Treaty

Convention concerning the Exchange of Official Publications and Government Documents between States

PartiesParties with a link have a reservation.

Party Signature RatificationS=Signature without reservation or requirement of ratification R=Ratification, Acceptance, Approval or Notification A=Accession Su=Succession NK=Not Known Entry into force Renunciation Termination
Australia 15-06-1984 (R) 15-06-1985
Belarus 10-12-1962 (R) 10-12-1963
Belgium 22-10-1975 (R) 22-10-1976
Brunei 25-01-1985 (Su) 01-01-1984
Bulgaria 04-03-1963 (R) 04-03-1964
Central African Republic 20-07-1973 (R) 20-07-1974
Cuba 01-08-1963 (R) 01-08-1964
Czech Republic 26-03-1993 (Su) 01-01-1993
Czechoslovakia (<01-01-1993) 29-11-1963 (R) 29-11-1964
Denmark 10-11-1964 (R) 10-11-1965
Dominica 14-03-1983 (Su) 03-11-1978
Dominican Republic 24-08-1972 (R) 24-08-1973
Ecuador 08-02-1961 (R) 08-02-1962
Egypt 22-10-1962 (R) 22-10-1963
Estonia 07-06-1993 (R) 07-06-1994
Finland 26-05-1967 (R) 26-05-1968
France 30-05-1960 (R) 30-05-1961
Georgia 04-11-1992 (Su) 09-04-1991
Germany 03-10-1969 (R) 03-10-1970
Ghana 06-12-1963 (R) 06-12-1964
Guatemala 23-11-1960 (R) 23-11-1961
Hungary 10-12-1962 (R) 10-12-1963
Indonesia 10-01-1967 (R) 10-01-1968
Iraq 27-12-1973 (R) 27-12-1974
Israel 04-01-1960 (R) 30-05-1961
Italy 02-08-1961 (R) 02-08-1962
Japan 29-05-1984 (R) 29-05-1985
Libya 09-01-1973 (R) 09-01-1974
Lithuania 10-03-1993 (R) 10-03-1994
Luxembourg 13-12-1967 (R) 13-12-1968
Malta 18-05-1966 (Su) 21-09-1964
Morocco 30-08-1968 (R) 30-08-1969
Netherlands, the Kingdom of the 21-11-1975 (R) 21-11-1976
New Zealand 05-02-1963 (R) 05-02-1964
Nigeria 22-07-1970 (R) 22-07-1971
Norway 19-09-1968 (R) 19-09-1969
Panama 17-07-1962 (R) 17-07-1963
Poland 12-02-1970 (R) 12-02-1971
Romania 09-06-1965 (R) 09-06-1966
Russian Federation 08-10-1962 (R) 08-10-1963
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 22-01-1985 (Su) 27-10-1979
Saudi Arabia 28-01-2003 (R) 28-01-2004
Slovakia 31-03-1993 (Su) 01-01-1993
Solomon Islands 06-10-1981 (Su) 07-07-1978
Spain 01-02-1963 (R) 01-02-1964
Sri Lanka 07-12-1959 (R) 30-05-1961
Sweden 10-06-1980 (R) 10-06-1981
Tajikistan 28-08-1992 (Su) 09-09-1991
Ukraine 19-12-1962 (R) 19-12-1963
United Kingdom 01-06-1961 (R) 01-06-1962
United States of America 09-06-1967 (R) 09-06-1968

Extensions

United Kingdom

Extended to Entry into force Termination
- 01-06-1962
Anguilla 01-06-1962
Antigua and Barbuda (< 01-11-1981) 01-06-1962 01-11-1981
Bahamas (< 10-07-1973) 01-06-1962 10-07-1973
Barbados (< 30-11-1966) 01-06-1962 30-11-1966
Bermuda 01-06-1962
British Virgin Islands 01-06-1962
Cayman Islands 01-06-1962
Dominica (< 03-11-1978) 01-06-1962 03-11-1978
Grenada (< 07-02-1974) 01-06-1962 07-02-1974
Guernsey 01-06-1962
Guiana (< 26-05-1966) 01-06-1962 26-05-1966
Jamaica (< 06-08-1962) 01-06-1962 06-08-1962
Jersey 01-06-1962
Malta (< 21-09-1964) 01-06-1962 21-09-1964
Man, Isle of 01-06-1962
Montserrat 01-06-1962
Saint Kitts and Nevis (< 19-11-1983) 01-06-1962 19-11-1983
Saint Lucia (< 22-02-1979) 01-06-1962 22-02-1979
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (<27-10-1979) 01-06-1962 27-10-1979
Seychelles (< 29-06-1976) 01-06-1962 29-06-1976
Singapore (< 16-09-1963) 01-06-1962 16-09-1963
Solomon Islands (< 07-07-1978) 01-06-1962 07-07-1978
Trinidad and Tobago (< 31-08-1962) 01-06-1962 31-08-1962
Turks and Caicos Islands 01-06-1992
Zimbabwe (< 18-04-1980) 01-06-1962 18-04-1980

Parties with reservations, declarations and objections

Party Reservations / Declarations Objections
Iraq Yes No
Romania Yes No

Iraq

01-01-0001

The acceptance of the Convention by Iraq shall in no way recognition of Israel or be conducive to entry into relations with it.

Romania

01-01-0001

On ratifying the Convention on the exchange of Official Publications and Government Documents between States, the Council of the People’s Republic of Romania declares that the provisions of Articles 18 and 19 of the Convention concerning territories for which a Contracting State is responsible for the conduct of their foreign relations, are inconsistent with Declaration 1514 adopted by the General Assembly of the United Nations on 14 December 1960, which proclaims the necessity of bringing to a speedy and unconditional end of colonialism in all its forms and manifestations.

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