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1. Agreement for Facilitating the International Circulation of Visual and Auditory Materials of an Educational, Scientific and Cultural Character

Lake Success, New York, 15 July 1949

 

Entry into force: 12 August 1954, in accordance with article XII.
Registration: 12 August 1954, No. 2631.
Status: Signatories: 16 ,Parties: 38.
Text: United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 197, p. 3. 

Note: The Agreement was approved by the General Conference of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization at its third session, held at Beirut from 17 November to 11 December 1948, in a resolution1 adopted at the seventeenth plenary meeting on 10 December 1948.

 

 

PARTICIPANTS

Participant  Signature  Acceptance (A), Accession (a), Succession (d) 
Afghanistan  29 Dec 1949   
Bosnia and Herzegovina2    12 Jan 1994 d 
Brazil  15 Sep 1949  15 Aug 1962 A 
Cambodia    20 Feb 1952 a 
Canada  17 Dec 1949  4 Oct 1950 A 
Congo    26 Aug 1968 a 
Costa Rica    9 Jun 1971 a 
Croatia2    26 Jul 1993 d 
Cuba    7 Feb 1977 a 
Cyprus    10 Aug 1972 a 
Czech Republic    22 Aug 1997 a 
Denmark  29 Dec 1949  10 Aug 1955 A 
Dominican Republic  5 Aug 1949   
Ecuador  29 Dec 1949   
El Salvador  29 Dec 1949  24 Jun 1953 A 
Ghana    22 Mar 1960 a 
Greece  31 Dec 1949  9 Jul 1954 A 
Haiti  2 Dec 1949  14 May 1954 A 
Iran (Islamic Republic of)  31 Dec 1949  30 Dec 1959 A 
Iraq    29 Aug 1952 a 
Jordan    7 Jul 1972 a 
Lebanon  30 Dec 1949  12 May 1971 A 
Liberia    16 Sep 2005 a 
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya    22 Jan 1973 a 
Madagascar    23 May 1962 a 
Malawi    5 Jul 1967 a 
Malta    29 Jul 1968 a 
Montenegro3    23 Oct 2006 d 
Morocco    25 Jul 1968 a 
Netherlands  30 Dec 1949   
Niger    22 Apr 1968 a 
Norway  20 Dec 1949  12 Jan 1950 A 
Pakistan    16 Feb 1950 A 
Philippines  31 Dec 1949  13 Nov 1952 A 
Serbia2    12 Mar 2001 d 
Slovakia    9 Jun 1997 a 
Slovenia2    3 Nov 1992 d 
Syrian Arab Republic    16 Sep 1951 a 
The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia2    2 Sep 1997 d 
Trinidad and Tobago    31 Aug 1965 a 
United States of America  13 Sep 1949  14 Oct 1966 A 
Uruguay  31 Dec 1949  20 Apr 1999 A 
 

 

DECLARATIONS

Declarations and Reservations

(Unless otherwise indicated, the declarations and reservations were made

upon acceptance, accession or succession.)

Cuba

Reservation:

The Government of the Republic of Cuba does not consider itself bound by the provisions of article IX, inasmuch as it believes that any disputes which may arise between States concerning the interpretation or application of the Agreement must be settled by direct negotiation through the diplomatic channel.

Declaration:

The Government of the Republic of Cuba hereby declares that the provisions of paragraphs 1 to 4 of article XIV of the Agreement for Facilitating the International Circulation of Visual and Auditory Materials of an Educational, Scientific and Cultural Character are contrary to the Declaration on the granting of independence to colonial countries and peoples (resolution 1514 (XV)), adopted by the General Assembly of the United Nations on 14 December 1960, which proclaims the necessity of bringing to a speedy and unconditional end colonialism in all its forms and manifestations.

Libyan Arab Jamahiriya

The accession of the Libyan Arab Republic to this Agreement does not imply recognition of Israel or the assumption towards Israel of any commitments arising out of this Agreement.

Netherlands

Upon signature:

"As regards article III, paragraph 1, the words and quantitat- ive restrictions and from the necessity of applying for an import licence' will be deleted, and excluded from the application of the Agreement."

 

 

NOTES

1. Records of the General Conference of UNESCO, Third Session, Beirut 1948, vol. II, Resolutions (3/3C/110, vol. II), p. 113.

2. The former Yugoslavia had acceeded to the Agreement on 30 June 1950. 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.

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