White Lead (Painting) Convention, 1921 is an International Labour Organization Convention established in 1921 to advance the prohibition of using white lead in paint.
As of 2017 many leading nations with large lead mining, refining, or manufacturing industries, including the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, Japan, China and India, remain outside the organization.
Ratifications As of 2013, the convention has been ratified by 63 states: Country Date NotesAfghanistan12.6.1939Algeria19.10.1962Argentina26.5.1936Austria12.6.1924Azerbaijan19.5.1992Belgium19.7.1926Benin 12.12.1960Bosnia and Herzegovina 2.6.1993Bulgaria 6.3.1925Burkina Faso 21.11.1960Cambodia 24.2.1969Cameroon 7.6.1960Central African Republic 27.10.1960Chad 10.11.1960Chile 15.9.1925Colombia 20.6.1933Comoros 23.10.1978Congo 10.11.1960Côte d'Ivoire 21.11.1960Croatia 8.10.1991Cuba 7.7.1928Czech Republic 1.1.1993Djibouti 3.8.1978Estonia 8.9.1922Finland 5.4.1929France 19.2.1926Gabon 14.10.1960Greece 22.12.1926Guatemala 5.1.1990Guinea 21.1.1959Hungary 8.6.1956Iraq 19.4.1966Italy 22.10.1952Lao People's Democratic Republic 23.1.1964Latvia 9.9.1924Luxembourg 16.4.1928Madagascar 1.11.1960Mali 22.9.1960Malta 9.6.1988Mauritania 20.6.1961Mexico 7.1.1938Montenegro3.6.2006Morocco 13.6.1956Netherlands 15.12.1939Nicaragua 12.4.1934Niger 27.2.1961Norway 11.6.1929Panama 19.6.1970Poland 21.6.1924Romania 4.12.1925Russian Federation10.10.1991ratified as the Soviet Union Senegal 4.11.1960Serbia 24.11.2000ratified as the Federal Republic of YugoslaviaSlovakia 1.1.1993Slovenia 29.5.1992Spain 20.6.1924Suriname 15.6.1976Sweden 27.11.1923The Republic of MacedoniaReferred to by the United Nations as "The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia" due to the Macedonia naming dispute. 17.11.1991Togo 7.6.1960Tunisia 12.6.1956Uruguay 6.6.1933Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela 28.4.1933
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