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| Belgium | (April 4th, 1939) |
| With the reservation that the application of this Protocol will not be extended to the Colony of the Belgian Congo or to the Territories under mandate. | |
| Brazil | (September 19th, 1931 a) |
| United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | (January 14th, 1932) |
| and all parts of the British Empire which are not separate Members of the League of Nations3 | |
| Burma4 | |
| His Majesty the King does not assume any obligation inrespect of the Karenni States, which are under His Majesty's suzerainty, or the population of the said States. | |
| Australia | (July 8th, 1935 a) |
| Including the territories of Papua and Norfolk Island and the mandated territories of New Guinea and Nauru. | |
| Union of South Africa | (April 9th, 1936) |
| India | (September 28th, 1932) |
| In accordance with the provisions of Article 13 of this Protocol, His Britannic Majesty does not assume any obligation in respect of the territories in India of any Prince or Chief under His suzerainty or the population of the said territories. | |
| China5 | (February 14th, 1935) |
| Salvador | (October 14th, 1935) |
| The Republic of Salvador does not assume the obligation laid down by the Protocol where the Salvadorian nationality possessed by the person and ultimately lost by him was acquired by naturalisation. | |
Austria | Canada | Colombia | Cuba | |
| Participant5 | Succession (d) |
| Fiji | 25 May 1973 d |
| Pakistan6 | 29 Jul 1953 d |
| Zimbabwe | 1 Dec 1998 d |
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1. See document C.27.M.16.1931.V.
2. The Protocol shall enter into force ninety days after having received ten ratifications or accessions (Articles 9 and 10).
3. On 10 June 1997, the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland notified the Secretary-General of the following:
[Same notification as the one made under note 4 in chapter IV.1.]
4. As mentioned in the latest official list of the League of Nations, Burma, which was formerly a part of India, was separated from the latter on 1 April 1937 and had possessed since that time the status of an overseas territory of the United Kingdom. It was as such that Burma continued to be bound by a ratification or accession recorded on behalf of India before the date above mentioned.
5. See note concerning signatures, ratifications, accessions, etc., on behalf of China (note 4 in chapter I.1).
On 12 September 1973, the Secretary-General received a communi cation from the Government of China to the effect that it had decided not to recognize as binding on China the Special Protocol concerning Statelessness of April 12th, 1930, signed and ratified by the defunct Government of China. That notification was treated as a withdrawal of the instrument.
6. In a communication received on 29 July 1953, the Government of Pakistan notified the Secretary-General that by reason of Article 4 of the Schedule to the Indian Independence (International Arrangements) Order, 1947, the rights and obligations under the Special Protocol devolve upon Pakistan, and that the Government of Pakistan, "therefore, considers itself a party to that Protocol".