Talk:Hague Convention

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On October 5, 1961 several nations joined to create this simplified method of legalizing documents through the Hague Convention Abolishing the Requirement of Legalization for Foreign Public Documents. Documents that are certified with a conformant apostille are accepted for legal use in all the nations that have signed the Hague Convention Abolishing the Requirement of Legalization for Foreign Public Documents. The member nations are:

Albania, Andorra , Antigua and Barbuda , Argentina , Armenia , Australia , Austria , Azerbaijan , Bahamas , Barbados , Belarus , Belgium , Belize , Bosnia and Herzegovina , Botswana , Brunei Darussalam , Bulgaria, Canada , China, People's Rep. of, Colombia , Cook Islands , Croatia , Cyprus , Czech Republic, Dominica , Ecuador , El Salvador , Estonia, Fiji , Finland, Netherlands, New Zealand, France , FYR of Macedonia, Georgia, Germany , Greece , Grenada , Honduras, Hungary , Iceland , Ireland , Israel , Italy , Japan , Kazakhstan, Latvia , Lesotho , Liberia , Liechtenstein , Lithuania , Luxembourg, Malawi , Malta , Marshall Islands , Mauritius , Mexico, Moldova, Rep. of, Monaco, Montenegro, Namibia , Niue, Norway , Panama, Poland , Portugal, Romania , Russian Federation, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia , Saint Vincent & Gren., Samoa , San Marino , Serbia, Seychelles , Slovakia , Slovenia , South Africa , Spain , Suriname , Swaziland, Sweden , Switzerland , Tonga , Trinidad and Tobago Turkey , Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States, Venezuela.

[edit] Disambiguation tag?

The disambiguation tag seems out of place. Is it needed? --Lord Matt (talk) 01:32, 12 April 2008 (UTC)