172 United Nations — Treaty Series • Nations Unies — Recueil des Traités 1976 INTERNATIONAL COVENANT 1 ON CIVIL AND POLITICAL RIGHTS The States Parties to the present Covenant, Considering that, in accordance with the principles proclaimed in the Charter of the United Nations, recognition of the inherent dignity and of the equal and inalien able rights of all members of the human family is the foundation of freedom, justice and peace in the world, 1 The Covenant, with the exception of article 41,* came into force on 23 March 1976 in respect of the following States, i.e., three months after the date of deposit with the Secretary-General of the United Nations of the thirty-fifth in strument of ratification or accession, in accordance with article 49 (1):** Date of deposit of the in strument of ratification or State accession (a.) Barbados*** .................... 5 January 1973o Bulgaria*** ..................... 21 September 1970 (Signature affixed on 8 October 1968.) Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic*** ................... 12 November 1973 (Signature affixed on 19 March 1968.) Chile ........................... 10 February 1972 (Signature affixed on 16 September 1969.) Colombia ....................... 29 October 1969 (Signature affixed on 21 December 1966.) Costa Rica ...................... 29 November 1968 (Signature affixed on 19 December 1966.) Cyprus ......................... 2April 1969 (Signature affixed on 19 December 1966.) Czechoslovakia*** ............... 23 December 1975 (Signature affixed on 7 October 1968.) Denmark***..................... 6 January 1972 (Signature affixed on 20 March 1968.) Ecuador ........................ 6 March 1969 (Signature affixed on 4 April 1968.) Finland*.***..................... 19 August 1975 (Signature affixed on 11 October 1967.) German Democratic Republic*** ... 8 November 1973 (Signature affixed on 27 March 1973.) Germany, Federal Republic of***... 17 December 1973 (With a declaration of application to Berlin (West).)t (Signature affixed on 9 October 1968.) Hungary*** ..................... 17 January 1974 (Signature affixed on 25 March 1969.) Iran ............................ 24 June 1975 (Signature affixed on 4 April 1968.) Date of deposit of the in strument of ratification or accession (a) State Iraq*** ......................... 25 January 1971 (Signature affixed on 18 February 1969.) Jamaica......................... 3 October 1975 (Signature affixed on 19 December 1966.) Jordan.......................... 28 May 1975 (Signature affixed on 30 June 1972.) Kenya .......................... 1 May 1972a Lebanon ........................ 3 November 1972o Libyan Arab Republic***.......... 15 May 1970» Madagascar ..................... 21 June 1971 (Signature affixed on 17 September 1969.) Mali............................ 16 July 1974a Mauritius ....................... 12 December 1973a Mongolia*** .................... 18 November 1974 (Signature affixed on 5 June 1968.) Norway*'*** .................... 13 September 1972 (Signature affixed on 20 March 1968.) Romania*** ..................... 9 December 1974 Rwanda......................... 16 April 1975a Sweden*'*** .................... 6 December 1971 (Signature affixed on 29 September 1967.) Syrian Arab Republic*** .......... 21 April 1969a Tunisia ......................... 18 March 1969 (Signature affixed on 30 April 1968.) Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Re public*** ..................... 12 November 1973 (Signature affixed on 20 March 1968.) Union of Soviet Socialist Republics*** .................. 16 October 1973 (Signature affixed on 18 March 1968.) Uruguay ........................ 1 April 1970 (Signature affixed on 21 February 1967.) Yugoslavia ...................... 2 June 1971 (Signature affixed on 8 August 1967.) (Continui!d on page 173) Vol. 999,1-14668

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