§ Mr. G. M. Thomsonasked the Minister of Education which countries have signed the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation agreement of 22nd November, 1950, under which duty is not paid on cultural, educational and scientific materials exchanged between the signatories ; and whether this applies to educational films imported either for use in schools or for transmission on educational television programmes.
§ Mr. Chataway: The agreement applies to educational films imported for non-commercial purposes and by the beginning of February, 1964, the following member States had deposited instruments of ratification or acceptance, or declarations of application :
Afghanistan. Jordan. Austria. Laos. Belgium. Luxemburg. Cambodia. Madagascar. Ceylon. Monaco. Congo (Leopoldville). Netherlands. Cuba. New Zealand. Cyprus. Nicaragua. Denmark. Nigeria. El Salvador. Norway. Federal Republic of Germany. Pakistan. Philippines. Malaysia. Sierra Leone. Finland. Spain. France. Sweden. Gabon. Switzerland. Ghana. Tanganyika. Greece. Thailand. Guatemala. United Arab Republic. Haiti. United Kingdom. Israel. Viet-Nam. Italy. Yugoslavia. Ivory Coast.