States Parties which have signed the World Heritage Convention
As of October 2006 there were 183 States Parties that have signed the World Heritage Convention.
The Asia-Pacific region consists of 41 countries, 40 of which are signatories to the World Heritage Convention. The Pacific region is currently under-represented on the World Heritage List, with only 6 of the 16 countries in the Pacific having signed up to the Convention. The 41 countries in the Asia-Pacific region (as defined by the Focal Point) are listed below.
Signatories to the Convention are in bold (date of deposit of ratication(R), acceptance(A) or notification of succession(S) in brackets*):
Central and East Asia Region
- China (12/12/85 - R)
- Kyrgystan (3/7/95 - A)
- Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea (21/7/98 - A)
- Mongolia (2/2/90 - A)
- Japan (30/6/92 - A)
- Republic of Korea (14/9/88 - A)
- Kazakhstan (29/4/94 - A)
- Turkmenistan (30/9/94 - S)
Indian Sub-Continent Region
- Afghanistan (20/3/79 - R)
- Nepal (20/6/78 - A)
- Bangladesh (3/8/83 - A)
- Pakistan (23/7/76 - R)
- India (14/11/77 - R)
- Sri Lanka (6/6/80 - A)
- Iran (26/2/75 - A)
- Bhutan
- Maldives (22/5/86 - A)
South East Asia Region
- Cambodia (28/11/91 - A)
- Myanmar (29/4/94 - A)
- Indonesia (6/07/89 - A)
- Philippines (19/9/85 - R)
- Lao Peoples Democratic Republic (20/3/87 - R)
- Thailand (17/9/87 - A)
- Malaysia (7/12/88 - R)
- Vietnam (19/10/87 - A)
Pacific Region
- Australia (22/8/74 - R)
- Federated States of Micronesia
- Fiji (21/11/90 - R)
- Nauru
- Kiribati (R)
- Niue (R)
- New Zealand (22/11/84 - R)
- Palau
- Papua New Guinea (28/7/97 - A)
- Samoa (A)
- Solomon Islands (10/6/92 - A)
- Tonga
- Cook Islands
- Tuvalu
- Marshall Islands
- Vanuatu
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