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Privileges and immunities of the International Labour Organization in member States

Member State Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the
United Nations
(does not cover ILO)

(Date of accession/succession)
Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the Specialized Agencies

(Date of accession/succession)
Annex I (ILO) to the Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the Specialized Agencies

(Date of application/succession)
Host Country Agreements

(Date of signature) (texts for staff only)
National Legislation

# Click on the country's name for information on the ILO Field Office that is directly responsible for that country. If an additional office is physically located in the same country, it can be accessed by clicking on the #.

* Indicates either a declaration or reservation. Detailed information can be obtained from the 1946 Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the United Nations.

† Indicates either a declaration or reservation. Detailed information can be obtained from 1947 Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the Specialized Agencies

Afghanistan 05 September 1947
Albania 02 July 1957* 15 December 2003 04 October 2007
Algeria 31 October 1963* 25 March 1964 25 March 1964 6 April 1967
Angola 09 August 1990
Antigua and Barbuda 25 October 1988 14 December 1988 14 December 1988
Argentina 12 October 1956 10 October 1963 10 October 1963 6 April 1970
Armenia 29 April 2004*
Australia 02 Mar 1949 09 May 1986 09 May 1986
Austria 10 May 1957 21 July 1950 21 July 1950
Azerbaijan 13 August 1992
Bahamas 17 March 1977 17 March 1977 17 March 1977
Bahrain 17 September 1992* 17 September 1992† 17 September 1992
Bangladesh 13 January 1978 25 May 1973
Barbados 10 January 1972 19 November 1971 19 November 1971
Belarus 22 October 1953* 18 March 1966† 18 March 1966
Belgium 25 September 1948 14 March 1962 14 March 1962 4 November 1976
Belize 14 September 2005
Benin
Bolivia 23 December 1949
Bosnia and Herzegovina 01 September 1993 01 September 1993 01 September 1993
Botswana 05 April 1983 05 April 1983
Brazil 15 December 1949 22 March 1963 22 March 1963
Brunei Darussalam
Bulgaria 30 September 1960* 13 June 1968† 13 June 1968
Burkina Faso 27 April 1962 06 April 1962 06 April 1962
Burundi 17 March 1971
Cambodia 06 November 1963 15 October 1953 02 July 2007
Cameroon 20 October 1961 30 April 1992 30 April 1992 7 May 1967
Canada 22 January 1948* Privileges and Immunities (International Labour Organization) Order
Cape Verde
Central African Republic 04 September 1962 15 October 1962 15 October 1962
Chad
Chile 15 October 1948 21 September 1951 21 September 1951 10 January 2002
China 11 September 1979* 11 September 1979† 09 November 1984 27 November 1984
Colombia 06 August 1974
Comoros
Congo 15 October 1962
Costa Rica 26 October 1949 9 May 1969
Côte d'Ivoire 08 December 1961 08 September 1961 28 December 1961 26 June 1989
Croatia 12 October 1992 12 October 1992 12 October 1992
Cuba 09 September 1959 13 September 1972† 13 September 1972
Cyprus 05 November 1963 06 May 1964 06 May 1964
Czech Republic 22 February 1993* 22 February 1993† 22 February 1993
Democratic Republic of the Congo 08 December 1964 08 December 1964 08 December 1964 1 April 1975
Denmark 10 June 1948 25 January 1950 25 January 1950
Djibouti 06 April 1978
Dominica 24 November 1987 24 June 1988 24 June 1988
Dominican Republic 07 March 1947
Ecuador 22 March 1956 08 June 1951 08 June 1951
Egypt 17 September 1948 28 September 1954 28 September 1954 25 July 1995
El Salvador 09 July 1947
Equatorial Guinea
Eritrea
Estonia 21 October 1991 08 October 1997 08 October 1997
Ethiopia # 22 July 1947 7 September 2005 - (pdf 32 KB)
Fiji 21 June 1971 21 June 1971 21 June 1971 8 April 1975
Finland 31 July 1958 31 July 1958 31 July 1958
France 18 August 1947 02 August 2000† 02 August 2000 Law no 2000-65 of 27 January 2000 authorizing the accession of the French Republic to the Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the Specialized Agencies approved by the UN General Assembly on 21 November 1947 - (only available in French)
Gabon 13 March 1964 29 June 1961† 30 November 1982
Gambia 01 August 1966 01 August 1966 01 August 1966
Georgia 18 July 2007 18 July 2007
Germany 05 November 1980 10 October 1957† 10 October 1957
Ghana 05 August 1958 09 September 1958 09 September 1958
Greece 29 December 1947 21 June 1977 21 June 1977
Grenada
Guatemala 07 July 1947 30 June 1951 30 June 1951
Guinea 10 January 1968 01 July 1959 29 March 1968
Guinea-Bissau
Guyana 28 December 1972 13 September 1973 13 September 1973
Haiti 06 August 1947 16 April 1952 16 April 1952
Honduras 16 May 1947
Hungary 30 July 1956* 02 August 1967† 02 August 1967 23 September 1992 and October1997/January 1998
Iceland 10 March 1948 17 January 2006 17 January 2006
India 13 May 1948 10 February 1949 10 February 1949
Indonesia 08 March 1972* 08 March 1972† 08 March 1972 21 May 1970
Iran, Islamic Republic of 08 May 1947 16 May 1974 16 May 1974
Iraq 15 September 1949 09 July 1954 09 July 1954
Ireland 10 May 1967 10 May 1967 10 May 1967
Israel 21 September 1949
Italy 03 February 1958 30 August 1985† 30 August 1985
Jamaica 09 September 1963 04 November 1963 04 November 1963
Japan 18 April 1963 18 April 1963 18 April 1963
Jordan 03 January 1958 12 December 1950 23 August 2007
Kazakhstan 26 August 1998
Kenya 01 July 1965 01 July 1965 01 July 1965
Kiribati
Korea, Republic of 9 April 1992* 13 May 1977 22 March 2006
Kuwait 13 December 1963 13 November 1961 07 February 1963
Kyrgyzstan 28 January 2000
Lao People's Democratic Republic 24 November 1956* 09 August 1960 09 August 1960
Latvia 21 November 1997 19 December 2005 19 December 2005
Lebanon 10 March 1949 14 May 1966
Lesotho 26 November 1969 26 November 1969 26 November 1969
Liberia 14 March 1947
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya 28 November 1958 30 April 1958 30 April 1958
Lithuania 09 December 1993* 10 February 1997† 10 February 1997
Luxembourg 14 February 1949 20 September 1950 20 September 1950
Madagascar 23 May 1962 03 January 1966† 03 January 1966 14 April 1975
Malawi 17 May 1966 02 August 1965 02 August 1965
Malaysia 28 October 1957 29 March 1962 29 March 1962
Mali 28 March 1968 24 June 1968 24 June 1968
Malta 27 June 1968 27 June 1968 27 June 1968
Marshall Islands
Mauritania
Mauritius 18 July 1969 18 July 1969 18 July 1969
Mexico 26 November 1962* 5 January 1955
Moldova, Republic of 12 April 1995
Mongolia 31 May 1962* 03 March 1970† 03 March 1970
Montenegro 23 October 2006 23 October 2006 23 October 2006
Morocco 18 March 1957 28 April 1958 10 June 1958
Mozambique 08 May 2001
Myanmar 25 January 1955 26 February 2007 - (pdf 180 KB)
Namibia 17 July 2006
Nepal 28 September 1965* 23 February 1954 11 September 1996
Netherlands 19 April 1948 02 December 1948† 02 December 1948
New Zealand 10 December 1947 25 November 1960† 25 November 1960
Nicaragua 29 November 1947 06 April 1959 06 April 1959
Niger 25 August 1961 15 May 1968 15 May 1968
Nigeria 26 June 1961 26 June 1961 26 June 1961 14 January 1959
Norway 18 August 1947 25 January 1950† 25 January 1950
Oman
Pakistan 22 September 1948 23 July 1951† 15 September 1961
Panama 27 May 1947
Papua New Guinea 04 December 1975
Paraguay 02 October 1953 13 January 2006 13 January 2006
Peru # 24 July 1963 22 June 1960 and 13 December 2002
Philippines 28 October 1947 20 March 1950 20 March 1950 23 January 1970
Poland 08 January 1948 19 June 1969† 19 June 1969
Portugal 14 October 1998* 8 July 2002
Qatar 26 September 2007*
Romania 05 July 1956* 15 September 1970† 15 September 1970
Russian Federation 22 September 1953* 10 January 1966† 10 January 1966 13 December 1995 and 5 September 1997
Rwanda 15 April 1964 15 April 1964 15 April 1964
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Lucia 27 August 1986 02 September 1986
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Samoa
San Marino
Sao Tome and Principe
Saudi Arabia
Senegal 27 May 1963 02 March 1966 02 March 1966 9 February 1967 and 1993 (interpretation of Article 5)
Serbia 12 March 2001 12 March 2001 12 March 2001
Seychelles 26 August 1980 24 July 1985 24 July 1985
Sierra Leone 13 March 1962 13 March 1962 13 March 1962
Singapore 18 March 1966 18 March 1966 18 March 1966
Slovakia 28 May 1993* 28 May 1993† 28 May 1993
Slovenia 06 July 1992 06 July 1992 06 July 1992
Solomon Islands
Somalia 09 July 1963
South Africa 30 August 2002* 30 August 2002† 30 August 2002 5 June 1995
Spain 31 July 1974 26 September 1974 26 September 1974 8 November 1985
Sri Lanka 19 June 2003 21 March 1988
Sudan 21 March 1977
Suriname
Swaziland
Sweden 28 August 1947 12 September 1951 12 September 1951
Switzerland # 27 May 1946 (agreement and arrangement) Federal law on the privileges, immunities, facilities and financial assistance accorded by Switzerland as a host state (in French) - (pdf 132 KB)

Ordinance on the privileges, immunities, facilities and financial assistance accorded by Switzerland as a host state (in French) - (pdf 164 KB)
Syrian Arab Republic 29 September 1953
Tajikistan 19 October 2001
Tanzania, United Republic of 29 October 1962 29 October 1962 29 October 1962 2 March and 3 May 1962
Thailand # 30 March 1956* 30 March 1956 19 June 1961 30 August 1961 and 1 November 1961
The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia 18 August 1993 11 March 1996 11 March 1996
Timor-Leste
Togo 27 February 1962 15 July 1960
Trinidad and Tobago 19 October 1965 19 October 1965 19 October 1965 14 March 1969
Tunisia 07 May 1957 03 December 1957 03 December 1957
Turkey 22 August 1950* 21 March 1952 and 12 February 1998 and 18 March 1998 Revised Standard Agreement concerning Technical Assistance - (pdf 343 KB)
Turkmenistan
Uganda 09 July 2001 11 August 1983 11 August 1983
Ukraine 20 November 1953* 13 April 1966† 13 April 1966
United Arab Emirates 02 June 2003 11 December 2003 11 December 2003
United Kingdom 17 September 1946 16 August 1949† 16 August 1949
United States # 29 April 1970* United States International Organizations Immunities Act
Uruguay 16 February 1984 29 December 1977 29 December 1977
Uzbekistan 18 February 1997 18 February 1997
Vanuatu 2 January 2008 2 January 2008
Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 21 December 1998*
Viet Nam 06 April 1988* 4 February 2002
Yemen 23 July 1963
Zambia 16 June 1975 16 June 1975 16 June 1975 20 December 1967
Zimbabwe 13 May 1991 05 March 1991 05 March 1991 19 November 1993

 
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