63. Mrs. Butlerasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if he will list the United Nations conventions which have not yet been ratified by Her Majesty's Government, stating the reason for non-signature in each case.
§ 1964. Mr. P. ThomasA list of the United Nations Conventions which Her Majesty's Government have signed but not ratified, as well as of those neither signed nor acceded to as at 31st May, 1964, is given below. As to the Conventions which we have not signed, our reasons naturally differ in each case. But all of them have been and are the subject of careful consideration.
United Nations Conventions signed but not ratified by the United Kingdom as atstst May,
- Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations—18.4.1961.
- Vienna Convention on Consular Relations—24.4.1963.
- Convention on Reduction of Statelessness—30.8.1961.
- Protocol for Limiting and Regulating the Cultivation of the Poppy Plant, the Production of, International and Wholesale Trade in, and Use of Opium—23.6.1953.
- Single Convention of Narcotic Drugs—30.3.1961.
- General Agreement on Economic Relations for International Road Transport and Set of Rules—22.3.1954.
- European Agreement concerning the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road (ADR)—30.9.1957.
- European Agreement on Road Markings—13.12.1957.
264 - European Agreement Concerning the Work of Crews of Vehicles engaged in International Road Transport—10.1.1962.
United Nations Conventions neither signed nor acceded to by the United Kingdom as atst May,
- Genocide Convention—9.12.1948.
- Convention for the Suppression of the Traffic in Persons and of the Exploitation of the Prostitution of Others—31.3.1950.
- Customs Convention concerning Spare Parts used for repairing EUROP Wagons—15.1.1958.
- Protocol on Road Signs and Signals—19.9.1949.
- European Agreement Supplementing the 1949 Convention on Road Traffic and the 1949 Protocol on Road Signs and Signals—16.9.1950.
- European Agreement concerning the dimension and weight of vehicles permitted to travel on certain roads of the Contracting Parties—16.9.1950.
- Agreement on Signs for Road Works—16.12.1955.
- Convention on the Contract for the International Carriage of Goods by Road (CMR)—19.5.1956.
- Convention on the Taxation of Road Vehicles engaged in International Goods Transport—14.12.1956.
- Agreement on Special Equipment for the Transport of Perishable Foodstuffs—15.1.1962.
- International Convention to Facilitate the Crossing of Frontiers for Passengers and Baggage carried by Rail—10.1.1952.
- International Convention to Facilitate the Crossing of Frontiers for Goods carried by Rail—10.1.1952.
- Convention regarding the Measurement and Registration of Vessels employed in Inland Navigation—22.6.1956.
- Convention relating to the Unification of Certain Rules concerning Collisions in Inland Navigation—15.3.1960.
- Agreement for Facilitating the International Circulation of Visual and Auditory Materials of an Educational, Scientific and Cultural Character—15.7.1949.
265 - Convention on the Declaration and Death of Missing Persons—6.4.1950.
- Convention on the Political Rights of Women—31.3.1953.
- Convention on Consent to Marriage, Minimum Age for Marriage and Registration of Marriages—10.12.1962.
- Convention on the International Rights of Correction—31.3.1953.
- Convention on the Recovery Abroad of Maintenance—30.6.1956.
- Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards—10.6.1958.
- European Convention on International Commercial Arbitration—21.4.1961.