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211. By a Resolution adopted on 21 November 1947, the General Assembly of the United Nations approved the Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the Specialized Agencies which was subsequently submitted to the Specialized Agencies for acceptance and to every Member of the United Nations and every other State Member of one or more of the Specialized Agencies for accession. Pursuant to Section 41, Article XI of the Convention, the Secretary-General of the United Nations acts as depositary.
212. The Fourth Session of the FAO Conference (November 1948) accepted the standard clauses of the Convention, as modified by Annex II, relating to FAO, and authorized the Director-General to communicate the text to those Member Nations of FAO that were not members of the United Nations and to invite them to accede thereto in accordance with Section 42 of the Convention.
213. Annex II to the Convention was amended at the Tenth Session of the FAO Conference (1959) by Resolution 72/59, and pursuant to Section 38 of the Convention, certified copies of that Resolution and of the revised Annex incorporating the amendments were transmitted by the Director-General to the Secretary-General of the United Nations.
214. The Conference at its Thirteenth Session (1965) by Resolution 21/65 further amended Annex II to the Convention. The amendments were also transmitted to the Secretary-General of the United Nations.
Parties to the Convention97
215. The Governments of the following States deposited with the United Nations instruments of accession to the Convention whereby they undertook to apply the provisions thereof to FAO on the corresponding date indicated:
| Participant | Accession Succession(d) |
Acceptance of first revised text of Annex II98 |
Acceptance of second revised text of Annex II99 |
| Algeria | 25 Mar 1964 | ||
| Antigua & Barbuda | 14 Dec 1988(d) | 14 Dec 1988 | |
| Argentina | 10 Oct 1963 | 10 Oct 1963 | |
| Australia | 9 May 1986 | 9 May 1986 | |
| Austria | 21 Jul 1950 | 14 Feb 1962 | 22 Jul 1966 |
| Bahamas | 17 Mar 1977(d) | ||
| Bahrain | 17 Sep 1992 | 17 Sep 1992 | |
| Barbados | 19 Nov 1971 | ||
| Belgium | 14 Mar 1962 | 23 Dec 2002 | |
| Bosnia & Herzegovina | 1 Sep 1993(d) | ||
| Botswana | 5 Apr 1983 | ||
| Brazil | 22 Mar 1963 | 15 Jul 1966 | |
| Bulgaria | 13 Jun 1968 | ||
| Burkina Faso | 6 Apr 1962 | ||
| Cambodia | 26 Sep 1955 | ||
| Cameroon | 30 Apr 1992 | 30 Apr 1992 | |
| Central African Republic | 15 Oct 1962 | ||
| Chile | 21 Sep 1951 | ||
| China | 11 Sep 1979 | 11 Sep 1979 | |
| Côte d'Ivoire | 28 Dec 1961 | ||
| Croatia | 12 Oct 1992(d) | 12 Oct 1992 | 12 Oct 1992 |
| Cuba | 13 Sep 1972 | ||
| Cyprus | 6 May 1964(d) | ||
| Czech Republic100 | 22 Feb 1993(d) | 22 Feb 1993 | |
| Dem. Republic of the Congo | 8 Dec 1964 | ||
| Denmark | 25 Jan 1950 | 26 Dec 1960 | |
| Dominica | 24 Jun 1988 | 24 Jun 1988 | |
| Ecuador | 7 Jul 1953 | 2 Aug 1960 | 26 Jul 1966 |
| Egypt | 28 Sep 1954 | ||
| Estonia | 8 Oct 1997 | ||
| Fiji | 21 Jun 1971(d) | ||
| Finland | 31 Jul 1958 | 8 Sep 1960 | |
| Gabon | 30 Nov 1982 | 30 Nov 1982 | |
| Gambia | 1 Aug 1966(d) | ||
| Germany101 | 10 Oct 1957 | 23 May 1963 | 11 Jun 1985 |
| Ghana | 9 Sep 1958 | 16 Sep 1960 | |
| Greece | 21 Jun 1977 | 21 Jun 1977 | |
| Guatemala | 30 Jun 1951 | ||
| Guinea | 29 Mar 1968 | ||
| Guyana | 13 Sep 1973 | ||
| Haiti | 16 Apr 1952 | ||
| Hungary | 9 Aug 1973 | ||
| India | 10 Feb 1949 | 12 Apr 1963 | |
| Indonesia | 8 Mar 1972 | ||
| Iran, Islamic Republic of | 16 May 1974 | 16 May 1974 | |
| Iraq | 9 Jul 1954 | ||
| Ireland | 10 May 1967 | ||
| Italy | 30 Aug 1985 | 30 Aug 1985 | |
| Jamaica | 4 Nov 1963 | ||
| Japan | 18 Apr 1963 | ||
| Jordan | 12 Dec 1950 | 11 Aug 1960 | |
| Kenya | 1 Jul 1965 | 3 Mar 1966 | |
| Korea, Republic of | 13 May 1977 | 13 May 1977 | |
| Kuwait | 7 Feb 1963 | 7 Feb 1963 | 29 Aug 1966 |
| Lao People's Democratic Republic |
9 Aug 1960 | ||
| Lesotho | 26 Nov 1969 | 26 Nov 1969 | |
| Libyan Arab Jamahiriya | 30 Apr 1958 | ||
| Lithuania102 | 10 Feb 1997 | 10 Feb 1997 | |
| Luxembourg | 20 Sep 1950 | ||
| Madagascar | 3 Jan 1966 | 22 Nov 1966 | |
| Malawi | 2 Aug 1965 | 16 Sep 1966 | |
| Malaysia103 | 29 Mar 1962(d) | ||
| Mali | 24 Jun 1968 | ||
| Malta104 | 27 Jun 1968(d) | 21 Oct 1968 | |
| Mauritius105 | 18 Jul 1969(d) | 18 Jul 1969 | |
| Mongolia | 20 Sep 1974 | 20 Sep 1974 | |
| Morocco | 10 Jun 1958 | 30 Nov 1966 | |
| Nepal | 28 Sep 1965 | ||
| Netherlands | 21 Jul 1949 | 28 Jun 1965 | 9 Dec 1966 |
| New Zealand | 25 Nov 1960 | 23 May 1967 | |
| Nicaragua | 6 Apr 1959 | ||
| Niger | 15 May 1968 | ||
| Nigeria | 26 Jun 1961(d) | ||
| Norway | 25 Jan 1950 | 10 Nov 1960 | 2 Aug 1966 |
| Pakistan | 13 Mar 1962 | ||
| Philippines | 20 Mar 1950 | ||
| Poland | 19 Jun 1969 | 19 Jun 1969 | |
| Romania | 15 Sep 1970 | 15 Sep 1970 | |
| Rwanda | 15 Apr 1964 | ||
| Saint Lucia | 2 Sep 1986 | 2 Sep 1986 | |
| Senegal | 2 Mar 1966 | ||
| Serbia and Montenegro106 | 23 Nov 1951 | 8 Apr 1964 | 27 Feb 1969 |
| Seychelles | 24 Jul 1985 | 24 Jul 1985 | |
| Sierra Leone | 13 Mar 1962(d) | ||
| Singapore | 18 Mar 1966(d) | ||
| Slovakia107 | 28 May 1993(d) | 28 May 1993(d) | |
| Slovenia | 6 Jul 1992(d) | ||
| South Africa | 30 Aug 2002 | 30 Aug 2002 | |
| Spain | 26 Sep 1974 | 26 Sep 1974 | |
| Sweden | 12 Sep 1951 | 28 Sep 1960 | |
| Thailand | 30 Mar 1956 | 19 Jun 1961 | 21 Mar 1966 |
| The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia |
11 Mar 1996(d) | 11 Mar 1996 | 11 Mar 1996 |
| Tonga | 17 Mar 1976(d) | ||
| Trinidad & Tobago | 19 Oct 1965 | 15 Jul 1966 | |
| Tunisia | 3 Dec 1957 | ||
| Uganda | 11 Aug 1983 | ||
| Ukraine | 25 Feb 1993 | 25 Feb 1993 | |
| United Kingdom | 16 Aug 1949 | 6 Aug 1985 | |
| United Republic of Tanzania | 29 Oct 1962 | ||
| Uruguay | 29 Dec 1977 | 29 Dec 1977 | |
| Zambia | 16 Jun 1975(d) | ||
| Zimbabwe | 5 Mar 1991 | 5 Mar 1991 |
216. The Director-General of FAO was informed by the Secretary-General of the United Nations that the Governments of the following States had also tendered for deposit with the United Nations instruments of accession to the Convention whereby they undertook to apply its provisions to FAO. These instruments, however, contained certain reservations on account of which the following States are not considered as having acceded to the Convention:
| Participants | Date of tender |
| Canada | 29 Mar 1966 |
| Colombia | 19 May 1977 |
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97 For declarations and reservations, see Document "Multilateral Treaties Deposited with the Secretary-General" issued by the United Nations, New York.
98 Effective date of first revised text of Annex II: 26 May 1960.
99 Effective date of second revised text of Annex II: 28 December 1965.
100 An instrument of succession by the Government of the Czech Republic to the Convention was received by the Secretary-General of the United Nations on 22 February 1993. Czechoslovakia had become a party to the Convention on 6 September 1988.
101 See footnote 9.
102 The Government of the Republic of Lithuania has made the reservation in respect of Article 2.(3)(b), that the specialized agencies shall not be entitled to acquire land in the territory of the Republic of Lithuania, in view of the land regulations laid down by the Article 47 of the Constitution of the Republic of Lithuania.
103 Considers itself bound as from the date specified in the notification to the UN, i.e., 31 August 1957.
104 Considers itself bound as from the date specified in the notification to the UN, i.e., 21 September 1964.
105 Considers itself bound as from the date specified in the notification to the UN, i.e., 12 March 1968.
106 See footnote 25.
107 On 28 May 1993, the Secretary-General received an instrument of succession by the Government of the Slovak Republic. Czechoslovakia had become a party to the Convention on 6 September 1988.
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