Berne Convention to leave that convention and adopt the UCC instead. So the UCC included a clause stating that parties which were also Berne Convention parties need not apply the provisions of the Convention to any former Berne Convention state that renounced the Berne Convention after 1951. Thus, any state that has once adopted the Berne Convention is penalised if it then decides to renounce the Berne Convention and use the UCC protections instead, as its copyrights might no longer exist in Berne Convention states. Since almost all countries are either members or aspiring members of the World Trade Organization (WTO), and thus comply with the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights Agreement (TRIPS), the UCC has lost significance. See also International copyright List of parties to the Universal Copyright Convention References External links Geneva text of the UCC from 6 September 1952. Paris text of the UCC from 14 July 1971. States Parties of UCC, with Appendix Declaration relating to Article XVII and Resolution concerning Article XI. Geneva, 6 September 1952.. States Parties of UCC as revised on 24 July 1971, with Appendix Declaration relating to Article XVII and Resolution concerning Article XI. Paris, 24 July 1971.. Copyright treaties Treaties concluded in 1952 Treaties concluded in 1971 Treaties entered into force in 1974 Treaties of Algeria Treaties of Argentina Treaties of Andorra Treaties of Australia Treaties of Austria Treaties of Azerbaijan Treaties of the Bahamas Treaties of Bangladesh Treaties of Barbados Treaties of Belgium Treaties of Belize Treaties of Bolivia Treaties of Bosnia and Herzegovina Treaties of the Second Brazilian Republic Treaties of the People's Republic of Bulgaria Treaties of the Kingdom of Cambodia (1953–1970) Treaties of Cameroon Treaties of Canada Treaties of Chile Treaties of the People's Republic of China Treaties of Colombia Treaties of Costa Rica Treaties of Croatia Treaties of Cyprus Treaties of Cuba Treaties of Czechoslovakia Treaties of the Czech Republic Treaties of Denmark Treaties of the Dominican Republic Treaties of Ecuador Treaties of El Salvador Treaties of Fiji Treaties of Finland Treaties of the French Fourth Republic Treaties of West Germany Treaties of Ghana Treaties of the Kingdom of Greece Treaties of Guatemala Treaties of Guinea Treaties of Haiti Treaties extended to Hong Kong Treaties of the Hungarian People's Republic Treaties of Iceland Treaties of India Treaties of Ireland Treaties of Israel Treaties of Italy Treaties of Japan Treaties of Kazakhstan Treaties