HC Deb 17 November 1969 vol 791 cc185-6W
72. Sir B. Janner

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether Her Majesty's Government have yet accepted to the Genocide Convention.

Mr. Luard

No. But we intend to accede with least possible delay.

Sir B. Janner

asked the Sedretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs which countries have now acceded to the Genocide Convention.

Mr.Luar

The following 36 States have acceded to the Genocide Convention:

Afghanistan Morocco
Albania Nicaragua
Argentina Poland
Austria Rumania
Bulgaria Saudi Arabia
Cambodia Syria
Ceylon Tunisia
Costa Rica Turkey
Finland Vietnam
Germany(Federal Republic) Venezuela
Ghana Congo (Democratic Republic)
Hungary Algeria
Irag Upper Volta
Italy Netherlands
Jordan Mongolia
Korea Spain
Laos Jamaica
Monaco Nepal

Before 1950,when te Genocide convention was open to ratification, the following 37 States ratified the Convention:

Australia Honduras
Belgium Iceland
Brazil India
Burma Iran
Byelorussia Israel
Canada Lebanon
Chile Liberia
China Mexico
Colombia Norway
Cuba Pakistan
Czechoslovakia Panama
Denmark Peru
Ecuador Philippine Republic
El Salvador Soviet Union
Ethiopia Sweden
France Ukraine
Greece United Arab
Guatemala Republic
Haiti Yugoslavia