Statutes of the World Tourism Organisation (WTO)

Details

Treaty type

Multilateral

Subject

WORLD TOURISM ORGANISATION (UNWTO)

Signed at

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Signed on

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In force on

2 January 1975

Treaty document

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Parties

1. AFGHANISTAN
2. ALGERIA
3. Antilles
4. ARGENTINA
5. AUSTRALIA
6. AUSTRIA
7. BAHAMAS
8. Bahrain
9. BANGLADESH
10. BELGIUM
11. BENIN
12. BOLIVIA
13. BRAZIL
14. BULGARIA
15. BURKINA FASO
16. BURUNDI
17. CAMBODIA
18. CAMEROON
19. CANADA
20. CHAD
21. CHILE
22. CHINA P R
23. COLOMBIA
24. CONGO
25. COSTA RICA
26. CUBA
27. CYPRUS
28. CZECHOSLOVAKIA
29. DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
30. ECUADOR
31. EGYPT
32. EL SALVADOR
33. ERITREA
34. ETHIOPIA
35. FINLAND
36. FRANCE
37. GABON
38. GAMBIA THE
39. GERMAN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC
40. GERMANY FEDERAL REPUBLIC
41. GHANA
42. Gibraltar
43. GREECE
44. GRENADA
45. GUINEA
46. HAITI
47. HOLY SEE
48. HONDURAS
49. HONG KONG SAR
50. HUNGARY
51. ICELAND
52. INDIA
53. INDONESIA
54. IRAN
55. IRAQ
56. IRELAND, REPUBLIC OF
57. ISRAEL
58. ITALY
59. IVORY COAST
60. JAMAICA
61. JAPAN
62. JORDAN
63. KENYA
64. KOREA DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF
65. KOREA REPUBLIC OF
66. KUWAIT
67. LAOS
68. LEBANON
69. LESOTHO
70. LIBYA
71. Macao
72. MADAGASCAR
73. MALAWI
74. MALAYSIA
75. MALDIVES
76. MALI
77. MALTA
78. MAURITANIA
79. MAURITIUS
80. MEXICO
81. MONGOLIA
82. MOROCCO
83. MYANMAR
84. NEPAL
85. NETHERLANDS THE
86. NICARAGUA
87. NIGER
88. NIGERIA
89. PAKISTAN
90. PANAMA
91. PERU
92. PHILIPPINES
93. POLAND
94. PORTUGAL
95. Puerto Rico
96. Qatar
97. ROMANIA
98. RWANDA
99. SAN MARINO
100. SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE
101. SENEGAL
102. SIERRA LEONE
103. SINGAPORE
104. SOVIET UNION
105. SPAIN
106. SRI LANKA
107. SUDAN
108. SWAZILAND
109. SWITZERLAND
110. SYRIA
111. TAIWAN
112. TANZANIA
113. THAILAND
114. TOGO
115. TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
116. TUNISIA
117. TURKEY
118. UGANDA
119. UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
120. UNITED KINGDOM
121. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
122. URUGUAY
123. VATICAN CITY
124. VENEZUELA
125. VIETNAM, REPUBLIC OF
126. YEMEN ARAB REPUBLIC
127. YEMEN, PEOPLES'S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF
128. YUGOSLAVIA
129. ZAIRE
130. ZAMBIA
131. ZIMBABWE

Actions

Party	Action	Taken on	Effective on
AFGHANISTAN	Approval	8 May 1973
ALGERIA	Adoption	4 April 1975
ALGERIA	Approval	5 May 1976	5 May 1976
Antilles	Extension	10 May 1976	10 June 1976
Antilles	Associate Member	19 February 1979	5 September 1979
ARGENTINA	Approval	13 June 1972
ARGENTINA	Declaration	13 June 1972
AUSTRALIA	Denunciation		26 September 1990
AUSTRALIA	Adoption	28 September 1970
AUSTRALIA	Approval	18 September 1979	18 September 1979
AUSTRIA	Adoption	28 September 1970
AUSTRIA	Approval	22 December 1975
BAHAMAS	Associate Member	24 June 1971	28 June 1971
BAHAMAS	Approval	15 October 1973
BAHAMAS	Withdrawal	14 November 1978	14 December 1978
Bahrain	Approval	22 December 1975	31 May 1977
Bahrain	Withdrawal	1 February 1983	1 February 1984
BANGLADESH	Approval	19 February 1975
BELGIUM	Adoption	12 May 1975
BELGIUM	Approval	3 August 1976
BENIN	Approval	31 December 1974
BOLIVIA	Approval	21 May 1975
BRAZIL	Approval	11 June 1974
BULGARIA	Adoption	25 October 1974
BULGARIA	Approval	21 January 1976
BURKINA FASO	Approval	16 May 1975
BURUNDI	Approval	30 October 1974
CAMBODIA	Approval	24 April 1972	2 January 1975
CAMEROON	Approval	28 November 1973
CANADA	Adoption	28 September 1970
CANADA	Approval	26 June 1986	26 June 1986
CHAD	Approval	10 September 1985	26 September 1985
CHILE	Approval	9 April 1974
CHILE	Acceptance	8 October 1998
CHINA P R	Approval	22 September 1983	5 October 1983
COLOMBIA	Approval	12 June 1971
CONGO	Approval	20 September 1979	20 September 1979
COSTA RICA	Approval	26 September 1973
COSTA RICA	Withdrawal	14 July 1987	14 July 1987
CUBA	Adoption	8 January 1975
CUBA	Approval	11 December 1975
CYPRUS	Approval	4 September 1974
CZECHOSLOVAKIA	Adoption	10 February 1975
CZECHOSLOVAKIA	Approval	9 April 1976	9 April 1976
CZECHOSLOVAKIA	Declaration	9 April 1976
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC	Approval	29 April 1975
ECUADOR	Approval	11 February 1975
ECUADOR	Acceptance	15 November 1999
EGYPT	Approval	21 May 1971
EL SALVADOR	Approval	11 February 1975
EL SALVADOR	Withdrawal	28 January 1981	28 January 1981
ERITREA	Acceptance	7 September 1999
ETHIOPIA	Approval	22 May 1975
FINLAND	Approval	9 February 1982	9 February 1982
FRANCE	Adoption	28 September 1970
FRANCE	Approval	31 December 1975
GABON	Approval	6 April 1971
GAMBIA THE	Approval	6 May 1975
GERMAN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC	Approval	14 April 1975
GERMAN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC	Declaration	14 April 1975
GERMANY FEDERAL REPUBLIC	Adoption	28 September 1970
GERMANY FEDERAL REPUBLIC	Approval	29 January 1976
GHANA	Approval	28 November 1972
Gibraltar	Associate Member	17 October 1975	17 October 1975
Gibraltar	Withdrawal	21 May 1985	21 May 1985
GREECE	Approval	8 November 1972
GRENADA	Approval	25 February 1977	31 May 1977
GRENADA	Withdrawal	9 February 1998	9 February 1999
GUINEA	Approval	17 July 1985
GUINEA	Acceptance	22 January 1998
HAITI	Approval	29 May 1974
HOLY SEE	Observation	25 September 1973	2 January 1975
HONDURAS	Denunciation		19 August 1989
HONDURAS	Approval	20 September 1979	20 September 1979
HONG KONG SAR	Membership	27 September 1999
HUNGARY	Adoption	12 November 1974
HUNGARY	Approval	8 September 1975	8 September 1975
ICELAND	Approval	1 May 1975
INDIA	Approval	9 November 1971
INDONESIA	Approval	5 April 1972
IRAN	Approval	17 February 1972
IRAQ	Approval	15 September 1971
IRAQ	Declaration	15 September 1971
IRELAND, REPUBLIC OF	Adoption	1 May 1975
ISRAEL	Approval	20 January 1975
ISRAEL	Objection	11 May 1975
ITALY	Adoption	28 September 1970
ITALY	Approval	2 March 1978	2 March 1978
IVORY COAST	Approval	12 January 1973
JAMAICA	Approval	24 April 1975
JAPAN	Approval	6 July 1978
JORDAN	Approval	30 March 1971	2 January 1975
KENYA	Approval	24 September 1971	2 January 1975
KOREA DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF	Approval	28 August 1987	1 October 1987
KOREA REPUBLIC OF	Approval	15 January 1973	2 January 1975
KOREA REPUBLIC OF	Declaration	15 January 1973
KUWAIT	Approval	27 August 1975
LAOS	Approval	27 September 1973	2 January 1975
LEBANON	Approval	18 June 1974	2 January 1975
LESOTHO	Approval	11 July 1980	17 September 1981
LIBYA	Adoption	28 September 1970
LIBYA	Approval	21 April 1977
Macao	Associate Member	8 April 1980	17 September 1981
MADAGASCAR	Approval	22 May 1975	22 May 1975
MALAWI	Approval	6 August 1974	2 January 1975
MALAYSIA	Participation		19 September 1991
MALAYSIA	Approval	8 May 1975
MALAYSIA	Withdrawal	14 August 1987	14 August 1987
MALDIVES	Approval	10 June 1980	17 September 1981
MALI	Approval	17 June 1974	2 January 1975
MALTA	Approval	2 August 1978
MAURITANIA	Adoption	3 May 1975
MAURITANIA	Approval	9 July 1976
MAURITIUS	Approval	26 July 1973	2 January 1975
MAURITIUS	Acceptance	13 October 1998
MEXICO	Approval	20 November 1970	2 January 1975
MONGOLIA	Adoption	10 April 1975
MOROCCO	Approval	7 July 1971	2 January 1975
MYANMAR	Withdrawal	9 February 1998	4 September 1999
NEPAL	Approval	14 March 1972	2 January 1975
NETHERLANDS THE	Adoption	11 April 1975
NETHERLANDS THE	Approval	10 May 1976	10 June 1976
NICARAGUA	Withdrawal		19 April 1978
NICARAGUA	Participation		4 October 1991
NICARAGUA	Approval	14 June 1974	2 January 1975
NIGER	Approval	20 September 1979	20 September 1979
NIGERIA	Approval	22 September 1971	2 January 1975
PAKISTAN	Approval	2 April 1971	2 January 1975
PANAMA	Denunciation		9 October 1993
PANAMA	Approval	19 February 1971	2 January 1975
PERU	Approval	30 May 1974	2 January 1975
PHILIPPINES	Denunciation		8 September 1989
PHILIPPINES	Participation		23 October 1991
PHILIPPINES	Approval	6 February 1973	2 January 1975
POLAND	Adoption	21 February 1975
POLAND	Approval	10 February 1976
PORTUGAL	Adoption	28 September 1970
PORTUGAL	Approval	11 November 1976
Puerto Rico	Associate Member		4 April 1986
Qatar	Denunciation		1 February 1986
Qatar	Approval	20 October 1976	31 May 1977
ROMANIA	Approval	13 September 1974	2 January 1975
ROMANIA	Declaration	13 September 1974
RWANDA	Approval	6 June 1975
SAN MARINO	Approval	20 July 1971	2 January 1975
SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE	Approval	9 December 1983	26 September 1985
SENEGAL	Approval	5 April 1972	2 January 1975
SIERRA LEONE	Approval	6 May 1974	2 January 1975
SINGAPORE	Approval	20 September 1971	2 January 1975
SINGAPORE	Withdrawal	10 November 1976	10 November 1977
SOVIET UNION	Adoption	22 August 1974
SOVIET UNION	Approval	29 December 1975
SOVIET UNION	Declaration	3 May 1976
SPAIN	Approval	4 July 1974	2 January 1975
SPAIN	Declaration	4 July 1974
SPAIN	Acceptance	1 October 1998
SRI LANKA	Approval	5 December 1972	2 January 1975
SUDAN	Approval	18 April 1975
SWAZILAND	Membership	27 September 1999
SWITZERLAND	Adoption	28 September 1970
SWITZERLAND	Approval	12 January 1976
SYRIA	Approval	11 August 1971	2 January 1975
SYRIA	Acceptance	14 May 1999
TAIWAN	Approval	14 March 1972
TANZANIA	Approval	2 February 1972	2 January 1975
THAILAND	Denunciation		20 January 1990
THAILAND	Approval	19 October 1971
THAILAND	Reservation	19 October 1971
TOGO	Approval	16 April 1975
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO	Approval	17 November 1971
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO	Withdrawal	24 December 1976	31 December 1977
TUNISIA	Approval	29 May 1972
TURKEY	Approval	6 November 1973
UGANDA	Approval	12 December 1974
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES	Approval	14 September 1972
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES	Withdrawal	27 April 1998	29 April 1987
UNITED KINGDOM	Withdrawal	11 May 1975
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA	Adoption	10 April 1975
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA	Approval	16 December 1975
URUGUAY	Adoption	28 September 1970
URUGUAY	Approval	18 May 1977
VATICAN CITY	Approval	25 September 1973
VENEZUELA	Approval	20 June 1974
VIETNAM, REPUBLIC OF	Approval	31 January 1973
YEMEN ARAB REPUBLIC	Approval	21 May 1971	31 May 1977
YEMEN, PEOPLES'S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF	Approval	9 March 1971
YUGOSLAVIA	Approval	29 June 1971
ZAIRE	Approval	20 January 1972
ZAMBIA	Approval	31 August 1973
ZIMBABWE	Approval	30 June 1981	17 September 1981

Citations

1. PRO (now TNA) FO 949/138/0: 0
2. UN Registration Switze/0: 985 339
3. Other UNWTO/0: 0