International law and refugee conventions: States parties in the United States

States Parties to the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees and the 1967 Protocol
Date of entry into force: 22 April 1954 (Convention); 4 October 1967 (Protocol).
Total Number of States Parties to the 1951 Convention: 144
Total Number of States Parties to the 1967 Protocol: 144
States Parties to both the Convention and Protocol: 141
States Parties to one or both of these instruments: 147
States Parties to the 1951 Convention only: Madagascar, Monaco, Saint Kitts and Nevis
States Parties to the 1967 Protocol only: Cape Verde, Swaziland, USA and Venezuela
States Parties which maintain the geographical limitation: Congo, Madagascar, Monaco, Turkey.

Afghanistan
Albania
Algeria
Angola
Antigua and Barbuda
Argentina
Armenia
Australia
Austria
Azerbaijan
Bahamas
Belarus
Belgium
Belize
Benin
Bolivia
Bosnia and
Herzegovina
Botswana
Brazil
Bulgaria
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Cambodia
Cameroon
Canada
Cape Verde
Central African
Republic
Chad
Chile
China
Colombia
Congo
Congo, Democratic
Republic of
Costa Rica
Côte d’Ivoire
Croatia
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Denmark
Djibouti
Dominica
Dominican Republic
Ecuador
Egypt
El Salvador
Equatorial Guinea
Estonia
Ethiopia
Fiji
Finland
France
Gabon
Gambia
Georgia
Germany
Ghana
Greece
Guatemala
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Haiti
Holy See
Honduras
Hungary
Iceland
Iran
Ireland
Israel
Italy
Jamaica
Japan
Kazakhstan
Kenya
Korea
Kyrgyzstan
Latvia
Lesotho
Liberia
Liechtenstein
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Macedonia, Former
Yugoslav
Madagascar
Malawi
Mali
Malta
Mauritania
Mexico
Moldova
Monaco
Montenegro
Morocco
Mozambique
Namibia
Netherlands
New Zealand
Nicaragua
Niger
Nigeria
Norway
Panama
Papua New Guinea
Paraguay
Peru
Philippines
Poland
Portugal
Romania
Russian Federation
Rwanda
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Samoa
Sao Tome and Principe
Senegal
Serbia
Seychelles
Sierra Leone
Slovakia
Slovenia
Solomon Islands
Somalia
South Africa
Spain
Sudan
Suriname
Swaziland
Sweden
Switzerland
Tajikistan
Tanzania, United
Republic of
Timor-Leste
Togo
Trinidad and Tobago
Tunisia
Turkey
Turkmenistan
Tuvalu
Uganda
Ukraine
United Kingdom
United States of
America
Uruguay
Venezuela
Yemen
Zambia
Zimbabwe

States Parties to the 1969 OAU Convention
Date of entry into force: 20 June 1974
Number of States Parties: 45 (Morocco, formerly a party, withdrew from the OAU in 1984, following admission of
the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic; it remains outside the African Union).
Algeria
Angola
Benin
Botswana
Burundi
Burkina Faso
Cameroon
Cape Verde
Central African
Republic
Chad
Congo
Congo, Democratic
Republic of
Côte d’Ivoire
Comoros
Egypt
Equatorial Guinea
Ethiopia
Gabon
Gambia
Ghana
Guinea
Guinea Bissau
Kenya
Lesotho
Liberia
Libya
Malawi
Mali
Mauritania
Mozambique
Niger
Nigeria
Rwanda
Senegal
Seychelles
Sierra Leone
South Africa
Sudan
Swaziland
Tanzania, United
Republic of
Togo
Tunisia
Uganda
Zambia
Zimbabwe

Government Delegations participating in the 1984 Cartagena Declaration
Adopted 22 November 1984
Number of Governments participating: 10
Belize
Colombia
Costa Rica
El Salvador
Guatemala
Honduras
Mexico
Nicaragua
Panama
Venezuela

States Members of the Executive Committee of the High Commissioner’s Programme
Number of Member States: 70 (By resolution 60/127, 16 December 2005, the General Assembly decided to increase
the number of members from sixty-eight to seventy States; Jordan and Portugal were
elected by the Economic and Social Council in May 2006. A further increase of two
more States was approved by UNGA resolution 61/136, 19 December 2006, with the
election to take place in 2007).

Algeria
Argentina
Australia
Austria
Bangladesh
Belgium
Brazil
Canada
Chile
China
Colombia
Congo, Democratic
Republic of
Côte d’Ivoire
Cyprus
Denmark
Ecuador
Egypt
Ethiopia
Finland
France
Germany
Ghana
Greece
Guinea
Holy See
Hungary
India
Iran, Islamic Republic of
Ireland
Israel
Italy
Japan
Jordan
Kenya
Korea, Republic of
Lebanon
Lesotho
Madagascar
Mexico
Morocco
Mozambique
Namibia
Netherlands
New Zealand
Nicaragua
Nigeria
Norway
Pakistan
Philippines
Poland
Portugal
Romania
Russian Federation
Serbia
Somalia
South Africa
Spain
Sudan
Sweden
Switzerland
Tanzania, United
Republic of
Thailand
Tunisia
Turkey
Uganda
United Kingdom
United States of America
Venezuela
Yemen
Zambia