Depositary
STATUS AS AT : 17-06-2025 09:15:36 EDT
CHAPTER X
INTERNATIONAL TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT
12. United Nations Convention on International Bills of Exchange and International Promissory Notes
New York, 9 December 1988
Not yet in force
:
see article 89 which reads as follows: "1. This Convention enters into force on the first day of the month following the expiration of twelve months after the date of deposit of the tenth instrument of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession. 2. When a State ratifies, accepts, approves or accedes to this Convention after the deposit of the tenth instrument of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession, this Convention enters into force in respect of that State on the first day of the month following the expiration of twelve months after the date of deposit of its instrument of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession.".
Status :
Signatories : 3. Parties : 5
Note :
The draft Convention was prepared by the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law.  The Convention was adopted by resolution 43/1651 of 9 December 1988 at the forty-third session of the General Assembly of the United Nations. The Convention, of which the Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish texts are equally authentic, was open for signature by all States at the Headquarters of the United Nations, New York, until 30 June 1990, in accordance with article 86 (1).
Participant
 Signature
 Accession(a), Ratification
Canada
  7 Dec 1989
 
Gabon
   15 Dec 2004 a
Guinea
   23 Jan 1991 a
Honduras
    8 Aug 2001 a
Liberia
   16 Sep 2005 a
Mexico
   11 Sep 1992 a
Russian Federation
 30 Jun 1990
 
United States of America
 29 Jun 1990
 
End Note
1Official Records of the General Assembly, Forty-third Session, Supplement No. 49  (A/43/49), p. 280 .
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