Unemployment Convention, 1919 is an International Labour Organization Convention.

It was established in 1919: Having decided upon the adoption of certain proposals with regard to the "question of preventing or providing against unemployment",...

Ratifications As of 2013, the convention had been ratified by 57 states. Of the ratifying states, three have subsequently denounced the treaty. Country Date NotesArgentina30 November 1933Australia15 June 1972Austria12 June 1924Belgium25 August 1930Bosnia and Herzegovina2 June 1993Bulgaria14 February 1922denounced 20 July 1960Central African Republic9 June 1964Chile31 May 1933Colombia20 June 1933Cyprus8 October 1965Denmark13 October 1921Djibouti3 August 1978Ecuador5 February 1962Egypt3 July 1954Estonia20 December 1922Ethiopia11 June 1966Finland19 October 1921France25 August 1925Germany6 June 1925Greece19 November 1920Guyana8 June 1966Hungary1 March 1928Iceland17 February 1958India14 July 1921denounced 16 April 1938Ireland4 September 1925Italy10 April 1923Japan23 November 1922Kenya13 January 1964Luxembourg16 April 1928Malta4 January 1965Mauritius2 December 1969Montenegro3 June 2006Morocco14 October 1960Myanmar14 July 1921Netherlands6 February 1932New Zealand29 March 1938Nicaragua12 April 1934North Macedonia17 November 1991Norway23 November 1921Papua New Guinea1 May 1976Poland21 June 1924Romania13 June 1921Serbia24 November 2000ratified as Serbia and MontenegroSeychelles6 February 1978Slovenia29 May 1992South Africa20 February 1924Spain4 July 1923South Korea7 November 2011Sudan18 June 1957Sweden27 September 1921Switzerland9 October 1922Syrian Arab Republic26 July 1960As the United Arab RepublicTurkey14 July 1950Ukraine16 May 1994United Kingdom14 July 1921Uruguay6 June 1933denounced 11 November 1982Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela20 November 1944

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