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Registration Number
6465
Title
Convention on the High Seas
Participant(s)
Submitter
ex officio
Places/dates of conclusion
Place
Date
Geneva
29/04/1958
EIF information
30 September 1962 , in accordance with article 34
Authentic texts
Spanish
Russian
French
English
Chinese
Attachments
with Final Act
ICJ information
Depositary
Secretary-General of the United Nations
Registration Date
ex officio 3 January 1963
Subject terms
Sea
Maritime matters
UNCLOS (Law of the Sea)
High Seas Convention
Environment
Agreement type
Multilateral
UNTS Volume Number
450 (p.11)
Publication format
Full
Certificate Of Registration
Text document(s)
volume-450-I-6465-English.pdf
volume-450-I-6465-French.pdf
volume-450-I-6465-Other.pdf
Volume In PDF
v450.pdf
Map(s)
Corrigendum/Addendum/Note
Participant
Action
Date of Notification/Deposit
Date of Effect
Afghanistan
Signature
30/10/1958
Afghanistan
Ratification
28/04/1959
30/09/1962
Albania
Accession
07/12/1964
Argentina
Signature
29/04/1958
Australia
Objection
29/09/1976
Australia
Objection
31/01/1968
Australia
Signature
30/10/1958
Australia
Objection
01/02/1965
Australia
Ratification
14/05/1963
13/06/1963
Austria
Signature
27/10/1958
Austria
Ratification
10/01/1974
09/02/1974
Belgium
Accession
06/01/1972
05/02/1972
Bolivia
Signature
17/10/1958
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Succession
01/09/1993
06/03/1992
Bulgaria
Signature
31/10/1958
Bulgaria
Objection
14/05/1963
Bulgaria
Ratification
31/08/1962
30/09/1962
Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic
Signature
30/10/1958
Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic
Declaration
13/02/1974
Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic
Ratification
27/02/1961
30/09/1962
Cambodia
Accession
18/03/1960
30/09/1962
Canada
Signature
29/04/1958
Central African Republic
Accession
15/10/1962
14/11/1962
Colombia
Signature
29/04/1958
Costa Rica
Signature
29/04/1958
Costa Rica
Ratification
16/02/1972
17/03/1972
Croatia
Succession
03/08/1992
08/10/1991
Cuba
Signature
29/04/1958
Cyprus
Accession
23/05/1988
22/06/1988
Czech Republic
Succession
22/02/1993
01/01/1993
Czechoslovakia
Signature
30/10/1958
Czechoslovakia
Declaration
06/12/1973
Czechoslovakia
Ratification
31/08/1961
30/09/1962
Denmark
Objection
31/10/1974
Denmark
Signature
29/04/1958
Denmark
Ratification
26/09/1968
26/10/1968
Dominican Republic
Signature
29/04/1958
Dominican Republic
Ratification
11/08/1964
10/09/1964
Federal Republic of Germany
Objection
15/07/1974
Federal Republic of Germany
Ratification
26/07/1973
25/08/1973
Federation of Malaya
Accession
21/12/1960
30/09/1962
Fiji
Succession
25/03/1971
Finland
Signature
27/10/1958
Finland
Ratification
16/02/1965
18/03/1965
France
Declaration
08/07/1975
France
Signature
30/10/1958
German Democratic Republic
Accession
27/12/1973
26/01/1974
Germany
Signature
30/10/1958
Ghana
Signature
29/04/1958
Guatemala
Signature
29/04/1958
Guatemala
Ratification
27/11/1961
30/09/1962
Haiti
Signature
29/04/1958
Haiti
Ratification
29/03/1960
30/09/1962
Holy See
Signature
30/04/1958
Hungary
Signature
31/10/1958
Hungary
Ratification
06/12/1961
30/09/1962
Iceland
Signature
29/04/1958
Indonesia
Signature
08/05/1958
Indonesia
Ratification
10/08/1961
30/09/1962
Iran
Signature
28/05/1958
Ireland
Signature
02/10/1958
Israel
Signature
29/04/1958
Israel
Ratification
06/09/1961
30/09/1962
Italy
Accession
17/12/1964
17/01/1965
Jamaica
Succession
08/10/1965
06/08/1962
Japan
Accession
10/06/1968
10/07/1968
Kenya
Accession
20/06/1969
20/07/1969
Latvia
Accession
17/11/1992
17/12/1992
Lebanon
Signature
29/05/1958
Lesotho
Succession
23/10/1973
Liberia
Signature
27/05/1958
Madagascar
Accession
31/07/1962
30/09/1962
Malawi
Accession
03/11/1965
03/12/1965
Mauritius
Succession
05/10/1970
Mexico
Accession
02/08/1966
Mongolia
Accession
15/10/1976
14/11/1976
Mongolia
Withdrawal of reservation
19/07/1990
19/07/1990
Montenegro
Succession
23/10/2006
03/06/2006
Nepal
Ratification
28/12/1962
27/01/1963
Nepal
Signature
29/04/1958
30/09/1962
Netherlands
Objection
17/03/1967
Netherlands
Signature
31/10/1958
Netherlands
Ratification
18/02/1966
20/03/1966
New Zealand
Signature
29/10/1958
Nigeria
Succession
26/06/1961
30/09/1962
Pakistan
Signature
31/10/1958
Panama
Signature
02/05/1958
Poland
Signature
31/10/1958
Poland
Ratification
29/06/1962
30/09/1962
Portugal
Objection
27/12/1966
Portugal
Ratification
08/01/1963
07/02/1963
Portugal
Signature
28/10/1958
30/09/1962
Romania
Signature
31/10/1958
Romania
Ratification
12/12/1961
30/09/1962
Senegal
Accession
25/04/1961
30/09/1962
Sierra Leone
Succession
13/03/1962
30/09/1962
Slovakia
Succession
28/05/1993
01/01/1993
Slovenia
Succession
06/07/1992
25/06/1991
Solomon Islands
Succession
03/09/1981
07/07/1978
South Africa
Accession
09/04/1963
09/05/1963
Spain
Accession
25/02/1971
27/03/1971
Sri Lanka
Signature
30/10/1958
Swaziland
Accession
16/10/1970
15/11/1970
Switzerland
Signature
24/05/1958
Switzerland
Ratification
18/05/1966
17/06/1966
Thailand
Signature
29/04/1958
Thailand
Ratification
02/07/1968
01/08/1968
Tonga
Succession
29/06/1971
Trinidad and Tobago
Succession
11/04/1966
Tunisia
Signature
30/10/1958
Uganda
Accession
14/09/1964
14/10/1964
Ukraine
Signature
30/10/1958
Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic
Ratification
12/01/1961
30/09/1962
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
Declaration
05/11/1973
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
Signature
30/10/1958
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
Ratification
22/11/1960
30/09/1962
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Objection
10/01/1977
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Signature
09/09/1958
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Objection
13/05/1975
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Objection
17/06/1965
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Objection
02/11/1966
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Notification
10/06/1997
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Declaration
08/07/1975
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Ratification
14/03/1960
30/09/1962
United States of America
Objection
11/07/1974
United States of America
Signature
15/09/1958
United States of America
Declaration
08/07/1975
United States of America
Notification
19/08/1965
United States of America
Objection
27/09/1966
United States of America
Ratification
12/04/1961
30/09/1962
Upper Volta
Accession
04/10/1965
03/11/1965
Uruguay
Signature
29/04/1958
Vatican City State
Signature
30/04/1958
Venezuela
Signature
30/10/1958
Venezuela
Ratification
15/08/1961
30/09/1962
Yugoslavia (Federal Republic of)
Succession
12/03/2001
27/04/1992
Yugoslavia (Socialist Federal Republic of)
Signature
29/04/1958
Yugoslavia (Socialist Federal Republic of)
Ratification
28/01/1966
27/02/1966
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