Treaty

Sixth Additional Protocol to the Constitution of the Universal Postal Union

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
Albania 15-09-1999 07-07-2004 (R) 07-07-2004
Algeria 15-09-1999
Angola 15-09-1999 05-12-2006 (R) 05-12-2006
Argentina 15-09-1999 26-01-2004 (R) 26-01-2004
Armenia 15-09-1999 24-07-2023 (R) 24-07-2023
Australia 15-09-1999 22-08-2005 (R) 22-08-2005
Austria 15-09-1999 29-01-2002 (R) 29-01-2002
Azerbaijan 22-12-2004 (A) 22-12-2004
Bahamas 15-09-1999
Bahrain 15-09-1999
Bangladesh 15-09-1999
Barbados 15-09-1999
Belarus 15-09-1999 05-03-2004 (R) 05-03-2004
Belgium 15-09-1999 12-10-2004 (R) 12-10-2004
Benin 15-09-1999
Bhutan 15-09-1999
Bolivia 15-09-1999 13-08-2002 (R) 13-08-2002
Bosnia and Herzegovina 15-09-1999 22-12-2009 (R) 22-12-2009
Botswana 15-09-1999 07-04-2003 (R) 07-04-2003
Brazil 15-09-1999 24-11-2008 (R) 24-11-2008
Brunei 15-09-1999
Bulgaria 15-09-1999 11-04-2001 (R) 11-04-2001
Burkina Faso 15-09-1999
Burundi 15-09-1999
Cabo Verde 15-09-1999 12-02-2009 (R) 12-02-2009
Cambodia 15-09-1999
Cameroon 15-09-1999
Canada 15-09-1999 23-02-2001 (R) 23-02-2001
Chad 01-03-2002 (A) 01-03-2002
Chile 15-09-1999 30-08-2006 (R) 30-08-2006
China 15-09-1999 05-03-2004 (R) 05-03-2004
Colombia 15-09-1999
Comoros 15-09-1999
Costa Rica 15-09-1999
Côte d'Ivoire 15-09-1999
Croatia 15-09-1999 03-03-2009 (R) 03-03-2009
Cuba 15-09-1999 20-09-2005 (R) 20-09-2005
Cyprus 15-09-1999 16-01-2004 (R) 16-01-2004
Czech Republic 15-09-1999 18-12-2001 (R) 18-12-2001
Democratic People's Republic of Korea 15-09-1999
Democratic Republic of the Congo 15-09-1999
Denmark 15-09-1999 08-07-2002 (R) 08-07-2002
Djibouti 15-09-1999
Dominica 15-09-1999
Dominican Republic 15-09-1999 20-08-2003 (R) 20-08-2003
Ecuador 07-04-2006 (A) 07-04-2006
Egypt 15-09-1999 19-04-2005 (R) 19-04-2005
Equatorial Guinea 15-09-1999
Eritrea 15-09-1999
Estonia 15-09-1999 12-07-2002 (R) 12-07-2002
Eswatini 15-09-1999
Ethiopia 15-09-1999
Fiji 15-09-1999
Finland 15-09-1999 21-12-2000 (R) 01-01-2001
France 15-09-1999 01-02-2002 (R) 01-02-2002
Gabon 15-09-1999
Gambia, The 15-09-1999
Georgia 15-09-1999
Germany 15-09-1999 08-11-2002 (R) 08-11-2002
Ghana 15-09-1999 18-02-2003 (R) 18-02-2003
Greece 15-09-1999 07-11-2002 (R) 07-11-2002
Grenada 15-09-1999
Guatemala 15-09-1999
Guinea 15-09-1999
Guinea-Bissau 15-09-1999
Guyana 15-09-1999
Haïti 15-09-1999
Holy See 15-09-1999 06-11-2003 (R) 06-11-2003
Honduras 15-09-1999
Hungary 15-09-1999 03-07-2003 (R) 03-07-2003
Iceland 15-09-1999
India 15-09-1999 01-03-2007 (R) 01-03-2007
Indonesia 15-09-1999 28-08-2000 (R) 01-01-2001
Iran 15-09-1999 04-07-2006 (R) 04-07-2006
Iraq 15-09-1999
Ireland 15-09-1999 06-12-2005 (R) 06-12-2005
Israel 15-09-1999 17-02-2004 (R) 17-02-2004
Italy 15-09-1999 05-02-2003 (R) 05-02-2003
Japan 15-09-1999 12-10-2000 (R) 01-01-2001
Jordan 15-09-1999 07-10-2002 (R) 07-10-2002
Kazakhstan 31-07-2002 (A) 31-07-2002
Kenya 15-09-1999 06-11-2001 (R) 06-11-2001
Kiribati 15-09-1999
Kuwait 15-09-1999 07-07-2003 (R) 07-07-2003
Kyrgyzstan 15-09-1999
Laos 15-09-1999 08-01-2004 (R) 08-01-2004
Latvia 15-09-1999
Lebanon 15-09-1999 27-06-2001 (R) 27-06-2001
Lesotho 15-09-1999 17-02-2003 (R) 17-02-2003
Liberia 15-09-1999
Libya 15-09-1999
Liechtenstein 15-09-1999 17-03-2004 (R) 17-03-2004
Lithuania 15-09-1999 27-01-2005 (R) 27-01-2005
Luxembourg 15-09-1999 21-03-2003 (R) 21-03-2003
Madagascar 15-09-1999
Malawi 15-09-1999 27-09-2004 (R) 27-09-2004
Malaysia 15-09-1999 21-08-2003 (R) 21-08-2003
Maldives 15-09-1999
Mali 15-09-1999
Malta 15-09-1999 02-12-2005 (R) 02-12-2005
Mauritania 15-09-1999
Mauritius 15-09-1999
Mexico 15-09-1999 13-07-2005 (R) 13-07-2005
Moldova 15-09-1999 12-01-2005 (R) 12-01-2005
Monaco 30-11-2000 (A) 01-01-2001
Mongolia 15-09-1999 06-05-2004 (R) 06-05-2004
Montenegro 25-07-2006 (A) 25-07-2006
Morocco 15-09-1999 26-04-2011 (R) 26-04-2011
Mozambique 15-09-1999
Nauru 15-09-1999
Nepal 15-09-1999
Netherlands, the Kingdom of the 15-09-1999 11-10-2004 (R) 11-10-2004
New Zealand 15-09-1999 09-11-2001 (R) 09-11-2001
Nicaragua 15-09-1999 17-03-2006 (R) 17-03-2006
Niger 15-09-1999 16-09-2004 (R) 16-09-2004
North Macedonia 08-10-2003 (A) 08-10-2003
Norway 15-09-1999 17-10-2002 (R) 17-10-2002
Oman 15-09-1999 19-04-2001 (R) 19-04-2001
Pakistan 15-09-1999 22-11-2005 (R) 22-11-2005
Panama 15-09-1999 15-02-2002 (R) 15-02-2002
Papua New Guinea 15-09-1999
Paraguay 15-09-1999 03-02-2004 (R) 03-02-2004
Peru 15-09-1999 16-03-2001 (R) 16-03-2001
Philippines 15-09-1999 23-12-2002 (R) 23-12-2002
Poland 15-09-1999 22-03-2002 (R) 22-03-2002
Portugal 15-09-1999 22-07-2004 (R) 22-07-2004
Qatar 15-09-1999 28-05-2001 (R) 28-05-2001
Republic of Korea, the 15-09-1999 19-01-2001 (R) 19-01-2001
Republic of the Congo 15-09-1999 10-11-2010 (R) 10-11-2010
Romania 15-09-1999 19-02-2002 (R) 19-02-2002
Russian Federation 15-09-1999 24-05-2002 (R) 24-05-2002
Rwanda 15-09-1999
Saint Lucia 15-09-1999
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 15-09-1999
San Marino 15-09-1999 14-04-2003 (R) 14-04-2003
Saudi Arabia 15-09-1999 21-01-2002 (R) 21-01-2002
Senegal 15-09-1999
Serbia 18-06-2001 (A) 18-06-2001
Seychelles 15-09-1999
Sierra Leone 15-09-1999
Singapore 15-09-1999 13-05-2003 (R) 13-05-2003
Slovakia 15-09-1999 19-01-2001 (R) 19-01-2001
Slovenia 15-09-1999 16-05-2006 (R) 16-05-2006
Somalia 24-06-2005 (A) 24-06-2005
South Africa 15-09-1999 07-08-2007 (R) 07-08-2007
South Sudan 29-09-2011 (A) 04-10-2011
Spain 15-09-1999 11-02-2005 (R) 11-02-2005
Sri Lanka 15-09-1999
Sudan 15-09-1999
Suriname 15-09-1999
Sweden 15-09-1999 16-02-2001 (R) 16-02-2001
Switzerland 15-09-1999 25-04-2001 (R) 25-04-2001
Syria 15-09-1999 30-11-2001 (R) 30-11-2001
Tajikistan 15-09-1999 01-03-2004 (R) 01-03-2004
Tanzania 15-09-1999 10-11-2017 (R) 10-11-2017
Thailand 15-09-1999 07-05-2001 (R) 07-05-2001
Timor-Leste 28-11-2003 (A) 08-12-2003
Tonga 15-09-1999
Tunisia 15-09-1999 22-04-2002 (R) 22-04-2002
Türkiye 15-09-1999 31-08-2015 (R) 31-08-2015
Turkmenistan 15-09-1999
Uganda 15-09-1999
Ukraine 15-09-1999 14-03-2003 (R) 14-03-2003
United Arab Emirates 15-09-1999 03-07-2001 (R) 03-07-2001
United Kingdom 15-09-1999 16-06-2011 (R) 16-06-2011
United States of America 15-09-1999 10-04-2001 (R) 10-04-2001
Uruguay 15-09-1999 25-07-2006 (R) 25-07-2006
Uzbekistan 15-09-1999 13-05-2005 (R) 13-05-2005
Venezuela 15-09-1999
Vietnam 15-09-1999 15-01-2001 (R) 15-01-2001
Yemen 15-09-1999 21-08-2002 (R) 21-08-2002
Zambia 15-09-1999
Zimbabwe 27-05-2004 (A) 27-05-2004

Extensions

United Kingdom

Extended to Entry into force Termination
Anguilla
Bermuda
British Virgin Islands
Cayman Islands
Falkland Islands
Gibraltar
Guernsey
Jersey
Man, Isle of
Montserrat
Pitcairn Islands
Saint-Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha
South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands
Turks and Caicos Islands

Parties with reservations, declarations and objections

Party Reservations / Declarations Objections
Argentina Yes No
Liechtenstein Yes No

Argentina

26-01-2004

Argentina reiterates the reservation made on ratification of the Constitution of the Universal Postal Union, signed at Vienna, Austria, on 10 July 1964, by which the Argentine Government expressly stated that article 23 of that organic charter neither referred to nor included the Islas Malvinas, South Georgia, the South Sandwich Islands or Argentine Antarctica. The Argentine Republic therefore reaffirms its sovereignty over those territories which form an integral part of its national territory. It also recalls that the United Nations General Assembly adopted resolutions 2065 (XX), 3160 (XVIII), 31/49, 37/9, 38/12, 39/6, 40/21, 41/40, 42/19 and 43/25, in which the existence of a dispute about sovereignty is recognized and in which the Governments of Argentina and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland are requested to enter into negotiations with a view to settling the dispute and finding a peaceful and final solution to the problems outstanding between the two countries, including all questions concerning the future of the Islas Malvinas, in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations.
Similarly, the Argentine Republic points out that the provision contained in article RE 1301, paragraph 1, of the Detailed Regulations of the Universal Postal Convention on the circulation of postage stamps valid in the country of origin will not be considered obligatory for the Republic where any such postage stamps distort Argentina's geographic and legal reality, without prejudice to the application of paragraph 15 of the joint Argentine-British Declaration of 1 July 1971 on communications and movement between Argentina's continental territory and the Islas Malvinas, approved by exchange of letters between the two Governments on 5 August 1971.

Liechtenstein

17-03-2004

The delegations of Iceland, the Principality of Liechtenstein and Norway declare that their countries will apply the Acts adopted by this Congress in accordance with their obligations pursuant to the agreement establishing the European Economic Area.

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