CountryActionAction DateEffective Date
ALGERIAAccession10/08/196408/11/1964
ANGOLARatification24/02/199825/05/1998
ARGENTINASignature19/06/1948
ARGENTINARatification31/01/195801/05/1958
AUSTRALIASignature09/06/1950
AZERBAIJANAdherence23/03/200021/06/2000
BAHRAINAdherence03/03/199701/06/1997
BANGLADESHAccession06/01/198805/04/1988
BELGIUMSignature19/06/1948
BOLIVIAAdherence09/07/199807/10/1998
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINASuccession07/03/199506/03/1992
BRAZILSignature19/06/1948
BRAZILRatification03/07/195301/10/1953
CAMEROONAccession23/07/196921/10/1969
CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLICAccession02/06/196931/08/1969
CHADAccession14/02/197415/05/1974
CHILESignature19/06/1948
CHILERatification19/12/195518/03/1956
CHINASignature19/06/1948
CHINAStatement07/12/1999
CHINAStatement09/12/1999
CHINAAdherence20/04/200027/07/2000
COLOMBIASignature19/06/1948
CONGO, PEOPLES REPUBLIC OFAccession03/05/198201/08/1982
COTE D'IVOIREAccession23/08/196521/11/1965
CROATIAAccession05/10/199308/10/1991
CUBASignature20/06/1949
CUBARatification20/06/196118/09/1961
CZECH REPUBLICRatification24/08/199822/11/1998
DENMARKSignature03/01/1949
DENMARKRatification18/01/196318/04/1963
DOMINICAN REPUBLICSignature19/06/1948
ECUADORAccession14/07/195812/10/1958
EGYPTAccession10/09/196909/12/1969
EL SALVADORAccession14/08/195812/11/1958
ESTONIAAccession31/12/199331/03/1994
ETHIOPIAAccession07/06/197905/09/1979
FRANCESignature19/06/1948
FRANCERatification27/01/196427/05/1964
GABONAccession14/01/197014/04/1970
GAMBIA THEAdherence20/06/200018/09/2000
GERMANY FEDERAL REPUBLICAccession07/07/195905/10/1959
GHANAAdherence15/07/199713/10/1997
GREECESignature19/06/1948
GREECERatification23/02/197124/05/1971
GRENADAAccession28/08/198526/11/1985
GUATEMALAAccession09/08/198807/11/1988
GUINEAAccession13/08/198011/11/1980
HAITIAccession24/03/196122/06/1961
HUNGARYAccession21/05/199319/08/1993
ICELANDSignature19/06/1948
ICELANDRatification06/02/196707/05/1967
IRANSignature18/03/1950
IRAQAccession12/01/198112/04/1981
IRELAND, REPUBLIC OFSignature30/11/1948
ITALYSignature19/06/1948
ITALYRatification06/12/196006/03/1961
KENYAAccession15/01/199715/04/1997
KUWAITAccession27/11/197925/02/1980
KUWAITDeclaration27/11/1979
KYRGYZSTANAdherence28/02/200028/05/2000
Land BerlinExtension07/07/195905/10/1959
LAOSAccession04/06/195602/09/1956
LEBANONAccession11/04/196910/07/1969
LIBYAAccession05/03/197304/06/1973
LUXEMBOURGAccession16/12/197515/03/1976
MACEDONIA THE FYR OFAccession30/08/199417/09/1991
MADAGASCARAccession09/01/197909/04/1979
MALDIVESRatification05/09/199504/12/1995
MALIAccession28/12/196128/03/1962
MAURITANIAAccession23/07/196221/10/1962
MAURITIUSAccession17/04/199116/07/1991
MEXICOSignature19/06/1948
MEXICORatification05/04/195017/09/1953
MEXICOReservation05/04/1950
MONACOAccession14/12/199414/03/1995
MOROCCOAccession13/12/199313/03/1994
NETHERLANDS THESignature19/06/1948
NETHERLANDS THERatification01/09/195930/11/1959
NETHERLANDS THEDeclaration01/09/1959
NETHERLANDS THEDeclaration21/07/1986
NIGERAccession27/12/196227/03/1963
NIGERIARatification10/05/200208/08/2002
NORWAYSignature03/01/1949
NORWAYRatification05/03/195403/06/1954
OMANAccession19/03/199217/06/1992
PAKISTANSignature21/08/1951
PAKISTANRatification19/06/195317/09/1953
PANAMARatification26/10/199824/01/1999
PARAGUAYAccession26/09/196925/12/1969
PERUSignature19/06/1948
PHILIPPINESAccession22/02/197823/05/1978
PORTUGALSignature19/06/1948
PORTUGALRatification12/12/198512/03/1986
ROMANIAAccession26/10/199424/01/1995
RWANDAAccession17/05/197115/08/1971
SENEGALRatification20/12/199519/03/1996
SEYCHELLESAccession16/01/197916/04/1979
SLOVENIAAdherence09/04/199708/07/1997
SOUTH AFRICARatification21/09/199820/12/1998
SRI LANKAAccession24/01/199424/04/1994
SURINAMERatification27/03/200301/01/1900
SWEDENSignature03/01/1949
SWEDENCommunication08/11/1955
SWEDENRatification16/11/195514/02/1956
SWITZERLANDSignature19/06/1948
SWITZERLANDRatification03/10/196001/01/1961
TAJIKISTANRatification20/03/199618/06/1996
THAILANDAccession10/10/196708/01/1968
TOGOAccession02/07/198030/09/1980
TUNISIAAccession04/05/196602/08/1966
TURKMENISTANAccession16/09/199315/12/1993
UNITED KINGDOMSignature19/06/1948
UNITED STATES OF AMERICASignature19/06/1948
UNITED STATES OF AMERICARatification06/09/194917/09/1953
UNITED STATES OF AMERICAStatement01/07/1950
URUGUAYAccession21/08/198519/11/1985
UZBEKISTANAccession08/07/199706/08/1997
VENEZUELASignature19/06/1948
VIETNAMAccession18/06/199716/09/1997
YUGOSLAVIAAccession16/10/199114/01/1992
YUGOSLAVIA, FEDERAL REPUBLIC OFSuccession06/09/200127/04/1992
ZIMBABWEAccession06/02/198707/05/1987