title: White Lead (Painting) Convention, 1921
text: # White Lead (Painting) Convention, 1921
  
  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 global nations, 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 | Notes |
  | - | - | - |
  | Afghanistan | 12.6.1939 |
  | Algeria | 19.10.1962 |
  | Argentina | 26.5.1936 |
  | Austria | 12.6.1924 |
  | Azerbaijan | 19.5.1992 |
  | Belgium | 19.7.1926 |
  | Benin | 12.12.1960 |
  | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2.6.1993 |
  | Bulgaria | 6.3.1925 |
  | Burkina Faso | 21.11.1960 |
  | Cambodia | 24.2.1969 |
  | Cameroon | 7.6.1960 |
  | Central African Republic | 27.10.1960 |
  | Chad | 10.11.1960 |
  | Chile | 15.9.1925 |
  | Colombia | 20.6.1933 |
  | Comoros | 23.10.1978 |
  | Congo | 10.11.1960 |
  | Côte d'Ivoire | 21.11.1960 |
  | Croatia | 8.10.1991 |
  | Cuba | 7.7.1928 |
  | Czech Republic | 1.1.1993 |
  | Djibouti | 3.8.1978 |
  | Estonia | 8.9.1922 |
  | Finland | 5.4.1929 |
  | France | 19.2.1926 |
  | Gabon | 14.10.1960 |
  | Greece | 22.12.1926 |
  | Guatemala | 5.1.1990 |
  | Guinea | 21.1.1959 |
  | Hungary | 8.6.1956 |
  | Iraq | 19.4.1966 |
  | Italy | 22.10.1952 |
  | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 23.1.1964 |
  | Latvia | 9.9.1924 |
  | Luxembourg | 16.4.1928 |
  | Madagascar | 1.11.1960 |
  | Mali | 22.9.1960 |
  | Malta | 9.6.1988 |
  | Mauritania | 20.6.1961 |
  | Mexico | 7.1.1938 |
  | Montenegro | 3.6.2006 |
  | Morocco | 13.6.1956 |
  | Netherlands | 15.12.1939 |
  | Nicaragua | 12.4.1934 |
  | Niger | 27.2.1961 |
  | Norway | 11.6.1929 |
  | Panama | 19.6.1970 |
  | Poland | 21.6.1924 |
  | Romania | 4.12.1925 |
  | Russian Federation | 10.10.1991 | ratified as the Soviet Union |
  | Senegal | 4.11.1960 |
  | Serbia | 24.11.2000 | ratified as the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia |
  | Slovakia | 1.1.1993 |
  | Slovenia | 29.5.1992 |
  | Spain | 20.6.1924 |
  | Suriname | 15.6.1976 |
  | Sweden | 27.11.1923 |
  | The Republic of Macedonia | 17.11.1991 |
  | Togo | 7.6.1960 |
  | Tunisia | 12.6.1956 |
  | Uruguay | 6.6.1933 |
  | Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela | 28.4.1933 |
  