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Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, 9 December 1948.
Australia
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"The Australian Government does not accept any of the reservations contained in the instrument of accession of the People's Republic of Bulgaria, or in the instrument of ratification of the Republic of the Philippines."
15 November 1950
"The Australian Government does not accept any of the reservations made at the time of signature of the Convention by the Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic, Czechoslovakia, the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics."
19 January 1951
"The Australian Government does not accept the reservations contained in the instruments of accession of the Governments of Poland and Romania."
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11.12.1948
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08.07.1949
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08.07.1949, 15.11.1959, 19.01.1951