| Entry into force: | 24 April 1950 , the date on which the amendments set forth in the annex to the Protocol of 12 November 1947 entered into force, in accordance with paragraph 2 of article V of the Protocol. |
| Registration: | 24 April 1950, No. 771. |
| Status: | Parties: 46. |
| Text: | United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 53, p. 39. |
Note: The Convention for the Suppression of the Traffic in Persons and of the Exploitation of the Prostitution of Others, concluded at Lake Success, New York of 21 March 1950 consolidates the Protocols, Conventions and Agreements listed in the present chapter under Nos. 1 to 10. Furthermore, the Convention of 21 March 1950 supercedes the provisions of the above-referenced instruments in the relations between the Parties thereto and shall terminate such instruments when all the Parties thereto shall have become Parties to the Convention of 21 March 1950, in accordance with its article 28.
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| Participant | Definitive signature of the Protocol, Acceptance of the Protocol, Succession to the Protocol | Accession to the Convention as amended by the Protocol (a), Succession to the Convention as amended by the Protocol (d) |
| Afghanistan | 12 Nov 1947 | |
| Albania | 25 Jul 1949 | |
| Algeria | 31 Oct 1963 a | |
| Australia | 13 Nov 1947 | |
| Austria | 7 Jun 1950 | |
| Belgium | 12 Nov 1947 | |
| Brazil | 6 Apr 1950 | |
| Canada | 24 Nov 1947 | |
| China1 | 12 Nov 1947 | |
| Cuba | 16 Mar 1981 | |
| Czech Republic2 | 30 Dec 1993 | |
| Denmark | 21 Nov 1949 | |
| Egypt | 12 Nov 1947 | |
| Finland | 6 Jan 1949 | |
| Germany3 | 29 May 1973 | |
| Greece | 5 Apr 1960 | |
| Hungary | 2 Feb 1950 | |
| India | 12 Nov 1947 | |
| Ireland | 19 Jul 1961 | |
| Italy | 5 Jan 1949 | |
| Jamaica | 16 Mar 1965 | |
| Lebanon | 12 Nov 1947 | |
| Libyan Arab Jamahiriya | 17 Feb 1959 a | |
| Luxembourg | 14 Mar 1955 | |
| Madagascar | 18 Feb 1963 a | |
| Malawi | 25 Feb 1966 a | |
| Malta | 27 Feb 1975 | |
| Mexico | 12 Nov 1947 | |
| Montenegro4 | 23 Oct 2006 d | |
| Myanmar | 13 May 1949 | |
| Netherlands | 7 Mar 1949 | |
| Nicaragua | 24 Apr 1950 | |
| Norway | 28 Nov 1947 | |
| Pakistan | 12 Nov 1947 | |
| Philippines | 30 Sep 1954 a | |
| Poland | 21 Dec 1950 | |
| Romania | 2 Nov 1950 | |
| Russian Federation | 18 Dec 1947 | |
| Serbia5 | 12 Mar 2001 d | |
| Sierra Leone | 13 Aug 1962 | |
| Singapore | 26 Oct 1966 | |
| Slovakia2 | 28 May 1993 | |
| South Africa | 12 Nov 1947 | |
| Sweden | 9 Jun 1948 | |
| Syrian Arab Republic | 17 Nov 1947 | |
| Turkey | 12 Nov 1947 |
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1. See note concerning signatures, ratifications, accessions, etc., on behalf of China (note 1 under "China" in the "Historical Information" section in the front matter of this volume).
2. The Protocol of 12 November 1947 amending the Agreement, having been signed definitively on 12 November 1947 by the Government of Czechoslovakia, the latter applied the Convention as amended as from that date. See also note 1 under "Czech Republic" and note 1 under "Slovakia" in the "Historical Information" section in the front matter of this volume.
3. A notification of reapplication of the Convention of 30 September 1921 was received on 21 February 1974 from the Government of the German Democratic Republic. An instrument of acceptance of the Protocol of 12 November 1947 amending the Agreement having been deposited with the Secretary-General on 16 July 1974 on behalf of the German Democratic Republic, the latter applied the Convention as amended since 16 July 1974. See also note 2 under "Germany" in the "Historical Information" section in the front matter of this volume.
4. See note 1 under "Montenegro" in the "Historical Information" section in the front matter of this volume.
5. The former Yugoslavia had signed the Protocol definitively on 12 November 1947. 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.