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Treaty Name	Host Institution	Date of Adoption (Treaty)	Entry into Force (Treaty)
Bangui Agreement Relating to the Creation of an African Intellectual Property Organization, Constituting a Revision of the Agreement Relating to the Creation of an African and Malagasy Office of Industrial Property (Bangui (Central African Republic), March 2, 1977)	Host Institution: African Intellectual Property Organization (OAPI)	March 2, 1977	February 8, 1982
Swakopmund Protocol on the Protection of Traditional Knowledge and Expressions of Folklore within the Framework of the African Regional Intellectual Property Organization (ARIPO)	Host Institution: African Regional Intellectual Property Organization (ARIPO)	August 9, 2010	May 11, 2015
Charter for African Cultural Renaissance	Host Institution: African Union	January 24, 2006
Agreement establishing the ASEAN-Australia-New Zealand Free Trade Area	Host Institution: Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)	February 27, 2009	January 1, 2010
Trans-Pacific Strategic Economic Partnership Agreement	Host Institution: New Zealand	July 18, 2005	May 28, 2006
Cultural Charter for Africa	Host Institution: Organization of African Unity (OAU)	July 5, 1976	September 19, 1990
Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions 2005	Host Institution: United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)	October 20, 2005	March 18, 2007
Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage	Host Institution: United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)	October 17, 2003	April 20, 2006
Convention on the Protection of the Underwater Cultural Heritage	Host Institution: United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)	November 2, 2001	January 2, 2009
Convention concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage	Host Institution: United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)	November 16, 1972	December 17, 1975
Convention on the Means of Prohibiting and Preventing the Illicit Import, Export and Transfer of Ownership of Cultural Property	Host Institution: United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)	November 14, 1970	April 24, 1972
Treaty on the West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU)	Host Institution: West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU)	January 10, 1994	August 1, 1994
WIPO Treaty on Intellectual Property, Genetic Resources and Associated Traditional Knowledge	Host Institution: World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)	May 24, 2024

Treaty Name

Host Institution

Date of Adoption (Treaty)

Entry into Force (Treaty)

Bangui Agreement Relating to the Creation of an African Intellectual Property Organization, Constituting a Revision of the Agreement Relating to the Creation of an African and Malagasy Office of Industrial Property (Bangui (Central African Republic), March 2, 1977)

Host Institution: African Intellectual Property Organization (OAPI)

March 2, 1977

February 8, 1982

Swakopmund Protocol on the Protection of Traditional Knowledge and Expressions of Folklore within the Framework of the African Regional Intellectual Property Organization (ARIPO)

Host Institution: African Regional Intellectual Property Organization (ARIPO)

August 9, 2010

May 11, 2015