CHAPTER XI
TRANSPORT AND COMMUNICATIONS
B
Road Traffic2Protocol concerning countries or territories at present occupiedGeneva, 19 September 194926 March 1952, in accordance with article 29.26 March 1952, No. 1671Signatories17Parties19United Nations, <i>Treaty Series </i>, vol. 125, p. 3.The Convention was prepared and opened for signature by the United Nations Conference on Road and Motor Transport held at Geneva from 23 August to 19 September 1949. It was convened by the Secretary-General of the United Nations pursuant to resolution 147 B (VII) of the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations, adopted on 28 August 1948. The Conference also prepared and opened for signature the Protocol concerning countries or territories at present occupied and the Protocol on Road Signs and Signals and reached certain other decisions which are recorded in the Final Act of the Conference. For the text of the said Final Act, see United Nations, <i>Treaty Series </i>, vol. 125, p. 3.
ParticipantSignatureRatification, Accession(a)Belgium19 Sep 1949 23 Apr 1954 Botswana 3 Jan 1967 aCambodia14 Mar 1956 aChile10 Aug 1960 aCuba 1 Oct 1952 aDenmark19 Sep 1949 Dominican Republic19 Sep 1949 15 Aug 1957 Egypt19 Sep 1949 28 May 1957 France19 Sep 1949 15 Sep 1950 Guatemala10 Jan 1962 aHaiti12 Feb 1958 aIndia19 Sep 1949 Italy19 Sep 1949 15 Dec 1952 Lebanon19 Sep 1949 Luxembourg19 Sep 1949 17 Oct 1952 Netherlands19 Sep 1949 Norway19 Sep 1949 Philippines19 Sep 1949 Portugal28 Dec 1955 aSouth Africa19 Sep 1949 9 Jul 1952 Sweden19 Sep 1949 Switzerland19 Sep 1949 Tunisia 8 Nov 1957 aTurkey17 Jan 1956 aUganda15 Apr 1965 aUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland19 Sep 1949 8 Jul 1957 United States of America19 Sep 1949 30 Aug 1950