Pacific Islands Treaty Series

STATUS REPORT

CONVENTION ON SPECIAL MISSIONS 1969

(New York, 8 December 1969, 21/06/1985)

ENTRY INTO FORCE : 21 June 1985, in accordance with article 53 (1)

Depositary: N/A

(Unless otherwise indicated, the declarations and reservations were made

upon ratification, accession or succession.)

Bulgaria [up]

Reservation concerning article 8

In accordance with the principle of the sovereign equality of States, the People's Republic of Bulgaria considers that in case of difference on specifying the size of the special mission, this question should be settled by agreement between the sending State and the receiving State

Reservation concerning article 25

The People's Republic of Bulgaria does not accept the provision of article 25, paragraph 1 of the Convention, according to which the agents of the receiving State may enter the premises where the special mission is established in case of fire or other disaster without the express consent of the head of the special mission or, where appropriate, of the head of the permanent mission

Declaration

The People's Republic of Bulgaria considers it necessary to underline that article 50 of the Convention, which precludes a number of States from becoming parties to it, is of an unjustifiably restrictive character. This provision is incompatible with the very nature of the Convention, which is of a universal character and should be open for accession by all States

Cuba [up]

Reservation

The Revolutionary Government of the Republic of Cuba enters an express reservation with regard to the third sentence of paragraph 1 of article 25 of the Convention, and consequently does not accept the assumption of consent to enter the premises of the special mission for any of the reasons mentioned in that paragraph or for any other reasons

Declaration

The Revolutionary Government of the Republic of Cuba considers the provisions of articles 50 and 52 of the Convention to be discriminatory in nature because, whereas the Convention deals with matters affecting the interests of all States, the said provisions deny a number of States the right to sign and accede to the Convention, a situation which is contrary to the principle of the sovereign equality of States

Czech Republic3 [up]

Slovakia3 [up]

NOTES

1. The former Yugoslavia had signed and ratified the Convention on 18 December 1969 and 5 March 1974, respectively. See also note 1 under "Bosnia and Herzegovina", "Croatia", "former Yugoslavia", "Slovenia", "The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia" and "Yugoslavia" in the "Historical Information" section in the front matter of this volume

2. Signed on behalf of the Republic of China on 28 December 1970. See also note 1 under "China" in the "Historical Information" section in the front matter of this volume

3. Czechoslovakia had acceded to the Convention on 1 October 1976 with a reservation. For the text of the reservation, see United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 1400, p. 338. See also note 1 under "Czech Republic" and note 1 under "Slovakia" in the "Historical Information" section in the front matter of this volume

4. See note 1 under "Montenegro" in the "Historical Information" section in the front matter of this volume