UNESCO / C. AlixLegal Affairs Home Governing bodies Governing Bodies Homepage General Conference Rules of Procedure of the General Conference Resolutions and documents of the General Conference Legal Committee Executive Board Rules of Procedure of the Executive Board Decisions and documents of the Executive Board Committee on Conventions and Recommendations Protection of human rights (104 Procedure) Standard-setting Standard-setting Homepage Conventions Recommendations Declarations List of all instruments Standard-setting process Rules of Procedure for recommendations and conventions Multi-stage procedure for declarations Monitoring of standard-setting instruments One-Stop Shop Conventions Ceremony Third Ceremony (November 2023) Second Ceremony (November 2021) First Ceremony (November 2019) Legal Texts Legal Texts Homepage Basic Texts UNESCO Constitution Rules of Procedure of the General Conference Rules of Procedure of the Executive Board Standard-setting Legal texts on UNESCO's standard-setting Legal texts on UNESCO conventions Other legal texts External Relations Administrative and Financial Programme All other legal texts About us The Office of International Standards and Legal Affairs Our responsibilities Our priorities Our team Depositary activities Last update:17 February 2025Latest ratificationsNewsNewsSierra Leone ratifies the 2001 Convention on the Protection of the Underwater Cultural Heritage25 June 2025 NewsSierra Leone ratifies the 2003 Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage25 June 2025 NewsSierra Leone accedes to the 1954 Hague Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict25 June 2025 NewsSierra Leone ratifies the 2005 Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions25 June 2025 NewsSierra Leone ratifies the 1970 Convention on the Means of Prohibiting and Preventing the Illicit Import, Export and Transfer of Ownership of Cultural Property25 June 2025 Load moreDepositary letters since 20022025LA/DEP/20252020 - 2024LA/DEP/2024LA/DEP/2023LA/DEP/2022LA/DEP/2021LA/DEP/20202015 - 2019LA/DEP/2019LA/DEP/2018LA/DEP/2017LA/DEP/2016LA/DEP/20152010 - 2014LA/DEP/2014LA/DEP/2013LA/DEP/2012LA/DEP/2011LA/DEP/20102005 - 2009LA/DEP/2009LA/DEP/2008LA/DEP/2007LA/DEP/2006LA/DEP/20052002 - 2004LA/DEP/2004LA/DEP/2003LA/DEP/2002Share Copied to clipboard
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