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III.3. PROTOCOL RELATIING TO THE STATUS OF REFUGEES The Protocol was taken note of with approval by the Economic and Social Council in resolution 1186 (XLI) of 18 and was taken note of by the General Assembly in resolution 2198 (XXI) of 16 . In the same resolution the General Assembly requested the Secretary-General to transmit the text of the Protocol to the States mentioned in Article V thereof, with a view to enabling them to accede to the Protocol 606 U.N.T.S. 267

AFGHANISTAN 30 Aug 2005, ALBANIA 18 Aug 1992, 8 Nov 1967, ANGOLA 23 Jun 1981 (*IV), ANTIGUA & BARBUDA 7 Sep 1995, ARGENTINA 6 Dec 1967, ARME- NIA 6 Jul 1993, AUSTRALIA 13 Dec 1973, AUSTRIA 5 Sep 1973, AZERBAIJAN 12 Feb 1993, BAHAMAS 15 Sep 1993, BELARUS 23 Aug 2001, BELGIUM 8 Apr 1969, BELIZE 27 Jun 1990, 6 Jul 1970, BOLIVIA 9 Feb 1982, BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA 1 Sep 1993, BOTSWANA 6 Jan 1969 (*IV), BRAZIL 7 Apr 1972, BULGARIA 12 May 1993, BURKINA FASO 18 Jun 1980, BURUNDI 15 Mar 1971 (*17(1, 2), 22, 26), CAM- BODIA 15 Oct 1992, CAMEROON 19 Sep 1967, CANADA 4 Jun 1969, CAPE VERDE 9 Jul 1987 (*general regarding 1951 Convention), CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC 30 Aug 1967, CHAD 19 Aug 1981, CHILE 27 Apr 1972, CHINA 24 Sep 1982 (*4), COLOMBIA 4 Mar 1980, CONGO 10 Jul 1970 (*4), CONGO (DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF) 13 Jan 1975, COSTA RICA 28 Mar 1978, COTE D’IVOIRE 16 Feb 1970, CROATIA 12 Oct 1992, CYPRUS 9 Jul 1968, CZECH REPUBLIC 11 May 1993, DENMARK 29 Jan 1968, DJIBOUTI 9 Aug 1977, DOMINICA 17 Feb 1994, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 4 Jan 1978, ECUADOR 6 Mar 1969, EGYPT 22 May 1981, EL SALVADOR 28 Apr 1983 (*IV), EQUATORIAL GUINEA 7 Feb 1986, ESTONIA 10 Apr 1997, ETHIOPIA 10 Nov 1969, FIJI 12 Jun 1972, FINLAND 10 Oct 1968, FRANCE 3 Feb 1971, GABON 28 Aug 1973, GAMBIA 29 Sep 1967, GEORGIA 9 Aug 1999, GERMANY 5 Nov 1969, GHANA 30 Aug 1968 (*IV), GREECE 7 Aug 1968, GUATEMALA 22 Sep 1983, GUINEA 16 May 1968, GUINEA- BISSAU 11 Feb 1976, 25 Sep 1984, HOLY SEE 8 Jun 1967, 23 Mar 1992 (*as for 1951 Geneva Convention), HUNGARY 14 Mar 1989, ICELAND 26 Apr 1968, IRAN 28 Jul 1976, IRELAND 6 Nov 1968, 14 Jun 1968 (*as for 1951 Convention), ITALY 26 Jan 1972, JAMAICA 30 Oct 1980 (*IV *8, 9, 17(2), 24, 25(1,2,3)), JAPAN 1 Jan 1982, KAZAKHSTAN 15 Jan 1999, KENYA 13 Nov 1981, KOREA (SOUTH) 3 Dec 1992 (*7), KYRGYZSTAN 8 Oct 1996, LATVIA 31 Jul 1997 (*41), LESOTHO 14 May 1981, LIBERIA 27 Feb 1980, LIECHTENSTEIN 20 May 1968, LUXEMBOURG 22 Apr 1971, MACEDONIA 18 Jan 1994, MALAWI 10 Dec 1987 (*IV *38), MALI 2 Feb 1973, MALTA 15 Sep 1971 (*as for 1951 Convention), MAURITANIA 5 May 1987, MEXICO 7 Jun 2000, MOLDOVA31 Jan 2002, MOROCCO 20 Apr 1971, MOZAMBIQUE 1 May 1989, NAMIBIA 17 Feb 1995, NETHERLANDS 29 Nov 1968 (*as for 1951 Convention) NEW ZEALAND 6 Aug 1973, NICARAGUA 28 Mar 1980, NIGER 2 Feb 1970, NIGERIA 2 May 1968, NORWAY 28 Nov 1967, PANAMA 2 Aug 1978, PAPUA NEW GUINEA 17 Jul 1986, PARAGUAY 1 Apr 1970, PERU 15 Sep 1983 (*I(1), II), PHILIPPINES 22 Jul 1981, POLAND 27 Sep 1991, PORTUGAL 13 Jul 1976 (*general), ROMANIA 7 Aug 1991, RUSSIA 2 Feb 1993, RWANDA 3 Jan 1980 (*IV), ST VINCENT & THE GRENADINES 3 Nov 2003 (IV), SAMOA 29 Nov 1994, SÃO TOME AND PRIINCIPE 1 Feb 1978, SENEGAL 3 Oct 1967, SERBIA & MONTENEGRO 12 Mar 2001, SEYCHELLES 23 Apr 1980, SIERRA LEONE 22 May 1981, SLOVAKIA 4 Feb 1993, SLOVENIA 6 Jul 1992, SOLOMON ISLANDS 12 Apr 1995, SOMALIA 10 Oct 1978, SOUTH AFRICA 12 Jan 1996, SPAIN 14 Aug 1978, SUDAN 23 May 1974, SURINAME 29 Nov 1978, SWAZILAND 28 Jan 1969 (*22, 34, general), SWEDEN 4 Oct 1967, SWITZERLAND 20 May 1968, TAJIKISTAN 7 Dec 1993, 170

TANZANIA 4 Sep 1968 (*IV), TIMOR-LESTE 2 May 2003 (*as for 1951 Convention), TOGO 1 Dec 1969, TRINIDAD & TOBAGO 10 Nov 2000, TUNISIA 16 Oct 1968, TURKEY 31 Jul 1968 (*1(B)), TURKMENISTAN 2 Mar 1998, TUVALU 7 Mar 1986, UGANDA 27 Sep 1976, UJRAINE 4 Apr 2002, UNITED KINGDOM 4 Sep 1968 (*VII(4)) USA 1 Nov 1968 (*24(lb), 29), URUGUAY 22 Sep 1970, VENEZUELA 19 Sep 1986 (*IV, gen- eral) YEMEN 18 Jan 1980, ZAMBIA 24 Sep 1969, ZIMBABWE 25 Aug 1981. (NB. Reservations in Roman numerals refer to Articles of the 1967 Protocol; those with Arabic numerals refer to Articles of the 1951 Convention.)

The States Parties to the present Protocol, Considering that the Convention relating to the Status of Refugees done at Geneva on 28 July 1951 (hereinafter referred to as the Convention) covers only those per- sons who have become refugees as a result of events occurring before 1 January 1951, Considering that new refugee situations have arisen since the Convention was adopted and that the refugees concerned may therefore not fall within the scope of the Convention, Considering that it is desirable that equal status should be enjoyed by all refugees covered by the definition in the Convention irrespective of the dateline I January 1951, Have agreed as follows:

ARTICLE 1

General provision

1. The States Parties to the present Protocol undertake to apply articles 2 to 34 inclusive of the Convention to refugees as hereinafter defined. 2. For the purpose of the present Protocol, the term “refugee” shall, except as regards the application of paragraph 3 of this article, mean any person within the definition of article I of the Convention as if the words “As a result of events occur- ring before 1 January 1951 and . . .” and the words “. . . as a result of such events”, in article 1 A (2) were omitted. 3. The present Protocol shall be applied by the States Parties hereto without any geographic limitation, save that existing declarations made by States already Parties to the Convention in accordance with article I B(I) (a) of the Convention, shall, unless extended under article I B(2) thereof, apply also under the present Protocol.

ARTICLE 2

Co-operation of the national authorities with the United Nations

1. The States Parties to the present Protocol undertake to co-operate with the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, or any other agency of the United Nations which may succeed it, in the exercise of its functions, and