C-16: CONVENTION ON THE PROTECTION OF THE ARCHEOLOGICAL, HISTORICAL, AND        
ARTISTIC HERITAGE OF THE AMERICAN NATIONS (CONVENTION OF SAN SALVADOR)          

        ADOPTED AT: SANTIAGO, REPUBLICA DE CHILE                             

              DATE: 06/16/76

CONF/ASSEM/MEETING: GENERAL SECRETARIAT OF THE ORGANIZATION OF AMERICAN STATES  
                            ,
  ENTRY INTO FORCE:   /  /     AMONG THE STATES RATIFYING IT IN ORDER OF DEPOSIT
                               OF THEIR RATIFICATIONS, IN ACCORDANCE WITH       
                               ARTICLE 22 OF THE CONVENTION                     

        DEPOSITORY: OAS GENERAL SECRETARIAT (ORIGINAL INSTRUMENT AND            
                    RATIFICATIONS)                                              
                            ,           ,

              TEXT: OAS, TREATY SERIES, NO. 47                                  

   UN REGISTRATION:   /  /    No.         Vol.       

      OBSERVATIONS:     This Convention remains open to signature by the Member 
                    States of the Organization of American States, and to       
                    accession by any other State.                               

               GENERAL INFORMATION OF THE TREATY: C-16               

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SIGNATORY COUNTRIES    SIGNATURE REF   RA/AC/AD REF   DEPOSIT INST  INFORMA REF
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Argentina............   07/17/02       05/27/02       07/17/02 RA     /  /
Bolivia .............   06/18/80       01/17/03       02/25/03 RA     /  /     
Chile ...............   07/12/78         /  /           /  /          /  /     
Costa Rica ..........   05/29/80       05/14/80       08/27/80 RA     /  /     
Ecuador .............   07/27/78       08/31/78       09/27/78 RA     /  /     
El Salvador .........   04/05/79       06/27/80       08/11/80 RA     /  /     
Guatemala ...........   04/03/78       10/24/79       12/17/79 RA     /  /     
Haiti ...............   03/11/80       10/28/83       12/15/83 RA     /  /     
Honduras ............   07/06/83       04/15/83       07/06/83 RA     /  /     
Nicaragua ...........   02/26/80       02/06/80       04/01/80 RA     /  /     
Panama ..............   02/08/78       05/10/78       06/30/78 RA     /  /     
Paraguay.............   04/15/05       06/20/06       11/21/06 RA     /  /
Peru ................   03/19/79       11/28/79       01/22/80 RA     /  /     
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REF = REFERENCE                                      INST = TYPE OF INSTRUMENT
       D = DECLARATION                                      RA = RATIFICATION
       R = RESERVATION                                      AC = ACCEPTANCE
INFORMA  = INFORMATION REQUIRED BY THE TREATY               AD = ACCESSION

Text of the Treaty