VATICAN CITY - Treaties

Signed on In force on Title
28 August 1924 1 October 1925 Convention and Protocol revising Universal Postal Convention of November 30, 1920
17 June 1925 8 February 1928 Protocol for the Prohibition of the Use in War of Asphyxiating, Poisonous or other Gases, and of Bacteriological Methods of Warfare
24 April 1926 24 October 1930 International Convention relative to Motor Traffic
25 November 1927 1 January 1929 Convention regarding Radiotelegraphy [with General Regulations and Supplementary Regulation]
2 June 1928 1 August 1931 International Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works
20 April 1929 22 February 1931 International Convention for the Suppression of Counterfeiting Currency (with Protocols)
28 June 1929 Universal Postal Convention
28 June 1929 Postal Union Agreement regarding Parcel Post
28 June 1929 Postal Union Agreement regarding Insured Letters and Boxes
20 August 1929 1 September 1929 Internatonal Agreement revising the Agreement of 1906 respecting the Unification of Pharmacopoeial Formulas for Potent Drugs
9 December 1932 1 January 1934 Convention concerning International Telecommunications
29 May 1933 13 February 1942 Convention for the Unification of Rules relating to damage of aircraft caused by third parties on surface
19 June 1933 15 January 1934 Convention Wireless Telegraphy (European Broadcasting frequencies)
20 March 1934 Universal Postal Union Agreement concerning Parcel Post
20 March 1934 Universal Postal Union Agreement concerning Insured Letters and Boxes
20 March 1934 Universal Postal Convention
2 June 1934 1 August 1938 International Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property (London)
15 April 1939 Convention regarding European Broadcasting
23 May 1939 1 July 1940 Universal Postal Convention, with Final Protocol, Regulations of Execution and Provisions concerning the Transportation of Regular Mails by Air, with Final Protocol.
23 May 1939 1 July 1940 Agreement and Final Protocol regarding Parcel Post
23 May 1939 Convention and Final Protocol regarding the Universal Postal Union (with Regulations and Airmail Provisions)
15 March 1940 21 April 1940 Statute of the International Institute for the Unification of Private Law [UNIDROIT]
5 July 1947 1 July 1948 Agreement concerning Insured Letters and Boxes [With Final Protocol]
5 July 1947 1 July 1948 Arrangement, with Final Protocol. Regulations and Forms, concerning Postal Parcels, including Dispositions, Final Protocol and Annex concerning Postal Parcels by Air Mail
5 July 1947 1 July 1948 Universal Postal Convention [With Final Protocol and Annex, and Provisions for Letters by Air Mail and Final Protocol to Provisions]
2 October 1947 1 January 1949 International Convention on Telecommunications [With Annexes, Final Protocol of Signature and Additional Protocols]
12 August 1949 21 October 1950 Geneva Convention Relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War
12 August 1949 21 October 1950 Convention relative to the Protection of Civilians in Time of War
12 August 1949 21 October 1950 Convention for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded and Sick in Armed Forces in the Field
12 August 1949 21 October 1950 Convention for the Amelioration of the Condition of Wounded, Sick and Shipwrecked Members of Armed Forces at Sea
19 September 1949 26 March 1952 Convention on Road Traffic
19 September 1949 Protocol on Road Signs and Signals with Amendments adopted at Geneva on 25 July 1963
28 July 1951 22 April 1954 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees, 1951
10 May 1952 14 September 1955 International Convention on Certain Rules concerning Civil Jurisdiction in Matters of Collision
11 July 1952 1 July 1953 Universal Postal Convention [together with Final Protocol and Provisions for Letters by Air Mail with Final Protocol]
11 July 1952 1 July 1953 Agreement concerning Insured Letters and Boxes (together with Final Protocol)
6 September 1952 19 August 1954 Protocol 3 annexed to the Universal Copyright Convention concerning the Effective Date of Instruments of Ratification of Acceptance of or Accession to that Convention
6 September 1952 16 September 1955 Universal Copyright Convention
6 September 1952 16 September 1955 Protocol 1 annexed to the Universal Copyright Convention concerning the Application of that Convention to the works of Stateless Persons and Refugees
6 September 1952 16 September 1955 Protocol 2 annexed to the Universal Copyright Convention concerning the Application of that Convention to the Works of certain International Organizations
22 December 1952 1 January 1954 International Telecommunication Convention (with Annexes, Final Protocol and Additional Protocol)
14 May 1954 7 August 1956 Protocol to the Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict
14 May 1954 7 August 1956 Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict
4 June 1954 28 June 1956 Additional Protocol to the Convention concerning Customs Facilities for Touring, relating to the importation of Tourist Publicity Documents and Material
4 June 1954 11 September 1957 Convention concerning Customs Facilities for Touring
4 June 1954 15 December 1957 Customs Convention on the Temporary Importation of Private Road Vehicles
28 September 1954 6 June 1960 Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons
16 December 1955 Agreement on Signs for Road Works amending the European Agreement of September 16, 1950 supplementing the 1949 Convention on Road Traffic and the 1949 Protocol on Road Signs and Signals
20 June 1956 25 May 1957 Convention on the Recovery Abroad of Maintenance
26 October 1956 29 July 1957 Statute of the International Atomic Energy Agency [with Annex]
3 October 1957 1 April 1959 Universal Postal Convention [together with Final Protocol, Detailed Regulations and Annexes, Provisions concerning Air Mail with their Final Protocol and Annexes]
3 October 1957 1 April 1959 Agreement concerning Insured Letters and Boxes
3 October 1957 1 April 1959 Agreement concerning Postal Parcels
10 October 1957 31 May 1968 International Convention relating to the Limitation of the Liability of Owners of Sea-going Ships [with Protocol of Signature]
10 October 1957 Stowaways Convention. Uniform Rules relating to Stowaways.
29 April 1958 30 September 1962 Optional Protocol of Signature concerning the Compulsory Settlement of Disputes arising from the Law of the Sea Conventions
29 April 1958 30 September 1962 Convention on the High Seas
29 April 1958 10 September 1964 Convention on the Territorial Sea and Contiguous Zone
10 June 1958 7 June 1959 Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards
6 April 1959 16 July 1959 International Wheat Agreement
21 December 1959 1 January 1961 International Telecommunications Convention
30 March 1961 13 December 1964 Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, 1961
18 April 1961 24 April 1964 Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations and Optional Protocol concerning the Compulsory Settlement of Disputes [This is the record for the main Vienna Convention]
26 October 1961 18 May 1964 International Convention for the Protection of Performers, Producers of Phonograms and Broadcasting Organisations
19 April 1962 1 August 1962 International Wheat Agreement, 1962
1 July 1964 18 August 1972 Convention relating to a Uniform Law on the International Sale of Goods
1 July 1964 23 August 1972 Convention relating to a Uniform Law on the Formation of Contracts for the International Sale of Goods
10 July 1964 1 January 1966 Constitution of the Universal Postal Union [with Final Protocol, General Regulations and Final Protocol thereto]
10 July 1964 1 January 1966 Agreement Concerning Insured Letters and Boxes [with Final Protocol and Detailed Regulations]
10 July 1964 1 January 1966 Universal Postal Convention
10 July 1964 1 January 1966 Agreement concerning Giro Transfers [with Detailed Regulations]
10 July 1964 1 January 1966 Agreement concerning Postal Parcels [with Final Protocol, Detailed Regulations and Final Protocol thereto]
20 August 1964 20 August 1964 Agreement establishing Interim Arrangements for a Global Commercial Communications Satellite System (with Special Agreement concluded pursuant to Article 11 of that Agreement)
20 August 1964 20 August 1964 Special Agreement concluded pursuant to Article II of the Agreement establishing Interim Arrangements for a Global Commercial Communications Satellite System
22 March 1965 16 July 1965 Protocol for the Extension of the International Wheat Agreement, 1962
4 June 1965 21 November 1966 Agreement on Arbitration supplementary to the Agreement establishing Interim Arrangements for a Global Commercial Communications Satellite System open for signature at Washington between 20 August 1964 and 20 February 1965
12 November 1965 1 January 1967 International Telecommunications Convention with Final Protocol, Additional Protocols I to III and Optional Additional Protocol (with Additional Protocol IV of 21 October 1965)
12 November 1965 1 January 1967 Optional Additional Protocol to the International Telecommunications Convention, Montreux 1965 Compulsory Settlement of Disputes
4 April 1966 Protocol for the further Extension of the International Wheat Agreement, 1962
15 May 1967 16 July 1967 Protocol for the further Extension of the International Wheat Agreement 1962
27 May 1967 15 August 1977 Protocol to amend the Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules of Law relating to Assistance and Salvage at Sea signed at Brussels on 23 September, 1910
27 May 1967 International Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules relating to Maritime Liens and Mortgages
27 May 1967 International Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules relating to the Carriage of Passenger Luggage by Sea
14 July 1967 26 April 1970 Convention establishing the World Intellectual Property Organization
15 October 1967 1 July 1968 Wheat Trade Convention [Incorporated in the International Grains Arrangement, 1967]
23 February 1968 23 June 1977 Protocol to amend the International Convention for the Unification of certain Rules of Law relating to Bills of Lading signed at Brussels on 25 August 1924 [Hague-Visby Rules]
8 November 1968 21 May 1977 Convention on Road Traffic
25 July 1969 1 January 1971 International Health Regulations (1969) adopted by the Twenty-second World Health Assembly
14 November 1969 1 July 1971 Insured Letters and Boxes Agreement [With Detailed Regulations]
14 November 1969 1 July 1971 Additional Protocol to the Constitution of the Universal Postal Union (with Declarations, General Regulations, Final Protocol and Rules of Procedure of Congresses)
14 November 1969 1 July 1971 Universal Postal Convention (with Final Protocol and Detailed Regulations)
14 November 1969 1 July 1971 Additional Protocol to the Constitution of the Universal Postal Union (with Declarations, General Regulations, Final Protocol and Rules of Procedure of Congresses)
14 November 1969 1 July 1971 Giro Transfers Agreement [With Detailed Regulations]
14 November 1969 1 July 1971 Postal Parcels Agreement (with Final Protocol and Detailed Regulations]
25 March 1975 19 June 1975 Protocol for the Further Extension of the Wheat Trade Convention, 1971
22 November 1975 27 November 1985 Additional Protocol 1 relating to the Abrogation of the European Broadcasting Convention (Copenhagen 1948) and the annexed Copenhagen Plan
1 October 1952 International Sanitary Regulations adopted by the World Health Assembly on May 25, 1951
2 January 1975 Statutes of the World Tourism Organisation (WTO)
1 January 1996 Final Acts of the Plenipotentiary Conference of the International Telecommunication Union with Instruments amending the Constitution and the Convention of the International Telecommunication Union, Decisions, Resolutions and Recommendations
Amendment to the Convention on the European Telecommunications Satellite Organization (EUTELSAT) (Article XIX)
Amendment to the Operating Agreement on the European Telecommunications Satellite Organization (EUTELSAT) (Article 22e)