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

Details

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

Treaty document

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Parties

  1. AFGHANISTAN
  2. Antigua
  3. ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA
  4. Antilles
  5. ARGENTINA
  6. Aruba
  7. AUSTRALIA
  8. AUSTRIA
  9. BAHAMAS
  10. BANGLADESH
  11. BARBADOS
  12. BELGIUM
  13. BENIN
  14. BOLIVIA
  15. BOTSWANA
  16. BRAZIL
  17. British Solomon Islands
  18. Brunei
  19. BULGARIA
  20. BURMA
  21. BURUNDI
  22. CAMEROON
  23. CANADA
  24. Caribbean part of the Netherlands
  25. CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC
  26. CHILE
  27. CHINA
  28. COLOMBIA
  29. CONGO
  30. Curacao
  31. CYPRUS
  32. CZECHOSLOVAKIA
  33. DENMARK
  34. DOMINICA, COMMONWEALTH OF
  35. DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
  36. ECUADOR
  37. EL SALVADOR
  38. ETHIOPIA
  39. Fiji
  40. FINLAND
  41. FRANCE
  42. GERMANY FEDERAL REPUBLIC
  43. GHANA
  44. GREECE
  45. GRENADA
  46. GUYANA
  47. HAITI
  48. HONDURAS
  49. HUNGARY
  50. ICELAND
  51. INDIA
  52. INDONESIA
  53. IRAQ
  54. IRELAND, REPUBLIC OF
  55. ISRAEL
  56. ITALY
  57. JAMAICA
  58. JAPAN
  59. JORDAN
  60. KOREA REPUBLIC OF
  61. KUWAIT
  62. Land Berlin
  63. LAOS
  64. LEBANON
  65. LESOTHO
  66. LIBYA
  67. LIECHTENSTEIN
  68. LUXEMBOURG
  69. MALAGASY REPUBLIC
  70. MALAYSIA
  71. MAURITIUS
  72. MEXICO
  73. MOROCCO
  74. NEPAL
  75. NETHERLANDS THE
  76. NEW ZEALAND
  77. NICARAGUA
  78. NIGER
  79. NORWAY
  80. PAKISTAN
  81. PANAMA
  82. PAPUA NEW GUINEA
  83. PERU
  84. PHILIPPINES
  85. POLAND
  86. ROMANIA
  87. RWANDA
  88. SALVADOR
  89. SAN MARINO
  90. SAUDI ARABIA
  91. SIERRA LEONE
  92. SINGAPORE
  93. Sint Maarten
  94. SOMALI DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC
  95. SOUTH AFRICA
  96. SOVIET UNION
  97. SPAIN
  98. SRI LANKA
  99. St Kitts Nevis Anguilla
  100. ST LUCIA
  101. Surinam
  102. SWAZILAND
  103. SWEDEN
  104. SWITZERLAND
  105. SYRIA
  106. TAIWAN
  107. THAILAND
  108. TOGO
  109. TONGA
  110. TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
  111. TUNISIA
  112. TURKEY
  113. UGANDA
  114. UNITED ARAB REPUBLIC
  115. UNITED KINGDOM
  116. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
  117. UPPER VOLTA
  118. URUGUAY
  119. VENEZUELA
  120. VIETNAM
  121. YUGOSLAVIA
  122. ZAMBIA

Actions

Party Action Taken on Effective on
AFGHANISTAN Signature 27 January 1967
AFGHANISTAN Ratification 21 March 1988
Antigua Extension 10 October 1967
ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA Succession 16 November 1988
Antilles Extension 10 October 1969
ARGENTINA Signature 27 January 1967
ARGENTINA Ratification 26 March 1969
Aruba Extension 1 January 1986
AUSTRALIA Signature 27 January 1967
AUSTRALIA Ratification 10 October 1967
AUSTRIA Signature 20 February 1967
AUSTRIA Ratification 26 February 1968
BAHAMAS Succession 13 August 1976
BANGLADESH Accession 17 January 1986
BARBADOS Accession 12 September 1968
BELGIUM Signature 2 February 1967
BELGIUM Ratification 30 March 1973
BENIN Accession 7 July 1986
BOLIVIA Signature 27 January 1967
BOTSWANA Signature 27 January 1967
BRAZIL Signature 2 February 1967
BRAZIL Ratification 5 March 1969
BRAZIL Statement 5 March 1969
British Solomon Islands Extension 10 October 1967
Brunei Extension 10 October 1967
BULGARIA Signature 27 January 1967
BULGARIA Ratification 11 April 1967
BURMA Signature 22 May 1967
BURMA Ratification 18 March 1970
BURUNDI Signature 27 January 1967
CAMEROON Signature 27 January 1967
CANADA Signature 27 January 1967
CANADA Ratification 10 October 1967
Caribbean part of the Netherlands Extension 10 October 2010
CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC Signature 27 January 1967
CHILE Signature 27 January 1967
CHILE Ratification 8 October 1981
CHINA Accession 30 December 1983
CHINA Declaration 30 December 1983
COLOMBIA Signature 27 January 1967
CONGO Signature 27 January 1967
Curacao Extension 10 October 2010
CYPRUS Signature 27 January 1967
CYPRUS Ratification 5 July 1972
CZECHOSLOVAKIA Objection 1 January 1905
CZECHOSLOVAKIA Signature 27 January 1967
CZECHOSLOVAKIA Ratification 22 May 1967
DENMARK Signature 27 January 1967
DENMARK Ratification 10 October 1967
DOMINICA, COMMONWEALTH OF Extension 10 October 1967
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC Signature 27 January 1967
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC Ratification 21 November 1968
ECUADOR Signature 27 January 1967
ECUADOR Ratification 7 March 1969
EL SALVADOR Signature 27 January 1967
EL SALVADOR Ratification 15 January 1969
ETHIOPIA Signature 27 January 1967
Fiji Succession 18 July 1972
FINLAND Signature 27 January 1967
FINLAND Ratification 12 July 1967
FRANCE Signature 25 September 1967
FRANCE Ratification 5 August 1970
GERMANY FEDERAL REPUBLIC Signature 27 January 1967
GERMANY FEDERAL REPUBLIC Ratification 10 February 1971
GHANA Signature 27 January 1967
GREECE Signature 27 January 1967
GRENADA Extension 10 October 1967
GUYANA Signature 3 February 1967
HAITI Signature 27 January 1967
HONDURAS Signature 27 January 1967
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 27 January 1967
IRAQ Signature 27 February 1967
IRELAND, REPUBLIC OF Signature 27 January 1967
IRELAND, REPUBLIC OF Ratification 17 July 1968
ISRAEL Statement 1 January 1905
ISRAEL Signature 27 January 1967
ISRAEL Accession 18 February 1977
ITALY Signature 27 January 1967
ITALY Ratification 4 May 1972
JAMAICA Signature 29 June 1967
JAMAICA Ratification 6 August 1970
JAPAN Signature 27 January 1967
JAPAN Ratification 10 October 1967
JORDAN Signature 2 February 1967
KOREA REPUBLIC OF Signature 27 January 1967
KOREA REPUBLIC OF Ratification 13 October 1967
KOREA REPUBLIC OF Statement 13 October 1967
KUWAIT Accession 7 June 1972
KUWAIT Statement 7 June 1972
Land Berlin Extension 10 February 1971
LAOS Signature 27 January 1967
LAOS Ratification 29 November 1972
LEBANON Ratification 30 June 1964
LEBANON Signature 23 February 1969
LESOTHO Signature 27 January 1967
LIBYA Accession 3 July 1968
LIECHTENSTEIN Accession 24 December 1979
LUXEMBOURG Signature 27 January 1967
MALAGASY REPUBLIC Accession 22 August 1968
MALAGASY REPUBLIC Statement 22 August 1968
MALAYSIA Signature 20 February 1967
MAURITIUS Succession 7 April 1969 12 March 1968
MAURITIUS Declaration 7 April 1969
MEXICO Signature 27 January 1967
MEXICO Ratification 31 January 1968
MOROCCO Accession 22 December 1967
NEPAL Signature 3 February 1967
NEPAL Ratification 22 November 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 27 January 1967
NIGER Signature 1 February 1967
NIGER Ratification 3 May 1967
NORWAY Signature 3 February 1967
NORWAY Ratification 1 July 1969
PAKISTAN Signature 12 September 1967
PAKISTAN Ratification 8 April 1968
PANAMA Signature 27 January 1967
PAPUA NEW GUINEA Succession 16 March 1981 16 September 1975
PERU Signature 30 June 1967
PERU Ratification 21 March 1979
PHILIPPINES Signature 27 January 1967
POLAND Signature 27 January 1967
POLAND Ratification 30 January 1968
ROMANIA Signature 27 January 1967
ROMANIA Ratification 9 April 1968
RWANDA Signature 27 January 1967
SALVADOR Signature 27 January 1967
SALVADOR Ratification 15 January 1969
SAN MARINO Signature 21 April 1967
SAN MARINO Ratification 29 October 1968
SAUDI ARABIA Accession 17 December 1976
SIERRA LEONE Signature 16 May 1967
SIERRA LEONE Ratification 14 July 1967
SINGAPORE Accession 10 September 1976
Sint Maarten Extension 10 October 2010
SOMALI DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC Signature 2 February 1967
SOUTH AFRICA Signature 1 March 1967
SOUTH AFRICA Ratification 30 September 1968
SOVIET UNION Signature 27 January 1967
SOVIET UNION Ratification 10 October 1967
SPAIN Accession 7 December 1968
SRI LANKA Ratification 18 November 1986
St Kitts Nevis Anguilla Extension 10 October 1967
ST LUCIA Extension 10 October 1967
Surinam Extension 10 October 1969
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
SYRIA Accession 6 February 1980
TAIWAN Signature 27 January 1967
TAIWAN Ratification 24 July 1970
THAILAND Signature 27 January 1967
THAILAND Ratification 10 September 1968
TOGO Signature 27 January 1967
TOGO Ratification 26 June 1989
TONGA Extension 10 October 1967
TONGA Succession 7 July 1971
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO Signature 28 September 1967
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO Ratification 8 February 1980
TUNISIA Signature 27 January 1967
TUNISIA Ratification 17 April 1968
TURKEY Signature 27 January 1967
TURKEY Ratification 27 March 1968
UGANDA Accession 24 April 1968
UNITED ARAB REPUBLIC Signature 27 January 1967
UNITED ARAB REPUBLIC Ratification 10 October 1967
UNITED KINGDOM Signature 27 January 1967
UNITED KINGDOM Declaration 14 February 1967
UNITED KINGDOM Statement 10 October 1967
UNITED KINGDOM Ratification 10 October 1967
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Signature 27 January 1967
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Ratification 10 October 1967
UPPER VOLTA Signature 3 March 1967
UPPER VOLTA Ratification 18 June 1968
URUGUAY Signature 27 January 1967
URUGUAY Ratification 31 August 1970
VENEZUELA Signature 27 January 1967
VENEZUELA Ratification 3 March 1970
VIETNAM Signature 27 January 1967
VIETNAM Statement 27 January 1967
YUGOSLAVIA Signature 27 January 1967
ZAMBIA Accession 20 August 1973

Citations

  1. PRO (now TNA) FO 93/1/792C/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
Metadata

On the FCDO treaty website: Metadata • File

UUID: 7ca3de76-1dec-4029-a0d7-103244ad02f8
Treaty ID: 2525
Record ID: 70787