Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage. Paris, 17 October 2003.¹

	States	Date of deposit of instrument	Type of instrument
1	Algeria	15/03/2004	Approval
2	Mauritius	04/06/2004	Ratification
3	Japan	15/06/2004	Acceptance
4	Gabon	18/06/2004	Acceptance
5	Panama	20/08/2004	Ratification
6	China	02/12/2004	Ratification
7	Central African Republic	07/12/2004	Ratification
8	Latvia	14/01/2005	Acceptance
9	Lithuania	21/01/2005	Ratification
10	Belarus	03/02/2005	Approval
11	Republic of Korea	09/02/2005	Acceptance
12	Seychelles	15/02/2005	Ratification
13	Syrian Arab Republic	11/03/2005	Ratification
14	United Arab Emirates	02/05/2005	Ratification
15	Mali	03/06/2005	Ratification
16	Mongolia	29/06/2005	Ratification
17	Croatia	28/07/2005	Ratification
18	Egypt	03/08/2005	Ratification
19	Oman	04/08/2005	Ratification
20	Dominica	05/09/2005	Ratification
21	India	09/09/2005	Ratification
22	Viet Nam	20/09/2005	Ratification
23	Peru	23/09/2005	Ratification
24	Pakistan	07/10/2005	Ratification
25	Bhutan	12/10/2005	Ratification
26	Nigeria	21/10/2005	Ratification
27	Iceland	23/11/2005	Ratification
28	Mexico	14/12/2005	Ratification
29	Senegal	05/01/2006	Ratification
30	Romania	20/01/2006	Acceptance
31	Estonia	27/01/2006	Approval
32	Luxembourg	31/01/2006	Approval
33	Nicaragua	14/02/2006	Ratification
34	Ethiopia	24/02/2006	Ratification
35	Cyprus	24/02/2006	Ratification
36	Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	28/02/2006	Ratification
37	Brazil	01/03/2006	Ratification
38	Bulgaria	10/03/2006	Ratification
39	Hungary	17/03/2006	Ratification
40	Iran (Islamic Republic of)	23/03/2006	Ratification
41	Belgium	24/03/2006	Acceptance
42	Jordan	24/03/2006	Ratification
43	Republic of Moldova	24/03/2006	Ratification
44	Slovakia	24/03/2006	Ratification
45	Turkey	27/03/2006	Ratification
46	Madagascar	31/03/2006	Ratification
47	Albania	04/04/2006	Ratification
48	Zambia	10/05/2006	Approval
49	Armenia	18/05/2006	Acceptance
50	Zimbabwe	30/05/2006	Acceptance
51	Cambodia	13/06/2006	Ratification
52	The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia	13/06/2006	Ratification
53	Morocco	06/07/2006	Ratification
54	France	11/07/2006	Approval
55	Côte d'Ivoire	13/07/2006	Ratification
56	Burkina Faso	21/07/2006	Ratification
57	Honduras	24/07/2006	Ratification
58	Tunisia	24/07/2006	Ratification
59	Sao Tome and Principe	25/07/2006	Ratification
60	Argentina	09/08/2006	Ratification
61	Philippines	18/08/2006	Ratification
62	Burundi	25/08/2006	Ratification
63	Paraguay	14/09/2006	Ratification
64	Dominican Republic	02/10/2006	Ratification
65	Guatemala	25/10/2006	Ratification
66	Spain	25/10/2006	Ratification
67	Kyrgyzstan	06/11/2006	Ratification
68	Mauritania	15/11/2006	Ratification
69	Greece	03/01/2007	Ratification
70	Lebanon	08/01/2007	Acceptance
71	Norway	17/01/2007	Ratification
72	Uruguay	18/01/2007	Ratification
73	Azerbaijan	18/01/2007	Ratification
74	Saint Lucia	01/02/2007	Ratification
75	Costa Rica	23/02/2007	Ratification
76	Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	12/04/2007	Acceptance
77	Niger	27/04/2007	Ratification
78	Cuba	29/05/2007	Ratification
79	Monaco	04/06/2007	Acceptance
80	Djibouti	30/08/2007	Ratification
81	Namibia	19/09/2007	Ratification
82	Yemen	08/10/2007	Ratification
83	Indonesia	15/10/2007	Acceptance
84	Mozambique	18/10/2007	Ratification
85	Kenya	24/10/2007	Ratification
86	Italy	30/10/2007	Ratification
87	Belize	04/12/2007	Ratification
88	Saudi Arabia	10/01/2008	Acceptance
89	Uzbekistan	29/01/2008	Ratification
90	Ecuador	13/02/2008	Ratification
91	Guinea	20/02/2008	Ratification
92	Georgia	18/03/2008	Ratification
93	Colombia	19/03/2008	Ratification
94	Sri Lanka	21/04/2008	Acceptance
95	Portugal	21/05/2008	Ratification
96	Ukraine	27/05/2008	Ratification
97	Chad	17/06/2008	Ratification
98	Sudan	19/06/2008	Ratification
99	Switzerland	16/07/2008	Ratification
100	Lesotho	29/07/2008	Ratification
101	Qatar	01/09/2008	Ratification
102	Papua New Guinea	12/09/2008	Ratification
103	Slovenia	18/09/2008	Ratification
104	Barbados	02/10/2008	Acceptance
105	Democratic People's Republic of Korea	21/11/2008	Ratification
106	Chile	10/12/2008	Ratification
107	Grenada	15/01/2009	Ratification
108	Togo	05/02/2009	Ratification
109	Czech Republic	18/02/2009	Acceptance
110	Bosnia and Herzegovina	23/02/2009	Ratification
111	Afghanistan	30/03/2009	Acceptance
112	Austria	09/04/2009	Ratification
113	Uganda	13/05/2009	Ratification
114	Bangladesh	11/06/2009	Ratification
115	Montenegro	14/09/2009	Ratification
116	Haiti	17/09/2009	Ratification
117	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	25/09/2009	Ratification
118	Denmark	30/10/2009	Approval
119	Lao People's Democratic Republic	26/11/2009	Ratification
120	Iraq	06/01/2010	Ratification
121	Fiji	19/01/2010	Ratification
122	Tonga	26/01/2010	Acceptance
123	Malawi	16/03/2010	Ratification
124	Botswana	01/04/2010	Acceptance
125	Nepal	15/06/2010	Ratification
126	Equatorial Guinea	17/06/2010	Ratification
127	Serbia	30/06/2010	Ratification
128	Trinidad and Tobago	22/07/2010	Ratification
129	Tajikistan	17/08/2010	Ratification
130	Vanuatu	22/09/2010	Ratification
131	Jamaica	27/09/2010	Ratification
132	Democratic Republic of the Congo	28/09/2010	Ratification
133	Eritrea	07/10/2010	Ratification
134	Sweden	26/01/2011	Ratification
135	Poland	16/05/2011	Ratification
136	Gambia	26/05/2011	Ratification
137	Brunei Darusalaam	12/08/2011	Ratification
138	United Republic of Tanzania	18/10/2011	Ratification
139	Palau	02/11/2011	Ratification
140	Turkmenistan	25/11/2011	Ratification
141	Palestine	08/12/2011	Ratification
142	Kazakhstan	28/12/2011	Ratification
143	Benin	17/04/2012	Ratification
144	Netherlands	15/05/2012	Acceptance
145	Congo	16/07/2012	Ratification
146	El Salvador	13/09/2012	Ratification
147	Cameroon	09/10/2012	Ratification
148	Swaziland	30/10/2012	Acceptance
149	Rwanda	21/01/2013	Ratification
150	Micronesia (Federated States of)	13/02/2013	Ratification
151	Finland	21/02/2013	Acceptance
152	Nauru	01/03/2013	Ratification
153	Germany	10/04/2013	Acceptance

¹In accordance with its Article 34, this Convention entered into force on 20 April 2006 for those States that have deposited their respective instruments of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession on or before 20 January 2006. It shall enter into force with respect to any other State three months after the deposit by that State of its instrument of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession.

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Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage. Paris, 17 October 2003.1

Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage. Paris, 17 October 2003.¹