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Convention concerning the Exchange of Official Publications
and Government Documents between States. Paris, 3
December 1958.
1States Group Date of deposit
of instrument Type ofinstrument
Australia IV 15/06/1984 Acceptance
Belarus II 10/12/1962 Ratification
Belgium I 22/10/1975 Ratification
Brunei Darusalaam IV 25/01/1985 Notification of
succession
Bulgaria II 04/03/1963 Ratification
Central African Republic Va 20/07/1973 Ratification
China2 IV 26/04/1961 Ratification
Cuba III 01/08/1963 Ratification
Czech Republic II 26/03/1993 Notification of
succession
Denmark I 10/11/1964 Ratification
Dominica III 14/03/1983 Notification of
succession
Dominican Republic III 24/08/1972 Ratification
Ecuador III 08/02/1961 Ratification
Egypt Vb 22/10/1962 Ratification
Estonia II 07/06/1993 Ratification
Finland I 26/05/1967 Ratification
France I 30/05/1960 Ratification
Georgia II 04/11/1992 Notification of
succession
Germany I 03/10/1969 Ratification
Ghana Va 06/12/1963 Ratification
Guatemala III 23/11/1960 Ratification
Hungary II 10/12/1962 Acceptance
Indonesia IV 10/01/1967 Acceptance
Iraq Vb 27/12/1973 Acceptance
Israel I 04/01/1960 Ratification
Italy I 02/08/1961 Acceptance
Japan IV 29/05/1984 Acceptance
Libya Vb 09/01/1973 Ratification
Lithuania II 10/03/1993 Acceptance
Luxembourg I 13/12/1967 Ratification
Malta I 18/05/1966 Notification of
succession
Morocco Vb 30/08/1968 Acceptance
Netherlands I 21/11/1975 Acceptance
New Zealand IV 05/02/1963 Ratification
Nigeria Va 22/07/1970 Acceptance
Norway I 19/09/1968 Acceptance
Panama III 17/07/1962 Ratification
Poland II 12/02/1970 Acceptance
Romania II 09/06/1965 Ratification
Russian Federation II 08/10/1962 Ratification
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines III 22/01/1985 Notification of succession
Saudi Arabia Vb 28/01/2003 Ratification
Slovakia II 31/03/1993 Notification of
succession
Solomon Islands IV 06/10/1981 Notification of
succession
Spain I 01/02/1963 Ratification
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25/11/13 Conventions
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Sri Lanka IV 07/12/1959 Ratification
Sweden I 10/06/1980 Acceptance
Tajikistan II 28/08/1992 Notification of
succession
Ukraine II 19/12/1962 Ratification
United Kingdom of Great Britain
and Northern Ireland I 01/06/1961 Acceptance
United States of America I 09/06/1967 Ratification
1This Convention entered into force on 30 May 1961. It subsequently entered
into force for each State 12 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.
2Instrument of ratification deposited by the authorities representing China at
UNESCO at the time of the deposit. The Director-General received from the Permanent Delegation of the People’s Republic of China to UNESCO the following communication dated 2 September 1974: “All signatures affixed to the Convention concerning the International Exchange of Publications by the Chiang Kai-shek Clique usurping the name of China are illegal and without force. The Chinese Government does not recognize them and shall in no way be bound by them”. By a communication dated 17 May 1988, the Permanent Delegation of the People’s Republic of China to UNESCO informed the Director-General that the preceding declaration also applied to the
Convention concerning the Exchange of Official Publications and Government Documents between States and to the Convention against Discrimination in Education.