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1. Protocol to amend the Convention for the suppression of the circulation of, and traffic in, obscene pulications, concluded at Geneva on 12 September 1923

Lake Success, New York, 12 November 1947

 

Entry into force: 12 November 1947, in accordance with article V test1.
Registration: 2 February 1950, No. 709.
Status: Signatories: 6 ,Parties: 34.
Text: United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 46, p. 169. 

Note: The Protocol was approved by the General Assembly of the United Nations in resolution 126 (II)2 of 20 October 1947.

 

 

PARTICIPANTS

Participant3  Signature  Definitive signature (s), Acceptance (A), Succession (d) 
Afghanistan    12 Nov 1947 s 
Albania    25 Jul 1949 A 
Australia    13 Nov 1947 s 
Austria    4 Aug 1950 s 
Belgium    12 Nov 1947 s 
Brazil  17 Mar 1948  3 Apr 1950 A 
Canada    24 Nov 1947 s 
China4,5    12 Nov 1947 s 
Cuba    2 Dec 1983 A 
Czech Republic6    30 Dec 1993 d 
Denmark7  [12 Nov 1947  21 Nov 1949 A] 
Egypt    12 Nov 1947 s 
Fiji    1 Nov 1971 d 
Finland    6 Jan 1949 A 
Greece  9 Mar 1951  5 Apr 1960 A 
Guatemala  9 Jul 1948  26 Aug 1949 A 
Hungary    2 Feb 1950 s 
India    12 Nov 1947 s 
Iran (Islamic Republic of)  16 Jul 1953   
Ireland    28 Feb 1952 A 
Italy    16 Jun 1949 s 
Luxembourg  12 Nov 1947  14 Mar 1955 A 
Mexico    4 Feb 1948 A 
Myanmar    13 May 1949 s 
Netherlands8  [12 Nov 1947  7 Mar 1949 A] 
New Zealand    28 Oct 1948 s 
Norway  12 Nov 1947  28 Nov 1947 A 
Pakistan    12 Nov 1947 s 
Poland    21 Dec 1950 A 
Romania    2 Nov 1950 s 
Russian Federation    18 Dec 1947 s 
Slovakia6    28 May 1993 d 
Solomon Islands    3 Sep 1981 d 
South Africa    12 Nov 1947 s 
Turkey    12 Nov 1947 s 
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland    16 May 1949 s 
Yugoslavia    12 Nov 1947 s 
 

 

DECLARATIONS

Declarations and Reservations

(Unless otherwise indicated, the declarations and reservations were made

upon definitive signature, acceptance or succession.)

Cuba

Declaration:

The Government of the Republic of Cuba considers that the content of article 9 of the Convention of 1923, as amended by the Protocol, is discriminatory in character in that it denies a number of States the right of accession, thus violating the principle of the sovereign equality of States.

Reservation:

The Government of the Republic of Cuba considers, with respect to the provisions contained in article 15 of the Convention of 1923, as amended by the Protocol, that differences in inter- pretation or implementation of that article must be resolved by direct negotiations through the diplomatic channel.

 

 

NOTES

1. The amendments set forth in the annex to the Protocol entered into force on 2 February 1950, in accordance with paragraph 2 of article V of the Protocol.

2. Official Records of the General Assembly, Second Session, Resolutions (A-519), p. 32.

3. An instrument of acceptance of the Protocol was deposited on 2 December 1975 with the Secretary-General on behalf of the Government of the German Democratic Republic. A "notification of reapplication" of the Convention of 1923 by the German Democratic Republic had been deposited with the Secretary-General on 21 February 1974 (see note 1 in chapter VIII.2). See also note 14 in chapter I.2.

4. See note concerning signatures, ratifications, accessions, etc., on behalf of China (note 4 in chapter I.1).

5. On 6 June 1997, the Government of China notified the SecretaryGeneral of the following:

[Same notification as the one made under note 2 in chapter V.3.]

6. Czechoslovakia had signed the Protocol definitively on 12 November 1947. See also note 11 in chapter I.2.

7. See note 4 in chapter VIII.2.

8. See note 5 in chapter VIII.2.