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27. Representing the Federal Chancellor with regard to the scope of the Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressive Forms
According to communications from the Director-General of UNESCO, the following instruments of ratification or ratification have been made Accession instruments to the Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressive Forms (BGBl. III n ° 34/2007, last proclamation of the BGBl area. III n ° 102/2009):
| Date of deposit of the instruments of ratification. Certificate of Accession: |
|
| Equatorial Guinea |
17 June 2010 |
| Azerbaijan |
15 February 2010 |
| Australia |
18 September 2009 |
| Costa Rica |
15 March 2011 |
| Dominican Republic |
24 September 2009 |
| Gambia |
26 May 2011 |
| Guyana |
14. December 2009 |
| Haiti |
8 February 2010 |
| Honduras |
31 August 2010 |
| Indonesia |
12. January 2012 |
| Democratic Republic of Congo |
28 September 2010 |
| Republic of Korea |
1 April 2010 |
| Lesotho |
18 February 2010 |
| Malawi |
16 March 2010 |
| Netherlands |
9 October 2009 |
| Palestine |
8 December 2011 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
25 September 2009 |
| Tanzania |
18 October 2011 |
| Trinidad and Tobago |
26 July 2010 |
| Czech Republic |
12 August 2010 |
| Ukraine |
10 March 2010 |
On the occasion of the deposit of the instrument of accession, the following declarations have been made by the following States:
Azerbaijan:
The Republic of Azerbaijan declares, in accordance with Article 25 (4) of the Convention, that it does not recognise the settlement procedure as set out in Article 25 (3) of the Convention. The Republic of Azerbaijan declares that it shall not implement the Convention in its territories occupied by the Republic of Armenia (the Nagorno Karabakh region of the Republic of Azerbaijan and the seven provinces surrounding this region) only then , if these territories are liberated from the occupation and the consequences of this occupation are completely eliminated (the schematic map of the occupied territories of the Republic of Azerbaijan is attached).
The occupying Power-the Republic of Armenia-bears full responsibility for the destruction of cultural activities, from the date of the occupation, to the liberation of these territories from the occupation and until the consequences of this occupation have been completely eliminated. Forms of expression in the occupied territories of the Republic of Azerbaijan.
Australia:
Australia states that it is of the opinion that the obligation laid down in Article 16 of the developed industrialised countries "shall facilitate the exchange of culture with developing countries by means of appropriate institutional and legal frameworks" Grant preferential treatment to artists and other cultural and cultural workers and to cultural goods and services from developing countries ", does not aim at the content or the interpretation of national laws, Rules, rules, or eligibility criteria for eligibility Immigration visas or -to influence the authorisations or the exercise of discretion in accordance with laws, regulations or administrative provisions or in relation to rules or criteria.
The Convention must be applied and interpreted in such a way as to safeguard the rights and obligations of Australia from other treaties to which it is a party, including the Marrakesh Agreement establishing the World Trade Organisation. This Convention does not affect Australia's ability to freely negotiate rights and obligations in other current or future treaty negotiations.
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