U.S. Department of State Annual Report on International Religious Freedom for 1999 Released by the Bureau for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor Washington, DC, September 9, 1999

Appendix A

International Religious Freedom Conventions COUNTRY European HR Convention Civil and Political Rights United Nations Charter Universal Declaration of HR Helsinki Accords Elimination of Intolerance Declaration Afghanistan   P S S     Albania P S S   S   Algeria P P S       Andorra P   S       Angola   P S       Antigua & Barbuda     S       Argentina   P   S   S Armenia   P S   S   Australia   P   S   S Austria P P S   S   Azerbaijan   P S   S   Bahamas     S       Bahrain     S       Bangladesh     S       Barbados   P S       Belarus   P     S S Belgium P P   S S S Belize   P S       Benin   P S       Bhutan     S       Bolivia   P   S   S Bosnia & Herz.   P S   S   Botswana     S       Brazil   P   S   S Brunei     S       Bulgaria P P S   S   Burkina Faso   P S       Burma     S S     Burundi   P S       Cambodia   P S       Cameroon   P S       Canada   P   S S S Cape Verde   P S       Cen. African Rep.   P S       Chad   P S       Chile   P   S   S China   S         Hong Kong             China             (Taiwan only)   S         P=Party S=Signatory             COUNTRY European HR Convention Civil and Politial Rights United Nations Charter Universal Declaration of HR Helsinki Accords Elimination of Intolerance Declaration Colombia   P   S   S Comoros     S       Congo,Dem. Rep. of   P S       Congo, Republic of   P S       Costa Rica   P   S   S Cote D'Ivoire   P S       Croatia P P S   S   Cuba       S   S Cyprus P P S   S   Czech Republic P P S     S Denmark P P   S S S Djibouti     S       Dominica   P S       Dom Republic   P   S   S Ecuador   P   S   S Egypt   P   S   S El Salvador   P   S   S Equatorial Guinea   P S       Eritrea     S       Estonia P P S   S   Ethiopia   P   S   S Fiji     S       Finland P P S   S   France P P   S S S Gabon   P S       Gambia   P S       Georgia P P S   S   Germany P P S   S   Ghana     S       Greece P P   S S S Grenada   P S       Guatemala   P   S   S Guinea   P S       Guinea-Bissau     S       Guyana   P S       Haiti   P   S   S Holy See         S   Honduras   P       S Hungary P P S   S   COUNTRY European HR Convention Civil and Political Rights UN Charter Universal Declaration of HR Helsinki Accords Elimination of Intolerance Declaration Iceland P P S S S   India   P   S   S Indonesia     S       Iran   P   S   S Iraq   P   S   S Ireland P P S   S   Israel   P S       Italy P P S   S   Jamaica   P S       Japan   P S       Jordan   P S       Kazakhstan     S   S   Kenya   P S       Kirabati   1         Korea, Dem.Rep. of*   P S       Korea, Rep. of   P S       Kuwait   P S       Kyrgyzstan   P S   S   Laos     S       Latvia P P S   S   Lebanon   P   S   S Lesotho   P S       Liberia   S   S   S Libya   P S       Liechtenstein P P S   S   Lithuania P P S   S   Luxembourg P P   S S S Macedonia, FRYO P P S       Madagascar   P S       Malawi   P S       Malaysia     S       Maldives     S       Mali   P S       Malta P P S   S   Marshall Islands     S       Mauritania     S       Mauritius   P S       Mexico   P   S   S Micronesia     S                     P=Party S=Signatory 1=based on general declaration concerning treaty obligations prior to independence           COUNTRY European HR Convention Civil and Political Rights UN Charter Universal Declaration of HR Helsinki Accords Elimination of Intolerance Declaration Moldova P P S   S   Monaco   P S   S   Mongolia   P S       Morocco   P S       Mozambique   P S       Namibia   P S       Nauru             Nepal   P S       Netherlands P P   S S S New Zealand   P   S   S Nicaragua   P   S   S Niger   P S       Nigeria   P S       Niue             Norway P P   S S S Oman     S       Pakistan       S   S Palau     S       Panama   P   S   S Papua New Guinea     S       Paraguay   P   S   S Peru   P   S   S Philippines   P   S   S Poland P P     B S Portugal P P S   S   Qatar     S       Romania P P S   S   Russia P P     S S Rwanda   P S       Samoa     S       San Marino P P S   S   Sao Tome & Principe   S S       Saudi Arabia           S Senegal   P S       Seychelles   P S       Sierra Leone   P S       Singapore     S                     P=Party S=Signatory             COUNTRY European HR Convention Civil and Political Rights UN Charter Universal Declaration of HR Helsinki Accords Elimination of Intolerance Declaration Slovak Republic P P S       Slovenia P P S   S   Solomon Islands     S       Somalia   P S       South Africa   P       S Spain P P S   S   Sri Lanka   P S       St. Kitts & Nevis     S       St. Lucia     S       St. Vincent   P S       Sudan   P S       Suriname   P S       Swaziland     S       Sweden P P S S S   Switzerland P P     S   Syria   P   S   S Tajikistan   P S   S   Tanzania   P S       Thailand   P S S     Togo   P S       Tonga             Trinidad & Tobago   P S       Tunisia   P S       Turkey P     S S S Turkmenistan   P S   S   Tuvalu             Uganda   P S       Ukraine P P     S S United Arab Emir.     S       United Kingdom P P   S S S United States   P   S S S Uruguay   P   S   S Uzbekistan   P S   S   Vanuatu     S       Venezuela   P   S   S Vietnam   P S       Yemen   P S       Zambia   P S       Zimbabwe   P S       P=Party S=Signatory

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