Agreement on the Rescue of Astronauts, the Return of Astronauts and the Return of Objects launched into Outer Space [London Version]

Details

Treaty type
Multilateral
Subject
UK DEPOSITARY
Signed at
Signed on
22 April 1968
In force on
3 December 1968

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Parties

  1. Antigua
  2. ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA
  3. ARGENTINA
  4. Aruba
  5. AUSTRALIA
  6. AUSTRIA
  7. BAHAMAS
  8. BARBADOS
  9. BELGIUM
  10. BOTSWANA
  11. BRAZIL
  12. British Solomon Islands
  13. Brunei
  14. BULGARIA
  15. BURMA
  16. CAMEROON
  17. CANADA
  18. Caribbean part of the Netherlands
  19. CHILE
  20. CHINA P R
  21. CONGO, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF
  22. Curacao
  23. CYPRUS
  24. CZECHOSLOVAKIA
  25. CZECH REPUBLIC
  26. DENMARK
  27. Dominica
  28. EGYPT
  29. EUROPEAN ORG FOR THE EXPLOITATION OF METEOROLOGICAL SATELLITES
  30. EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY
  31. Fiji
  32. FINLAND
  33. FRANCE
  34. GAMBIA THE
  35. GERMANY FEDERAL REPUBLIC
  36. GHANA
  37. GREECE
  38. GRENADA
  39. GUYANA
  40. HONG KONG SAR
  41. HUNGARY
  42. ICELAND
  43. INDIA
  44. INDONESIA
  45. IRAN
  46. IRAQ
  47. IRELAND, REPUBLIC OF
  48. ISRAEL
  49. ITALY
  50. JAMAICA
  51. JAPAN
  52. JORDAN
  53. KUWAIT
  54. LAOS
  55. LEBANON
  56. LIBYA
  57. LUXEMBOURG
  58. MALAYSIA
  59. MALTA
  60. MAURITIUS
  61. MEXICO
  62. MONACO
  63. MONGOLIA
  64. MONTENEGRO
  65. MOROCCO
  66. NEPAL
  67. Netherlands Antilles
  68. NETHERLANDS THE
  69. NEW ZEALAND
  70. NICARAGUA
  71. NIGERIA
  72. NORWAY
  73. OMAN
  74. PAKISTAN
  75. PAPUA NEW GUINEA
  76. PERU
  77. POLAND
  78. PORTUGAL
  79. ROMANIA
  80. SAN MARINO
  81. SAUDI ARABIA
  82. SENEGAL
  83. SEYCHELLES
  84. SIERRA LEONE
  85. SINGAPORE
  86. Sint Maarten
  87. SLOVENIA
  88. SOUTH AFRICA
  89. SOVIET UNION
  90. SPAIN
  91. St Kitts Nevis Anguilla
  92. ST LUCIA
  93. ST VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES
  94. SWAZILAND
  95. SWEDEN
  96. SWITZERLAND
  97. THAILAND
  98. TONGA
  99. TUNISIA
  100. TURKEY
  101. UNITED KINGDOM
  102. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
  103. URUGUAY
  104. VIETNAM
  105. YUGOSLAVIA
  106. ZAMBIA

Actions

Party Action Taken on Effective on
Antigua Extension 3 December 1968
ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA Succession 26 January 1989 1 November 1981
ARGENTINA Signature 2 May 1968
ARGENTINA Ratification 26 March 1969
Aruba Extension 1 January 1986 1 January 1986
AUSTRALIA Signature 22 April 1968
AUSTRALIA Ratification 18 March 1986
AUSTRIA Signature 22 April 1968
AUSTRIA Ratification 19 February 1970
BAHAMAS Succession 11 August 1976 10 July 1973
BARBADOS Accession 20 February 1969
BELGIUM Signature 14 August 1968
BELGIUM Ratification 15 April 1977
BOTSWANA Accession 18 April 1969
BRAZIL Accession 27 February 1973
British Solomon Islands Extension 3 December 1968
Brunei Extension 3 December 1968
BULGARIA Signature 22 April 1968
BULGARIA Ratification 14 April 1969
BURMA Signature 21 August 1968
CAMEROON Signature 22 April 1968
CAMEROON Ratification 10 January 1969
CANADA Signature 25 April 1968
CANADA Ratification 20 February 1975
Caribbean part of the Netherlands Extension 10 October 2010
CHILE Signature 22 April 1968
CHINA P R Accession 20 December 1988
CHINA P R Statement 20 December 1988
CHINA P R Communication 13 September 1999 20 December 1999
CONGO, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF Signature 25 June 1968
Curacao Extension 10 October 2010
CYPRUS Signature 7 May 1968
CYPRUS Ratification 17 December 1970
CZECH REPUBLIC Succession 29 September 1993 1 January 1993
CZECHOSLOVAKIA Signature 22 April 1968
CZECHOSLOVAKIA Ratification 18 February 1969
DENMARK Signature 22 April 1968
DENMARK Ratification 6 May 1969
Dominica Extension 3 December 1968
EGYPT Signature 10 May 1968
EUROPEAN ORG FOR THE EXPLOITATION OF METEOROLOGICAL SATELLITES Accession 29 September 2005 29 September 2005
EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY Acceptance 25 June 1975 31 December 1975
EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY Declaration 25 June 1975 31 December 1975
Fiji Succession 14 August 1972 10 October 1970
FINLAND Signature 22 April 1968
FRANCE Accession 31 December 1975
GAMBIA THE Accession 2 August 1968
GERMANY FEDERAL REPUBLIC Signature 20 August 1968
GERMANY FEDERAL REPUBLIC Ratification 17 February 1972
GHANA Signature 6 May 1968
GREECE Signature 11 June 1968
GREECE Ratification 7 July 1975
GRENADA Extension 3 December 1969
GUYANA Signature 4 October 1968
GUYANA Ratification 30 May 1969
HONG KONG SAR Application 5 June 1997 1 July 1997
HUNGARY Signature 22 April 1968
HUNGARY Ratification 4 June 1969
HUNGARY Objection 13 September 1972
ICELAND Signature 22 April 1968
ICELAND Ratification 4 December 1969
INDIA Accession 9 July 1979
INDONESIA Ratification 27 June 1999
IRAN Signature 22 April 1968
IRAN Ratification 21 December 1970
IRAQ Accession 7 May 1970
IRELAND, REPUBLIC OF Signature 22 April 1968
IRELAND, REPUBLIC OF Ratification 29 August 1968
ISRAEL Signature 26 April 1968
ISRAEL Ratification 6 January 1970
ITALY Signature 22 April 1968
ITALY Ratification 31 March 1978
JAMAICA Signature 23 July 1968
JAPAN Accession 20 June 1983
JORDAN Signature 24 July 1968
KUWAIT Accession 20 June 1972
LAOS Signature 22 April 1968
LAOS Ratification 15 January 1973
LEBANON Signature 30 April 1968
LEBANON Ratification 31 March 1969
LIBYA Accession 20 April 2010 20 April 2010
LUXEMBOURG Signature 14 August 1968
MALAYSIA Signature 29 July 1968
MALTA Signature 29 May 1968
MAURITIUS Accession 21 April 1969
MEXICO Signature 15 July 1968
MEXICO Ratification 11 March 1969
MONACO Signature 13 June 1968
MONGOLIA Objection 13 September 1972
MONTENEGRO Succession 12 December 2006 3 June 2006
MOROCCO Signature 14 June 1968
MOROCCO Ratification 20 November 1970
NEPAL Signature 22 April 1968
NEPAL Ratification 3 February 1969
Netherlands Antilles Extension 17 February 1981
NETHERLANDS THE Signature 14 August 1968
NETHERLANDS THE Ratification 17 February 1981
NEW ZEALAND Signature 24 April 1968
NEW ZEALAND Ratification 8 July 1969
NICARAGUA Signature 13 June 1968
NICARAGUA Ratification 14 August 2017 14 August 2017
NIGERIA Signature 26 July 1968
NIGERIA Ratification 23 March 1973
NORWAY Signature 22 April 1968
NORWAY Ratification 20 April 1970
OMAN Accession 4 February 2022
PAKISTAN Accession 2 November 1973
PAPUA NEW GUINEA Accession 27 October 1980
PERU Accession 3 May 1979
POLAND Signature 22 April 1968
POLAND Ratification 14 February 1969
PORTUGAL Communication 21 October 1999 20 December 1999
ROMANIA Signature 22 April 1968
ROMANIA Ratification 28 June 1971
ROMANIA Objection 28 June 1971
SAN MARINO Signature 7 November 1968
SAN MARINO Ratification 10 August 1970
SAUDI ARABIA Accession 11 November 2021
SENEGAL Signature 26 June 1968
SEYCHELLES Accession 5 January 1978
SIERRA LEONE Signature 20 May 1968
SINGAPORE Accession 10 September 1976
Sint Maarten Extension 10 October 2010
SLOVENIA Succession 27 May 1992
SOUTH AFRICA Signature 6 August 1968
SOUTH AFRICA Ratification 24 September 1969
SOVIET UNION Signature 22 April 1968
SOVIET UNION Ratification 3 December 1968
SPAIN Accession 26 February 2001 26 February 2001
St Kitts Nevis Anguilla Extension 3 December 1968
ST LUCIA Extension 3 December 1968
ST VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES Succession 13 May 1999 27 October 1979
SWAZILAND Accession 10 June 1969
SWEDEN Accession 21 July 1969
SWITZERLAND Signature 22 April 1968
SWITZERLAND Ratification 18 December 1969
THAILAND Accession 29 May 1969
TONGA Extension 3 December 1968
TONGA Succession 7 July 1971 4 June 1970
TUNISIA Signature 22 April 1968
TUNISIA Ratification 15 February 1971
TURKEY Signature 29 November 1968
TURKEY Ratification 19 December 2006 19 December 2006
TURKEY Declaration 19 December 2006
UNITED KINGDOM Signature 22 April 1968
UNITED KINGDOM Declaration 8 May 1968
UNITED KINGDOM Declaration 3 December 1968
UNITED KINGDOM Ratification 3 December 1968
UNITED KINGDOM Notification 19 June 1997 1 July 1997
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Signature 22 April 1968
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Ratification 3 December 1968
URUGUAY Signature 22 April 1968
URUGUAY Ratification 25 February 1969
VIETNAM Signature 22 May 1968
YUGOSLAVIA Signature 22 April 1969
YUGOSLAVIA Ratification 1 March 1971
ZAMBIA Accession 28 August 1973

Citations

  1. PRO (now TNA) FO 93/1/836A/0: 0
  2. UN Registration 9574/0: 672 120
  3. Treaty Series 056/1969: Cmnd 3997||https://treaties.fcdo.gov.uk/data/Library2/pdf/1969-TS0056.pdf
  4. Miscellaneous Series 019/1968: Cmnd 3786
  5. Treaty Series 020/2006: Cm 6911||https://treaties.fcdo.gov.uk/data/Library2/pdf/2006-TS0020.pdf
  6. Treaty Series 034/2006: Cm 7159||https://treaties.fcdo.gov.uk/data/Library2/pdf/2006-TS0034.pdf
  7. Treaty Series 027/2007: Cm 7258||https://treaties.fcdo.gov.uk/data/Library2/pdf/2007-TS0027.pdf
  8. Treaty Series 022/2010: Cm 8063||https://treaties.fcdo.gov.uk/data/Library2/pdf/2010-TS0022.pdf
  9. FCO 85 (TNA) 249/0: 0
  10. FCO 85 (TNA) 252/0: 0
  11. FCO 85 (TNA) 273/0: 0
Metadata

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UUID: 93caa46e-82da-4c39-badc-5dc4ea8b4322
Treaty ID: 2566
Record ID: 70832