HC Deb 20 December 1957 vol 580 cc133-4W
Mr. Ernest Davies

asked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation if he will list the countries who have ratified the 1949 Convention on Road Traffic.

Mr. Watkinson

Notification has been received from the Secretary General of the United Nations that the following countries and territories have ratified or acceded to the 1949 Convention on Road Traffic:

  • Australia.
  • Austria.
  • Belgium (together with Belgian Congo and Trust Territories of Ruanda—Urundi)
  • Cambodia.
  • Ceylon.
  • Cuba.
  • Czechoslovakia.
  • Denmark.
  • Dominican Republic.
  • Egypt.
  • Formosa.
  • France (together with all French overseas Territories, Togoland, Cameroons under French mandate and Principality of Andorra).
  • Greece.
  • Israel.
  • Italy.
  • Luxembourg.
  • Monaco.
  • Morocco.
  • Netherlands.
  • Netherlands New Guinea.
  • Norway.
  • Peru.
  • Philippines.
  • Portugal (together with all overseas provinces except Macao)
  • Surinam
  • Sweden.
  • Syria.
  • Tunisia.
  • Turkey.
  • Union of South Africa (together with S.W Africa).
  • United Kingdom.
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  • U S.A. (together with all territories for whose international relations U.S.A. is responsible)
  • Vatican City.
  • Viet-Nam.
  • Yugoslavia.