CHAPTER VIII
OBSCENE PUBLICATIONS5Agreement for the Suppression of the Circulation of Obscene Publications, signed at Paris on 4 May 1910, amended by the Protocol signed at Lake Success, New York, 4 May 1949New York, 4 May 19491 March 1950, the date on which the amendments to the Agreement, 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.1 March 1950, No. 728Parties57United Nations, <i>Treaty Series </i>, vol. 47, p. 159.
Participant<superscript>1</superscript>Acceptance(A), Definitive signature of the Protocol, Acceptance of the Protocol, Acceptance ipso facto by virtue of article 10 (1) of the Convention of 12 September 1923, as amended(A), Succession to the Agreement and the ProtocolSuccession to the Agreement as amended by the Protocol(d), Accession to the Agreement as amended by the Protocol(a), Ratification of the Agreement as amended by the ProtocolAustralia 8 Dec 1949 Austria 4 Aug 1950 Belarus 8 Sep 1998 dBelgium13 Oct 1952 Cambodia30 Mar 1959 aCanada 4 May 1949 China<superscript>2,3</superscript> 4 May 1949 Cuba 2 Dec 1983 Cyprus16 May 1963 dCzech Republic<superscript>4</superscript>30 Dec 1993 dDemocratic Republic of the Congo31 May 1962 dDenmark 1 Mar 1950 Egypt16 Sep 1949 Fiji 1 Nov 1971 Finland31 Oct 1949 France 5 May 1949 Ghana 7 Apr 1958 dHaiti<superscript>5</superscript>26 Aug 1953 Iceland25 Oct 1950 India28 Dec 1949 Iran (Islamic Republic of)30 Dec 1959 Iraq14 Sep 1950 Ireland28 Feb 1952 Italy13 Nov 1952 Jamaica<superscript>5</superscript>30 Jul 1964 aJordan<superscript>5</superscript>11 May 1959 aLesotho28 Nov 1975 dLiberia<superscript>5</superscript>16 Sep 2005 ALuxembourg14 Mar 1955 Madagascar10 Apr 1963 aMalawi22 Jul 1965 aMalaysia31 Aug 1957 dMalta24 Mar 1967 dMauritius18 Jul 1969 dMexico22 Jul 1952 Montenegro<superscript>6</superscript>23 Oct 2006 dMyanmar<superscript>5</superscript>13 May 1949 aNetherlands26 Sep 1950 New Zealand14 Oct 1950 Nigeria26 Jun 1961 dNorway 4 May 1949 Pakistan 4 May 1951 Romania 2 Nov 1950 Russian Federation14 May 1949 Serbia<superscript>7</superscript>12 Mar 2001 dSierra Leone13 Mar 1962 dSlovakia<superscript>4</superscript>28 May 1993 dSolomon Islands 3 Sep 1981 dSouth Africa 1 Sep 1950 Sri Lanka14 Jul 1949 Switzerland23 Sep 1949 Trinidad and Tobago11 Apr 1966 dTurkey13 Sep 1950 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland<superscript>2</superscript> 4 May 1949 United Republic of Tanzania28 Nov 1962 aUnited States of America14 Aug 1950 Zambia 1 Nov 1974 d
1An instrument of acceptance of the Protocol was deposited on 2 December 1975 with the Secretary-General by the Government of the German Democratic Republic with a declaration. For the text of the declaration, see United Nations, <i>Treaty Series </i>, vol. 987, p. 410. A "notification of reapplication" of the Agreement of 4 May 1910 on behalf of the German Democratic Republic had been deposited with the Secretary-General on 4 October 1974. See also note 2 under “Germany” in the “Historical Information” section in the front matter of this volume. See also note 2 under “Germany” in the “Historical Information” section in the front matter of this volume.2The Secretary-General, received on 6 and 10 June 1997 communications regarding the status of Hong Kong from China and the United Kingdom of Great Brtiain and Northern Ireland with regard to the Agreement (chapter VIII-6) and Protocol (chapter VIII-4)(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 and the Protocol will also apply to the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.On 17 December 2002, the Government of China informed the Secretary-General of the following:“On 1 July 2002, the Government of the HKSAR merged its Information Technology and Broadcasting Bureau and the Commerce and Industry Bureau into the Commerce Industry and Technology Bureau. Accordingly, the Commerce, Industry and Technology Bureau becomes the authority of the HKSAR charged with the duty provided for in Article 1 of the Agreement.”3See 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).4Czechoslovakia, by virtue of its acceptance on 21 June 1951 of the Protocol of 4 May 1949 amending the Agreement of 1910, was a participant in the Agreement on that same date. See also note 1 under “Czech Republic” and note 1 under “Slovakia” in the “Historical Information” section in the front matter of this volume.5Ratification of or accession to the Convention of 12 September 1923 shall <i>ipso facto</i>, and without special notification, involve concomitant and full acceptance of the Agreement of 4 May 1910 [...]6See note 1 under "Montenegro" in the "Historical Information" section in the front matter of this volume.7The former Yugoslavia had accepted the Protocol on 29 April 1953. 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.