Treaty membership

WIPO-Administered Treaties (Entry into force of the Treaty for the Contracting Party)

Summary Table of Membership of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) and the Treaties Administered by WIPO, plus UPOV, WTO and UN

• Rome Convention for the Protection of Performers, Producers of Phonograms and Broadcasting Organizations (March 1, 2007)

• Protocol Relating to the Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks (July 11, 2006)

• Brussels Convention Relating to the Distribution of Programme-Carrying Signals Transmitted by Satellite (January 12, 2006)

• Convention for the Protection of Producers of Phonograms Against Unauthorized Duplication of Their Phonograms (July 6, 2005)

• Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works (October 26, 2004)

• Patent Cooperation Treaty (March 10, 1993)

• Convention Establishing the World Intellectual Property Organization (July 2, 1976)

• Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property (March 8, 1949)

• Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks (June 25, 1939)

IP-related Multilateral Treaties (Entry into force of the Treaty for the Contracting Party)

• Nagoya - Kuala Lumpur Supplementary Protocol on Liability and Redress to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (March 5, 2018)

• United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (January 1, 2017)

• Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (March 7, 2015)

• Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization to the Convention on Biological Diversity (October 12, 2014)

• Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions 2005 (November 7, 2007)

• Agreement establishing the World Trade Organization (WTO) (January 11, 2007)

• World Trade Organization (WTO) - Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS Agreement) (1994) (January 11, 2007)

• International Convention for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants (UPOV) (December 24, 2006)

• Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage (April 20, 2006)

• Convention on the Means of Prohibiting and Preventing the Illicit Import, Export and Transfer of Ownership of Cultural Property (December 20, 2005)

• International Plant Protection Convention (October 2, 2005)

• WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (March 17, 2005)

• Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (February 16, 2005)

• Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (May 17, 2004)

• Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety to the Convention on Biological Diversity (April 20, 2004)

• United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification in Those Countries Experiencing Serious Drought and/or Desertification, Particularly in Africa (November 23, 1998)

• Convention on Biological Diversity (February 14, 1995)

• United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (February 14, 1995)

• United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (November 16, 1994)

• Convention concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage (January 19, 1988)

• International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (December 24, 1982)

• Protocol (I) Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and relating to the protection of victims of international armed conflicts (April 19, 1982)

• Convention on International Civil Aviation (April 12, 1980)

• Convention (I) for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded and Sick in Armed Forces in the Field (December 28, 1957)

• Convention (II) for the Amelioration of the Condition of Wounded, Sick and Shipwrecked Members of Armed Forces at Sea (December 28, 1957)

• Convention (III) relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War (December 28, 1957)

• Convention (IV) relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War (December 28, 1957)

• Agreement on the Importation of Educational, Scientific and Cultural Materials (September 1, 1952)

Regional Economic Integration Treaties (Entry into force of the Treaty for the Contracting Party)

• ASEAN Trade in Goods Agreement (May 17, 2010)

• Agreement establishing the ASEAN-Australia-New Zealand Free Trade Area (January 1, 2010)

• Agreement on Promotion and Protection of Investment in ASEAN (September 14, 1996)

• Agreement on the Common Effective Preferential Tariff Scheme for the ASEAN Free Trade Area (January 28, 1992)

• Global System of Trade Preferences among Developing Countries (April 19, 1989)

IP-relevant Bilateral Treaties (Entry into force of the Treaty for the Contracting Party)

• Agreement between Japan and the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam for an Economic Partnership (October 1, 2009)

• Agreement on Comprehensive Economic Partnership among Japan and Member States of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (December 1, 2008)

• Agreement between Japan and the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam for Liberalization, Promotion and Protection of Investment (December 19, 2004)

• Agreement between the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Government of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam for the Promotion and Protection of Investments (August 1, 2002)

• Free Trade Agreement between United States and Viet Nam (December 10, 2001)

• Agreement between Switzerland and Viet Nam on the Protection of Intellectual Property and Cooperation in this Area (June 8, 2000)

• Agreement between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam on the Establishment of Copyright Relations (December 23, 1998)

• Agreement between the Government of Argentina and the Government of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam on the Promotion and Reciprocal Protection of Investments (June 1, 1997)