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Austria-Hungary | Belgium | Brazil | Denmark | France | Germany | Great Britain and Northern Ireland | Italy | Netherlands | Portugal | Russia | Spain | Switzerland | United States of America | |
Albania | Bulgaria | China2,3 | Czechoslovakia4 | Egypt | Estonia | Finland | Ireland | Latvia | Luxembourg | Monaco | Norway | Poland | Romania | San Marino | Siam | |
Australia | Bahamas | Barbados | Basutoland | Bechuanaland | Belgian Congo | and Ruanda-Urundi | Bermuda | British East Africa | British Guiana | British Honduras | Canada | Ceylon | Cyprus | Falkland Islands | Fiji | Gambia | German Colonies | Gibraltar | Gilbert and Ellice Islands | Gold Coast | Hong Kong3 | Iceland and Danish West Indies | India | Iraq | Jamaica | Kenya | Leeward Islands | (Antigua, Dominica, Montserrat, St. Kitts-Nevis) | Malay States | Malta | Mauritius | Netherlands East Indies, Surinam and Curaçao | Newfoundland | New Zealand | Northern Nigeria | Northern Rhodesia | Nyasaland | Palestine | St. Helena | Samoa | Seychelles | Sierra Leone | Solomon Islands | Somaliland | Southern Nigeria | Southern Rhodesia | South West Africa | Straits Settlements | Swaziland | Tanganyika | Transjordan | Trinidad and Tobago | Turks and Caicos Islands | Uganda | Union of South Africa | Virgin Islands | Wei-hai-wei | Western Pacific Islands | Windward Islands (Grenada, St. Lucia, St. Vincent) | Zanzibar | |
Afghanistan | Colombia | Cuba | Salvador | Greece | Guatemala | Iran | Japan | Mexico | Paraguay | Turkey | Yugoslavia | |
| Participant5 | Succession (d) |
| Czech Republic4 | 30 Dec 1993 d |
| Fiji | 1 Nov 1971 d |
| Slovakia4 | 28 May 1993 d |
| Zimbabwe | 1 Dec 1998 d |
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1. British and Foreign State Papers, vol. 103, p. 251. This Agreement is listed under No. 22a in the League of Nations Treaty Series and in the United Nations Treaty Series (Annex C).
2. See note concerning signatures, ratifications, accessions, etc., on behalf of China (note 4 in chapter I.1).
3. On 6 and 10 June 1997, respectively, the Governments of China and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland notified the Secretary-General of the following:
China:
[Same notification as the one made under note 2 in chapter V.3.]
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland:
[Same notification as the one made under note 4 in chapterIV.1.]
4. See note 11 in chapter I.2.
5. In a communication received by the Secretary-General on 4 October 1974, the Government of the German Democratic Republic stated that the German Democratic Republic had declared the reapplication of the Convention as of 18 December 1958.
In this connection, the Secretary-General received on 2 March 1976 the following communication from the Government of the Federal Republic of Germany:
With reference to the communication by the German Democratic Republic of 30 September 1974, concerning the application, as from 18 December 1958, of the Agreement of 4 May 1910 for the Suppression of the Circulation of Obscene Publications, the Government of the Federal Republic of Germany declares that in the relation between the Federal Republic of Germany and the German Democratic Republic the declaration of application has no retroactive effect beyond 21 June 1973.
Subsequently, in a communication received on 17 June 1976, the Government of the German Democratic Republic declared:
"The Government of the German Democratic Republic takes the view that in accordance with the applicable rules of international law and the international practice of States the regulations on the reapplication of agreements concluded under international law are an internal affair of the successor State concerned. Accordingly, the German Democratic Republic was entitled to determine the date of reapplication of the Agreement for the Suppression of the Circulation of Obscene Publications, May 4th, 1910 to which it established its status as a party by way of succession."
See also note 14 in chapter I.2.