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Registration Number
8844
Title
Constitution of the Universal Postal Union
Participant(s)
Submitter
Switzerland
Austria
Places/dates of conclusion
Place
Date
Vienna
10/07/1964
EIF information
with retroactive effect from 1 January 1966 , in accordance with article 33
Authentic texts
French
Attachments
with annexes
and final protocol
ICJ information
Depositary
Government of Switzerland
Registration Date
Austria 1 December 1967
Subject terms
Charters-Constitutions-Statutes
Universal Postal Union (UPU)
Postal services
Agreement type
Multilateral
UNTS Volume Number
611 (p.7)
Publication format
Full
Certificate Of Registration
Text document(s)
volume-611-I-8844-English.pdf
volume-611-I-8844-French.pdf
volume-611-I-8844-Other.pdf
Volume In PDF
v611.pdf
Map(s)
Corrigendum/Addendum/Note
Participant
Action
Date of Notification/Deposit
Date of Effect
Afghanistan
Ratification
16/01/1969
Afghanistan
Signature
10/07/1964
Albania
Ratification
04/11/1968
Albania
Signature
10/07/1964
Algeria
Ratification
12/06/1968
Algeria
Signature
10/07/1964
Argentina
Ratification
23/06/1967
Ascension Island
Territorial application
06/03/1968
Australia
Ratification
23/12/1965
Austria
Ratification
23/12/1965
Bahamas
Accession
24/04/1974
24/04/1974
Bahrain
Accession
21/12/1973
Bangladesh
Accession
07/02/1973
Barbados
Accession
11/11/1967
Belgium
Ratification
04/11/1965
Belize
Accession
01/10/1982
01/10/1982
Bhutan
Accession
07/03/1969
Bolivia
Ratification
20/07/1972
Bolivia
Signature
10/07/1964
Botswana
Accession
12/01/1968
Brazil
Ratification
08/08/1969
Brazil
Signature
10/07/1964
British Overseas Territories
Territorial application
10/07/1964
Brunei Darussalam
Accession
15/01/1985
15/01/1985
Bulgaria
Ratification
31/07/1969
Bulgaria
Signature
10/07/1964
Burma
Ratification
01/07/1969
Burma
Signature
10/07/1964
Burundi
Ratification
09/05/1969
Burundi
Signature
10/07/1964
Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic
Objection
03/06/1974
Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic
Signature
10/07/1964
Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic
Ratification
03/02/1978
03/02/1978
Cambodia
Ratification
11/08/1969
Cambodia
Signature
10/07/1964
Cameroon
Ratification
23/12/1968
Cameroon
Signature
10/07/1964
Canada
Ratification
08/03/1966
Cape Verde
Accession
30/09/1976
30/09/1976
Central African Republic
Signature
10/07/1964
Central African Republic
Ratification
26/07/1968
Ceylon
Ratification
14/03/1967
Chad
Ratification
06/01/1972
Chad
Ratification
06/01/1972
Chad
Signature
10/07/1964
Chile
Ratification
20/09/1972
Chile
Signature
10/07/1964
China
Ratification
06/09/1966
China
Accession
07/02/1973
Colombia
Signature
10/07/1964
Colombia
Ratification
11/05/1976
11/05/1976
Comoros
Accession
29/07/1976
29/07/1976
Congo (Leopoldville)
Signature
10/07/1964
Cook Islands
Territorial application
21/10/1966
Costa Rica
Signature
10/07/1964
Costa Rica
Ratification
10/09/1981
10/09/1981
Croatia
Accession
20/07/1992
20/07/1992
Cuba
Ratification
27/02/1969
Cuba
Signature
10/07/1964
Cyprus
Signature
10/07/1964
Cyprus
Ratification
13/01/1969
Czechoslovakia
Ratification
20/05/1966
Dahomey
Ratification
13/01/1967
Democratic People's Republic of Korea
Accession
06/06/1974
06/06/1974
Denmark
Ratification
23/12/1965
Djibouti
Accession
18/11/1977
06/06/1978
Dominica
Accession
22/10/1979
31/01/1980
Dominican Republic
Signature
10/07/1964
Ecuador
Signature
10/07/1964
Ecuador
Ratification
30/09/1969
Egypt
Withdrawal of declaration
09/01/1980
25/01/1980
El Salvador
Signature
10/07/1964
El Salvador
Ratification
09/01/1978
09/01/1978
Equatorial Guinea
Accession
24/07/1970
Estonia
Accession
30/04/1992
30/04/1992
Ethiopia
Ratification
18/06/1969
Ethiopia
Signature
10/07/1964
Federal Republic of Germany
Declaration
02/05/1974
Federal Republic of Germany
Ratification
27/06/1966
Federal Republic of Germany
Declaration
04/07/1978
Federal Republic of Germany
Declaration
04/07/1978
Federal Republic of Germany
Declaration
04/07/1978
Federation of Malaya
Signature
10/07/1964
Fiji
Accession
18/06/1971
Finland
Ratification
17/12/1965
France
Ratification
21/12/1965
France
Denunciation
22/12/1976
22/12/1977
France
Territorial application
22/12/1976
22/12/1977
Gabon
Ratification
27/01/1967
Gambia
Accession
09/10/1974
09/10/1974
German Democratic Republic
Accession
01/06/1973
German Democratic Republic
Objection
29/10/1973
Ghana
Ratification
17/11/1966
Greece
Signature
10/07/1964
Greece
Ratification
08/05/1968
Grenada
Accession
30/01/1978
30/01/1978
Guatemala
Signature
10/07/1964
Guatemala
Ratification
10/02/1970
Guinea
Ratification
12/12/1966
Guinea-Bissau
Accession
30/05/1974
30/05/1974
Guyana
Accession
22/03/1967
Haiti
Signature
10/07/1964
Haiti
Accession
27/05/1975
27/05/1975
Honduras
Signature
10/07/1964
Hungary
Ratification
02/05/1967
Iceland
Ratification
10/08/1965
India
Ratification
08/11/1966
Indonesia
Signature
10/07/1964
Iran
Ratification
28/08/1968
Iran
Signature
10/07/1964
Iraq
Ratification
22/09/1967
Ireland
Ratification
04/03/1966
Israel
Signature
10/07/1964
Israel
Ratification
29/02/1968
Italy
Signature
10/07/1964
Italy
Ratification
12/07/1968
Ivory Coast
Ratification
17/09/1965
Jamaica
Signature
10/07/1964
Jamaica
Ratification
08/11/1968
Japan
Ratification
22/07/1965
Jordan
Signature
10/07/1964
Jordan
Ratification
20/02/1967
Kazakhstan
Accession
27/08/1992
27/08/1992
Kenya
Accession
26/04/1968
Kiribati
Accession
14/08/1984
14/08/1984
Kuwait
Ratification
16/08/1967
Laos
Ratification
25/09/1967
Latvia
Accession
17/06/1992
17/06/1992
Lebanon
Signature
10/07/1964
Lebanon
Ratification
05/10/1979
05/10/1979
Lesotho
Accession
06/09/1967
Liberia
Signature
10/07/1964
Liberia
Ratification
16/09/1975
16/09/1975
Libya
Signature
10/07/1964
Libya
Ratification
21/04/1969
Liechtenstein
Ratification
05/10/1967
Lithuania
Accession
10/01/1992
10/01/1992
Luxembourg
Ratification
29/12/1965
Madagascar
Ratification
25/08/1965
Malawi
Accession
25/10/1966
Malaysia
Ratification
22/02/1969
Maldives
Accession
15/08/1967
Mali
Ratification
18/12/1965
Malta
Accession
04/06/1968
Mauritania
Accession
22/03/1967
Mauritius
Accession
29/08/1969
Mexico
Ratification
05/04/1968
Mexico
Signature
10/07/1964
Monaco
Ratification
30/09/1968
Monaco
Signature
10/07/1964
Mongolia
Ratification
08/04/1968
Mongolia
Signature
10/07/1964
Morocco
Ratification
07/04/1967
Morocco
Ratification
23/11/1977
23/11/1977
Mozambique
Accession
11/10/1978
11/10/1978
Namibia
Accession
30/04/1992
30/04/1992
Nauru
Accession
17/04/1969
Nepal
Ratification
26/09/1969
Nepal
Signature
10/07/1964
Netherlands
Ratification
08/08/1969
Netherlands
Signature
10/07/1964
Netherlands
Ratification
08/08/1969
Netherlands
Declaration
30/12/1985
01/01/1986
New Zealand
Ratification
21/10/1966
Nicaragua
Signature
10/07/1964
Nicaragua
Ratification
15/02/1988
15/02/1988
Niger
Ratification
28/02/1966
Nigeria
Ratification
10/01/1967
Norway
Ratification
01/12/1965
Oman
Accession
17/08/1971
Pakistan
Signature
10/07/1964
Pakistan
Ratification
19/12/1966
Panama
Signature
10/07/1964
Panama
Accession
19/10/1984
19/10/1984
Papua New Guinea
Accession
04/06/1976
04/06/1976
Paraguay
Ratification
12/03/1979
12/03/1979
Peru
Signature
10/07/1964
Peru
Ratification
29/04/1970
Philippines
Signature
10/07/1964
Philippines
Ratification
27/04/1973
Poland
Ratification
12/09/1966
Portugal
Signature
10/07/1964
Portugal
Ratification
07/09/1968
Portugal
Ratification
20/11/1968
Portugal
Territorial application
28/12/1977
28/12/1977
Portugal
Denunciation
28/12/1977
28/12/1978
Qatar
Accession
31/01/1969
Republic of Korea
Ratification
20/05/1966
Republic of the Congo
Ratification
07/09/1966
Republic of Viet-Nam
Ratification
05/06/1967
Romania
Signature
10/07/1964
Romania
Ratification
28/04/1969
Rwanda
Signature
10/07/1964
Rwanda
Ratification
18/05/1988
18/05/1988
Samoa
Accession
13/07/1989
09/08/1989
San Marino
Ratification
11/10/1967
Sao Tome and Principe
Accession
22/08/1977
22/08/1977
Saudi Arabia
Signature
10/07/1964
Saudi Arabia
Ratification
11/12/1980
11/12/1980
Senegal
Ratification
26/09/1967
Seychelles
Accession
07/10/1977
07/10/1977
Sierra Leone
Ratification
24/08/1967
Singapore
Accession
08/01/1966
Slovenia
Accession
27/08/1992
27/08/1992
Solomon Islands
Accession
04/05/1984
04/05/1984
Somalia
Ratification
27/05/1968
Somalia
Signature
10/07/1964
South Africa
Accession
07/10/1964
South Africa
Accession
19/06/1981
19/06/1981
Southern Yemen
Accession
28/06/1968
Spain
Ratification
09/11/1966
St. Christopher and Nevis
Accession
26/11/1987
11/01/1988
St. Lucia
Accession
10/07/1980
10/07/1980
St. Vincent and the Grenadines
Accession
03/02/1981
03/02/1981
Sudan
Signature
10/07/1964
Swaziland
Accession
07/11/1969
Sweden
Ratification
13/12/1966
Switzerland
Ratification
04/02/1966
Syria
Ratification
18/11/1966
Thailand
Ratification
07/02/1966
Togo
Ratification
28/08/1967
Tonga
Accession
26/01/1972
Trinidad and Tobago
Ratification
14/06/1968
Trinidad and Tobago
Signature
10/07/1964
Tunisia
Ratification
13/09/1966
Turkey
Ratification
08/09/1970
Turkey
Signature
10/07/1964
Tuvalu
Accession
03/02/1981
03/02/1981
Uganda
Ratification
29/12/1965
Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic
Objection
05/06/1974
Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic
Signature
10/07/1964
Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic
Ratification
10/02/1978
10/02/1978
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
Declaration
26/08/1974
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
Objection
28/05/1974
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
Signature
10/07/1964
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
Ratification
18/01/1978
18/01/1978
United Arab Emirates
Accession
30/03/1973
United Arab Republic
Ratification
30/06/1967
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Ratification
02/08/1966
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Territorial application
06/03/1968
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Declaration
14/07/1986
United Republic of Tanzania
Ratification
26/09/1967
United Republic of Tanzania
Signature
10/07/1964
United States of America
Ratification
22/04/1966
United States of America
Denunciation
30/12/1976
01/01/1978
United States of America
Territorial application
30/12/1976
01/01/1978
Upper Volta
Ratification
24/02/1967
Uruguay
Signature
10/07/1964
Uruguay
Ratification
22/01/1979
22/01/1979
Vanuatu
Adherence
05/07/1982
16/07/1982
Vatican City State
Ratification
22/04/1968
Vatican City State
Signature
10/07/1964
Venezuela
Ratification
12/09/1969
Venezuela
Signature
10/07/1964
Western Pacific High Commission
Territorial application
06/03/1968
Yemen Arab Republic
Ratification
10/01/1969
Yemen Arab Republic
Signature
10/07/1964
Yugoslavia (Socialist Federal Republic of)
Ratification
15/11/1966
Zaire
Ratification
06/12/1979
06/12/1979
Zambia
Accession
22/03/1967
Zimbabwe
Accession
31/07/1981
31/07/1981
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