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Agreement on the rescue of astronauts, the return of astronauts and the return of objects launched into outer space

Treaty data

Treaty number 003127
Date of conclusion 22-04-1968
Place of conclusion Londen / Moskou / Washington
Provisional application
Entry into force 03-12-1968
Retroactive effect
Termination
Treaty Series
Parliamentary paper 0000173329
Consolidated text 0004569

Comment

The Agreement was in force for the Netherlands Antilles from 17-02-1981 tot 10-10-2010.

Kingdom of the Netherlands

Koninkrijksdeel Provisional
application		 Entry into force Retroactive effect Termination
Netherlands (in Europe) 17-02-1981
Netherlands (Bonaire) 10-10-2010
Netherlands (Sint Eustatius) 10-10-2010
Netherlands (Saba) 10-10-2010
Aruba 01-01-1986
Curaçao 10-10-2010
Sint Maarten 10-10-2010

PartiesParties with a link have a reservation.

Party Signature RatificationS=Signature without reservation or requirement of ratification R=Ratification, Acceptance, Approval or Notification A=Accession Su=Succession NK=Not Known Entry into force Renunciation Termination
Antigua and Barbuda 26-11-1988 (Su) 01-11-1981
Argentina 22-04-1968 26-03-1969 (R) 26-03-1969
Armenia 28-03-2018 (A) 28-03-2018
Australia 22-04-1968 18-03-1986 (R) 18-03-1986
Austria 22-04-1968 19-02-1970 (R) 19-02-1970
Bahamas 11-08-1976 (Su) 10-07-1973
Barbados 20-02-1969 (A) 20-02-1969
Belarus 14-05-1968 02-12-1968 (R) 03-12-1968
Belgium 14-08-1968 15-04-1977 (R) 15-04-1977
Bolivia 22-04-1968
Bosnia and Herzegovina 22-07-1994 (Su) 06-03-1992
Botswana 10-04-1969 (A) 10-04-1969
Brazil 27-02-1973 (A) 27-02-1973
Bulgaria 22-04-1968 02-04-1968 (R) 02-04-1969
Cameroon 22-04-1968 10-01-1969 (R) 10-01-1969
Canada 25-04-1968 20-02-1975 (R) 20-02-1975
Chile 22-04-1968 08-10-1981 (R) 08-10-1981
China 20-12-1988 (A) 20-12-1988
Colombia 23-04-1968
Costa Rica 24-04-1968
Croatia 18-05-1994 (Su) 18-05-1994
Cuba 03-04-1984 (A) 03-04-1984
Cyprus 07-05-1968 17-12-1970 (R) 17-12-1970
Czech Republic 29-09-1993 (Su) 01-01-1993
Czechoslovakia (<01-01-1993) 22-04-1968 18-02-1969 (R) 18-02-1969
Democratic People's Republic of Korea 24-02-2016 (A) 24-02-2016
Democratic Republic of the Congo 22-04-1968
Denmark 22-04-1968 06-05-1969 (R) 06-05-1969
Dominican Republic 22-04-1968
Ecuador 22-04-1968 07-03-1969 (R) 07-03-1969
Egypt 10-05-1968 02-12-1968 (R) 03-12-1968
El Salvador 22-04-1968 19-02-1970 (R) 19-02-1970
ESA (European Space Agency) 25-06-1975 (R) 31-12-1975
Eswatini 09-06-1969 (A) 09-06-1969
EUMETSAT (European Organisation for the exploitation of meteorological satellites) 19-12-2005 (R) 19-12-2005
Fiji 14-07-1972 (Su) 10-10-1970
Finland 22-04-1968 10-09-1970 (R) 10-09-1970
France 31-12-1975 (A) 31-12-1975
Gabon 22-04-1968 02-04-1969 (R) 02-04-1969
Gambia, The 20-09-1968 02-08-1968 (A) 03-12-1968
Germany 20-08-1968 17-02-1972 (R) 17-02-1972
Ghana 22-04-1968
Greece 11-06-1968 07-07-1975 (R) 07-07-1975
Guinea-Bissau 14-10-1976 (A) 14-10-1976
Guyana 04-10-1968 30-05-1969 (R) 30-05-1969
Haïti 22-04-1968
Hungary 22-04-1968 04-06-1969 (R) 04-06-1969
Iceland 22-04-1968 04-12-1969 (R) 04-12-1969
India 09-07-1979 (A) 09-07-1979
Indonesia 11-03-1999 (R) 11-03-1999
Iran 22-04-1968 21-12-1970 (R) 21-12-1970
Iraq 12-03-1970 (A) 12-03-1970
Ireland 22-04-1968 29-08-1968 (R) 03-12-1968
Israel 22-04-1968 19-12-1969 (R) 19-12-1969
Italy 22-04-1968 31-03-1978 (R) 31-03-1978
Jamaica 23-07-1968
Japan 20-06-1983 (A) 20-06-1983
Jordan 24-07-1968
Kazakhstan 11-06-1998 (A) 11-06-1998
Kuwait 07-06-1972 (A) 07-06-1972
Laos 22-04-1968 27-11-1972 (R) 27-11-1972
Lebanon 22-04-1968 31-03-1969 (R) 31-03-1969
Lesotho 18-07-1968
Libya 03-11-2009 (A) 03-11-2009
Lithuania 25-03-2013 (A) 25-03-2013
Luxembourg 14-08-1968
Madagascar 25-06-1968 11-02-1969 (R) 11-02-1969
Malaysia 18-06-1968
Maldives 22-04-1968 03-04-1970 (R) 03-04-1970
Malta 29-05-1968
Mauritius 16-04-1969 (A) 16-04-1969
Mexico 15-07-1968 11-03-1969 (R) 11-03-1969
Monaco 13-06-1968
Mongolia 22-04-1968 31-01-1969 (R) 31-01-1969
Montenegro 12-12-2006 (Su) 03-06-2006
Morocco 22-04-1968 20-11-1970 (R) 20-11-1970
Myanmar 21-08-1968
Nepal 22-04-1968 11-07-1968 (R) 03-12-1968
Netherlands, the Kingdom of the 14-08-1968 17-02-1981 (R) 17-02-1981
New Zealand 24-04-1968 08-06-1969 (R) 08-06-1969
Nicaragua 22-04-1968 30-06-2017 (R) 30-06-2017
Niger 22-04-1968 15-01-1969 (R) 15-01-1969
Nigeria 03-05-1968 26-02-1973 (R) 26-02-1973
Norway 22-04-1968 20-04-1970 (R) 20-04-1970
Oman 04-02-2022 (A) 04-02-2022
Pakistan 17-10-1973 (A) 17-10-1973
Papua New Guinea 27-10-1980 (A) 27-10-1980
Paraguay 26-01-2024 (A) 26-01-2024
Peru 21-03-1979 (A) 21-03-1979
Philippines 24-04-1968
Poland 22-04-1968 14-02-1969 (R) 14-02-1969
Portugal 22-04-1968 25-03-1970 (R) 25-03-1970
Qatar 13-03-2012 (A) 13-03-2012
Republic of Korea, the 09-05-1968 04-04-1969 (R) 04-04-1969
Romania 22-04-1968 28-06-1971 (R) 28-06-1971
Russian Federation 22-04-1968 03-12-1968 (R) 03-12-1968
Rwanda 22-04-1968
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 13-05-1999 (Su) 27-10-1979
San Marino 07-11-1968 10-08-1970 (R) 10-08-1970
Saudi Arabia 11-11-2021 (A) 11-11-2021
Senegal 26-06-1968
Serbia 27-04-1992 (Su) 27-04-1992
Seychelles 05-01-1978 (A) 05-01-1978
Sierra Leone 22-04-1968
Singapore 10-09-1976 (A) 10-09-1976
Slovenia 27-05-1992 (Su) 25-06-1991
Somalia 22-04-1968
South Africa 06-08-1968 24-09-1969 (R) 24-09-1969
Spain 26-02-2001 (A) 26-02-2001
Sweden 21-07-1969 (A) 21-07-1969
Switzerland 22-04-1968 18-12-1969 (R) 18-12-1969
Syria 03-10-1968 14-08-1969 (R) 14-08-1969
Thailand 26-05-1969 (A) 26-05-1969
Tonga 22-06-1971 (Su) 04-06-1970
Tunisia 22-04-1968 10-02-1971 (R) 10-02-1971
Türkiye 29-11-1968 19-12-2006 (R) 19-12-2006
Ukraine 28-06-1968 16-01-1969 (R) 16-01-1969
United Arab Emirates 29-06-2018 (A) 29-06-2018
United Kingdom 22-04-1968 03-12-1968 (R) 03-12-1968
United States of America 22-04-1968 03-12-1968 (R) 03-12-1968
Uruguay 22-04-1968 25-02-1969 (R) 25-02-1969
Venezuela 22-04-1968
Vietnam 22-05-1968
Yemen 23-07-1968
Yugoslavia (< 25-06-1991) 22-04-1968 01-03-1971 (R) 01-03-1971
Zambia 20-08-1973 (A) 20-08-1973

Extensions

China

Extended to Entry into force Termination
Hong Kong SAR 01-07-1997
Macao SAR 20-12-1999

United Kingdom

Extended to Entry into force Termination
Anguilla 03-12-1968
Antigua and Barbuda (< 01-11-1981) 03-12-1968 01-11-1981
Bermuda 03-12-1968
British Virgin Islands 03-12-1968
Brunei (< 01-01-1984) 03-12-1968 01-01-1984
Cayman Islands 03-12-1968
Dominica (< 03-11-1978) 03-12-1968 03-11-1978
Falkland Islands 03-12-1968
Gibraltar 03-12-1968
Grenada (< 07-02-1974) 03-12-1968 07-02-1974
Hong Kong (< 01-07-1997) 03-12-1968 01-07-1997
Montserrat 03-12-1968
Pitcairn Islands 03-12-1968
Saint Kitts and Nevis (< 19-11-1983) 03-12-1968 19-11-1983
Saint Lucia (< 22-02-1979) 03-12-1968 22-02-1979
Saint-Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha 03-12-1968
Solomon Islands (< 07-07-1978) 03-12-1978 07-07-1978
South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands 03-12-1968
Tonga (< 04-06-1970) 03-12-1968 04-06-1970
Turks and Caicos Islands 03-12-1968
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