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You are here: BAILII >> Databases >> United Kingdom Treaties Library >> General Act of the Conference at Berlin of the Plenipotentiaries of Great Britain, Austria-Hungary, Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Portugal, Russia, Spain, Sweden and Norway, Turkey, and the United States, respecting (1) Freedom of Trade in the Basin of the Congo, (2) the Slave Trade, (3) Neutrality of the Territories in the Basin of the Congo, (4) Navigation of the Congo (5) Navigation of the Niger; and (6) Rules for future Occupation on the Coasts of the African Continent. (Multilateral) [1885] UKTS 4130 (26 February 1885)
URL: http://www.bailii.org/uk/other/UKTS/1885/4130.html
Cite as: [1885] UKTS 4130

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General Act of the Conference at Berlin of the Plenipotentiaries of Great Britain, Austria-Hungary, Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Portugal, Russia, Spain, Sweden and Norway, Turkey, and the United States, respecting (1) Freedom of Trade in the Basin of the Congo, (2) the Slave Trade, (3) Neutrality of the Territories in the Basin of the Congo, (4) Navigation of the Congo (5) Navigation of the Niger; and (6) Rules for future Occupation on the Coasts of the African Continent.

Treaty Type: Multilateral

Depository: German Empire

Place Of Signature: Berlin

Date Of Signature: 26-Feb-1885



Publication Records


Participant Status

Country Action Action Date Effective Date
AUSTRIA Signature 26-Feb-1885
AUSTRIA Ratification 19-Apr-1886
BELGIUM Signature 26-Feb-1885
BELGIUM Ratification 19-Apr-1886
DENMARK Signature 26-Feb-1885
DENMARK Ratification 19-Apr-1886
FRANCE Signature 26-Feb-1885
FRANCE Ratification 19-Apr-1886
GERMANY Signature 26-Feb-1885
GERMANY Ratification 19-Apr-1886
ITALY Signature 26-Feb-1885
ITALY Ratification 19-Apr-1886
NETHERLANDS THE Signature 26-Feb-1885
NETHERLANDS THE Ratification 19-Apr-1886
PORTUGAL Signature 26-Feb-1885
PORTUGAL Ratification 19-Apr-1886
RUSSIA Signature 26-Feb-1885
RUSSIA Ratification 19-Apr-1886
SPAIN Signature 26-Feb-1885
SPAIN Ratification 19-Apr-1886
SWEDEN AND NORWAY Signature 26-Feb-1885
SWEDEN AND NORWAY Ratification 19-Apr-1886
TURKEY Signature 26-Feb-1885
TURKEY Ratification 19-Apr-1886
UNITED KINGDOM Signature 26-Feb-1885
UNITED KINGDOM Ratification 19-Apr-1886
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Signature 26-Feb-1885


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