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Europe and North America

Conventions ratified

Convention	Date and place of adoption	Date of deposit	Type of instrument	Theme
Universal Copyright Convention, with Appendix Declaration relating to Article XVII and Resolution concerning Article XI	6 September 1952, Geneva Switzerland	4 November 2003	Accession	Culture
Protocol 1 annexed to the Universal Copyright Convention concerning the application of that Convention to the works of stateless persons and refugees	6 September 1952, Geneva Switzerland	4 November 2003	Accession	Culture
Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict with Regulations for the Execution of the Convention	14 May 1954, The Hague Netherlands	20 December 1960	Accession	Culture
Protocol to the Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict	14 May 1954, The Hague Netherlands	20 December 1960	Accession	Culture
Convention against Discrimination in Education	14 December 1960, Paris France	21 November 1963	Ratification	Education
International Convention for the Protection of Performers, Producers of Phonograms and Broadcasting Organizations	26 October 1961, Rome Italy	1 September 2000	Ratification	Culture
Convention on the Means of Prohibiting and Preventing the Illicit Import, Export and Transfer of Ownership of Cultural Property.	14 November 1970, Paris France	13 June 2002	Acceptance	Culture
Convention on Wetlands of International Importance especially as Waterfowl Habitat.	2 February 1971, Ramsar , Iran (Islamic Republic of)	31 October 1995	Accession	Natural Sciences
Universal Copyright Convention as revised on 24 July 1971, with Appendix Declaration relating to Article XVII and Resolution concerning Article XI	24 July 1971, Paris France	4 November 2003	Accession	Culture
Convention concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage	16 November 1972, Paris France	10 July 1989	Ratification	Culture
Convention for the Protection of Producers of Phonograms against Unauthorized Duplication of their Phonograms.	29 October 1971, Geneva Switzerland	26 March 2001	Accession	Culture
Protocol 1 annexed to the Universal Copyright Convention as revised on 24 July 1971 concerning the application of that Convention to the work of stateless persons and refugees	24 July 1971, Paris France	4 November 2003	Accession	Culture
Protocol 2 annexed to the Universal Copyright Convention as revised on 24 July 1971 concerning the application of that Convention to works of certain international organizations	24 July 1971, Paris France	4 November 2003	Accession	Culture
Convention on the Recognition of Qualifications concerning Higher Education in the European Region	11 April 1997, Lisbon Portugal	6 March 2002	Ratification	Education
Convention on the Protection of the Underwater Cultural Heritage	2 November 2001, Paris France	19 March 2009	Ratification	Culture
Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage	17 October 2003, Paris France	4 April 2006	Ratification	Culture
International Convention against Doping in Sport	19 October 2005, Paris France	31 December 2006	Accession	Social & Human Sciences
Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions	20 October 2005, Paris France	17 November 2006	Accession	Culture

Non-ratified Conventions

Convention	Date and place of Adoption	Theme
Asia-Pacific Regional Convention on the Recognition of Qualifications in Higher Education	26 November 2011, Tokyo , Japan	Education
Revised Convention on the Recognition of Studies, Certificates, Diplomas, Degrees and Other Academic Qualifications in Higher Education in African States	12 December 2014, Addis-Abeba Ethiopia	Education
Agreement on the Importation of Educational, Scientific and Cultural Materials, with Annexes A to E and Protocol annexed.	17 June 1950, Florence Italy	Culture
Protocol to the Agreement on the Importation of Educational, Scientific and Cultural Materials, with Annexes A to H.	26 November 1976, Nairobi Kenya	Culture
Protocol 2 annexed to the Universal Copyright Convention concerning the application of that Convention to the works of certain international organizations	6 September 1952, Geneva Switzerland	Culture
Protocol 3 annexed to the Universal Copyright Convention concerning the effective date of instruments of ratification or acceptance of or accession to that Convention	6 September 1952, Geneva Switzerland	Culture
Convention concerning the International Exchange of Publications.	3 December 1958, Paris France	Culture
Convention concerning the Exchange of Official Publications and Government Documents between States	3 December 1958, Paris France	Culture
Protocol Instituting a Conciliation and Good Offices Commission to be Responsible for Seeking the Settlement of any Disputes which may Arise between States Parties to the Convention against Discrimination in Education	10 December 1962, Paris France	Education
Protocol to amend the Convention on Wetlands of International Importance especially as Waterfowl Habitat.	3 December 1982, Paris France	Natural Sciences
Convention relating to the Distribution of Programme-Carrying Signals Transmitted by Satellite	21 May 1974, Brussels Belgium	Communication & Information
Regional Convention on the Recognition of Studies, Diplomas and Degrees in Higher Education in Latin America and the Caribbean	19 July 1974, Mexico City , Mexico	Education
International Convention on the Recognition of Studies, Diplomas and Degrees in Higher Education in the Arab and European States bordering on the Mediterranean	17 December 1976, Nice France	Education
Convention on the Recognition of Studies, Diplomas and Degrees in Higher Education in the Arab States	22 December 1978, Paris France	Education
Multilateral Convention for the Avoidance of Double Taxation of Copyright Royalties, with model bilateral agreement and additional Protocol.	13 December 1979, Madrid Spain	Culture
Convention on the Recognition of Studies, Diplomas and Degrees concerning Higher Education in the States belonging to the Europe Region	21 December 1979, Paris France	Education
Regional Convention on the Recognition of Studies, Certificates, Diplomas, Degrees and other Academic Qualifications in Higher Education in the African States	5 December 1981, Arusha United Republic of Tanzania	Education
Regional Convention on the Recognition of Studies, Diplomas, and Degrees in Higher Education in Asia and the Pacific	16 December 1983, Bangkok Thailand	Education
Convention on Technical and Vocational Education	10 November 1989, Paris France	Education
Protocol to amend articles 6 and 7 of the Convention on Wetlands of International Importance especially as Waterfowl Habitat.	28 May 1987, Regina Canada	Natural Sciences
Second Protocol to the Hague Convention of 1954 for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict	26 March 1999, The Hague Netherlands	Culture
Agreement for Facilitating the International Circulation of Visual and Auditory Materials of an Educational, Scientific and Cultural character with Protocol of Signature and model form of certificate provided for in Article IV	10 December 1948, Beyrouth Lebanon	Culture
Global Convention on the Recognition of Qualifications concerning Higher Education	25 November 2019, Paris France	Education
Regional Convention on the Recognition of Studies, Diplomas and Degrees in Higher Education in Latin America and the Caribbean	13 July 2019, Buenos Aires Argentina	Education
Revised Convention on the Recognition of Studies, Diplomas and Degrees in Higher Education in the Arab States	2 February 2022, France	Education