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27 September 1996
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A/51/422
General Assembly
Fifty-first session
Agenda item 110 (a)
HUMAN RIGHTS QUESTIONS: IMPLEMENTATION OF
HUMAN RIGHTS INSTRUMENTS
Status of the Convention on the Prevention and
Punishment of the Crime of Genocide
Report of the Secretary-General
1. The General Assembly, by its resolution 260 A (III) of 9 December 1948,
adopted and opened for signature, ratification or accession the Convention on
the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide. The Convention
entered into force on 12 January 1951 in accordance with its article XIII.
2. As at 31 August 1996, the Convention had been ratified or acceded to by
122 States. In addition, three States had signed the Convention. The list of
States that have signed, ratified, acceded or succeeded to the Convention, as
well as the dates of their signature, ratification, accession or succession,
is contained in the annex to the present report.
ANNEX
List of States that have signed, ratified, acceded or succeeded
to the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime
of Genocide as at 31 August 1996
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Date of receipt of
the instrument of
ratification, access
State Date of signature or succession
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Afghanistan 22 March 1956 a/
Albania 12 May 1955 a/
Algeria 31 October 1963 a/
Antigua and Barbuda 25 October 1988 b/
Argentina 5 June 1956 a/
Armenia 23 June 1993 a/
Australia 11 December 1948 8 July 1949
Austria 19 March 1958 a/
Azerbaijan 16 August 1996 a/
Bahamas 5 August 1975 b/
Bahrain 27 March 1990 a/
Barbados 14 January 1980 a/
Belarus 16 December 1949 11 August 1954
Belgium 12 December 1949 5 September 1951
Bolivia 11 December 1948
Bosnia and Herzegovina 1 September 1993 b/
Brazil 11 December 1948 18 April 1952
Bulgaria 21 July 1950 a/
Burkina Faso 14 September 1965 a/
Cambodia 14 October 1950 a/
Canada 28 November 1949 3 September 1952
Chile 11 December 1948 3 June 1953
China 20 July 1949 18 April 1983
Colombia 12 August 1949 27 October 1959
Costa Rica 14 October 1950 a/
Co^te d'Ivoire 18 December 1995 a/
Croatia 12 October 1992 b/
Cuba 28 December 1949 4 March 1953
Cyprus 29 March 1982 a/
Czech Republic 22 February 1993 b/
Democratic People's
Republic of Korea 31 January 1989 a/
Denmark 28 September 1949 15 June 1951
Dominican Republic 11 December 1948
Ecuador 11 December 1948 21 December 1949
Egypt 12 December 1948 8 February 1952
El Salvador 27 April 1949 28 September 1950
Estonia 21 October 1991
Ethiopia 11 December 1948 1 July 1949
Fiji 11 January 1973 b/
Finland 18 December 1959 a/
France 11 December 1948 14 October 1950
Gabon 21 January 1983 a/
Gambia 29 December 1978 a/
Georgia 11 October 1993 a/
Germany 24 November 1954 a/
Ghana 24 December 1958 a/
Greece 29 December 1949 8 December 1954
Guatemala 22 June 1949 13 January 1950
Haiti 11 December 1948 14 October 1950
Honduras 22 April 1949 5 March 1952
Hungary 7 January 1952 a/
Iceland 14 May 1949 29 August 1949
India 29 November 1949 27 August 1959
Iran(Islamic Republic of) 8 December 1949 14 August 1956
Iraq 20 January 1959 a/
Ireland 22 June 1976 a/
Israel 17 August 1949 9 March 1950
Italy 4 June 1952 a/
Jamaica 23 September 1968 a/
Jordan 3 April 1950 a/
Kuwait 7 March 1995 a/
Lao People's Democratic
Republic 8 December 1950 a/
Latvia 14 April 1992 a/
Lebanon 30 December 1949 17 December 1953
Lesotho 29 November 1974 a/
Liberia 11 December 1948 9 June 1950
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya 16 May 1989 a/
Liechtenstein 24 March 1994 a/
Lithuania 1 February 1996 a/
Luxembourg 7 October 1981 a/
Malaysia 20 December 1994 a/
Maldives 24 April 1984 a/
Mali 16 July 1974 a/
Mexico 14 December 1948 22 July 1952
Monaco 30 March 1950 a/
Mongolia 5 January 1967 a/
Morocco 24 January 1958 a/
Mozambique 18 April 1983 a/
Myanmar 30 December 1949 14 March 1956
Namibia 28 November 1994 a/
Nepal 17 January 1969 a/
Netherlands 20 June 1966 a/
New Zealand 25 November 1949 28 December 1978
Nicaragua 29 January 1952 a/
Norway 11 December 1948 22 July 1949
Pakistan 11 December 1948 12 October 1957
Panama 11 December 1948 11 January 1950
Papua New Guinea 27 January 1982 a/
Paraguay 11 December 1948
Peru 11 December 1948 24 February 1960
Philippines 11 December 1948 7 July 1950
Poland 14 November 1950 a/
Republic of Korea 14 October 1950 a/
Republic of Moldova 26 January 1993 a/
Romania 2 November 1950 a/
Russian Federation 16 December 1949 3 May 1954
Rwanda 16 April 1975 a/
Saint Vincent and the
Grenadines 9 November 1981 a/
Saudi Arabia 13 July 1950 a/
Senegal 4 August 1983 a/
Seychelles 5 May 1992 a/
Singapore 18 August 1995 a/
Slovakia 28 May 1993 b/
Slovenia 6 July 1992 b/
Spain 13 September 1968 a/
Sri Lanka 12 October 1950 a/
Sweden 30 December 1949 27 May 1952
Syrian Arab Republic 25 June 1955 a/
The former Yugoslav
Republic of Macedonia 18 January 1994 b/
Togo 24 May 1984 a/
Tonga 16 February 1972 a/
Tunisia 29 November 1956 a/
Turkey 31 July 1950 a/
Uganda 14 November 1995 a/
Ukraine 16 December 1949 15 November 1954
United Kingdom of
Great Britain and
Northern Ireland 30 January 1970 a/
United Republic of
Tanzania 5 April 1984 a/
United States of America 11 December 1948 25 November 1988
Uruguay 11 December 1948 11 July 1967
Venezuela 12 July 1960 a/
Viet Nam 9 June 1981 a/
Yemen 6 April 1989 a/
Yugoslavia 11 December 1948 29 August 1950
Zaire 31 May 1962 b/
Zimbabwe 13 May 1991 a/
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a/ Accession.
b/ Succession.
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