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PRIVILEGES AND IMMUNITIES, DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR RELATIONS, ETC10Optional Protocol to the Convention on Special Missions concerning the compulsory settlement of disputesNew York, 8 December 196921 June 1985, in accordance with article VII(1).21 June 1985, No. 23431Signatories8Parties17United Nations, <i>Treaty Series </i>, vol. 1400, p. 339.The present Protocol was opened for signature by all States which could become Parties to the Convention, from 16 December 1969 unitl 31 December 1970 at United Nations Headquarters in New York.
Participant<superscript>1</superscript>SignatureRatification, Accession(a), Succession(d)Austria22 Aug 1978 aBosnia and Herzegovina<superscript>2</superscript>12 Jan 1994 dCyprus31 Dec 1970 24 Jan 1972 El Salvador18 Dec 1970 Estonia21 Oct 1991 aFinland28 Dec 1970 Guatemala12 Feb 1988 aIran (Islamic Republic of) 5 Jun 1975 aJamaica 1 Jul 1970 Liberia16 Sep 2005 aLiechtenstein15 Dec 1970 3 Aug 1977 Montenegro<superscript>3</superscript>23 Oct 2006 dParaguay19 Sep 1975 aPhilippines16 Dec 1969 26 Nov 1976 Serbia<superscript>2</superscript>12 Mar 2001 dSeychelles28 Dec 1977 aSlovakia27 Apr 1999 aSpain31 May 2001 aSwitzerland31 Jul 1970 3 Nov 1977 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland17 Dec 1970 Uruguay17 Dec 1980 a
1Signed on behalf of the Republic of China on 28 December 1970. See also note 1 under “China” in the “Historical Information” section in the front matter of this volume.2The former Yugoslavia had signed and ratified the Optional Protocol on 18 December 1969 and 5 March 1974, respectively. 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.