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INTERNATIONAL TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT12United Nations Convention on International Bills of Exchange and International Promissory NotesNew York, 9 December 1988Not yet in forcesee article 89 which reads as follows: "1. This Convention enters into force on the first day of the month following the expiration of twelve months after the date of deposit of the tenth instrument of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession. 2. When a State ratifies, accepts, approves or accedes to this Convention after the deposit of the tenth instrument of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession, this Convention enters into force in respect of that State on the first day of the month following the expiration of twelve months after the date of deposit of its instrument of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession.".StatusSignatories3Parties5TextDoc. A/RES/43/165.The draft Convention was prepared by the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law. The Convention was adopted by resolution 43/165<superscript>1</superscript> of 9 December 1988 at the forty-third session of the General Assembly of the United Nations. The Convention, of which the Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish texts are equally authentic, was open for signature by all States at the Headquarters of the United Nations, New York, until 30 June 1990, in accordance with article 86 (1).

ParticipantSignatureAccession(a), RatificationCanada 7 Dec 1989 Gabon15 Dec 2004 aGuinea23 Jan 1991 aHonduras 8 Aug 2001 aLiberia16 Sep 2005 aMexico11 Sep 1992 aRussian Federation30 Jun 1990 United States of America29 Jun 1990 1<i>Official Records of the General Assembly, Forty-third Session, Supplement No. 49 </i>(A/43/49), p. 280 .