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

Details

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

Treaty document

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Parties

  1. Antigua
  2. ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA
  3. Antilles
  4. ARGENTINA
  5. Aruba
  6. AUSTRALIA
  7. AUSTRIA
  8. BAHAMAS
  9. BELGIUM
  10. BOLIVIA
  11. BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA
  12. BOTSWANA
  13. BRAZIL
  14. British Solomon Islands
  15. Brunei
  16. BULGARIA
  17. BURMA
  18. CANADA
  19. Caribbean part of the Netherlands
  20. CHILE
  21. CHINA
  22. COLOMBIA
  23. CONGO
  24. COSTA RICA
  25. Curacao
  26. CYPRUS
  27. CZECHOSLOVAKIA
  28. DENMARK
  29. Dominica
  30. DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
  31. ECUADOR
  32. EL SALVADOR
  33. Fiji
  34. FINLAND
  35. FRANCE
  36. GABON
  37. GERMANY FEDERAL REPUBLIC
  38. GHANA
  39. GREECE
  40. GRENADA
  41. HAITI
  42. ICELAND
  43. INDIA
  44. IRAN
  45. IRELAND, REPUBLIC OF
  46. ISRAEL
  47. ITALY
  48. JAMAICA
  49. JAPAN
  50. KOREA REPUBLIC OF
  51. KUWAIT
  52. Land Berlin
  53. LAOS
  54. LEBANON
  55. LESOTHO
  56. LUXEMBOURG
  57. Macao
  58. MALAGASY REPUBLIC
  59. MALAYSIA
  60. MALDIVES
  61. MAURITIUS
  62. MEXICO
  63. MONTENEGRO
  64. MOROCCO
  65. NEPAL
  66. NETHERLANDS THE
  67. NEW ZEALAND
  68. NICARAGUA
  69. NIGER
  70. NIGERIA
  71. NORWAY
  72. PAKISTAN
  73. PAPUA NEW GUINEA
  74. PERU
  75. PHILIPPINES
  76. POLAND
  77. PORTUGAL
  78. ROMANIA
  79. RWANDA
  80. SAN MARINO
  81. SINGAPORE
  82. Sint Maarten
  83. SOMALIA
  84. SOUTH AFRICA
  85. SOVIET UNION
  86. SPAIN
  87. St Christopher, Nevis and Anguilla
  88. ST LUCIA
  89. SWAZILAND
  90. SWEDEN
  91. SWITZERLAND
  92. THAILAND
  93. TONGA
  94. TUNISIA
  95. TURKEY
  96. UNITED KINGDOM
  97. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
  98. URUGUAY
  99. VENEZUELA
  100. YUGOSLAVIA
  101. ZAMBIA

Actions

Party Action Taken on Effective on
Antigua Extension 3 December 1968
ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA Succession 16 November 1988
Antilles Extension 17 December 1981
Antilles Statement 1 January 1986
ARGENTINA Signature 22 April 1968
ARGENTINA Ratification 26 March 1969
Aruba Extension 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 13 August 1976
BAHAMAS Declaration 13 August 1976
BELGIUM Signature 14 August 1968
BELGIUM Ratification 15 April 1977
BOLIVIA Signature 22 April 1968
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA Accession 15 August 1994
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 16 April 1969
BURMA Signature 21 August 1968
CANADA Signature 25 April 1968
CANADA Ratification 20 February 1975
Caribbean part of the Netherlands Extension 10 October 2010
CHILE Signature 22 April 1968
CHILE Ratification 8 October 1981
CHINA Signature 22 April 1968
CHINA Ratification 15 June 1973
CHINA Statement 15 June 1973
CHINA Accession 19 December 1988
CHINA Statement 19 December 1988
COLOMBIA Signature 23 April 1968
CONGO Signature 22 April 1968
COSTA RICA Signature 24 April 1968
Curacao Extension 10 October 2010
CYPRUS Signature 9 May 1968
CYPRUS Ratification 20 January 1971
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
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC Signature 22 April 1968
ECUADOR Signature 22 April 1968
ECUADOR Ratification 7 March 1969
EL SALVADOR Signature 22 April 1968
EL SALVADOR Ratification 19 February 1970
Fiji Succession 18 July 1972
FINLAND Signature 22 April 1968
FINLAND Ratification 10 September 1970
FRANCE Accession 31 December 1975
GABON Signature 2 April 1969
GABON Accession 2 April 1969
GERMANY FEDERAL REPUBLIC Signature 20 August 1968
GERMANY FEDERAL REPUBLIC Ratification 17 February 1972
GERMANY FEDERAL REPUBLIC Declaration 17 February 1972
GHANA Signature 22 April 1968
GREECE Signature 11 June 1968
GREECE Ratification 7 July 1975
GRENADA Extension 3 December 1968
HAITI Signature 22 April 1968
ICELAND Signature 22 April 1968
ICELAND Ratification 4 December 1969
INDIA Accession 9 July 1979
IRAN Signature 22 April 1968
IRAN Ratification 21 December 1970
IRELAND, REPUBLIC OF Signature 22 April 1968
IRELAND, REPUBLIC OF Ratification 6 September 1968
ISRAEL Signature 22 April 1968
ISRAEL Ratification 19 December 1969
ITALY Signature 22 April 1968
ITALY Ratification 31 March 1978
JAMAICA Signature 23 July 1968
JAPAN Accession 20 June 1983
KOREA REPUBLIC OF Signature 9 May 1968
KOREA REPUBLIC OF Declaration 9 May 1968
KOREA REPUBLIC OF Ratification 4 April 1969
KUWAIT Accession 7 June 1972
KUWAIT Declaration 7 June 1972
Land Berlin Extension 17 February 1972
LAOS Signature 22 April 1968
LAOS Ratification 29 November 1972
LEBANON Signature 22 April 1968
LEBANON Ratification 30 June 1969
LESOTHO Signature 18 July 1968
LUXEMBOURG Signature 14 August 1968
Macao Extension 20 December 1999 20 December 1999
MALAGASY REPUBLIC Signature 25 June 1968
MALAGASY REPUBLIC Ratification 11 February 1969
MALAYSIA Signature 18 June 1968
MALDIVES Signature 22 April 1968
MALDIVES Ratification 3 April 1970
MAURITIUS Accession 16 April 1969
MEXICO Signature 15 July 1968
MEXICO Ratification 11 March 1969
MONTENEGRO Succession 3 June 2006
MOROCCO Signature 22 April 1968
MOROCCO Ratification 21 December 1970
NEPAL Signature 22 April 1968
NEPAL Ratification 11 July 1968
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 22 April 1968
NIGER Signature 22 April 1968
NIGER Ratification 15 January 1969
NIGERIA Signature 3 May 1968
NORWAY Signature 22 April 1968
NORWAY Ratification 20 April 1970
PAKISTAN Accession 18 October 1973
PAPUA NEW GUINEA Accession 16 March 1981
PERU Accession 21 March 1979
PHILIPPINES Signature 24 April 1968
POLAND Signature 22 April 1968
POLAND Ratification 14 February 1969
PORTUGAL Signature 22 April 1968
PORTUGAL Ratification 25 March 1970
ROMANIA Signature 22 April 1968
ROMANIA Ratification 28 June 1971
RWANDA Signature 22 April 1968
SAN MARINO Signature 7 November 1968
SAN MARINO Ratification 31 August 1970
SINGAPORE Accession 10 September 1976
Sint Maarten Extension 10 October 2010
SOMALIA Signature 22 April 1968
SOUTH AFRICA Signature 6 August 1968
SOUTH AFRICA Ratification 6 October 1969
SOVIET UNION Signature 22 April 1968
SOVIET UNION Ratification 3 December 1968
SPAIN Accession 26 February 2001 26 February 2001
St Christopher, Nevis and Anguilla Extension 3 December 1968
ST LUCIA Extension 3 December 1968
SWAZILAND Accession 9 June 1969
SWEDEN Signature 21 July 1969
SWITZERLAND Signature 22 April 1968
SWITZERLAND Ratification 18 December 1969
THAILAND Accession 30 May 1969
TONGA Extension 3 December 1968
TUNISIA Signature 22 April 1968
TUNISIA Ratification 10 February 1971
TURKEY Signature 29 November 1968
UNITED KINGDOM Signature 22 April 1968
UNITED KINGDOM Ratification 3 December 1968
UNITED KINGDOM Declaration 3 December 1968
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
VENEZUELA Signature 22 April 1968
YUGOSLAVIA Signature 22 April 1968
YUGOSLAVIA Ratification 1 March 1971
ZAMBIA Accession 20 August 1973

Citations

  1. UN Registration UK, US/0: 672 120
  2. Treaty Series 056/1969: Cmnd 3997||https://treaties.fcdo.gov.uk/data/Library2/pdf/1969-TS0056.pdf
  3. Miscellaneous Series 019/1968: Cmnd 3786
  4. Treaty Series 027/2007: Cm 7258||https://treaties.fcdo.gov.uk/data/Library2/pdf/2007-TS0027.pdf
  5. PRO (now TNA) FO 93/1/836C/0: 0
Metadata

On the FCDO treaty website: Metadata • File

UUID: 67486f62-bbf3-4c42-96b1-98b494d24182
Treaty ID: 2568
Record ID: 70834