CHAPTER VII

TRAFFIC IN PERSONS7International Agreement for the Suppression of the White Slave Traffic, signed at Paris on 18 May 1904, amended by the Protocol signed at Lake Success, New York, 4 May 1949Lake Success, New York, 4 May 1949Entry into force21 June 1951, the date on which the amendments set forth in the annex to the Protocol of 4 May 1949 entered into force, in accordance with the second paragraph of article 5 of the Protocol.Registration21 June 1951, No. 1257TextUnited Nations, <i>Treaty Series </i>, vol. 92, p. 19.The Convention for the Suppression of the Traffic in Persons and of the Exploitation of the Prostitution of Others, concluded at Lake Success, New York of 21 March 1950 consolidates the Protocols, Conventions and Agreements listed in the present chapter under Nos. 1 to 10. Furthermore, the Convention of 21 March 1950 supercedes the provisions of the above-referenced instruments in the relations between the Parties thereto and shall terminate such instruments when all the Parties thereto shall have become Parties to the Convention of 21 March 1950, in accordance with its article 28.

ParticipantDefinitive signature of the Protocol, Succession to the Agreement and the Protocol, Acceptance of the ProtocolAccession to the Agreement as amended by the Protocol(a), Succession to the Agreement as amended by the Protocol(d)Algeria31 Oct 1963 aAustralia 8 Dec 1949 Austria 7 Jun 1950 Bahamas10 Jun 1976 Belgium13 Oct 1952 Benin 4 Apr 1962 dCameroon 3 Nov 1961 dCanada 4 May 1949 Central African Republic 4 Sep 1962 dChile20 Jun 1949 China<superscript>1,2</superscript> 4 May 1949 Congo15 Oct 1962 dCôte d'Ivoire 8 Dec 1961 dCuba 4 Aug 1965 Cyprus16 May 1963 dCzech Republic<superscript>3</superscript>30 Dec 1993 Denmark 1 Mar 1950 Egypt16 Sep 1949 Fiji12 Jun 1972 Finland31 Oct 1949 France 5 May 1949 Germany<superscript>4</superscript>29 May 1973 Ghana 7 Apr 1958 dIndia28 Dec 1949 Iran (Islamic Republic of)30 Dec 1959 Iraq 1 Jun 1949 Ireland19 Jul 1961 Italy13 Nov 1952 Jamaica30 Jul 1964 dLuxembourg14 Mar 1955 Madagascar 9 Oct 1963 dMalawi10 Jun 1965 aMali 2 Feb 1973 dMalta24 Mar 1967 dMauritius18 Jul 1969 dMexico21 Feb 1956 aMontenegro<superscript>5</superscript>23 Oct 2006 dMorocco 7 Nov 1956 dNetherlands26 Sep 1950 Niger25 Aug 1961 dNigeria26 Jun 1961 dNorway 4 May 1949 Pakistan16 Jun 1952 Senegal 2 May 1963 dSerbia<superscript>6</superscript>12 Mar 2001 dSierra Leone13 Mar 1962 dSingapore 7 Jun 1966 dSlovakia<superscript>3</superscript>28 May 1993 South Africa14 Aug 1951 Sri Lanka14 Jul 1949 Sweden25 Feb 1952 Switzerland23 Sep 1949 Trinidad and Tobago11 Apr 1966 dTurkey13 Sep 1950 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland<superscript>1</superscript> 4 May 1949 United Republic of Tanzania18 Mar 1963 aUnited States of America14 Aug 1950 Zambia26 Mar 1973 d1On 6 and 10 June 1997, respectively, Secretary-General received communications regarding the status of Hong Kong from China and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (see also note 2 under “China” and note 2 under “United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland” in the “Historical Information” section in the front matter of this volume). Upon resuming the exercise of sovereignty over Hong Kong, China notified the Secretary-General that the Agreement of 18 May 1904, the Convention of 4 May 1910 and the Protocol of 4 May 1949 amending both the Agreement and the Convention will also apply to the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.2See note concerning signatures, ratifications, accessions, etc., on behalf of China (note 1 under “China” in the “Historical Information” section in the front matter of this volume).3Czechoslovakia had accepted the Protocol of 4 May 1949, on 21 June 1951. See also note 1 under “Czech Republic” and note 1 under “Slovakia” in the “Historical Information” section in the front matter of this volume.4A notification of reapplication of the Agreement of 18 May 1904 was received on 16 July 1974 from the Government of the German Democratic Republic. As an instrument of acceptance of the amending Protocol of 4 May 1949 was deposited with the Secretary-General on the same date on behalf of the Government of the German Democratic Republic, the latter has been applying the Agreement as amended since 16 July 1974. See also note 2 under “Germany” in the “Historical Information” section in the front matter of this volume.5See note 1 under "Montenegro" in the "Historical Information" section in the front matter of this volume.6The former Yugoslavia had signed and accepted the Protocol on 4 May 1949 and 26 April 1951, respectively. See also note 1 under "Bosnia and Herzegovina", "Croatia", "former Yugoslavia", "Slovenia", "The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia" and "Yugoslavia" in the "Historical Information" section in the front matter of this volume.