Status: United Nations Convention on International Settlement Agreements Resulting from Mediation

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All dates: DD/MM/YYYY

StateNotesSignatureRatification, Accession(*), Approval(†), Acceptance(‡) or Succession(§)Entry into force
Afghanistan07/08/2019
Armenia26/09/2019
Australia10/09/2021
Bahrain17/02/2025*17/08/2025
Belarus(b)07/08/201915/07/2020(†)15/01/2021
Benin07/08/2019
Brazil(b)04/06/202106/08/202506/02/2026
Brunei Darussalam07/08/2019
Chad26/09/2019
Chile07/08/2019
China07/08/2019
Colombia07/08/201912/03/202612/09/2026
Congo07/08/2019
Costa Rica25/03/2025*25/09/2025
Democratic Republic of the Congo07/08/2019
Ecuador25/09/201909/09/202009/03/2021
Egypt13/01/2026
Eswatini07/08/2019
Fiji07/08/201925/02/202012/09/2020
Gabon25/09/2019
Georgia(b), (c)07/08/201929/12/202129/06/2022
Ghana22/07/2020
Grenada07/08/2019
Guinea-Bissau26/09/2019
Haiti07/08/2019
Honduras07/08/201902/09/202102/03/2022
India07/08/2019
Iran (Islamic Republic of)(a)07/08/2019
Iraq17/04/2024
Israel(c)07/08/201908/01/202508/07/2025
Jamaica07/08/2019
Japan(c)01/10/2023*01/04/2024
Jordan07/08/2019
Kazakhstan(b), (c)07/08/201923/05/202223/11/2022
Kyrgyzstan(c)01/12/2025*01/06/2026
Lao People's Democratic Republic07/08/2019
Malaysia07/08/2019
Maldives07/08/2019
Mauritius07/08/2019
Montenegro07/08/2019
Nigeria07/08/201927/11/202327/05/2024
North Macedonia07/08/2019
Oman10/03/2026*10/09/2026
Pakistan(b),(c)23/05/2025
Palau07/08/2019
Paraguay07/08/201912/03/202512/09/2025
Philippines07/08/2019
Qatar07/08/201912/03/202012/09/2020
Republic of Korea07/08/2019
Rwanda28/01/2020
Samoa07/08/2019
Saudi Arabia(b)07/08/201905/05/202005/11/2020
Serbia07/08/2019
Sierra Leone07/08/2019
Singapore07/08/201925/02/202012/09/2020
Sri Lanka07/08/201928/02/202428/08/2024
Timor-Leste07/08/2019
Türkiye07/08/201911/10/202111/04/2022
Uganda07/08/2019
Ukraine07/08/2019
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland03/05/2023
United States of America07/08/2019
Uruguay07/08/201928/03/202328/09/2023
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)07/08/2019

Parties: 22

Notes

(a) This State declared upon signature:

“The Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran seizes the opportunity at this moment of signing ‘the United Nations Convention on International Settlement Agreements Resulting from Mediation’, to place on the record its ‘understanding’ in relation to provisions of the Convention, bearing in mind that the main objective for submitting this declaration is the avoidance of eventual future interpretation of the following articles in a manner incompatible with the original intention and previous positions or in disharmony with national laws and regulations of the Islamic Republic of Iran.

It is the understanding of the Islamic Republic of Iran as well as reservations that:

  • the Islamic Republic of Iran has no obligation to apply this Convention to settlement agreements to which it is a party, or to which any governmental agencies or any person acting on behalf of a governmental agency is a party, to the extent specified in the declaration;
  • The Islamic Republic of Iran will apply this Convention only to the extent that the parties to the settlement agreement have agreed to the application of the Convention;
  • The Islamic Republic of Iran may have the choice to make reservations upon ratification;
  • The Islamic Republic of Iran, in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Convention, reserves the right to adopt laws and regulations to co-operate with the States.”

Reservations or other notifications

(b) It shall not apply this Convention to settlement agreements to which it is a party, or to which any governmental agencies or any person acting on behalf of a governmental agency is a party, to the extent specified in the declaration.

(c) It shall apply this Convention only to the extent that the parties to the settlement agreement have agreed to the application of the Convention.