CHAPTER I ANNEXES Annexe I: States Parties to the 1954 and 1961 UN Statelessness Conventions in the OSCE Area and 11 Asian and Mediterranean Partners for Co-operation Status as of 12 April 2025 1954 Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons179 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness180 Signature Accession (a), Succession (d), Ratification Signature Accession, Succession, Ratification Albania -- 23 June 2003 a -- 9 July 2003 a Andorra -- -- -- -- Armenia -- 18 May 1994 a - 18 May 1994 a Austria -- 8 February 2008 a -- 22 September 1972 a Azerbaijan --- 16 Aug 1996 a -- 16 August 1996 a Belarus -- -- -- -- Belgium 28 September 1954 27 May 1960 -- 1 July 2014 a Bosnia and Herzegovina -- 1 September 1993 d -- 13 December 1996 a Bulgaria -- 22 March 2012 a -- 22 March 2012 a Canada -- -- -- 17 July 1978 a OSCE Participating States 179 For declarations and reservations to the 1954 Convention, see 3. Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons, UNTC, (no date), New York, 28 September 1954. 180 For declarations and reservations to the 1961 Convention, see 4. Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness, UNTC, (no date), New York, 30 August 1961. 71