CONVENTION                       PROTOCOL

                      Date of        Date of       Date of          Date of
                  ratification (R)    entry      ratification (R)    entry
States             accession (A)   into force     accession (A)    into force
                   succession (S)                succession (S)

ALBANIA            20.12.1960 (A)   20.03.1961   20.12.1960 (A)   20.03.1961
ARGENTINA          22.03.1989 (A)   22.06.1989         -
ARMENIA
 (Rep. of) [1]     05.09.1993 (S)   Note 1       05.09.1993 (S)   Note 1
AUSTRALIA          19.09.1984 (R)   19.12.1984         -
AUSTRIA            25.03.1964 (R)   25.06.1964   25.03.1964 (R)   25.06.1964
AZERBAIJAN
  (Rep. of)        20.09.1993 (A)   20.12.1993   20.09.1993 (A)   20.12.1993
BELARUS            07.05.1957 (R)   07.08.1957   07.05.1957 (R)   07.08.1957
BELGIUM            16.09.1960 (R)   16.12.1960   16.09.1960 (R)   16.12.1960
BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA
  (Rep.of) [2]     12.07.1993 (S)   Note 2       12.07.1993 (S)   Note 2
BRAZIL             12.09.1958 (R)   12.12.1958   12.09.1958 (R)   12.12.1958
BULGARIA           07.08.1956 (A)   07.11.1956   09.10.1958 (A)   09.01.1959
BURKINA FASO       18.12.1969 (A)   18.03.1970   04.02.1987 (A)   04.05.1987
CAMBODIA           04.04.1962 (R)   04.07.1962   04.04.1962 (R)   04.07.1962
CAMEROON           12.10.1961 (A)   12.01.1962   12.10.1961 (A)   12.01.1962
COTE D'IVOIRE      24.01.1980 (A)   24.04.1980         -
CROATIA
  (Rep. of) [2]    06.07.1992 (S)   Note 2       06.07.1992 (S)   Note 2
CUBA               26.11.1957 (R)   26.02.1958   26.11.1957 (R)   26.02.1958
CYPRUS             09.09.1964 (A)   09.12.1964   09.09.1964 (A)   09.12.1964
CZECH REPUBLIC [3] 26.03.1993 (S)   Note 3       26.03.1993 (S)   Note 3
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 05.01.1960 (A)   05.04.1960         -
ECUADOR            02.10.1956 (R)   02.01.1957   08.02.1961 (R)   08.05.1961
EGYPT [4]          17.08.1955 (R)   07.08.1956   17.08.1955 (R)   07.08.1956
ESTONIA            04.04.1995 (A)   04.07.1995         -
FEDERAL REPUBLIC 
 OF YUGOSLAVIA [4] 13.02.1956 (R)   07.08.1956   13.02.1956 (R)   07.08.1956
FINLAND            16.09.1994 (A)   16.12.1994   16.09.1994 (A)   16.12.1994
FRANCE             07.06.1957 (R)   07.09.1957   07.06.1957 (R)   07.09.1957
GABON              04.12.1961 (A)   04.03.1962   04.12.1961 (A)   04.03.1962
GEORGIA
 (Republic of) [1] 04.11.1992 (S)   Note 1       04.11.1992 (S)   Note 1
GERMANY [6]        11.08.1967 (R)   11.11.1967   11.08.1967 (R)   11.11.1967
GHANA              25.07.1960 (A)   25.10.1960   25.07.1960 (A)   25.10.1960
GREECE             09.02.1981 (R)   09.05.1981   09.02.1981 (R)   09.05.1981
GUATEMALA          02.10.1985 (A)   02.01.1986   19.05.1994 (A)   19.08.1994
GUINEA             20.09.1960 (A)   20.12.1960   11.12.1961 (A)   11.03.1962
HOLY SEE           24.02.1958 (A)   24.05.1958   24.02.1958 (A)   24.05.1958
HUNGARY            17.05.1956 (R)   17.08.1956   16.08.1956 (A)   16.11.1956
INDIA              16.06.1958 (R)   16.09.1958   16.06.1958 (R)   16.09.1958
INDONESIA          10.01.1967 (R)   10.04.1967   26.07.1967 (R)   26.10.1967
IRAN (Islamic
  Rep. of)         22.06.1959 (R)   22.09.1959   22.06.1959 (R)   22.09.1959
IRAQ               21.12.1967 (R)   21.03.1968   21.12.1967 (R)   21.03.1968
ISRAEL             03.10.1957 (R)   03.01.1958   01.04.1958 (A)   01.07.1958
ITALY              09.05.1958 (R)   09.08.1958   09.05.1958 (R)   09.08.1958
JORDAN             02.10.1957 (R)   02.01.1958   02.10.1957 (R)   02.01.1958
KUWAIT             06.06.1969 (A)   06.09.1969   11.02.1970 (A)   11.05.1970
KYRGHYZ REPUBLIC   03.07.1995 (A)   03.10.1995          -             -
LEBANON            01.06.1960 (R)   01.09.1960   01.06.1960 (R)   01.09.1960
LIBYAN ARAB
  JAMAHIRIYA       19.11.1957 (R)   19.02.1958   19.11.1957 (R)   19.02.1958
LIECHTENSTEIN      28.04.1960 (A)   28.07.1960   28.04.1960 (A)   28.07.1960
LUXEMBOURG         29.09.1961 (R)   29.12.1961   29.09.1961 (R)   29.12.1961
MADAGASCAR         03.11.1961 (A)   03.02.1962   03.11.1961 (A)   03.02.1962
MALAYSIA           12.12.1960 (A)   12.03.1961   12.12.1960 (A)   12.03.1961
MALI               18.05.1961 (A)   18.08.1961   18.05.1961 (A)   18.08.1961
MEXICO             07.05.1956 (R)   07.08.1956   07.05.1956 (R)   07.08.1956
MONACO             10.12.1957 (R)   10.03.1958   10.12.1957 (R)   10.03.1958
MONGOLIA           04.11.1964 (A)   04.02.1965         -
MOROCCO            30.08.1968 (A)   30.11.1968   30.08.1968 (A)   30.11.1968
MYANMAR [4]        10.02.1956 (R)   07.08.1956   10.02.1956 (R)   07.08.1956
NETHERLANDS        14.10.1958 (R)   14.01.1959   14.10.1958 (R)   14.01.1959
NICARAGUA          25.11.1959 (R)   25.02.1960   25.11.1959 (R)   25.02.1960
NIGER              06.12.1976 (A)   06.03.1977   06.12.1976 (A)   06.03.1977
NIGERIA            05.06.1961 (A)   05.09.1961   05.06.1961 (A)   05.09.1961
NORWAY             19.09.1961 (R)   19.12.1961   19.09.1961 (R)   19.12.1961
OMAN               26.10.1977 (A)   26.01.1978        -
PAKISTAN           27.03.1959 (A)   27.06.1959   27.03.1959 (A)   27.06.1959
PANAMA             17.07.1962 (A)   17.10.1962        -
PERU               21.07.1989 (A)   21.10.1989   21.07.1989 (A)   21.10.1989
POLAND             06.08.1956 (R)   06.11.1956   06.08.1956 (R)   06.11.1956
QATAR              31.07.1973 (A)   31.10.1973        -
ROMANIA            21.03.1958 (R)   21.06.1958   21.03.1958 (A)   21.06.1958
RUSSIAN
  FEDERATION [6]   04.01.1957 (R)   04.04.1957   04.01.1957 (R)   04.04.1957
SAN MARINO [4]     09.02.1956 (R)   07.08.1956   09.02.1956 (R)   07.08.1956
SAUDI ARABIA       20.01.1971 (A)   20.04.1971        -
SENEGAL            17.06.1987 (A)   17.09.1987   17.06.1987 (A)   17.09.1987
SLOVAK REP. [3]    31.03.1993 (S)   Note 3       31.03.1993 (S)   Note 3
SLOVENIA
  (Rep. of) [2]    05.11.1992 (S)   Note 2       05.11.1992 (S)   Note 2
SPAIN              07.07.1960 (R)   07.10.1960   26.06.1992 (A)   26.09.1992
SUDAN              23.07.1970 (A)   23.10.1970        -
SWEDEN             22.01.1985 (A)   22.04.1985   22.01.1985 (A)   22.04.1985
SWITZERLAND        15.05.1962 (A)   15.08.1962   15.05.1962 (A)   15.08.1962
SYRIAN ARAB REP.   06.03.1958 (R)   06.06.1958   06.03.1958 (R)   06.06.1958
TAJIKISTAN
  (Rep. of) [1]    28.08.1992 (S)   Note 1       28.08.1992 (S)   Note 1
THAILAND           02.05.1958 (A)   02.08.1958   02.05.1958 (A)   02.08.1958
TUNISIA            28.01.1981 (A)   28.04.1981   28.01.1981 (A)   28.04.1981
TURKEY             15.12.1965 (A)   15.03.1966   15.12.1965 (A)   15.03.1966
UKRAINE            06.02.1957 (R)   06.05.1957   06.02.1957 (R)   06.05.1957
UNITED REP. OF
  TANZANIA         23.09.1971 (A)   23.12.1971        -
UZBEKISTAN         21.02.1996 (A)   21.05.1996   21.02.1996       21.05.1996
YEMEN
  (Rep. of) [7]    06.02.1970 (A)   06.05.1970   06.02.1970 (A)   06.05.1970
ZAIRE              18.04.1961 (A)   18.07.1961   18.07.1961 (A)   18.07.1961

1. This State lodged a notification of succession at the mentioned date, by which it stated that it was bound by the Convention and its Protocol which the USSR ratified on 4 January 1957.

2. This State lodged a notification of succession at the mentioned date, by which it stated that it was bound by the Convention and its Protocol which Yugoslavia ratified on 13 February 1956.

3. This State lodged a notification of succession at the mentioned date, by which it stated that if was bound by the Convention and its Protocol which Czechoslovakia ratified on 6 December 1957.

4. In conformity with the procedure set forth in the Convention and the Protocol, both agreements enter into force, for the first States, three months after the deposit of instrument of ratification by the fifth State, Mexico.

5. The German Democratic Republic deposited an instrument of accession to the Convention and its Protocol on 16 January 1974. Through the accession of the German Democratic Republic to the Basic Law of the Federal Republic of Germany, with effect from 3 October 1990, the two German States have united to form one sovereian State.

6. The instrument of ratification was deposited by the USSR, on 4 January 1957. The Director-General has been informed that the Russian Federation would continue the participation of the USSR in UNESCO conventions.

7. The People's Democratic Republic of Yemen deposited its instrument of accession on 6 February 1970. After the unification of the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen and the Yemen Arab Republic into a single sovereign State called "the Republic of Yemen", the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the Yemen Arab Republic and the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen informed the Secretary-General of the United Nations on 19 May 1990 that all treaties and agreements concluded between either the Yemen Arab Republic or the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen and other States and international organizations in accordance with international law which are in force on 22 May 1990 would remain in effect.