Treaty on Principles Governing the Activities of States in the Exploration and Use of Outer Space, including the Moon and other Celestial Bodies [London version]

Details

Treaty type
Multilateral
Subject
UK DEPOSITARY
Signed at
Signed on
27 January 1967
In force on
10 October 1967

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Parties

  1. AFGHANISTAN
  2. All Territories under UK Sovereignty
  3. Antigua
  4. ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA
  5. Antilles
  6. Aruba
  7. AUSTRALIA
  8. AUSTRIA
  9. AZERBAIJAN
  10. BAHAMAS
  11. BANGLADESH
  12. BELGIUM
  13. BENIN
  14. BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA
  15. BRAZIL
  16. British Solomon Islands
  17. Brunei
  18. BULGARIA
  19. BURMA
  20. CANADA
  21. Caribbean part of the Netherlands
  22. CEYLON
  23. Channel Islands
  24. CHILE
  25. CHINA
  26. CONGO
  27. Curacao
  28. CYPRUS
  29. CZECHOSLOVAKIA
  30. CZECH REPUBLIC
  31. DENMARK
  32. Dominica
  33. ECUADOR
  34. ETHIOPIA
  35. Fiji
  36. FINLAND
  37. FRANCE
  38. GAMBIA THE
  39. GERMANY FEDERAL REPUBLIC
  40. GHANA
  41. GREECE
  42. GRENADA
  43. HOLY SEE
  44. HONG KONG SAR
  45. HUNGARY
  46. ICELAND
  47. INDIA
  48. INDONESIA
  49. IRAN
  50. IRAQ
  51. IRELAND, REPUBLIC OF
  52. Isle Of Man
  53. ISRAEL
  54. ITALY
  55. JAMAICA
  56. JAPAN
  57. KENYA
  58. KUWAIT
  59. Land Berlin
  60. LAOS
  61. LEBANON
  62. LUXEMBOURG
  63. MALAYSIA
  64. MALTA
  65. MAURITIUS
  66. MEXICO
  67. MOROCCO
  68. NEPAL
  69. NETHERLANDS THE
  70. NEW ZEALAND
  71. NICARAGUA
  72. NIGER
  73. NIGERIA
  74. NORWAY
  75. OMAN
  76. PAKISTAN
  77. PAPUA NEW GUINEA
  78. PARAGUAY
  79. PERU
  80. PHILIPPINES
  81. POLAND
  82. PORTUGAL
  83. ROMANIA
  84. SAN MARINO
  85. SEYCHELLES
  86. SIERRA LEONE
  87. SINGAPORE
  88. Sint Maarten
  89. SLOVAK REPUBLIC
  90. SLOVENIA
  91. SOUTH AFRICA
  92. Sovereign Base Areas
  93. SOVIET UNION
  94. SPAIN
  95. St Kitts Nevis Anguilla
  96. ST LUCIA
  97. ST VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES
  98. SWAZILAND
  99. SWEDEN
  100. SWITZERLAND
  101. THAILAND
  102. TONGA
  103. TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
  104. TUNISIA
  105. TURKEY
  106. UNITED KINGDOM
  107. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
  108. YUGOSLAVIA
  109. ZAMBIA

Actions

Party Action Taken on Effective on
AFGHANISTAN Ratification 17 March 1988
All Territories under UK Sovereignty Extension 10 October 1967
Antigua Extension 10 October 1967
ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA Succession 26 January 1989 1 November 1981
Antilles Extension 1 January 1986
Aruba Extension 1 January 1986
AUSTRALIA Ratification 10 October 1967
AUSTRIA Signature 20 February 1967
AUSTRIA Ratification 26 February 1968
AZERBAIJAN Accession 12 June 2013 9 September 2015
BAHAMAS Succession 11 August 1976 16 July 1976
BANGLADESH Accession 14 January 1986
BELGIUM Signature 27 January 1967
BELGIUM Ratification 31 March 1973
BENIN Accession 2 July 1986
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA Accession 29 September 2020
BRAZIL Signature 2 February 1967
BRAZIL Ratification 5 March 1969
BRAZIL Reservation 5 March 1969
British Solomon Islands Extension 10 October 1967
Brunei Extension 10 October 1967
BULGARIA Signature 27 January 1967
BULGARIA Ratification 19 April 1967
BURMA Signature 22 May 1967
BURMA Ratification 18 March 1970
CANADA Signature 27 January 1967
CANADA Ratification 10 October 1967
Caribbean part of the Netherlands Extension 10 October 2010
CEYLON Signature 10 March 1967
Channel Islands Extension 10 October 1967
CHILE Signature 3 February 1967
CHINA Declaration 12 January 1984
CHINA Accession 12 January 1984
CHINA Communication 3 November 1999 20 December 1999
CONGO Signature 4 May 1967
Curacao Extension 10 October 2010
CYPRUS Signature 16 February 1967
CYPRUS Ratification 5 July 1972
CZECH REPUBLIC Succession 29 September 1993 1 January 1993
CZECHOSLOVAKIA Signature 27 January 1967
CZECHOSLOVAKIA Ratification 11 May 1967
DENMARK Signature 27 January 1967
DENMARK Ratification 10 October 1967
Dominica Extension 10 October 1967
ECUADOR Signature 16 May 1967
ETHIOPIA Signature 27 January 1967
Fiji Succession 14 August 1972 14 July 1972
FINLAND Signature 27 January 1967
FINLAND Ratification 12 July 1967
FRANCE Signature 25 September 1967
FRANCE Ratification 5 August 1970
GAMBIA THE Signature 2 June 1967
GERMANY FEDERAL REPUBLIC Signature 27 January 1967
GERMANY FEDERAL REPUBLIC Ratification 10 February 1971
GHANA Signature 3 March 1967
GREECE Ratification 19 January 1971
GRENADA Extension 10 October 1967
HOLY SEE Signature 5 April 1967
HONG KONG SAR Application 5 June 1997 1 July 1997
HUNGARY Signature 27 January 1967
HUNGARY Ratification 26 June 1967
ICELAND Signature 27 January 1967
ICELAND Ratification 5 February 1968
INDIA Signature 3 March 1967
INDIA Ratification 18 January 1982
INDONESIA Signature 14 February 1967
INDONESIA Ratification 25 June 2002
IRAN Signature 27 January 1967
IRAQ Signature 27 February 1967
IRAQ Ratification 23 September 1969
IRELAND, REPUBLIC OF Signature 27 January 1967
IRELAND, REPUBLIC OF Ratification 19 July 1968
Isle Of Man Extension 10 October 1967
ISRAEL Signature 27 January 1967
ISRAEL Ratification 1 March 1977
ITALY Signature 27 January 1967
ITALY Ratification 4 May 1972
JAMAICA Signature 29 June 1967
JAMAICA Ratification 10 August 1970
JAPAN Signature 27 January 1967
JAPAN Ratification 10 October 1967
KENYA Accession 19 January 1984
KUWAIT Accession 20 June 1972
Land Berlin Extension 10 February 1971
LAOS Signature 30 January 1967
LAOS Ratification 15 January 1973
LEBANON Signature 23 February 1967
LEBANON Ratification 31 March 1969
LUXEMBOURG Signature 31 January 1967
LUXEMBOURG Ratification 17 January 2006
MALAYSIA Signature 21 February 1967
MALTA Accession 22 May 2017 22 May 2017
MAURITIUS Succession 21 April 1969 12 March 1968
MEXICO Signature 27 January 1967
MEXICO Ratification 31 January 1968
MOROCCO Accession 21 December 1967
NEPAL Signature 6 February 1967
NEPAL Ratification 10 October 1967
NETHERLANDS THE Signature 10 February 1967
NETHERLANDS THE Ratification 10 October 1969
NEW ZEALAND Signature 27 January 1967
NEW ZEALAND Ratification 31 May 1968
NICARAGUA Signature 13 February 1967
NICARAGUA Ratification 14 August 2017 14 August 2017
NIGER Ratification 17 April 1967
NIGERIA Accession 14 November 1967
NORWAY Signature 3 February 1967
NORWAY Ratification 1 July 1969
OMAN Accession 4 February 2022
PAKISTAN Signature 12 September 1967
PAKISTAN Ratification 8 April 1968
PAPUA NEW GUINEA Succession 27 October 1980
PARAGUAY Accession 22 December 2016 22 December 2016
PERU Ratification 1 March 1979
PHILIPPINES Signature 27 January 1967
POLAND Signature 27 January 1967
POLAND Ratification 30 January 1968
PORTUGAL Accession 29 May 1996
PORTUGAL Communication 3 November 1999 3 November 1999
ROMANIA Signature 27 January 1967
ROMANIA Ratification 9 April 1968
SAN MARINO Signature 24 April 1967
SAN MARINO Ratification 3 February 1969
SEYCHELLES Accession 5 January 1978
SIERRA LEONE Signature 27 January 1967
SIERRA LEONE Ratification 25 October 1967
SINGAPORE Accession 10 September 1976
Sint Maarten Extension 10 October 2010
SLOVAK REPUBLIC Succession 1 January 1993
SLOVENIA Accession 8 February 2019
SOUTH AFRICA Ratification 8 October 1968
Sovereign Base Areas
SOVIET UNION Signature 27 January 1967
SOVIET UNION Ratification 10 October 1967
SPAIN Accession 27 November 1968
St Kitts Nevis Anguilla Extension 10 October 1967
ST LUCIA Extension 10 October 1967
ST VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES Succession 13 May 1999 27 October 1979
SWAZILAND Extension 10 October 1967
SWEDEN Signature 27 January 1967
SWEDEN Ratification 11 October 1967
SWITZERLAND Signature 27 January 1967
SWITZERLAND Ratification 18 December 1969
THAILAND Signature 27 January 1967
THAILAND Ratification 5 September 1968
TONGA Extension 10 October 1967
TONGA Succession 7 July 1971
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO Signature 24 July 1967
TUNISIA Signature 27 January 1967
TUNISIA Ratification 28 March 1968
TURKEY Signature 27 January 1967
TURKEY Ratification 27 March 1968
UNITED KINGDOM Signature 27 January 1967
UNITED KINGDOM Declaration 14 February 1967
UNITED KINGDOM Extension 10 October 1967
UNITED KINGDOM Statement 10 October 1967
UNITED KINGDOM Ratification 10 October 1967
UNITED KINGDOM Notification 19 June 1997 1 July 1997
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Signature 27 January 1967
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Ratification 10 October 1967
YUGOSLAVIA Signature 27 January 1967
ZAMBIA Accession 28 August 1973

Citations

  1. PRO (now TNA) FO 93/1/792A/0: 0
  2. UN Registration The 3/0: 610 205
  3. Treaty Series 010/1968: Cmnd 3519||https://treaties.fcdo.gov.uk/data/Library2/pdf/1968-TS0010.pdf
  4. Miscellaneous Series 003/1967: Cmnd 3198
  5. Treaty Series 020/2006: Cm 6911||https://treaties.fcdo.gov.uk/data/Library2/pdf/2006-TS0020.pdf
  6. FCO 85 (TNA) 245/0: 0
  7. FCO 85 (TNA) 342/0: 0
Metadata

On the FCDO treaty website: Metadata • File

UUID: 6d09c07c-ca3c-4583-a5f4-46cb1944e121
Treaty ID: 2523
Record ID: 70785