Universal Copyright Convention, with Appendix Declaration relating to Article XVII and Resolution concerning Article XI. Geneva, 6 September 1952.¹

States	Group	Date of deposit of instrument	Type of instrument
Albania	II	04/11/2003²	Accession
Algeria	Vb	28/05/1973²	Accession
Andorra	I	31/12/1952³	Ratification
Argentina	III	13/11/1957	Ratification
Australia	IV	01/02/1969	Ratification
Austria	I	02/04/1957	Ratification
Azerbaijan	II	07/04/1997	Notification of succession
Bahamas	III	13/07/1976	Notification of succession
Bangladesh	IV	05/05/1975⁴	Accession
Barbados	III	18/03/1983⁴	Accession
Belarus	II	29/03/1994	Notification of succession
Belgium	I	31/05/1960	Ratification
Belize	III	01/12/1982	Notification of succession
Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	III	22/12/1989⁴	Accession
Bosnia and Herzegovina	II	12/07/1993	Notification of succession
Brazil	III	13/10/1959	Ratification
Bulgaria	II	07/03/1975⁴	Accession
Cambodia	IV	03/08/1953	Accession
Cameroon	Va	01/02/1973⁴	Accession
Canada	I	10/05/1962	Ratification
Chile	III	18/01/1955	Ratification
China	IV	30/07/1992⁴	Accession
Colombia	III	18/03/1976⁴	Accession
Costa Rica	III	07/12/1954	Accession
Croatia	II	06/07/1992	Notification of succession
Cuba	III	18/03/1957	Ratification
Cyprus	I	19/09/1990⁴	Accession
Czech Republic	II	26/03/1993	Notification of succession
Denmark	I	09/11/1961	Ratification
Dominican Republic	III	08/02/1983⁴	Accession
Ecuador	III	05/03/1957	Accession
El Salvador	III	29/12/1978⁴	Accession
Fiji	IV	13/12/1971	Notification of succession
Finland	I	16/01/1963	Ratification
France	I	14/10/1955	Ratification
Germany	I	03/06/1955	Ratification
Ghana	Va	22/05/1962	Accession
Greece	I	24/05/1963	Accession
Guatemala	III	28/07/1964	Ratification
Guinea	Va	13/08/1981⁴	Accession
Haiti	III	01/09/1954	Ratification
Holy See	~	05/07/1955	Ratification
Hungary	II	23/10/1970	Accession
Iceland	I	18/09/1956	Accession
India	IV	21/10/1957	Ratification
Ireland	I	20/10/1958	Ratification
Israel	I	06/04/1955	Ratification
Italy	I	24/10/1956	Ratification
Japan	IV	28/01/1956	Ratification
Kazakhstan	IV	06/08/1992	Notification of succession
Kenya	Va	07/06/1966	Accession
Lao People's Democratic Republic	IV	19/08/1954	Accession
Lebanon	Vb	17/07/1959	Accession
Liberia	Va	27/04/1956	Ratification
Liechtenstein	~	22/10/1958	Accession
Luxembourg	I	15/07/1955	Ratification
Malawi	Va	26/07/1965	Accession
Malta	I	19/08/1968	Accession
Mauritius	Va	20/08/1970	Notification of succession
Mexico	III	12/02/1957	Ratification
Monaco	I	16/06/1955	Ratification
Montenegro	II	26/04/2007	Notification of succession
Morocco	Vb	08/02/1972	Accession
Netherlands	I	22/03/1967	Ratification
New Zealand	IV	11/06/1964	Accession
Nicaragua	III	16/05/1961	Ratification
Niger	Va	15/02/1989⁴	Accession
Nigeria	Va	14/11/1961	Accession
Norway	I	23/10/1962	Ratification
Pakistan	IV	28/04/1954	Accession
Panama	III	17/07/1962	Accession
Paraguay	III	11/12/1961	Accession
Peru	III	16/07/1963	Ratification
Poland	II	09/12/1976⁴	Accession
Portugal	I	25/09/1956	Ratification
Republic of Korea	IV	01/07/1987⁴	Accession
Republic of Moldova	II	23/06/1997	Notification of succession
Russian Federation	II	27/02/1973	Accession
Rwanda	Va	10/08/1989⁴	Accession
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	III	22/01/1985	Notification of succession
Saudi Arabia	Vb	13/04/1994⁴	Accession
Senegal	Va	09/04/1974⁴	Accession
Serbia	II	11/09/2001	Notification of succession
Slovakia	II	31/03/1993	Notification of succession
Slovenia	II	05/11/1992	Notification of succession
Spain	I	27/10/1954	Ratification
Sri Lanka	IV	25/10/1983⁴	Accession
Sweden	I	01/04/1961	Ratification
Switzerland	I	30/12/1955	Ratification
Tajikistan	II	28/08/1992	Notification of succession
The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia	II	30/04/1997	Notification of succession
Togo	Va	28/02/2003⁴	Accession
Trinidad and Tobago	III	19/05/1988⁴	Accession
Tunisia	Vb	19/03/1969	Accession
Ukraine	II	17/01/1994	Notification of succession
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	I	27/06/1957	Ratification
United States of America	I	06/12/1954	Ratification
Uruguay	III	12/01/1993⁴	Ratification
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	III	30/06/1966	Accession
Zambia	Va	01/03/1965	Accession

¹This Convention entered into force on 16 September 1955. It subsequently entered into force for each State three months after the date of deposit of that State’s instrument, except in cases of notifications of succession, where the entry into force occurred on the date on which the State assumed responsibility for conducting its international relations.

²Date upon which an instrument of accession to the Universal Copyright Convention as revised at Paris on 24 July 1971 was deposited on behalf of the State in question. In accordance with Article IX(3) of that Convention, such accession also constitutes accession to this Convention.

³Date upon which an instrument of ratification was deposited on behalf of the Bishop of Urgel, Co-Prince of Andorra. Date upon which an instrument of ratification was deposited on behalf of the President of the French Republic, Co﷓Prince of Andorra.

⁴Date upon which an instrument of accession to the Universal Copyright Convention as revised at Paris on 24 July 1971 was deposited on behalf of the State in question. In accordance with Article IX(3) of that Convention, such accession also constitutes accession to this Convention.

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Universal Copyright Convention, with Appendix Declaration relating to Article XVII and Resolution concerning Article XI. Geneva, 6 September 1952.¹