REFUGEES AND STATELESS PERSONS · V-5

Samoa and the Protocol relating to the Status of Refugees

Samoa became bound on 1994-11-29, by accession, the 120th state to do so.

Treaty

Protocol relating to the Status of Refugees

State

Samoa

Signed

not signed

Became bound

1994-11-29 — by accession

Treaty in force since

4 October 1967, 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

• 120 in order of becoming party
• 147 states bound in total
• New 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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