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Convention on Road Traffic

Geneva, 19 September 1949


Entry into force:	26 March 1952, in accordance with article 29..
Registration:	26 March 1952, No. 1671.
Status:	Signatories: 18 ,Parties: 93.
Text:	United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 125, p. 3.

Participant	Signature	Ratification, Accession (a), Succession (d)
Albania		1 Oct 1969 a
Algeria		16 May 1963 a
Argentina		25 Nov 1960 a
Australia		7 Dec 1954 a
Austria	[19 Sep 1949]	[2 Nov 1955]
Bangladesh		6 Dec 1978 a
Barbados		5 Mar 1971 d
Belgium	19 Sep 1949	23 Apr 1954
Benin		5 Dec 1961 d
Botswana		3 Jan 1967 a
Bulgaria		13 Feb 1963 a
Cambodia		14 Mar 1956 a
Canada		23 Dec 1965 a
Central African Republic		4 Sep 1962 d
Chile		10 Aug 1960 a
Congo		15 May 1962 a
Côte d'Ivoire		8 Dec 1961 d
Cuba		1 Oct 1952 a
Cyprus		6 Jul 1962 d
Czech Republic		2 Jun 1993 d
Democratic Republic of the Congo		6 Mar 1961 d
Denmark	19 Sep 1949	3 Feb 1956
Dominican Republic	19 Sep 1949	15 Aug 1957
Ecuador		26 Sep 1962 a
Egypt	19 Sep 1949	28 May 1957
Fiji		31 Oct 1972 d
Finland		24 Sep 1958 a
France	19 Sep 1949	15 Sep 1950
Georgia		23 Jul 1993 a
Ghana		6 Jan 1959 a
Greece		1 Jul 1952 a
Guatemala		10 Jan 1962 a
Haiti		12 Feb 1958 a
Holy See		5 Oct 1953 a
Hungary		30 Jul 1962 a
Iceland		22 Jul 1983 a
India	19 Sep 1949	9 Mar 1962
Ireland		31 May 1962 a
Israel	19 Sep 1949	6 Jan 1955
Italy	19 Sep 1949	15 Dec 1952
Jamaica		9 Aug 1963 d
Japan		7 Aug 1964 a
Jordan		14 Jan 1960 a
Kyrgyzstan		22 Mar 1994 a
Lao People's Democratic Republic		6 Mar 1959 a
Lebanon	19 Sep 1949	2 Aug 1963
Lesotho		27 Sep 1973 a
Luxembourg	19 Sep 1949	17 Oct 1952
Madagascar		27 Jun 1962 d
Malawi		17 Feb 1965 d
Malaysia		10 Sep 1958 a
Mali		19 Nov 1962 d
Malta		3 Jan 1966 d
Monaco		3 Aug 1951 a
Montenegro		23 Oct 2006 d
Morocco		7 Nov 1956 d
Namibia		13 Oct 1993 d
Netherlands	19 Sep 1949	19 Sep 1952
New Zealand		12 Feb 1958 a
Niger		25 Aug 1961 d
Norway	19 Sep 1949	11 Apr 1957
Papua New Guinea		12 Feb 1981 a
Paraguay		18 Oct 1965 a
Peru		9 Jul 1957 a
Philippines	19 Sep 1949	15 Sep 1952
Poland		29 Oct 1958 a
Portugal		28 Dec 1955 a
Republic of Korea		14 Jun 1971 d
Romania		26 Jan 1961 a
Russian Federation		17 Aug 1959 a
Rwanda		5 Aug 1964 d
San Marino		19 Mar 1962 a
Senegal		13 Jul 1962 d
Serbia		12 Mar 2001 d
Sierra Leone		13 Mar 1962 d
Singapore		29 Nov 1972 d
Slovakia		1 Feb 1993 d
South Africa	19 Sep 1949	9 Jul 1952 a
Spain		13 Feb 1958 a
Sri Lanka		26 Jul 1957 a
Sweden	19 Sep 1949	25 Feb 1952
Switzerland	19 Sep 1949
Syrian Arab Republic		11 Dec 1953 a
Thailand		15 Aug 1962 a
Togo		27 Feb 1962 d
Trinidad and Tobago		8 Jul 1964 a
Tunisia		8 Nov 1957 a
Turkey		17 Jan 1956 a
Uganda		15 Apr 1965 a
United Arab Emirates		10 Jan 2007 a
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	19 Sep 1949	8 Jul 1957
United States of America	19 Sep 1949	30 Aug 1950
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)		11 May 1962 a
Zimbabwe		1 Dec 1998 d

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