CHAPTER XVII

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION1Convention on the International Right of CorrectionNew York, 31 March 1953Entry into force24 August 1962, in accordance with article VIII.Registration24 August 1962, No. 6280StatusSignatories12Parties17TextUnited Nations, <i>Treaty Series </i>, vol. 435, p. 191.The Convention was adopted by the General Assembly of the United Nations in resolution 630 (VII)<superscript>1</superscript> of 16 December 1952, and it was opened for signature at the closing of the seventh session of the General Assembly.

ParticipantSignatureRatification, Accession(a), Succession(d)Argentina11 Jun 1953 Bosnia and Herzegovina<superscript>2</superscript>12 Jan 1994 dBurkina Faso23 Mar 1987 aChile22 Apr 1953 Cuba17 Nov 1954 aCyprus20 Jun 1972 13 Nov 1972 Ecuador31 Mar 1953 Egypt27 Jan 1955 4 Aug 1955 El Salvador11 Mar 1958 28 Oct 1958 Ethiopia31 Mar 1953 21 Jan 1969 France 2 Apr 1954 16 Nov 1962 Guatemala<superscript>3</superscript> 1 Apr 1953 9 May 1957 Guinea19 Mar 1975 Jamaica15 Jun 1967 aLatvia14 Apr 1992 aLiberia16 Sep 2005 aMontenegro<superscript>4</superscript>23 Oct 2006 dParaguay16 Nov 1953 Peru12 Nov 1959 Serbia<superscript>2</superscript>12 Mar 2001 dSierra Leone25 Jul 1962 aSyrian Arab Republic 4 Aug 1955 Uruguay21 Nov 1980 a1<i> Official Records of the General Assembly, Seventh Session, Supplement No. 20 </i> (A/2361), p. 22.2The former Yugoslavia had acceeded to the Convention on 31 January 1956. See also note 1 under “Bosnia and Herzegovina”, “Croatia”, ”former Yugoslavia”, The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia”, “Slovenia” and “Yugoslavia” in the “Historical Information” section in the front matter of this volume.3The Convention was signed on behalf of Guatemala with reservation to article V of the Convention. Upon ratification, the Government of Guatemala did not maintain the said reservation.4See note 1 under "Montenegro" in the "Historical Information" section in the front matter of this volume.