1991 Acceptance
    69 Angola 07/11/1991 Ratification
    70 Croatia 06/07/1992 Notification of succession
    71 Lebanon 25/08/1992 Ratification
    72 Tajikistan 28/08/1992 Ratification
    73 Grenada 10/09/1992 Acceptance
    74 Georgia 04/11/1992 Notification of succession
    75 Slovenia 05/11/1992 Notification of succession
    76 Czech Republic 26/03/1993 Notification of succession
    77 Slovakia 31/03/1993 Notification of succession
    78 Bosnia and Herzegovina 12/07/1993 Notification of succession
    79 Armenia 05/09/1993 Notification of succession
    80 Romania 06/12/1993 Acceptance
    81 Kyrgyzstan 03/07/1995 Acceptance
    82 Estonia 27/10/1995 Ratification
    83 Costa Rica 06/03/1996 Ratification
    84 Uzbekistan 15/03/1996 Ratification
    85 France 07/01/1997 Ratification
    86 The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia 30/04/1997 Notification of succession
    87 Bahamas 09/10/1997 Ratification
    88 Lithuania 27/07/1998 Ratification
    89 Finland 14/06/1999 Ratification
    90 Azerbaijan 25/08/1999 Ratification
    91 Serbia 11/09/2001 Notification of succession
    92 Rwanda 25/09/2001 Ratification
    93 Barbados 10/04/2002 Acceptance
    94 Albania 13/06/2002 Acceptance
    95 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 01/08/2002 Acceptance
    96 Japan 09/09/2002 Acceptance
    97 Bhutan 26/09/2002 Ratification
    98 Sweden 13/01/2003 Ratification
    99 Morocco 03/02/2003 Ratification
    100 Denmark 26/03/2003 Ratification
    101 Gabon 29/08/2003 Acceptance
    102 Switzerland 03/10/2003 Acceptance
    103 South Africa 18/12/2003 Acceptance
    104 Seychelles 28/05/2004 Ratification
    105 Paraguay 09/11/2004 Ratification
    106 Iceland 09/11/2004 Ratification
    107 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 21/03/2005 Acceptance
    108 Afghanistan 08/09/2005 Acceptance
    109 Viet Nam 20/09/2005 Ratification
    110 Zimbabwe 30/05/2006 Acceptance
    111 New Zealand 01/02/2007 Acceptance
    112 Norway 16/02/2007 Ratification
    113 Montenegro 26/04/2007 Notification of succession
    114 Republic of Moldova 14/09/2007 Ratification
    115 Germany 30/11/2007 Ratification
    116 Chad 17/06/2008 Ratification
    117 Belgium 31/03/2009 Ratification
    118 Netherlands 17/07/2009 Acceptance

    1This Convention entered into force on 24 April 1972. It subsequently entered into force for each State three months after the date of deposit of that State’s instrument, except in cases of notifications of succession, where the entry into force occurred on the date on which the State assumed responsibility for conducting its international relations.


       
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