The Director General of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) presents his compliments to the Minister for Foreign Affairs and has the honor to notify him that, during the period during which it was open for signature, the following 37 States had signed the Nairobi Treaty for the Protection of the Olympic Symbol, adopted at Nairobi on September 26, 1981:
- Argentina, Austria, Benin, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Congo, Czechoslovakia, Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Ghana, Greece, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Israel, Italy, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Madagascar, Mexico, Morocco, New Zealand, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Senegal, Soviet Union, Spain, Sri Lanka, Switzerland, Togo, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Uruguay, Zambia.
As of the date of the present notification, the following States have already deposited, on the dates hereinafter indicated, either an instrument of ratification (R) or of accession (A) and the said Nairobi Treaty entered into force, in respect of the said States, on the dates hereinafter indicated:
State | Date of Deposit of Instrument | Date of Entry into Force |
Kenya (R) | November 18, 1981 | September 25, 1982 |
Ethiopia (A) | February 17, 1982 | September 25, 1982 |
Equatorial Guinea (A) | August 25, 1982 | September 25, 1982 |
Egypt (A) | September 1, 1982 | October 1, 1982 |
Guatemala (A) | January 21, 1983 | February 21, 1983 |
Congo (R) | February 8, 1983 | March 8, 1983 |
Tunisia (R) | April 21, 1983 | May 21, 1983 |
Qatar (R) | June 23, 1983 | July 23, 1983 |
Greece (R) | July 29, 1983 | August 29, 1983 |
States which have signed the Treaty and which have not yet deposited their instruments of ratification, acceptance or approval must, in order to become party to the Treaty, deposit such instruments.
States which have not signed the Treaty must, in order to become party to the Treaty, deposit their instruments of accession; any such State must be a member of WIPO or any of the other specialized agencies brought into a relationship with the United Nations, the Paris Union for the Protection of Industrial Property or the United Nations.
Instruments of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession must be deposited with the Director General of WIPO.
August 29, 1983