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