Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions. Paris, 20 October 2005¹

	States	Date of deposit of instrument	Type of instrument
1	Canada	28/11/2005	Acceptance
2	Mauritius	29/03/2006	Ratification
3	Mexico	05/07/2006	Ratification
4	Romania	20/07/2006	Accession
5	Monaco	31/07/2006	Ratification
6	Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	04/08/2006	Ratification
7	Djibouti	09/08/2006	Ratification
8	Croatia	31/08/2006	Approval
9	Togo	05/09/2006	Ratification
10	Belarus	06/09/2006	Approval
11	Madagascar	11/09/2006	Ratification
12	Burkina Faso	15/09/2006	Ratification
13	Republic of Moldova	05/10/2006	Ratification
14	Peru	16/10/2006	Accession
15	Guatemala	25/10/2006	Ratification
16	Senegal	07/11/2006	Ratification
17	Ecuador	08/11/2006	Accession
18	Mali	09/11/2006	Ratification
19	Albania	17/11/2006	Accession
20	Cameroon	22/11/2006	Accession
21	Namibia	29/11/2006	Ratification
22	India	15/12/2006	Ratification
23	Finland	18/12/2006	Acceptance
24	Austria	18/12/2006	Ratification
25	France	18/12/2006	Accession
26	Spain	18/12/2006	Ratification
27	Sweden	18/12/2006	Ratification
28	Denmark	18/12/2006	Ratification
29	Slovenia	18/12/2006	Ratification
30	Estonia	18/12/2006	Approval
31	Slovakia	18/12/2006	Ratification
32	Luxembourg	18/12/2006	Ratification
33	Lithuania	18/12/2006	Accession
34	Malta	18/12/2006	Accession
35	Bulgaria	18/12/2006	Ratification
36	Cyprus	19/12/2006	Ratification
37	South Africa	21/12/2006	Ratification
38	Ireland	22/12/2006	Ratification
39	Greece	03/01/2007	Ratification
40	Brazil	16/01/2007	Ratification
41	Norway	17/01/2007	Ratification
42	Uruguay	18/01/2007	Ratification
43	Panama	22/01/2007	Ratification
44	China	30/01/2007	Ratification
45	Iceland	01/02/2007	Acceptance
46	Saint Lucia	01/02/2007	Ratification
47	Andorra	06/02/2007	Accession
48	Tunisia	15/02/2007	Ratification
49	Jordan	16/02/2007	Ratification
50	Italy	19/02/2007	Ratification
51	Armenia	27/02/2007	Accession
52	Germany	12/03/2007	Ratification
53	Chile	13/03/2007	Ratification
54	Niger	14/03/2007	Ratification
55	Portugal	16/03/2007	Ratification
56	Oman	16/03/2007	Ratification
57	Côte d'Ivoire	16/04/2007	Ratification
58	Jamaica	04/05/2007	Ratification
59	Gabon	15/05/2007	Ratification
60	The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia	22/05/2007	Ratification
61	Cuba	29/05/2007	Ratification
62	Bangladesh	31/05/2007	Ratification
63	Latvia	06/07/2007	Accession
64	Kuwait	03/08/2007	Accession
65	Viet Nam	07/08/2007	Ratification
66	Poland	17/08/2007	Accession
67	Egypt	23/08/2007	Ratification
68	Cambodia	19/09/2007	Accession
69	New Zealand	05/10/2007	Accession
70	Mongolia	15/10/2007	Accession
71	Mozambique	18/10/2007	Ratification
72	Tajikistan	24/10/2007	Ratification
73	Kenya	24/10/2007	Ratification
74	Paraguay	30/10/2007	Ratification
75	Lao People's Democratic Republic	05/11/2007	Accession
76	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	07/12/2007	Ratification
77	Benin	20/12/2007	Ratification
78	Nigeria	21/01/2008	Ratification
79	Syrian Arab Republic	05/02/2008	Accession
80	Guinea	20/02/2008	Ratification
81	Argentina	07/05/2008	Ratification
82	Hungary	09/05/2008	Ratification
83	Zimbabwe	15/05/2008	Ratification
84	Chad	17/06/2008	Ratification
85	Sudan	19/06/2008	Ratification
86	Seychelles	20/06/2008	Accession
87	Montenegro	24/06/2008	Ratification
88	Georgia	01/07/2008	Approval
89	Switzerland	16/07/2008	Ratification
90	Ethiopia	02/09/2008	Ratification
91	Barbados	02/10/2008	Accession
92	Burundi	14/10/2008	Ratification
93	Congo	22/10/2008	Ratification
94	Grenada	15/01/2009	Ratification
95	Bosnia and Herzegovina	27/01/2009	Ratification
96	Nicaragua	05/03/2009	Ratification
97	Afghanistan	30/03/2009	Acceptance
98	Qatar	21/04/2009	Accession
99	Serbia	02/07/2009	Ratification
100	Australia	18/09/2009	Accession
101	Dominican Republic	24/09/2009	Accession
102	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	25/09/2009	Accession
103	Netherlands	09/10/2009	Accession
104	Guyana	14/12/2009	Accession
105	Haiti	08/02/2010	Ratification
106	Azerbaijan	15/02/2010	Accession
107	Lesotho	18/02/2010	Accession
108	Ukraine	10/03/2010	Ratification
109	Malawi	16/03/2010	Accession
110	Republic of Korea	01/04/2010	Ratification
111	Equatorial Guinea	17/06/2010	Ratification
112	Trinidad and Tobago	26/07/2010	Ratification
113	Czech Republic	12/08/2010	Accession
114	Honduras	31/08/2010	Accession
115	Democratic Republic of the Congo	28/09/2010	Ratification
116	Costa Rica	15/03/2011	Ratification
117	Gambia	26/05/2011	Ratification
118	United Republic of Tanzania	18/10/2011	Ratification
119	Palestine	08/12/2011	Ratification
120	Indonesia	12/01/2012	Accession
121	Angola	07/02/2012	Accession
122	Central African Republic	11/05/2012	Ratification
123	United Arab Emirates	06/06/2012	Accession
124	Rwanda	16/07/2012	Ratification
125	Swaziland	30/10/2012	Acceptance
126	Colombia	19/03/2013	Accession
127	Antigua and Barbuda	25/04/2013	Accession

	Regional economic integration organizations	Date of deposit of instrument	Type of instrument
	European Union	18/12/2006	Accession

¹In accordance with its Article 29, this Convention entered into force on 18 March 2007 with respect to those States or regional economic integration organizations that have deposited their respective instruments of ratification, acceptance, approval, or accession on or before 18 December 2006. It shall enter into force with respect to any other Party three months after the deposit of its instrument of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession.

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Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions. Paris, 20 October 2005¹