PRIVILEGES AND IMMUNITIES, DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR RELATIONS, ETC · III-5

Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Optional Protocol to the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, concerning the Compulsory Settlement of Disputes

Democratic Republic of the Congo became bound on 1965-07-19, by accession, the 17th state to do so.

Treaty

Optional Protocol to the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, concerning the Compulsory Settlement of Disputes

State

Democratic Republic of the Congo

Signed

not signed

Became bound

1965-07-19 — by accession

Treaty in force since

24 April 1964, in accordance with article VIII.

Depositary record

United Nations Treaty Collection

Accession is not ratification. A state accedes to a treaty it never signed, so there is no signature date to show and none is missing. The two are often written as though interchangeable; the record does not treat them that way, so neither does this page.

Where this sits

• 17 in order of becoming party
• 71 states bound in total
• Vien treaty adopted

Order is by the date the depositary records, and states that became bound on the same day share a position — eleven states became party to the Charter on 24 October 1945 and none of them was eleventh.

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