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Cite as: [1958] UKTS TS0005, [1958] UKTS TS5
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Treaty Type: Multilateral
Depository: United Nations
Place Of Signature: Geneva
Date Of Signature: 31-Oct-1958
Publication Records
- PRO (now TNA) FO 93/1/620/0: 0
- UN Registration United/0: 45011
- Miscellaneous Series 015/1958: Cmnd584
Participant Status
| Country | Action | Action Date | Effective Date |
| AFGHANISTAN | Signature | 30-Oct-1958 | |
| AFGHANISTAN | Ratification | 28-Apr-1959 | |
| ALBANIA | Accession | 07-Dec-1964 | |
| Antilles | Extension | 01-Jan-1986 | |
| ARGENTINA | Signature | 29-Apr-1958 | |
| Aruba | Extension | 01-Jan-1986 | |
| AUSTRALIA | Signature | 30-Oct-1958 | |
| AUSTRALIA | Objection | 14-May-1963 | |
| AUSTRALIA | Ratification | 14-May-1963 | |
| AUSTRALIA | Objection | 01-Feb-1965 | |
| AUSTRALIA | Objection | 31-Jan-1968 | |
| AUSTRALIA | Objection | 29-Sep-1976 | |
| AUSTRIA | Signature | 27-Oct-1958 | |
| AUSTRIA | Ratification | 10-Jan-1974 | 09-Feb-1974 |
| BELGIUM | Accession | 06-Jan-1972 | |
| Berlin West | Extension | 26-Jul-1973 | 25-Aug-1973 |
| BOLIVIA | Signature | 17-Oct-1958 | |
| BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA | Succession | 01-Sep-1993 | 06-Mar-1992 |
| BULGARIA | Signature | 31-Oct-1958 | |
| BULGARIA | Ratification | 31-Aug-1962 | |
| BULGARIA | Declaration | 31-Aug-1962 | |
| BYELORUSSIA S S R | Signature | 30-Oct-1958 | |
| BYELORUSSIA S S R | Ratification | 27-Feb-1961 | |
| BYELORUSSIA S S R | Statement | 13-Feb-1974 | |
| CAMBODIA | Accession | 18-Mar-1960 | |
| CANADA | Signature | 29-Apr-1958 | |
| CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC | Accession | 15-Oct-1962 | |
| CEYLON | Signature | 30-Oct-1958 | |
| CHINA REPUBLIC OF | Signature | 29-Apr-1958 | |
| COLOMBIA | Signature | 29-Apr-1958 | |
| COSTA RICA | Signature | 29-Apr-1958 | |
| COSTA RICA | Ratification | 16-Feb-1972 | 17-Mar-1972 |
| CROATIA | Succession | 03-Aug-1992 | 08-Oct-1991 |
| CUBA | Signature | 29-Apr-1958 | |
| CYPRUS | Succession | 23-May-1988 | 22-Jun-1988 |
| CZECH REPUBLIC | Succession | 22-Feb-1993 | 01-Jan-1993 |
| CZECH REPUBLIC | Declaration | 22-Feb-1993 | |
| CZECHOSLOVAKIA | Signature | 30-Oct-1958 | |
| CZECHOSLOVAKIA | Reservation | 30-Oct-1958 | |
| CZECHOSLOVAKIA | Declaration | 30-Oct-1958 | |
| CZECHOSLOVAKIA | Ratification | 31-Aug-1961 | |
| CZECHOSLOVAKIA | Reservation | 31-Aug-1961 | |
| CZECHOSLOVAKIA | Communication | 06-Dec-1973 | |
| DENMARK | Signature | 29-Apr-1958 | |
| DENMARK | Ratification | 26-Sep-1968 | |
| DENMARK | Objection | 26-Sep-1968 | |
| DENMARK | Objection | 31-Oct-1974 | |
| DOMINICAN REPUBLIC | Signature | 29-Apr-1958 | |
| DOMINICAN REPUBLIC | Ratification | 11-Aug-1964 | |
| FIJI | Succession | 25-Mar-1971 | |
| FIJI | Objection | 25-Mar-1971 | |
| FINLAND | Signature | 27-Oct-1958 | |
| FINLAND | Ratification | 16-Feb-1965 | |
| FRANCE | Signature | 30-Oct-1958 | |
| FRANCE | Declaration | 08-Jul-1975 | |
| GERMAN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC | Declaration | 27-Dec-1973 | 26-Jan-1974 |
| GERMAN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC | Accession | 27-Dec-1973 | 26-Jan-1974 |
| GERMAN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC | Communication | 27-Dec-1973 | |
| GERMANY FEDERAL REPUBLIC | Signature | 30-Oct-1958 | |
| GERMANY FEDERAL REPUBLIC | Ratification | 26-Jul-1973 | 25-Aug-1973 |
| GERMANY FEDERAL REPUBLIC | Statement | 26-Jul-1973 | |
| GERMANY FEDERAL REPUBLIC | Objection | 15-Jul-1974 | |
| GERMANY FEDERAL REPUBLIC | Objection | 02-Mar-1977 | |
| GHANA | Signature | 29-Apr-1958 | |
| GUATEMALA | Signature | 29-Apr-1958 | |
| GUATEMALA | Ratification | 27-Nov-1961 | |
| HAITI | Signature | 29-Apr-1958 | |
| HAITI | Ratification | 29-Mar-1960 | |
| HUNGARY | Signature | 31-Oct-1958 | |
| HUNGARY | Ratification | 06-Dec-1961 | |
| ICELAND | Signature | 29-Apr-1958 | |
| INDONESIA | Signature | 08-May-1958 | |
| INDONESIA | Ratification | 10-Aug-1961 | |
| IRAN | Signature | 28-May-1958 | |
| IRAN | Reservation | 28-May-1958 | |
| IRELAND, REPUBLIC OF | Signature | 02-Oct-1958 | |
| ISRAEL | Signature | 29-Apr-1958 | |
| ISRAEL | Ratification | 06-Sep-1961 | |
| ITALY | Accession | 17-Dec-1964 | |
| JAMAICA | Succession | 08-Oct-1965 | |
| JAPAN | Accession | 10-Jun-1968 | |
| JAPAN | Objection | 10-Jun-1968 | |
| KENYA | Accession | 20-Jun-1969 | |
| LATVIA | Accession | 17-Nov-1992 | 17-Dec-1992 |
| LEBANON | Signature | 29-Apr-1958 | |
| LESOTHO | Succession | 23-Oct-1973 | 04-Oct-1966 |
| LIBERIA | Signature | 27-May-1958 | |
| MALAGASY REPUBLIC | Accession | 31-Jul-1962 | |
| MALAWI | Accession | 03-Nov-1965 | |
| MALAYSIA | Accession | 21-Dec-1960 | |
| MAURITIUS | Succession | 05-Oct-1970 | |
| MEXICO | Accession | 02-Aug-1966 | |
| MONGOLIA | Accession | 15-Oct-1976 | 14-Nov-1976 |
| MONGOLIA | Withdrawal Res. | 19-Jul-1990 | |
| MONTENEGRO | Succession | 23-Oct-2006 | 03-Jun-2006 |
| NEPAL | Signature | 29-Apr-1958 | |
| NEPAL | Ratification | 28-Dec-1962 | |
| NETHERLANDS THE | Signature | 31-Oct-1958 | |
| NETHERLANDS THE | Ratification | 18-Feb-1966 | |
| NETHERLANDS THE | Objection | 17-Mar-1967 | |
| NEW ZEALAND | Signature | 29-Oct-1958 | |
| NIGERIA | Succession | 26-Jun-1961 | |
| PAKISTAN | Signature | 31-Oct-1958 | |
| PANAMA | Signature | 02-May-1958 | |
| PAPUA NEW GUINEA | Statement | 12-Apr-1976 | |
| POLAND | Signature | 31-Oct-1958 | |
| POLAND | Ratification | 29-Jun-1962 | |
| POLAND | Reservation | 29-Jun-1962 | |
| PORTUGAL | Signature | 28-Oct-1958 | |
| PORTUGAL | Ratification | 08-Jan-1963 | |
| ROMANIA | Signature | 31-Oct-1958 | |
| ROMANIA | Ratification | 12-Dec-1961 | |
| ROMANIA | Declaration | 12-Dec-1961 | |
| SENEGAL | Accession | 25-Apr-1961 | |
| SIERRA LEONE | Succession | 13-Mar-1962 | |
| SLOVAK REPUBLIC | Succession | 28-May-1993 | 01-Jan-1993 |
| SLOVENIA | Succession | 01-Jul-1992 | 25-Jun-1991 |
| SOLOMON ISLANDS | Succession | 03-Sep-1981 | |
| SOUTH AFRICA | Accession | 09-Apr-1963 | |
| SOVIET UNION | Signature | 30-Oct-1958 | |
| SOVIET UNION | Declaration | 22-Nov-1960 | |
| SOVIET UNION | Ratification | 22-Nov-1960 | |
| SOVIET UNION | Declaration | 05-Nov-1973 | |
| SPAIN | Accession | 25-Feb-1971 | |
| SWAZILAND | Accession | 16-Oct-1970 | |
| SWITZERLAND | Signature | 24-May-1958 | |
| SWITZERLAND | Ratification | 18-May-1966 | |
| THAILAND | Signature | 29-Apr-1958 | |
| THAILAND | Ratification | 02-Jul-1968 | |
| TONGA | Succession | 29-Jun-1971 | |
| TONGA | Objection | 29-Jun-1971 | |
| TONGA | Communication | 22-Oct-1971 | |
| TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO | Succession | 11-Apr-1966 | 31-Aug-1962 |
| TUNISIA | Signature | 30-Oct-1958 | |
| UGANDA | Accession | 14-Sep-1964 | |
| UKRAINE | Signature | 30-Oct-1958 | |
| UKRAINE | Ratification | 12-Jan-1961 | |
| UKRAINE | Declaration | 12-Jan-1961 | |
| UNITED KINGDOM | Signature | 09-Sep-1958 | |
| UNITED KINGDOM | Objection | 06-Nov-1959 | |
| UNITED KINGDOM | Declaration | 14-Mar-1960 | |
| UNITED KINGDOM | Ratification | 14-Mar-1960 | |
| UNITED KINGDOM | Objection | 05-Apr-1962 | |
| UNITED KINGDOM | Objection | 17-Jun-1965 | |
| UNITED KINGDOM | Objection | 02-Nov-1966 | |
| UNITED KINGDOM | Objection | 13-May-1975 | |
| UNITED KINGDOM | Declaration | 08-Jul-1975 | |
| UNITED KINGDOM | Objection | 10-Jan-1977 | |
| UNITED STATES OF AMERICA | Signature | 15-Sep-1958 | |
| UNITED STATES OF AMERICA | Ratification | 12-Apr-1961 | |
| UNITED STATES OF AMERICA | Objection | 19-Sep-1962 | |
| UNITED STATES OF AMERICA | Objection | 19-Aug-1965 | |
| UNITED STATES OF AMERICA | Objection | 28-Sep-1966 | |
| UNITED STATES OF AMERICA | Objection | 11-Jul-1974 | |
| UNITED STATES OF AMERICA | Declaration | 08-Jul-1975 | |
| UPPER VOLTA | Accession | 04-Oct-1965 | |
| URUGUAY | Signature | 29-Apr-1958 | |
| VATICAN CITY | Signature | 30-Apr-1958 | |
| VENEZUELA | Signature | 30-Oct-1958 | |
| VENEZUELA | Ratification | 15-Aug-1961 | |
| YUGOSLAVIA | Signature | 29-Apr-1958 | |
| YUGOSLAVIA | Ratification | 28-Jan-1966 | |
| YUGOSLAVIA, FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF | Succession | 12-Mar-2001 | 27-Apr-1992 |