United States of America
Declaration: "Pursuant to article XII, the United States will not be bound by article I of the Protocol."
Official Records of the General Assembly, Thirty-third Session, Supplement No. 45 (A/3345), p. 217.
The German Democratic Republic had acceded to the Protocol on 31 August 1989. See also note 2 under “Germany” in the “Historical Information” section in the front matter of this volume.
Czechoslovakia had acceded to the Protocol on 5 March 1990 with the following reservation:
Pursuant to article XII [of the Protocol], the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic declares that it shall not consider itself bound by the provision of its article I.
On 22 November 2017, the Government of the Czech Republic notified the Secretary-General that it had decided to withdraw the reservation with respect to article XII made by Czechoslovakia upon accession.
See also note 1 under “Czech Republic” and note 1 under “Slovakia” in the “Historical Information” section in the front matter of this volume.