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CHAPTER XIV
EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL MATTERS
1. Agreement for Facilitating the International Circulation of Visual and Auditory Materials of an Educational, Scientific and Cultural Character
Lake Success, New York, 15 July 1949
Entry into force
:
12 August 1954, in accordance with article XII.
Registration :
12 August 1954, No. 2631
Status :
Signatories : 16. Parties : 40
Text : Certified true copy
United Nations,  Treaty Series , vol. 197, p. 3.
Note :
The Agreement was approved by the General Conference of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization at its third session, held at Beirut from 17 November to 11 December 1948, in a resolution1 adopted at the seventeenth plenary meeting on 10 December 1948.
Participant
 Signature
 Acceptance(A), Accession(a), Succession(d)
Afghanistan
 29 Dec 1949
 
Benin
   18 May 2017 a
Bosnia and Herzegovina 2
  12 Jan 1994 d
Brazil
 15 Sep 1949
15 Aug 1962 A
Cambodia
   20 Feb 1952 a
Canada
 17 Dec 1949
 4 Oct 1950 A
Congo
   26 Aug 1968 a
Costa Rica
    9 Jun 1971 a
Côte d'Ivoire
   26 Sep 2022 a
Croatia 2
  26 Jul 1993 d
Cuba
    7 Feb 1977 a
Cyprus
   10 Aug 1972 a
Czech Republic
   22 Aug 1997 a
Denmark
 29 Dec 1949
10 Aug 1955 A
Dominican Republic
  5 Aug 1949
 
Ecuador
 29 Dec 1949
 
El Salvador
 29 Dec 1949
24 Jun 1953 A
Ghana
   22 Mar 1960 a
Greece
 31 Dec 1949
 9 Jul 1954 A
Haiti
  2 Dec 1949
14 May 1954 A
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
 31 Dec 1949
30 Dec 1959 A
Iraq
   29 Aug 1952 a
Jordan
    7 Jul 1972 a
Lebanon
 30 Dec 1949
12 May 1971 A
Liberia
   16 Sep 2005 a
Libya
   22 Jan 1973 a
Madagascar
   23 May 1962 a
Malawi
    5 Jul 1967 a
Malta
   29 Jul 1968 a
Montenegro 3
  23 Oct 2006 d
Morocco
   25 Jul 1968 a
Netherlands (Kingdom of the)
 30 Dec 1949
 
Niger
   22 Apr 1968 a
North Macedonia 2
   2 Sep 1997 d
Norway
 20 Dec 1949
12 Jan 1950 A
Pakistan
   16 Feb 1950 a
Philippines
 31 Dec 1949
13 Nov 1952 A
Serbia 2
  12 Mar 2001 d
Slovakia
    9 Jun 1997 a
Slovenia 2
   3 Nov 1992 d
Syrian Arab Republic
   16 Sep 1951 a
Trinidad and Tobago
   31 Aug 1965 a
United States of America
 13 Sep 1949
14 Oct 1966 A
Uruguay
 31 Dec 1949
20 Apr 1999 A
Declarations and Reservations
(Unless otherwise indicated, the declarations and reservations were made
upon acceptance, accession or succession.)
Cuba

Reservation:

       The Government of the Republic of Cuba does not consider itself bound by the provisions of article IX, inasmuch as it believes that any disputes which may arise between States concerning the interpretation or application of the Agreement must be settled by direct negotiation through the diplomatic channel.

Declaration:

       The Government of the Republic of Cuba hereby declares that the provisions of paragraphs 1 to 4 of article XIV of the Agreement for Facilitating the International Circulation of Visual and Auditory Materials of an Educational, Scientific and Cultural Character are contrary to the Declaration on the granting of independence to colonial countries and peoples (resolution 1514 (XV)), adopted by the General Assembly of the United Nations on 14 December 1960, which proclaims the necessity of bringing to a speedy and unconditional end colonialism in all its forms and manifestations.
Libya

       The accession of the Libyan Arab Republic to this Agreement does not imply recognition of Israel or the assumption towards Israel of any commitments arising out of this Agreement.
Netherlands (Kingdom of the)

Upon signature:

       "As regards article III, paragraph 1, the words and quantitative restrictions and from the necessity of applying for an import licence' will be deleted, and excluded from the application of the Agreement."
End Note
1Records of the General Conference of UNESCO, Third Session, Beirut 1948, vol. II, Resolutions (3/3C/110, vol. II), p. 113.
2The former Yugoslavia had acceeded to the Agreement on 30 June 1950. See also 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.
3See note 1 under "Montenegro" in the "Historical Information" section in the front matter of this volume.
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