Action 2812

Membership Information for: Convention For The Protection Of The World Cultural And Natural Heritage

Signed: 1972-11-23; Entered into force: 1975-12-17; Terminated:
Source for membership data: http://whc.unesco.org/en/statesparties
Date of last download from source: 2023-02-06
This is the IEADB's most current data on signature, ratification, entry into force, and other membership actions. The IEADB updates this data approximately once a year and tries to ensure it is current and accurate. For the most current data, visit the UNESCO World Heritage Center website. For inaccuracies, please notify the Project Director.
Agreement Action Country Year Month Day Edit link
Signature Algeria 1974 1 24
Signature Australia 1974 8 22
Signature Bolivia 1976 10 4
Signature Congo, Democratic Republic of 1974 9 23
Signature Egypt 1974 2 7
Signature Germany 1976 8 23
Signature Ghana 1975 7 4
Signature Jordan 1975 5 5
Signature Morocco 1975 10 28
Signature Nigeria 1974 10 23
Signature Pakistan 1976 7 23
Signature Poland 1976 6 29
Signature Senegal 1976 2 13
Signature Serbia 1975 5 26
Signature Sudan 1974 6 6
Signature Switzerland 1975 9 17
Signature Tunisia 1975 3 10
Signature United States 1973 12 7
Ratification, Accession, Succession, or Similar Afghanistan 1979 3 20
Ratification, Accession, Succession, or Similar Albania 1989 7 10
Ratification, Accession, Succession, or Similar Algeria 1974 6 24
Ratification, Accession, Succession, or Similar Andorra 1997 1 3
Ratification, Accession, Succession, or Similar Angola 1991 11 7
Ratification, Accession, Succession, or Similar Antigua and Barbuda 1983 11 1
Ratification, Accession, Succession, or Similar Argentina 1978 8 23
Ratification, Accession, Succession, or Similar Armenia 1993 9 5
Ratification, Accession, Succession, or Similar Australia 1974 8 22
Ratification, Accession, Succession, or Similar Austria 1992 12 18
Ratification, Accession, Succession, or Similar Azerbaijan 1993 12 16
Ratification, Accession, Succession, or Similar Bahamas 2014 5 15
Ratification, Accession, Succession, or Similar Bahrain 1991 5 28
Ratification, Accession, Succession, or Similar Bangladesh 1983 8 3
Ratification, Accession, Succession, or Similar Barbados 2002 4 9
Ratification, Accession, Succession, or Similar Belarus (Soviet period) 1988 10 12
Ratification, Accession, Succession, or Similar Belgium 1996 7 24
Ratification, Accession, Succession, or Similar Belize 1990 11 6
Ratification, Accession, Succession, or Similar Benin 1982 6 14
Ratification, Accession, Succession, or Similar Bhutan 2001 10 22
Ratification, Accession, Succession, or Similar Bolivia 1976 10 4
Ratification, Accession, Succession, or Similar Bosnia and Herzegovina 1993 7 12
Ratification, Accession, Succession, or Similar Botswana 1998 11 23
Ratification, Accession, Succession, or Similar Brazil 1977 9 1
Ratification, Accession, Succession, or Similar Brunei Darussalam 2011 8 12
Ratification, Accession, Succession, or Similar Bulgaria 1974 3 7
Ratification, Accession, Succession, or Similar Burkina Faso 1987 4 2
Ratification, Accession, Succession, or Similar Burundi 1982 5 19
Ratification, Accession, Succession, or Similar Cambodia 1991 11 28
Ratification, Accession, Succession, or Similar Cameroon 1982 12 7
Ratification, Accession, Succession, or Similar Canada 1976 7 23
Ratification, Accession, Succession, or Similar Cape Verde 1988 4 28
Ratification, Accession, Succession, or Similar Central African Republic 1980 12 22
Ratification, Accession, Succession, or Similar Chad 1999 6 23
Ratification, Accession, Succession, or Similar Chile 1980 2 20
Ratification, Accession, Succession, or Similar China 1985 12 12
Ratification, Accession, Succession, or Similar Colombia 1983 5 24
Ratification, Accession, Succession, or Similar Comoros 2000 9 27
Ratification, Accession, Succession, or Similar Congo, Democratic Republic of 1974 9 23
Ratification, Accession, Succession, or Similar Congo, Republic of the 1987 12 10
Ratification, Accession, Succession, or Similar Cook Islands 2009 1 16
Ratification, Accession, Succession, or Similar Costa Rica 1977 8 23
Ratification, Accession, Succession, or Similar Cote d'Ivoire 1981 1 9
Ratification, Accession, Succession, or Similar Croatia 1992 7 6
Ratification, Accession, Succession, or Similar Cuba 1981 3 24
Ratification, Accession, Succession, or Similar Cyprus 1975 8 14
Ratification, Accession, Succession, or Similar Czechia 1993 3 26
Ratification, Accession, Succession, or Similar Denmark 1979 7 25
Ratification, Accession, Succession, or Similar Djibouti 2007 8 30
Ratification, Accession, Succession, or Similar Dominica 1995 4 4
Ratification, Accession, Succession, or Similar Dominican Republic 1985 2 12
Ratification, Accession, Succession, or Similar Ecuador 1975 6 16
Ratification, Accession, Succession, or Similar Egypt 1974 2 7
Ratification, Accession, Succession, or Similar El Salvador 1991 10 8
Ratification, Accession, Succession, or Similar Equatorial Guinea 2010 3 10
Ratification, Accession, Succession, or Similar Eritrea 2001 10 24
Ratification, Accession, Succession, or Similar Estonia 1995 10 27
Ratification, Accession, Succession, or Similar Eswatini 2005 11 30
Ratification, Accession, Succession, or Similar Ethiopia 1977 7 6
Ratification, Accession, Succession, or Similar Fiji 1990 11 21
Ratification, Accession, Succession, or Similar Finland 1987 3 4
Ratification, Accession, Succession, or Similar France 1975 6 27
Ratification, Accession, Succession, or Similar Gabon 1986 12 30
Ratification, Accession, Succession, or Similar Gambia 1987 7 1
Ratification, Accession, Succession, or Similar Georgia 1992 11 4
Ratification, Accession, Succession, or Similar Germany 1976 8 23
Ratification, Accession, Succession, or Similar Ghana 1975 7 4
Ratification, Accession, Succession, or Similar Greece 1981 7 17
Ratification, Accession, Succession, or Similar Grenada 1998 8 13
Ratification, Accession, Succession, or Similar Guatemala 1979 1 16
Ratification, Accession, Succession, or Similar Guinea 1979 3 18
Ratification, Accession, Succession, or Similar Guinea-Bissau 2006 1 28
Ratification, Accession, Succession, or Similar Guyana 1977 6 20
Ratification, Accession, Succession, or Similar Haiti 1980 1 18
Ratification, Accession, Succession, or Similar Holy See 1982 10 7
Ratification, Accession, Succession, or Similar Honduras 1979 6 8
Ratification, Accession, Succession, or Similar Hungary 1985 7 15
Ratification, Accession, Succession, or Similar Iceland 1995 12 19
Ratification, Accession, Succession, or Similar India 1977 11 14
Ratification, Accession, Succession, or Similar Indonesia 1989 7 6
Ratification, Accession, Succession, or Similar Iran 1975 2 26
Ratification, Accession, Succession, or Similar Iraq 1974 3 5

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Membership status is coded as follows:

  • Countries listed are those that have signed and/or ratified the IEA in question.
  • Legend:
    • 0 (pink): Signer: country signed but did not ratify IEA. Status is 0 for all countries until IEA enters into force.
    • 1 (yellow): Ratifier: country signed and ratified IEA but IEA had not entered into force. Status is 1 for countries that have ratified until IEA enters into force.
    • 2 (green):Member: country signed and ratified IEA and IEA has entered into force for that country.
    • Ratifier row is count of states that have ratified.
    • Membership row is count (not sum) of members.
  • If membership data source lacks entry into force date, membership is inferred from year of ratification, if that year occurs after entry into force year of IEA.
  • Status can return to 0 if an IEA is terminated or if a country withdraws. In rare cases, countries later re-join IEAs, with their status returning to 2.
  • Action tab: membership by Action, Country, Year, Month, Day.
  • Wide tab: Annual status data (countries as rows, years as columns).
  • Long tab: Annual status data in Stata format (Country, Year, Membership Status).