18. Revelation of the Federal Chancellor concerning the scope of the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography

According to the Communications of the Secretary-General of the United Nations, the following States have ratified their instruments of ratification or ratification. Accession documents to the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography (BGBl. III No 93/2004):

States:	Date of deposit of the Ratifications and/or Certificate of Accession:
Egypt	12 July 2002
Algeria	27. December 2006
Angola	24 March 2005
Equatorial Guinea	7 February 2003
Armenia	30 June 2005
Australia	8. January 2007
Bahrain	21 September 2004
Belarus	23 January 2002
Belgium	17 March 2006
Benin	31 January 2005
Bosnia and Herzegovina	4 September 2002
Brunei Darussalam	21. November 2006
Bulgaria	12 February 2002
Burkina Faso	31 March 2006
Chile	6 February 2003
Dominica	20 April 2002
Dominican Republic	6 December 2006
Eritrea	16 February 2005
Estonia	3 August 2004
France	5 February 2003
Georgia	28 June 2005
India	16 August 2005
Japan	24. January 2005
Yemen	15 December 2004
Jordan	4 December 2006
Canada	14. September 2005
Republic of Korea	24 September 2004
Kuwait	26 August 2004
Laos People's Democratic Republic	20 September 2006
Latvia	22 February 2006
Lebanon	8 November 2004
Lithuania	5 August 2004
Madagascar	22 September 2004
Montenegro	23 October 2006
Nepal	20. January 2006
Nicaragua	2 December 2004
Netherlands	23 August 2005
Niger	26 October 2004
Oman	17 September 2004
Philippines	28 May 2002
Poland	4 February 2005
Sweden	19. January 2007
Switzerland	19 September 2006
Slovenia	23 September 2004
Sri Lanka	22 September 2006
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	15 September 2005
Sudan	2 November 2004
Tajikistan	5 August 2002
Thailand	11. January 2006
Timor-Leste	16 April 2003
Chad	28 August 2002
Tunisia	13 September 2002
Turkmenistan	28 March 2005
Cyprus	6 April 2006

On the occasion of the deposit of their instruments of ratification or The following Member States have expressed the following reservations: Statements made:

Belarus:

The Republic of Belarus declares, in accordance with Article 3 of the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography, that the voluntary recruitment of nationals to be held by nationals of the armed forces of the Republic of Belarus from an age of 18 years.

The admission to a military academy, to the citizen at the age of 17 years or above, as well as to those who, during the year of their admission to such an academy, 17. In accordance with Article 43 of the Law of the Republic of Belarus of 5 November 1992 on military service obligations and military service, an exception shall be granted. Such a recording must not be carried out by coercion or coercion.

The legislation of the Republic of Belarus provides that such an entry into the military service as a cadet of the military academy:

-		Voluntary work;
-		That he/she shall be informed by the parents of the person or their legal guardian;
-		On condition that these persons are fully informed of the tasks of a military service;
-		That it is granted on the condition that these persons provide sufficient evidence of their age before they are taken over to the military service.

Belgium:

The term "child pornography" refers to the visual representation of a child who is involved in real or made sexual acts, the most important aspect being the representation for sexual purposes.

Republic of Korea:

The Government of the Republic of Korea assumes that Art. 3 para. 1 lit. (a) the second subparagraph of the said Protocol shall apply only to States Parties to the Convention on the Protection of Children and Cooperation in the Field of Inter-State Adoption, signed in The Hague on 29 May 1933.

Kuwait:

With a reservation on Article 3 (5) of the second protocol.

Laos People's Democratic Republic:

The Lao Democratic Republic does not consider itself bound by Article 5 (2) of the Optional Protocol.

Oman:

... is subject to the privileges of the Sultanate to the Convention on the Rights of the Child.

Sweden:

Sweden sets out the expression "each presentation" in Art. 2 lit. c of the protocol as an "optical representation".

In addition, the Government of the Kingdom of the Netherlands has 17. The Secretary-General of the United Nations announced that the Optional Protocol will also be applied to Aruba in October 2006.

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