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

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All dates: DD/MM/YYYY

State

Notes

Signature

Ratification, Accession(*), Approval(†), Acceptance(‡) or Succession(§)

Entry into force

Afghanistan
 
07/08/2019
 
 
Armenia
 
26/09/2019
 
 
Australia
 
10/09/2021
 
 
Belarus
(b)
07/08/2019
15/07/2020(†)
15/01/2021
Benin
 
07/08/2019
 
 
Brazil
 
04/06/2021
 
 
Brunei Darussalam
 
07/08/2019
 
 
Chad
 
26/09/2019
 
 
Chile
 
07/08/2019
 
 
China
 
07/08/2019
 
 
Colombia
 
07/08/2019
 
 
Congo
 
07/08/2019
 
 
Democratic Republic of the Congo
 
07/08/2019
 
 
Ecuador
 
25/09/2019
09/09/2020
09/03/2021
Eswatini
 
07/08/2019
 
 
Fiji
 
07/08/2019
25/02/2020
12/09/2020
Gabon
 
25/09/2019
 
 
Georgia
(b), (c)
07/08/2019
29/12/2021
29/06/2022
Ghana
 
22/07/2020
 
 
Grenada
 
07/08/2019
 
 
Guinea-Bissau
 
26/09/2019
 
 
Haiti
 
07/08/2019
 
 
Honduras
 
07/08/2019
02/09/2021
02/03/2022
India
 
07/08/2019
 
 
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
(a)
07/08/2019
 
 
Israel
 
07/08/2019
 
 
Jamaica
 
07/08/2019
 
 
Japan
(c)
 
01/10/2023*
01/04/2024
Jordan
 
07/08/2019
 
 
Kazakhstan
(b), (c)
07/08/2019
23/05/2022
23/11/2022
Lao People's Democratic Republic
 
07/08/2019
 
 
Malaysia
 
07/08/2019
 
 
Maldives
 
07/08/2019
 
 
Mauritius
 
07/08/2019
 
 
Montenegro
 
07/08/2019
 
 
Nigeria
 
07/08/2019
27/11/2023
27/05/2024
North Macedonia
 
07/08/2019
 
 
Palau
 
07/08/2019
 
 
Paraguay
 
07/08/2019
 
 
Philippines
 
07/08/2019
 
 
Qatar
 
07/08/2019
12/03/2020
12/09/2020
Republic of Korea
 
07/08/2019
 
 
Rwanda
 
28/01/2020
 
 
Samoa
 
07/08/2019
 
 
Saudi Arabia
(b)
07/08/2019
05/05/2020
05/11/2020
Serbia
 
07/08/2019
 
 
Sierra Leone
 
07/08/2019
 
 
Singapore
 
07/08/2019
25/02/2020
12/09/2020
Sri Lanka
 
07/08/2019
28/02/2024
28/08/2024
Timor-Leste
 
07/08/2019
 
 
Turkey
 
07/08/2019
11/10/2021
11/04/2022
Uganda
 
07/08/2019
 
 
Ukraine
 
07/08/2019
 
 
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
 
03/05/2023
 
 
United States of America
 
07/08/2019
 
 
Uruguay
 
07/08/2019
28/03/2023
28/09/2023
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)
 
07/08/2019
 
 

Parties: 14

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.