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| Entry into force: | 25 May 1957, in accordance with article 14. |
| Registration: | 25 May 1957, No. 3850. |
| Status: | Signatories: 25 ,Parties: 57. |
| Text: | United Nations,Treaty Series, vol. 268, p. 3, and vol. 649, p. 330 (procès-verbal of rectification of authentic Spanish text). |
Note: The Convention was adopted and opened for signature by the United Nations Conference on Maintenance Obligations convened pursuant to resolution 572 (XIX)1of the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations, adopted on 17 May 1955. The Conference met at the Headquarters of the United Nations in New York from 29 May to 20 June 1956. For the text of the Final Act of the Conference, see United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 268, p. 3.
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| Participant | Signature | Ratification, Accession (a), Succession (d) |
| Algeria1 | 10 Sep 1969 a | |
| Argentina | 29 Nov 1972 a | |
| Australia | 12 Feb 1985 a | |
| Austria | 21 Dec 1956 | 16 Jul 1969 |
| Barbados | 18 Jun 1970 a | |
| Belarus | 14 Nov 1996 a | |
| Belgium | 1 Jul 1966 a | |
| Bolivia | 20 Jun 1956 | |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 Sep 1993 d | |
| Brazil | 31 Dec 1956 | 14 Nov 1960 |
| Burkina Faso | 27 Aug 1962 a | |
| Cambodia | 20 Jun 1956 | |
| Cape Verde | 13 Sep 1985 a | |
| Central African Republic | 15 Oct 1962 a | |
| Chile | 9 Jan 1961 a | |
| China2 | ||
| Colombia | 16 Jul 1956 | 10 Nov 1999 |
| Croatia | 20 Sep 1993 d | |
| Cuba | 20 Jun 1956 | |
| Cyprus | 8 May 1986 a | |
| Czech Republic3 | 30 Sep 1993 d | |
| Denmark | 28 Dec 1956 | 22 Jun 1959 |
| Dominican Republic | 20 Jun 1956 | |
| Ecuador | 20 Jun 1956 | 4 Jun 1974 |
| El Salvador | 20 Jun 1956 | |
| Estonia | 8 Jan 1997 a | |
| Finland | 13 Sep 1962 a | |
| France4 | 5 Sep 1956 | 24 Jun 1960 |
| Germany5,6 | 20 Jun 1956 | 20 Jul 1959 |
| Greece | 20 Jun 1956 | 1 Nov 1965 |
| Guatemala | 26 Dec 1956 | 25 Apr 1957 |
| Haiti | 21 Dec 1956 | 12 Feb 1958 |
| Holy See | 20 Jun 1956 | 5 Oct 1964 |
| Hungary | 23 Jul 1957 a | |
| Ireland | 26 Oct 1995 a | |
| Israel | 20 Jun 1956 | 4 Apr 1957 |
| Italy | 1 Aug 1956 | 28 Jul 1958 |
| Luxembourg | 1 Nov 1971 a | |
| Mexico | 20 Jun 1956 | 23 Jul 1992 |
| Monaco | 20 Jun 1956 | 28 Jun 1961 |
| Morocco | 18 Mar 1957 a | |
| Netherlands | 20 Jun 1956 | 31 Jul 1962 |
| New Zealand7 | 26 Feb 1986 a | |
| Niger | 15 Feb 1965 a | |
| Norway | 25 Oct 1957 a | |
| Pakistan | 14 Jul 1959 a | |
| Philippines | 20 Jun 1956 | 21 Mar 1968 |
| Poland | 13 Oct 1960 a | |
| Portugal | 25 Jan 1965 a | |
| Romania | 10 Apr 1991 a | |
| Slovakia3 | 28 May 1993 d | |
| Slovenia | 6 Jul 1992 d | |
| Spain | 6 Oct 1966 a | |
| Sri Lanka | 20 Jun 1956 | 7 Aug 1958 |
| Suriname | 12 Oct 1979 a | |
| Sweden | 4 Dec 1956 | 1 Oct 1958 |
| Switzerland | 5 Oct 1977 a | |
| the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia | 10 Mar 1994 d | |
| Tunisia | 16 Oct 1968 a | |
| Turkey | 2 Jun 1971 a | |
| United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland8 | 13 Mar 1975 a | |
| Uruguay | 18 Sep 1995 a | |
| Yugoslavia | 31 Dec 1956 | 29 May 1959 |
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The Democratic and Popular Republic of Algeria does not consider itself bound by the provisions of article 16 of the Convention concerning the competence of the International Court of Justice and affirms that the agreement of all the parties concerned is required in each case before a dispute can be brought before the International Court of Justice.
(a) The Argentine Republic reserves the right, with respect to article 10 of the Convention, to restrict the application of the expression "highest priority" in the light of the provisions governing exchange controls in Argentina.
(b) In the event that another Contracting Party extends the application of the Convention to territories over which the Argentine Republic exercises sovereignty, such extension shall in no way affect the latter's rights (the reference is to article 12 of the Convention).
(c) The Argentine Government reserves the right not to apply the procedure provided for in article16 of the Convention in any dispute directly or indirectly related to the territories referred to in its declaration concerning article 12.
Declaration:
"Australia wishes to declare, in accordance with Article 12, that with the exception of the Territory of Norfolk Island, the Convention shall not be applicable to the territories for the International relations of which Australia is responsible."
"Article 5: The Transmitting Agency shall transmit under paragraph 1 any order, final or provisional, and any other judicial act, obtained by the claimant for the payment of maintenance in a competent tribunal of Israel, and, where necessary and possible, the record of the proceedings in which such order was made.
"Article 10: Israel reserves the right:
"a) to take the necessary measures to prevent transfers of funds under this Article for purposes other than the bona fide payment of existing maintenance obligations;
"b) to limit the amounts transferable pursuant to this Article, to amounts necessary for subsistence."
The Government of the Kingdom makes the following re-servation with regard to article 1 of the Convention: the recovery of maintenance shall not be facilitated by virtue of this article if, the claimant and the respondent being both in the Netherlands, or, respectively, in Surinam, the Netherlands Antilles or Netherlands New Guinea, and assistance having been granted or similar arrangements made under the Assistance to the Needy Act (Loi sur l'Assistance des Pauvres), no recovery was in general obtained for such assistance from the respondent, having regard to the circumstances of the case in question.
"The Convention has for the time being been ratified for the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Europe only. If, in accordance with article 12, the application of the Convention will at any time be extended to the parts of the Kingdom outside Europe, the Secretary-General will be duly notified thereof. In that event the notification will contain such reservation as may be made on behalf of any of these parts of the Kingdom."
Article 1: Sweden reserves the right to reject, where the circumstances of the case under consideration appear to make this necessary, any application for legal support aimed at the recovery of maintenance from a person who entered Sweden as a political refugee.
11 November 1988
Article 9: "Where the proceedings are pending in Sweden, the exemptions in the payment of costs and the facilities provided in paragraph 1 shall be granted only to persons resident in a State Party to the Convention or to any person who would otherwise enjoy such advantages under an agreement concluded with the State of which he is a national."
(1) Persons living abroad may only claim the advantages provided for in the Convention when considered non-residents under the exchange regulations in force in Tunisia.
(2) A dispute may only be referred to the International Court of Justice with the agreement of all the parties to the dispute.
5 February 1969
The Government of the Polish People's Republic wishes to express its objection, in accordance with article 17, paragraph 1, of the said Convention, to the first two reservations made by the Government of Tunisia in its instrument of accession.
13 March 1975
"With reference to article 17 (1) of the Convention . . . the Government of the United Kingdom [objects] to reservations (b) and (c) made by Argentina in respect of articles 12 and 16 upon accession to the Convention."
| Participant | Date of receipt of the notification | Territories |
| Australia | 12 Feb 1985 | Norfolk Island |
| France | 24 Jun 1960 | Comoro Archipelago, French Polynesia, French Somaliland, New Caledonia and Dependencies, St. Pierre and Miquelon |
| Netherlands10 | 12 Aug 1969 | Netherlands Antilles |
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1. Official Records of the Economic and Social Council, Nineteenth Session, Supplement No. 1A (E-2730-Add.1), p. 5.
2. Signed and ratified on behalf of the Republic of China on 4 December 1956 and 25 June 1957 respectively. See note concerning signatures, ratifications, accessions, etc., on behalf of China (note 4 in chapter I.1).
With reference to the above-mentioned accession, communications have been addressed to the Secretary-General by the Permanent Missions to the United Nations of Poland on the one hand, and of China on the other hand. The objection made on that occasion by the Govern- ment of Poland and the communication from the Government of the Republic of China are identical in essence, mutatis mutandis, to the corresponding communications referred to in note 3 in chapter VI.14.
3. Czechoslovakia had acceded to the Convention on 3 October 1958. Subsequently, on 21 April 1973, Czechoslovakia notified an objection with regard to the reservation made by the Government of Argentina to article 10 of the Convention. For the text of the objection see United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 867, p. 214. See also note 11 in chapter I.2.
4. The instrument of ratification by France contains the following declaration:
(a) That the Convention shall apply to the territories of the French Republic, namely: the metropolitan departments, the departments of Algeria, the departments of the Oases and of Saoura, the departments of Guadeloupe, Guiana, Martinique and Réunion and the Overseas Territories (St. Pierre and Miquelon, French Somaliland, the Comoro Archipelago, New Caledonia and Dependencies and French Polynesia);
(b) That its application may be extended, by subsequent notification, to the other States of the Community or to one or more such States.
5. See note 14 in chapter I.2.
6. In a note accompanying the instrument of ratification the Government of the Federal Republic of Germany declared that the Convention also applies to Land Berlin.
With reference to the above-mentioned declaration, communica- tions have been addressed to the Secretary-General by the Government of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on the one hand and by the Government of the Federal Republic of Germany on the other hand. The said communications are identical in essence, mutatis mutandis , to those referred to in note 4 in chapter III.3.
See also note 5 above.
7. The Convention shall not extend to the Cook Islands nor to Niue or Tokelau.
8. "In accordance with article 12 of the Convention, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland hereby gives notice that the provisions of the Convention shall not apply to any of the territories for the international relations of which the United Kingdom is responsible."
9. In a communication received on 11 November 1988, the Government of Sweden notified the Secretary-General that it withdraws, with effect from that date, the reservation made upon ratification in respect of article 9, paragraph 2 of the Convention and makes limited reservations in respect of paragraph 1 of the same article (see under Reservations and Declarations). The text of the reservation so withdrawn reads as follows:
Article 9: Where the proceedings are pending in Sweden, the exemptions in the payment of costs and the facilities provided in article 9, paragraphs 1 and 2, shall be granted only to nationals of or stateless persons resident in another State Party to this Convention or to any person who would in any case enjoy such advantages under an agreement concluded with the State of which he is a national.
It should be noted that the reservation of 11 November 1988 in respect of paragraph 1 of Article 9 constitutes in substance a partial withdrawal of the original reservation to paragraph 1, since it differs from it only in that the facilities and exemptions concerned are now granted to all residents, and not only as previously the case, to nationals and stateless residents.
10. Subject to the reservation with regard to article 1 which was made by the Netherlands upon ratification of the Convention. See also note 8 in chapter I.1.