Afghanistan
(April 10th, 1935 a)
Australia
(September 2nd, 1936)
(Including Papua and Norfolk Island and the mandated territories of New Guinea and Nauru .)
Austria
(August 7th, 1936)
Union of South Africa
(November 20th, 1935)
Belgium
(June 11th, 1936)
With reservation as regards Article 10.
Brazil
(June 24th, 1938 a)
Bulgaria
(December 19th, 1934)
Chile
(March 20th, 1935)
Cuba
(June 25th, 1936 a)
Czechoslovakia2
(July 27th, 1935)
Finland
(December 21st, 1936 a)
Greece
(August 20th, 1937)
Hungary
(August 12th, 1935)
Iran
(April 12th, 1935 a)
Ireland
(May 25th, 1938 a)
Latvia
(September 17th, 1935)
Mexico
(May 3rd, 1938 a)
Netherlands
(including the Netherlands Indies ,
Surinam and Curaçao )
(September 20th, 1935)
Nicaragua
(December 12th, 1935 a)
Norway
(June 26th, 1935 a)
Poland
(December 8th, 1937)
Portugal3
(January 7th, 1937)
Romania
(June 6th, 1935 a)
Sudan
(June 13th, 1934 a)
Sweden
(June 25th, 1934)
Switzerland
(July 17th, 1934)
Turkey
(March 19th, 1941 a)
Albania
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and all parts of the British Empire which are not separate members of the League of Nations.
China
Germany
Lithuania
Monaco
Panama
Spain
Yugoslavia (former)4
See League of Nations, Treaty Series , vol. 150, p. 431.
See note 1 under “Czech Republic” and note 1 under “Slovakia” in the “Historical Information” section in the front matter of this volume.
On 21 October 1999 and 13 December 1999, the Secretary-General received communications regarding the status of Macao from Portgual and China (see also note 3 under “China” and note 1 under “Portgual” in the “Historical Information” section in the front matter of this volume). Upon resuming the exercise of sovereignty over Macao, China notified the Secretary-General that the Convention will also apply to the Macao Special Administrative Region.
From 20 December 1999 onwards the Portuguese Republic will cease to be responsible for the international rights and obligations arising from the application of the Convention to Macau.
See 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.