ng the reservation by Guatemala, see under "Declarations other than those made under section В of article 1 and Reservations" in this chapter.]
Netherlands
11 December 1984
Regarding the reservation made by Guatemala upon accession:
"The Government of the Kingdom of the Netherlands is of the opinion that a reservation phrased in such general terms and referring to the domestic law only is undesirable, since its scope is not entirely clear."
Territorial Application
Participant Date of receipt Territories
of the notification
Australia 22 Jan 1954 Nauru, Norfolk Island and Papua
New Guinea
Denmark 4 Dec 1952 Greenland
France 23 Jun 1954 All territories for the international
relations of which France is responsible
Netherlands <7> 29 Jul 1971 Suriname
United Kingdom of 11 Mar 1954 Channel Islands and Isle of Man
Great Britain and
Northern Ireland
<8>, <18>, <21>,
<31>, <32>, <33>,
<34>, <35>, <36>,
<37>
25 Oct 1956 The following territories with
reservations: British Solomon
Islands Protectorate, Cyprus,
Dominica, Falkland Islands, Fiji,
Gambia, Gilbert and Ellice Islands,
Grenada, Jamaica, Kenya, Mauritius,
St. Vincent, Seychelles, Somaliland
Protectorate, Zanzibar and St. Helena
19 Jun 1957 British Honduras
11 Jul 1960 Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland
11 Nov 1960 Basutoland, Bechuanaland Protectorate
and Swaziland
4 Sep 1968 Montserrat and St. Lucia
20 Apr 1970 Bahama Islands
Declarations and reservations (Unless otherwise indicated the declarations and reservations were made upon notification of territorial application.)
Denmark
Greenland
Subject to the reservations made on ratification by the Government of Denmark.
Netherlands <7>
Surinam
The extension is subject to the following reservations, which had been made in substance by the Government of the Netherlands upon ratification:
"1. that in all cases where the Convention, in conjunction with the Protocol, grants to refugees the most favourable treatment accorded to nationals of a foreign country, this provision shall not be interpreted as involving the regime accorded to nationals of countries with which the Kingdom of the Netherlands has concluded regional, customs, economic or political agreements which apply to Surinam;
"2. that the Government of Surinam as regards article 26 of the Convention, in conjunction with article 1, paragraph 1, of the Protocol, reserves the right for reasons of public order to appoint for certain refugees or groups of refugees a principal place of residence."
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland <8>, <18>, <21>, <31>, <32>, <33>, <34>, <36>, <37>
The Channel Islands and the Isle of Man
"(i) The Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland understand articles 8
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