United Nations Convention against Corruption

Entry into force:       14 December 2005, in accordance with article 68 (1) which reads as follows: "1.This Convention shall enter into force on the ninetieth day after the date of deposit of the thirtieth instrument of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession. For the purpose of this paragraph, any instrument deposited by a regional economic integration organization shall not be counted as additional to those deposited by member States of such organization. 2. For each State or regional economic integration organization ratifying, accepting, approving or acceding to this Convention after the deposit of the thirtieth instrument of such action, this Convention shall enter into force on the thirtieth day after the date of deposit by such State or organization of the relevant instrument or on the date this Convention enters into force pursuant to paragraph 1 of this article, whichever is later.".

Status:                       Signatories: 140 ,Parties: 117.

Text:                           Doc. A/58/422. 

Note: The Convention was adopted by the General Assembly of the United Nations on 31 October 2003 at United Nations Headquarters in New York. It shall be open to all States for signature from 9 to 11 December 2003 in Merida, Mexico, and thereafter at United Nations Headquarters in New York until 9 December 2005, in accordance with article 67 (1) of the Convention. The Convention shall also be open for signature by regional economic integration organizations provided that at least one member State of such organization has signed this Convention in accordance with its article 67 (2).

Country

Signature

Ratification, Acceptance (A), Approval (AA), Accession (a), Succession (d) 

Afghanistan 

20 Feb 2004 

 

Albania 

18 Dec 2003 

25 May 2006 

Algeria 

9 Dec 2003 

25 Aug 2004 

Angola 

10 Dec 2003 

29 Aug 2006 

Antigua and Barbuda 

 

21 Jun 2006 a 

Argentina 

10 Dec 2003 

28 Aug 2006 

Armenia 

19 May 2005 

8 Mar 2007 

Australia 

9 Dec 2003 

7 Dec 2005 

Austria 

10 Dec 2003 

11 Jan 2006 

Azerbaijan 

27 Feb 2004 

1 Nov 2005 

Bahamas 

 

10 Jan 2008 a

Bahrain
 8 Feb 2005  

Bangladesh 

 

27 Feb 2007 a 

Barbados 

10 Dec 2003 

 

Belarus 

28 Apr 2004 

17 Feb 2005 

Belgium 

10 Dec 2003 

 

Benin 

10 Dec 2003 

14 Oct 2004 

Bhutan 

15 Sep 2005 

 

Bolivia 

9 Dec 2003 

5 Dec 2005 

Bosnia and Herzegovina 

16 Sep 2005 

26 Oct 2006 

Brazil 

9 Dec 2003 

15 Jun 2005 

Brunei Darussalam 

11 Dec 2003 

 

Bulgaria 

10 Dec 2003 

20 Sep 2006 

Burkina Faso 

10 Dec 2003 

10 Oct 2006 

Burundi 

 

10 Mar 2006 a 

Cambodia 

 

5 Sep 2007 a 

Cameroon 

10 Dec 2003 

6 Feb 2006 

Canada 

21 May 2004 

2 Oct 2007 

Cape Verde 

9 Dec 2003 

23 April 2008

Central African Republic 

11 Feb 2004 

6 Oct 2006 

Chile 

11 Dec 2003 

13 Sep 2006 

China 1  

10 Dec 2003 

13 Jan 2006 

Colombia 

10 Dec 2003 

27 Oct 2006 

Comoros 

10 Dec 2003 

 

Congo 

 

13 Jul 2006 a 

Costa Rica 

10 Dec 2003 

21 Mar 2007 

Côte d'Ivoire 

10 Dec 2003 

 

Croatia 

10 Dec 2003 

24 Apr 2005 

Cuba 

9 Dec 2005 

9 Feb 2007 

Cyprus 

9 Dec 2003 

 

Czech Republic 

22 Apr 2005 

 

Denmark 2  

10 Dec 2003 

26 Dec 2006 

Djibouti 

17 Jun 2004 

20 Apr 2005 

Dominican Republic 

10 Dec 2003 

26 Oct 2006 

Ecuador 

10 Dec 2003 

15 Sep 2005 

Egypt 

9 Dec 2003 

25 Feb 2005 

El Salvador 

10 Dec 2003 

1 Jul 2004 

Ethiopia 

10 Dec 2003 

 

European Community 

15 Sep 2005 

 

Fiji 

 

14 May 2008 a 

Finland 9 Dec 2003 20 Jun 2006 A

France 

9 Dec 2003 

11 Jul 2005 

Gabon 

10 Dec 2003 

1 Oct 2007 

Germany 

9 Dec 2003 

 

Ghana 

9 Dec 2004 

27 Jun 2007 

Greece 

10 Dec 2003 

 

Guatemala 

9 Dec 2003 

3 Nov 2006 

Guinea 

15 Jul 2005 

 

Guinea-Bissau 

 

10 Sep 2007 a 

Guyana 

 

16 Apr 2008 a

Haiti 

10 Dec 2003 

 

Honduras 

17 May 2004 

23 May 2005 

Hungary 

10 Dec 2003 

19 Apr 2005 

India 

9 Dec 2005 

 

Indonesia 

18 Dec 2003 

19 Sep 2006 

Iran (Islamic Republic of) 

9 Dec 2003 

 
Iraq   17 Mar 2008 a

Ireland 

9 Dec 2003 

 

Israel 

29 Nov 2005 

 

Italy 

9 Dec 2003 

 

Jamaica 

16 Sep 2005 

  5 Mar 2008

Japan 

9 Dec 2003 

 

Jordan 

9 Dec 2003 

24 Feb 2005 

Kenya 

9 Dec 2003 

9 Dec 2003 

Kuwait

9 Dec 2003

16 Feb 2007 

Kazakhstan    18 Jun 2008 a

Kyrgyzstan 

10 Dec 2003 

16 Sep 2005 

Lao People's Democratic Republic 

10 Dec 2003 

 

Latvia 

19 May 2005 

4 Jan 2006 

Lesotho 

16 Sep 2005 

16 Sep 2005 

Liberia 

 

16 Sep 2005 a 

Libyan Arab Jamahiriya 

23 Dec 2003 

7 Jun 2005 

Liechtenstein 

10 Dec 2003 

 

Lithuania 

10 Dec 2003 

21 Dec 2006 

Luxembourg 

10 Dec 2003 

6 Nov 2007 

Madagascar 

10 Dec 2003 

22 Sep 2004 

Malawi 

21 Sep 2004 

 4 Dec 2007

Malaysia 

9 Dec 2003