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7. International Agreement for the Suppression of the White Slave Traffic, signed at Paris on 18 May 1904, amended by the Protocol signed at Lake Success, New York, 4 May 1949

Lake Success, New York, 4 May 1949

 

Entry into force: 21 June 1951 , the date on which the amendments set forth in the annex to the Protocol of 4 May 1949 entered into force, in accordance with the second paragraph of article 5 of the Protocol.
Registration: 21 June 1951, No. 1257.
Text: United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 92, p. 19. 

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.

 

 

PARTICIPANTS

Participant  Definitive signature of the Protocol, Succession to the Agreement and the Protocol, Acceptance of the Protocol  Accession to the Agreement as amended by the Protocol (a), Succession to the Agreement as amended by the Protocol (d) 
Algeria    31 Oct 1963 a 
Australia  8 Dec 1949   
Austria  7 Jun 1950   
Bahamas  10 Jun 1976   
Belgium  13 Oct 1952   
Benin    4 Apr 1962 d 
Cameroon    3 Nov 1961 d 
Canada  4 May 1949   
Central African Republic    4 Sep 1962 d 
Chile  20 Jun 1949   
China1,2  4 May 1949   
Congo    15 Oct 1962 d 
Côte d'Ivoire    8 Dec 1961 d 
Cuba  4 Aug 1965   
Cyprus    16 May 1963 d 
Czech Republic3  30 Dec 1993   
Denmark  1 Mar 1950   
Egypt  16 Sep 1949   
Fiji  12 Jun 1972   
Finland  31 Oct 1949   
France  5 May 1949   
Germany4  29 May 1973   
Ghana    7 Apr 1958 d 
India  28 Dec 1949   
Iran (Islamic Republic of)  30 Dec 1959   
Iraq  1 Jun 1949   
Ireland  19 Jul 1961   
Italy  13 Nov 1952   
Jamaica    30 Jul 1964 d 
Luxembourg  14 Mar 1955   
Madagascar    9 Oct 1963 d 
Malawi    10 Jun 1965 a 
Mali    2 Feb 1973 d 
Malta    24 Mar 1967 d 
Mauritius    18 Jul 1969 d 
Mexico    21 Feb 1956 a 
Montenegro5    23 Oct 2006 d 
Morocco    7 Nov 1956 d 
Netherlands  26 Sep 1950   
Niger    25 Aug 1961 d 
Nigeria    26 Jun 1961 d 
Norway  4 May 1949   
Pakistan  16 Jun 1952   
Senegal    2 May 1963 d 
Serbia6    12 Mar 2001 d 
Sierra Leone    13 Mar 1962 d 
Singapore    7 Jun 1966 d 
Slovakia3  28 May 1993   
South Africa  14 Aug 1951   
Sri Lanka  14 Jul 1949   
Sweden  25 Feb 1952   
Switzerland  23 Sep 1949   
Trinidad and Tobago    11 Apr 1966 d 
Turkey  13 Sep 1950   
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland  4 May 1949   
United Republic of Tanzania    18 Mar 1963 a 
United States of America  14 Aug 1950   
Zambia    26 Mar 1973 d 
 

 

DECLARATIONS

Declarations and Reservations

[See the text of the declarations and reservations in respect of the unamended Agreement (chapter VII.8)

and the amending Protocol of 4 May 1949 (chapter VII.6).]

 

 

NOTES

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. On 6 and 10 June 1997, respectively, Secretary-General received communications regarding the status of Hong Kong from China and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (see also note 2 under "China" and note 2 under "United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland" in the "Historical Information" section in the front matter of this volume). Upon resuming the exercise of sovereignty over Hong Kong, China notified the Secretary-General that the Agreement of 18 May 1904, the Convention of 4 May 1910 and the Protocol of 4 May 1949 amending both the Agreement and the Convention will also apply to the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.

3. Czechoslovakia had accepted the Protocol of 4 May 1949, on 21 June 1951. See also note 1 under "Czech Republic" and note 1 under "Slovakia" in the "Historical Information" section in the front matter of this volume.

4. A notification of reapplication of the Agreement of 18 May 1904 was received on 16 July 1974 from the Government of the German Democratic Republic. As an instrument of acceptance of the amending Protocol of 4 May 1949 was deposited with the Secretary-General on the same date on behalf of the Government of the German Democratic Republic, the latter has been applying the Agreement as amended since 16 July 1974. See also note 2 under "Germany" in the "Historical Information" section in the front matter of this volume.

5. See note 1 under "Montenegro" in the "Historical Information" section in the front matter of this volume.

6. The former Yugoslavia had signed and accepted the Protocol on 4 May 1949 and 26 April 1951, 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.