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State Parties to the 
1970 UNESCO Convention by Region1
 
EUROPE AFRICA EAST ASIA  
PACIFIC
Armenia 
Belarus 
Bosnia-Herzegovina 
Bulgaria 
Croatia 
Cyprus 
Czech Republic
Estonia 
France 
Georgia 
Greece 
Hungary 
Italy
Kyrghyz Republic 
Lithuania
Macedonia (formerly Yugoslav Republic of)
Poland 
Portugal 
Romania 
Russia 
Slovak Republic
Slovenia 
Spain 
Tajikistan 
Turkey 
Ukraine 
Uzbekistan 
Yugoslavia		 Angola 
Burkina Faso 
Cameroon 
Central African Republic 
Congo (formerly Zaire)
Cote d'Ivoire 
Guinea 
Madagascar 
Mali 
Mauritius 
Niger 
Nigeria 
Senegal 
Tanzania 
Zambia		 Australia 
Cambodia 
Dem. People's Rep. of Korea
Mongolia 
People's Republic of China 
Republic of Korea
NORTH & SOUTH AMERICA NORTH AFRICA, 
NEAR EAST, & 
SOUTH ASIA
Argentina 
Belize 
Bolivia 
Brazil 
Canada 
Colombia  
Costa Rica 
Cuba 
Dominican Republic 
Ecuador 
El Salvador 
Grenada 
Guatemala 
Honduras 
Mexico 
Nicaragua 
Panama 
Peru 
United States
Uruguay		 Algeria 
Bangladesh 
Egypt 
India 
Iran 
Iraq 
Jordan 
Kuwait 
Lebanon 
Libya 
Mauritania 
Nepal 
Oman 
Pakistan 
Qatar 
Saudi Arabia 
Sri Lanka  
Syrian Arab Republic 
Tunisia
 
 
1 Amended listings of the signatories to the 1970 UNESCO Convention on the Means of Prohibiting and Preventing the Illicit Import, Export and Transfer of Ownership of Cultural Property" are published by the United States in the Federal Register. The Cultural Property staff keeps an updated list of signers in the interim. 

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