HC Deb 08 March 1967 vol 742 cc313-7W
Mr. Whitaker

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he will publish in the OFFICIAL REPORT a list of which United Nations, International Labour Office and Council of Europe conventions have not yet been ratified by the United Kingdom.

Mr. George Thomson

The following conventions have not yet been ratified by Her Majesty's Government:

United Nations Conventions

Revised General Act on Pacific Settlement of International Disputes.

Vienna Convention on Consular Relations.

International Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Racial Discrimination.

Convention for the Suppression of the Illicit Traffic in Dangerous Drugs, with Protocol of Signature and amended by the Protocol of 11th December, 1946.

Convention for the Suppression of the Illicit Traffic in Dangerous Drugs with Protocol of Signature.

Convention for the Suppression of the Traffic in Persons and of the Exploitation of the Prostitution of others:

  1. (a) Convention;
  2. (b) Final Protocol.

Convention on Transit Trade of Land-Locked States.

Customs Convention concerning Spare Parts used for repairing EUROP Wagons.

European Agreement on the application of Article 23 of the 1949 Convention on Road Traffic concerning the dimensions and weights of vehicles permitted to travel on certain roads of the Contracting Parties.

General Agreement on Economic Regulations for International Road Transport and set of Rules (not yet in force) with additional Protocol and Protocol of Signature.

Convention on the Contract for the International Carriage of Goods by Road (C.M.R.).

Convention on the Taxation of Road Vehicles Engaged in International Goods Transport.

European Agreement concerning the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road (A.D.R.) with Protocol of Signature (not yet in force).

European Agreement on Road Markings.

Agreement on Special Equipment for the Transport of Perishable Foodstuffs and on the Use of such Equipment for the International Transport of some of those Foodstuffs (not yet in force).

European Agreement concerning the Work of Crews of Vehicles Engaged in International Road Transport (A.E.T.R.) (not yet in force).

International Convention to Facilitate the Crossing of Frontiers for Passengers and Baggage carried by Rail.

International Convention to Facilitate the Crossing of Frontiers for Goods carried by Rail.

Convention regarding the Measurement and Registration of Vessels Employed in Inland Navigation (not yet in force).

Convention relating to the Unification of Certain Rules concerning Collisions in Inland Navigation.

Convention on the Registration of Inland Navigation Vessels:

Protocol No. 1 concerning Rights In Rem in Inland Navigation Vessels;

Protocol No. 2 concerning Attachment and Forced Sale of Inland Navigation Vessels (not yet in force).

Convention on the Declaration of Death of Missing Persons Protocol for extending the period of Validity of the above Convention.

Convention on Consent to Marriage, Minimum Age for Marriage and Registration of Marriages.

Convention on the International Right of Correction.

Convention on the Recovery Abroad of Maintenance.

Covention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards.

European Convention on International Commercial Arbitration.

Agreement for Facilitating the International Circulation of Visual and Auditory Materials of an Educational, Scientific and Cultural Character.

International Labour Conventions

Hours of Work (Industry), 1919.

Maternity Protection, 1919.

Placing of Seamen, 1920.

White Lead (Painting), 1921.

Weekly Rest (Industry), 1921.

Night Work (Bakeries), 1925.

Repatriation of Seamen, 1929.

Marking of Weight (Packages transported by vessels), 1929.

Protection against Accidents (Dockers), 1929.

Hours of Work (Commerce and Offices), 1930.

Hours of Work (Coalmines), 1931*.

Minimum Age (Non-Industrial Employment), 1932.

Fee Charging Employment Agencies, 1933.

Hours of Work (Coalmines) Revised, 1935.

Forty Hour Week, 1935.

Maintenance of Migrants Pension Rights, 1935.

Reduction of Hours of Work (Glass Bottle Workers), 1935.

Reduction of Hours of Work (Public Works), 1936*.

Holidays with Pay, 1936.

Officers' Competency Certificates, 1936.

Holidays with Pay (Sea), 1936*.

Ship Owners Liability (Sick and Injured Seamen), 1936.

Hours of Work and Manning (Sea), 1936*.

Minimum Age (Sea) Revised, 1936.

Minimum Age (Industry) Revised, 1937.

Minimum Age (Non-Industrial Employment) Revised, 1937.

Reduction of Hours of Work (Textiles), 1937*.

Safety Provisions (Building), 1937.

Migration for Employment, 1939*.

Hours of Work and Rest Periods (Road Transport), 1939.

Seafarer's Pensions, 1946.

Paid Vacations (Seafarers), 1946*.

Medical Examinations (Seafarers), 1946.

Accommodation of Crews, 1946*.

Wages, Hours of Work and Manning (Sea), 1946*.

Medical Examinations of Young Persons (Industry), 1946.

Medical Examination of Young Persons (Non-Industrial Occupations), 1946.

Night Work of Young Persons (Non-Industrial Occupations), 1946.

Night Work (Women) Revised, 1948.

Night Work of Young Persons (Industry) Revised, 1948.

Paid Vacation (Seafarers) Revised, 1949*.

Wages, Hours of Work and Manning (Sea) Revised, 1949*.

Fee Charging Employment Agencies (Revised), 1949.

Equal Remuneration, 1951.

Maternity Protection (Revised), 1952.

Abolition of Penal Sanctions (Indigenous Workers), 1955.

Weekly Rest (Commerce and Offices), 1957.

Indigenous and Tribal Populations, 1957.

Wages, Hours of Work and Manning (Sea) Revised, 1958*.

Plantations, 1958.

Discrimination (Employment and Occupation) 1958.

Minimum Age (Fishermen) 1959.

Medical Examination (Fishermen) 1959.

Fishermen's Articles of Agreement, 1959.

Social Policy (Basic Aims and Standards) 1962.

Equality of Treatment (Social Security) 1962.

Guarding of Machinery, 1963.

Hygiene (Commerce and Offices) 1964.

Employment (Injury Benefits) 1964.

Minimum Age (Underground Work) 1965.

Fishermen's Competency Certificates 1966*.

Accommodation of Crews (Fishermen) 1966*.

N.B. * Conventions which have not yet received the required number of ratifications for entry into force.

The following Conventions have been denounced:

Night Work (Women) 1919†.

Night Work of Young Persons (Industry) 1919†.

Workmens Compensation (Occupation Diseases) 1925†.

Night Work (Women) Revised, 1934†.

Sheet Glass Works, 1934.

N.B. † Convention revised by a subsequent Convention.

Council of Europe Conventions

European Code of Social Security.

Convention on the Elaboration of a European Pharmacopoeia.

Convention on the Unification of certain points of Substantive Law on Patents for Invention.

European Agreement for the Prevention of Broadcasts transmitted from Stations outside National Territories.

European Convention on Establishment.

European Convention on Establishment of Companies.

European Convention on Extradition.

European Convention on Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters.

European Convention on Compulsory Insurance against Civil Liability in respect of Motor Vehicles.

Agreement relating to application of the European Convention on International Commercial Arbitration.

European Convention providing a uniform law on Arbitration.

Convention on Reduction of Cases of Multiple Nationality and Military Obligations in cases of Multiple Nationality.

European Convention on the Punishment of Road Traffic Offences.

European Convention on the Supervision of Conditionally Sentenced or Conditionally Released Offenders.

European Agreement on Regulations governing the Movement of Persons between Member States of the Council of Europe.

European Agreement on the Abolition of Visas for Refugees.