Convention relating to the Status of Refugees

• Coming into Force: 22 April 1954
• Subject Terms: Human rights,Refugees
• Registration Number: 2545
• Registration Date: 22 April 1954
• Citation: UNTS v. 189 (p.137)
• Date of Conclusion: 28 July 1951
• Party Submitting the Application for Registration: ex officio
• Type of Document: Multilateral
• Depositary: Secretary-General of the United Nations
• Participants: Afganistán,Albania,Argelia,Angola,Antigua and Barbuda,Argentina,Armenia,Australia,Austria,Azerbaiján,Bahamas,Bielorrusia,Bélgica,Belize,Bolivia,Bosnia & Herzegovina,Botswana,Brasil,Bulgaria,Burundi,Camboya,Camerún,Canada,Central African Republic,Chad,Chile,China,Colombia,Congo (Brazzaville),Costa Rica,Croacia,Cyprus,Czech Republic,Czechoslovakia,Dahomey,Democratic Republic of the Congo,Dinamarca,Djibouti,Dominica,República Dominicana,Ecuador,Egipto,El Salvador,Equatorial Guinea,Estonia,Ethiopia,Federal Republic of Germany,Fiji,Finlandia,France,Gabon,Gambia,Georgia,German Democratic Republic,Ghana,Greece,Guatemala,Guinea,Guinea-Bissau,Haiti,Holy See,Honduras,Hungria,Islandia,Iran,Ireland,Israel,Italia,Ivory Coast,Jamaica,Japón,Kazakhstan,Kenya,Kyrgyzstan,Latvia,Lesotho,Liberia,Liechtenstein,Lithuania,Luxembourg,Madagascar,Malawi,Mali,Malta,Mauritania,México,Monaco,Montenegro,Morocco,Mozambique,Namibia,Nauru,Holanda,New Zealand,Nicaragua,Niger,Nigeria,Noruega,Panamá,Papua New Guinea,Paraguay,Perú,Philippines,Polonia,Portugal,Republic of Korea,Republic of Moldova,Republic of the Congo,Rumania,Russian Federation,Rwanda,Samoa,Sao Tome and Principe,Senegal,Seychelles,Sierra Leone,Eslovaquia,Eslovenia,Solomon Islands,Somalia,South Africa,South Sudan,España,St. Kitts and Nevis,St. Vincent and the Grenadines,Sudan,Suriname,Swaziland,Suecia,Suiza,Tajikistan,The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia,Timor-Leste,Togo,Trinidad and Tobago,Tunisia,Turquia,Turkmenistan,Tuvalu,Uganda,Ukraine,United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland,United Republic of Tanganyika and Zanzibar,Upper Volta,Uruguay,Vatican City State,Yemen Arab Republic,Yugoslavia (Federal Republic of),Yugoslavia (Socialist Federal Republic of),Zambia,Zimbabwe

No.

2545

AUSTRALIA,

BELGIUM,

DENMARK,

FEDERAL

REPUBLIC

OF

GERMANY,

LUXEMBOURG,

etc.

Final

Act

of

the

United

Nations

Conference

of

Plenipoten

tiaries

on

the

Status

of

Refugees

and

Stateless

Persons.

Held

at

Geneva

from

2

July

1951

to

25

July

1951

Convention

relating

to

the

Status

of

Refugees

(with schedule).

Signed

at

Geneva,

on

28

July

1951

Official

texts:

English

and

French.

Registered

ex

officio

on 22

April

1954.

AUSTRALIE,

BELGIQUE,

DANEMARK,

RÉPUBLIQUE

FÉDÉRALE

D'ALLEMAGNE,

LUXEMBOURG,

etc.

Acte

final de

la

Conférence

de

plénipotentiaires

des

Nations

Unies

sur

le

statut

des

réfugiés

et

des

apatrides.

Tenue

à

Genève

du

2

juillet

1951

au

25

juillet

1951

Convention

relative

au

statut

des

réfugiés

(avec

annexe).

Signée

à

Genève,

le

28

juillet

195l

Textes

officiels

anglais

et

français.

Enregistrés

d'office

le

22

avril

1954.

138

United

Nations

Treaty

Series

1954

No.

2545.

FINAL

ACT

OF

THE

UNITED

NATIONS

CON

FERENCE

OF

PLENIPOTENTIARIES

ON

THE

STATUS

OF

REFUGEES

AND

STATELESS PERSONS.

HELD

AT

GENEVA,

FROM

2

JULY

1951

TO

25

JULY

1951

I

The

General

Assembly

of

the

United

Nations,

by

Resolution

429

(V)

of

14

December

1950,

1

decided

to

convene

in

Geneva

a

Conference

of

Pleni

potentiaries

to

complete

the

drafting

of,

and

to

sign,

a

Convention

a

relating

to

the

Status

of

Refugees

and

a

Protocol

relating

to

the Status

of

Stateless

Persons.

The

Conference

met

at

the

European

Office

of

the

United

Nations

in

Geneva

from

2

to

25

July

1951.

The

Governments

of

the

following

twenty-six

States

were

represented

by

delegates

who

all

submitted

satisfactory

credentials

or

other

communications

of

appointment

authorizing

them

to

participate

in

the

Conference

:

Australia

Austria

Belgium

Brazil

Canada

Colombia

Denmark

Egypt

France

Federal

Republic

of

Germany

Greece

Holy

See

Iraq

Israel

Italy

Luxembourg

Monaco

Netherlands

Norway

Sweden

Switzerland

(the

Swiss

delegation

also

represented

Liechtenstein)

Turkey

United

Kingdom

of

Great

Britain

and

Nothern

Ireland

United

States

of

America

Venezuela

Yugoslavia

The

Governments

of

the

following

two

States

were

represented

by

observers

:

Cuba

Iran

Pursuant

to

the

request

of

the

General

Assembly,

the

United

Nations

High

Commissioner

for

Refugees

participated,

without

the

right

to

vote,

in

the

deliber

ations

of

the

Conference.

1

United

Nations,

Official

Records

of

the

General

Assembly,

Fifth

Session,

Supplement

No. 20

(A/1775),

p.

48.

1

See

p,

150

of

this

volume.

140

United

Nations

—

Treaty

Series

1954

The

International

Labour

Organisation

and

the

International

Refugee

Organ

ization

were

represented

at

the

Conference

without

the

right

to

vote.

The

Conference

invited

a

representative

of

the

Council

of

Europe

to

be

repre

sented

at

the

Conference

without

the

right

to

vote.

Representatives

of

the

following

Non-Governmental

Organizations

in

consult

ative

relationship

with

the

Economic

and

Social

Council

were

also

present

as

observers

:

Category

A

International

Confederation

of

Free

Trade

Unions

International

Federation

of

Christian

Trade

Unions

Inter-Parliamentary

Union

Category

B

Agudas

Israel

World

Organization

Caritas

Internationalis

Catholic

International

Union

for

Social

Service

Commission

of

the

Churches

on

International

Affairs

Consultative

Council

of

Jewish

Organizations

Co-ordinating

Board

of

Jewish

Organizations

Friend's

World

Committee

for

Consultation

International

Association

of

Penal

Law

International

Bureau

for

the

Unification

of

Penal

Law

International

Committee

of

the

Red

Cross

International

Council

of

Women

International

Federation

of

Friends

of

Young

Women

International

League

for

the

Rights

of

Man

International

Social

Service

International

Union

for

Child

Welfare

International

Union

of

Catholic

Women's

Leagues

Pax

Romana

Women's

International

League

for

Peace

and

Freedom

World

Jewish

Congress

World

Union

for

Progressive

Judaism

World

Young

Women's

Christian

Association

Register

International

Relief

Committee

for

Intellectual

Workers

League

of

Red

Cross

Societies

Standing

Conference

of

Voluntary

Agencies

World

Association

of

Girl

Guides

and

Girl

Scouts

World

University

Service

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