Unemployment Convention, 1919
# Unemployment Convention, 1919

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 | Notes |
| - | - | - |
| Argentina | November 30, 1933 |
| Australia | June 15, 1972 |
| Austria | June 12, 1924 |
| Belgium | August 25, 1930 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | June 2, 1993 |
| Bulgaria | February 14, 1922 | denounced July 20, 1960 |
| Central African Republic | June 9, 1964 |
| Chile | May 31, 1933 |
| Colombia | June 20, 1933 |
| Cyprus | October 8, 1965 |
| Denmark | October 13, 1921 |
| Djibouti | August 3, 1978 |
| Ecuador | February 5, 1962 |
| Egypt | July 3, 1954 |
| Estonia | December 20, 1922 |
| Ethiopia | June 11, 1966 |
| Finland | October 19, 1921 |
| France | August 25, 1925 |
| Germany | June 6, 1925 |
| Greece | November 19, 1920 |
| Guyana | June 8, 1966 |
| Hungary | March 1, 1928 |
| Iceland | February 17, 1958 |
| India | July 14, 1921 | denounced April 16, 1938 |
| Ireland | September 4, 1925 |
| Italy | April 10, 1923 |
| Japan | November 23, 1922 |
| Kenya | January 13, 1964 |
| Luxembourg | April 16, 1928 |
| Malta | January 4, 1965 |
| Mauritius | December 2, 1969 |
| Montenegro | June 3, 2006 |
| Morocco | October 14, 1960 |
| Myanmar | July 14, 1921 |
| Netherlands | February 6, 1932 |
| New Zealand | March 29, 1938 |
| Nicaragua | April 12, 1934 |
| North Macedonia | November 17, 1991 |
| Norway | November 23, 1921 |
| Papua New Guinea | May 1, 1976 |
| Poland | June 21, 1924 |
| Romania | June 13, 1921 |
| Serbia | November 24, 2000 | ratified as Serbia and Montenegro |
| Seychelles | February 6, 1978 |
| Slovenia | May 29, 1992 |
| South Africa | February 20, 1924 |
| Spain | July 4, 1923 |
| South Korea | November 7, 2011 |
| Sudan | June 18, 1957 |
| Sweden | September 27, 1921 |
| Switzerland | October 9, 1922 |
| Syrian Arab Republic | July 26, 1960 | As the United Arab Republic |
| Turkey | July 14, 1950 |
| Ukraine | May 16, 1994 |
| United Kingdom | July 14, 1921 |
| Uruguay | June 6, 1933 | denounced November 11, 1982 |
| Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela | November 20, 1944 |
