Registration Number 15511
Title Convention concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage
Participant(s)
Submitter
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
Places/dates of conclusion
PlaceDate
Paris16/11/1972
EIF information
17 December 1975
Authentic texts
Spanish
Russian
French
English
Arabic
Attachments
ICJ information
Depositary
Director-General of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
Registration Date United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization 9 March 1977
Subject terms
Environment
Cultural matters
Agreement type Multilateral
UNTS Volume Number 1037 (p.151)
Publication format Full
Certificate Of Registration
Text document(s) volume-1037-I-15511-English.pdf
volume-1037-I-15511-French.pdf
volume-1037-I-15511-Other.pdf
Volume In PDF v1037.pdf
Map(s)
Corrigendum/Addendum/Note
   

ParticipantActionDate of Notification/DepositDate of Effect
AfghanistanRatification20/03/197920/06/1979
AlbaniaRatification10/07/198910/10/1989
AlgeriaRatification24/06/197417/12/1975
AngolaRatification07/11/199107/02/1992
Antigua and BarbudaAcceptance01/11/198301/02/1984
ArgentinaAcceptance23/08/197823/11/1978
ArmeniaSuccession05/09/199323/09/1991
ArubaTerritorial application16/12/199216/12/1992
AustraliaRatification22/08/197417/12/1975
AustriaRatification18/12/199218/03/1993
AzerbaijanRatification16/12/199316/03/1994
BahrainRatification28/05/199128/08/1991
BangladeshAcceptance03/08/198303/11/1983
BarbadosAcceptance09/04/200209/07/2002
BelgiumRatification24/07/199624/10/1996
BelizeRatification06/11/199006/02/1991
BeninRatification14/06/198214/09/1982
BhutanRatification17/10/200117/01/2002
BoliviaRatification04/10/197604/01/1977
Bosnia and HerzegovinaSuccession12/07/199306/03/1992
BotswanaAcceptance23/11/199823/02/1999
BrazilAcceptance01/09/197701/12/1977
Brunei DarussalamRatification12/08/201112/11/2011
BulgariaAcceptance07/03/197417/12/1975
Burkina FasoRatification02/04/198702/07/1987
BurundiRatification19/05/198219/08/1982
Byelorussian Soviet Socialist RepublicRatification12/10/198812/01/1989
CambodiaAcceptance28/11/199128/02/1992
CanadaRatification23/07/197623/10/1976
Cape VerdeAcceptance28/04/198828/07/1988
Central African RepublicRatification22/12/198022/03/1981
ChadRatification23/06/199923/09/1999
ChileRatification20/02/198020/05/1980
ChinaNotification09/06/199701/07/1997
ChinaRatification12/12/198512/03/1986
ChinaRatification12/12/198512/03/1986
ChinaNotification11/10/199920/12/1999
ColombiaAcceptance24/05/198324/08/1983
ComorosRatification27/09/200027/12/2000
CongoRatification10/12/198710/03/1988
Cook IslandsAcceptance16/01/200916/04/2009
Cook IslandsTerritorial application22/11/198422/02/1985
Costa RicaRatification23/08/197723/11/1977
CroatiaSuccession01/07/199208/10/1991
CubaRatification24/03/198124/06/1981
CyprusAcceptance14/08/197517/12/1975
Czech RepublicSuccession29/03/199301/01/1993
CzechoslovakiaAcceptance15/11/199015/02/1991
Democratic People's Republic of KoreaAcceptance21/07/199821/10/1998
Democratic YemenAcceptance07/10/198007/01/1981
DenmarkRatification25/07/197925/10/1979
DjiboutiRatification30/08/200730/11/2007
DominicaRatification04/04/199504/07/1995
Dominican RepublicRatification12/02/198512/05/1985
EcuadorAcceptance16/06/197517/12/1975
EgyptRatification07/02/197417/12/1975
El SalvadorAcceptance08/10/199108/01/1992
Equatorial GuineaRatification10/03/201010/06/2010
EritreaAcceptance24/10/200124/01/2002
EstoniaRatification27/10/199527/01/1996
EthiopiaRatification06/07/197706/10/1977
Federal Republic of GermanyRatification23/08/197623/11/1976
FijiRatification21/11/199021/02/1991
FinlandRatification04/03/198704/06/1987
FranceAcceptance27/06/197517/12/1975
GabonRatification30/12/198630/03/1987
GambiaRatification01/07/198701/10/1987
GeorgiaSuccession04/11/199209/04/1991
German Democratic RepublicAcceptance12/12/198812/03/1989
German Democratic RepublicAcceptance12/12/198812/03/1989
GhanaRatification04/07/197517/12/1975
GreeceRatification17/07/198117/10/1981
GrenadaAccession13/08/199813/11/1998
GuatemalaAcceptance16/01/197916/04/1979
GuineaRatification18/03/197918/06/1979
GuyanaAcceptance20/06/197720/09/1977
HaitiRatification18/01/198018/04/1980
Holy SeeAccession07/10/198207/01/1983
HondurasRatification08/06/197908/09/1979
Hong KongNotification09/06/199701/07/1997
HungaryAcceptance15/07/198515/10/1985
IcelandRatification19/12/199519/03/1996
IndiaRatification14/11/197714/02/1978
IndonesiaAcceptance06/07/198906/10/1989
IranAcceptance26/02/197517/12/1975
IraqAcceptance05/03/197417/12/1975
IrelandRatification16/09/199116/12/1991
IsraelAcceptance06/10/199906/01/2000
ItalyRatification23/06/197823/09/1978
Ivory CoastRatification09/01/198109/04/1981
JamaicaAcceptance14/06/198314/09/1983
JapanAcceptance30/06/199230/09/1992
JordanRatification05/05/197517/12/1975
KazakhstanAcceptance29/04/199429/07/1994
KenyaAcceptance05/06/199105/09/1991
KuwaitRatification06/06/200206/09/2002
KyrgyzstanAcceptance03/07/199503/10/1995
Lao People's Democratic RepublicRatification20/03/198720/06/1987
LatviaAcceptance10/01/199510/04/1995
LebanonRatification03/02/198303/05/1983
LesothoAcceptance25/11/200325/02/2004
LiberiaAcceptance28/03/200228/06/2002
Libyan Arab JamahiriyaRatification13/10/197813/01/1979
LithuaniaAcceptance31/03/199230/06/1992
LuxembourgRatification28/09/198328/12/1983
MadagascarRatification19/07/198319/10/1983
MalawiRatification05/01/198205/04/1982
MalaysiaRatification07/12/198807/03/1989
MaldivesAcceptance22/05/198622/08/1986
MaliAcceptance05/04/197705/07/1977
MaltaAcceptance14/11/197814/02/1979
Marshall IslandsAcceptance24/04/200224/07/2002
MauritaniaRatification02/03/198102/06/1981
MauritaniaRatification02/03/198102/06/1981
MauritiusRatification19/09/199519/12/1995
MexicoAcceptance23/02/198423/05/1984
MicronesiaAcceptance22/07/200222/10/2002
MonacoRatification07/11/197807/02/1979
MongoliaAcceptance02/02/199002/05/1990
MontenegroSuccession26/04/200703/06/2006
MoroccoRatification28/10/197528/01/1976
MozambiqueRatification27/11/198227/02/1983
MyanmarAcceptance29/04/199429/07/1994
NamibiaAcceptance06/04/200006/07/2000
NepalAcceptance20/06/197820/09/1978
NetherlandsTerritorial application16/12/199216/12/1992
NetherlandsAcceptance26/08/199226/11/1992
New ZealandRatification22/11/198422/02/1985
New ZealandTerritorial application22/11/198422/02/1985
NicaraguaAcceptance17/12/197917/03/1980
NigerAcceptance23/12/197417/12/1975
NigeriaRatification23/10/197417/12/1975
NiueAcceptance23/01/200123/04/2001
NorwayRatification12/05/197712/08/1977
OmanAcceptance06/10/198106/01/1982
PakistanRatification23/07/197623/10/1976
PalauAcceptance11/06/200211/09/2002
PalestineRatification08/12/201108/03/2012
PanamaRatification03/03/197803/06/1978
Papua New GuineaAcceptance28/07/199728/10/1997
ParaguayRatification27/04/198827/07/1988
PeruRatification24/02/198224/05/1982
PhilippinesRatification19/09/198519/12/1985
PolandRatification29/06/197629/09/1976
PortugalNotification13/11/199920/12/1999
PortugalTerritorial application30/04/199930/07/1999
PortugalRatification30/09/198030/12/1980
Republic of KoreaAcceptance14/09/198814/12/1988
RomaniaAcceptance16/05/199016/08/1990
RwandaAcceptance28/12/200028/03/2001
SamoaAcceptance28/08/200128/11/2001
San MarinoRatification18/10/199118/01/1992
Sao Tome and PrincipeRatification25/07/200625/10/2006
Saudi ArabiaAcceptance07/08/197807/11/1978
SenegalRatification13/02/197613/05/1976
SeychellesAcceptance09/04/198009/07/1980
SingaporeAcceptance19/06/201219/09/2012
SlovakiaSuccession31/03/199301/01/1993
SloveniaSuccession28/10/199225/06/1991
Solomon IslandsAccession10/06/199210/09/1992
SomaliaRatification23/07/202023/10/2020
South AfricaRatification10/07/199710/10/1997
South SudanRatification09/03/201609/06/2016
SpainAcceptance04/05/198204/08/1982
Sri LankaAcceptance06/06/198006/09/1980
St. Christopher and NevisAcceptance10/07/198610/10/1986
St. LuciaRatification14/10/199114/01/1992
St. Vincent and the GrenadinesRatification03/02/200303/05/2003
SudanRatification06/06/197417/12/1975
SurinameAcceptance23/10/199723/01/1998
SwazilandRatification30/11/200528/02/2006
SwedenRatification22/01/198522/04/1985
SwitzerlandRatification17/09/197517/12/1975
Syrian Arab RepublicAcceptance13/08/197517/12/1975
TajikistanSuccession11/08/199209/09/1991
ThailandAcceptance17/09/198717/12/1987
The former Yugoslav Republic of MacedoniaSuccession30/04/199717/11/1991
Timor-LesteRatification31/10/201631/01/2017
TogoAcceptance15/04/199815/07/1998
TongaAcceptance03/06/200403/09/2004
Trinidad and TobagoRatification16/02/200516/05/2005
TunisiaRatification10/03/197517/12/1975
TurkeyRatification16/03/198316/06/1983
TurkmenistanSuccession26/09/199427/10/1991
TuvaluRatification18/05/202318/08/2023
UgandaAcceptance20/11/198720/02/1988
Ukrainian Soviet Socialist RepublicRatification12/10/198812/01/1989
Union of Soviet Socialist RepublicsRatification12/10/198812/01/1989
United Arab EmiratesAcceptance11/05/200111/08/2001
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandDeclaration01/07/1997 
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandTerritorial application29/02/199629/05/1996
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandRatification29/05/198429/08/1984
United Republic of CameroonRatification07/12/198207/03/1983
United Republic of TanzaniaRatification02/08/197702/11/1977
United States of AmericaRatification07/12/197317/12/1975
UruguayAcceptance09/03/198909/06/1989
VanuatuRatification13/06/200213/09/2002
VenezuelaAcceptance30/10/199030/01/1991
Viet NamAcceptance19/10/198719/01/1988
Yemen Arab RepublicRatification25/01/198425/04/1984
Yugoslavia (Federal Republic of)Succession11/09/200127/04/1992
Yugoslavia (Socialist Federal Republic of)Ratification26/05/197517/12/1975
ZaireRatification23/09/197417/12/1975
ZambiaRatification04/06/198404/09/1984
ZimbabweRatification16/08/198216/11/1982