Beijing: now Moldova commits

By Beijing Notification No. 9 ("Beijing Treaty on Audiovisual Performances: Ratification by the Republic of Moldova") we learn that

The Director General of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) presents his compliments to the Minister for Foreign Affairs and has the honor to notify the deposit by the Government of the Republic of Moldova, on September 4, 2015, of its instrument of ratification of the Beijing Treaty on Audiovisual Performances, adopted at Beijing on June 24, 2012.

The date of entry into force of the said Treaty will be notified when the required number of ratifications or accessions is reached in accordance with Article 26 of the said Treaty.

Including Moldova (which is listed by WIPO under "R" for "Republic") there are now nine ratifications or accessions. You can check the current list at any time by clicking here. Under Article 26 the Treaty doesn't come into force till three months after 30 "eligible parties" have committed themselves.

Beijing Treaty on Audiovisual Performances: Chile, Qatar sign up

A WIPO media release informs us that the number of countries that have so far committed themselves to the Beijing Treaty on Audiovisual Performances has risen to eight, now that Chile has become the first Latin American state to sign up and Qatar has joined Syria and the United Arab Emirates in boosting commitment in the Middle East.

The full list of notifications can be checked here. So far the only European country to step forward and sign up is the Slovak Republic. By Article 26 of the Treaty, it comes into force three months after 30 "eligible parties" have signed up for it.

By a curious coincidence this is the second time this week that Chile and Qatar -- literally continents apart in terms of geography, religion, economy, climate and practically everything else -- have shared the same news item, this being the first.