CountryActionAction DateEffective Date
AFGHANISTANSignature14/07/1955
AFGHANISTANAcceptance14/07/1955
ALGERIAAcceptance26/09/1963
All Territories under UK SovereigntyExtension27/12/1945
ANGOLASignature19/09/1989
ANGOLAAcceptance19/09/1989
ANTIGUA AND BARBUDASignature22/09/1983
ANTIGUA AND BARBUDAAcceptance22/09/1983
AntillesExtension01/01/198601/01/1986
ARGENTINAAcceptance20/09/1956
ARMENIAAcceptance16/09/1992
ArubaExtension01/01/198601/01/1986
AUSTRALIASignature27/12/1945
AUSTRALIAAcceptance05/08/1947
AUSTRIASignature27/08/1948
AUSTRIAAcceptance27/08/1948
AZERBAIJANAcceptance18/09/1992
BAHAMASAcceptance21/08/1973
BAHRAINAcceptance15/09/1972
BANGLADESHAcceptance17/08/1972
BARBADOSAcceptance12/09/1974
BELARUSAcceptance10/07/1992
BELGIUMSignature27/12/1945
BELGIUMAcceptance27/12/1945
BELIZEAcceptance19/03/1982
BHUTANSignature28/09/1981
BHUTANAcceptance28/09/1981
BOLIVIASignature27/12/1945
BOLIVIAAcceptance27/12/1945
BOTSWANAAcceptance24/07/1968
BRAZILSignature27/12/1945
BRAZILAcceptance14/01/1946
BURMAAcceptance03/01/1952
BURUNDIAcceptance28/09/1963
CAMBODIAAcceptance22/07/1970
CAMEROONAcceptance10/07/1963
CANADASignature27/12/1945
CANADAAcceptance27/12/1945
CAPE VERDESignature20/11/1978
CAPE VERDEAcceptance20/11/1978
CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLICAcceptance10/07/1963
CEYLONSignature29/08/1950
CEYLONAcceptance29/08/1950
CHADAcceptance10/07/1963
CHILESignature31/12/1945
CHILEAcceptance31/12/1945
CHINAAcceptance26/12/1945
CHINASignature27/12/1945
COLOMBIASignature24/12/1946
COLOMBIAAcceptance24/12/1946
COMOROSAcceptance28/10/1976
CONGO, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OFAcceptance10/07/1963
COSTA RICASignature27/12/1945
COSTA RICAAcceptance01/08/1946
CUBASignature31/12/1945
CUBAAcceptance14/03/1946
CUBAWithdrawal14/11/1960
CYPRUSAcceptance21/12/1961
CZECHOSLOVAKIAAcceptance26/12/1945
CZECHOSLOVAKIASignature27/12/1945
CZECHOSLOVAKIAWithdrawal31/12/1954
DAHOMEYAcceptance10/07/1963
DENMARKSignature30/03/1946
DENMARKAcceptance30/03/1946
DJIBOUTISignature01/10/1980
DJIBOUTIAcceptance01/10/1980
DOMINICA, COMMONWEALTH OFSignature29/09/1980
DOMINICA, COMMONWEALTH OFAcceptance29/09/1980
DOMINICAN REPUBLICSignature28/12/1945
DOMINICAN REPUBLICAcceptance28/12/1945
ECUADORSignature27/12/1945
ECUADORAcceptance28/12/1945
EGYPTAcceptance26/12/1945
EGYPTSignature27/12/1945
EQUATORIAL GUINEAAcceptance01/07/1970
ESTONIAAcceptance23/06/1992
ETHIOPIAAcceptance12/12/1945
ETHIOPIASignature27/12/1945
FIJIAcceptance28/05/1971
FINLANDSignature14/01/1948
FINLANDAcceptance14/01/1948
FRANCESignature27/12/1945
FRANCEAcceptance27/12/1945
GABONAcceptance10/09/1963
GAMBIA THEAcceptance18/10/1967
GERMANY FEDERAL REPUBLICSignature14/08/1952
GERMANY FEDERAL REPUBLICAcceptance14/08/1952
GHANAAcceptance20/09/1957
GREECEAcceptance26/12/1945
GREECESignature27/12/1945
GRENADAAcceptance27/08/1975
GUATEMALASignature27/12/1945
GUATEMALAAcceptance28/12/1945
GUINEAAcceptance28/09/1963
GUINEA BISSAUAcceptance24/03/1977
GUYANAAcceptance26/09/1966
HAITIAcceptance08/09/1953
HONDURASAcceptance26/12/1945
HONDURASSignature27/12/1945
HUNGARYAcceptance07/07/1982
ICELANDSignature27/12/1945
ICELANDAcceptance27/12/1945
INDIASignature27/12/1945
INDIAAcceptance27/12/1945
INDONESIAAcceptance15/04/1954
INDONESIAWithdrawal17/08/1965
INDONESIARe-Application13/04/1967
IRANSignature28/12/1945
IRANAcceptance29/12/1945
IRAQAcceptance26/12/1945
IRAQSignature27/12/1945
IRELAND, REPUBLIC OFAcceptance08/08/1957
ISRAELAcceptance12/07/1954
ITALYSignature27/03/1947
ITALYAcceptance27/03/1947
IVORY COASTAcceptance11/03/1963
JAMAICAAcceptance21/02/1963
JAPANSignature13/08/1952
JAPANAcceptance13/08/1952
JORDANSignature29/08/1952
JORDANAcceptance29/08/1952
KAZAKHSTANAcceptance23/07/1992
KENYAAcceptance03/02/1964
KIRIBATISignature29/09/1986
KIRIBATIAcceptance29/09/1986
KOREA REPUBLIC OFSignature26/08/1955
KOREA REPUBLIC OFAcceptance26/08/1955
KUWAITAcceptance13/09/1962
LAOSAcceptance05/07/1961
LEBANONAcceptance11/04/1947
LEBANONSignature14/04/1947
LESOTHOAcceptance25/07/1968
LIBERIAAcceptance28/03/1962
LIBYAAcceptance17/09/1958
LITHUANIAAcceptance06/07/1992
LUXEMBOURGAcceptance26/12/1945
LUXEMBOURGSignature27/12/1945
MALAGASY REPUBLICAcceptance25/09/1963
MALAWIAcceptance19/07/1965
MALAYAAcceptance07/03/1958
MALDIVESAcceptance13/01/1978
MALIAcceptance27/09/1963
MALTAAcceptance26/09/1983
MARSHALL ISLANDSAcceptance21/05/1992
MAURITANIAAcceptance10/09/1963
MAURITIUSAcceptance23/09/1968
MEXICOSignature31/12/1945
MEXICOAcceptance31/12/1945
MOLDOVA REPUBLIC OFAcceptance12/08/1992
MOROCCOAcceptance25/04/1958
MOZAMBIQUESignature24/09/1984
MOZAMBIQUEAcceptance24/09/1984
NEPALAcceptance06/09/1961
NETHERLANDS THEAcceptance26/12/1945
NETHERLANDS THESignature27/12/1945
NEW ZEALANDAcceptance31/08/1961
NICARAGUASignature14/03/1946
NICARAGUAAcceptance14/03/1946
NIGERAcceptance24/04/1963
NIGERIAAcceptance30/03/1961
NORWAYSignature27/12/1945
NORWAYAcceptance27/12/1945
OMANAcceptance23/12/1971
PAKISTANSignature11/07/1950
PAKISTANAcceptance11/07/1950
PANAMASignature14/03/1946
PANAMAAcceptance14/03/1946
PAPUA NEW GUINEAAcceptance09/10/1975
PARAGUAYSignature27/12/1945
PARAGUAYAcceptance28/12/1945
PERUSignature31/12/1945
PERUAcceptance31/12/1945
PHILIPPINESAcceptance21/12/1945
PHILIPPINESSignature27/12/1945
POLANDSignature27/12/1945
POLANDAcceptance10/01/1946
POLANDWithdrawal14/03/1950
POLANDSignature27/06/1986
POLANDAcceptance27/06/1986
PORTUGALAcceptance29/03/1961
QATARAcceptance25/09/1972
ROMANIAAcceptance15/12/1972
RUSSIAN FEDERATIONAcceptance16/06/1992
RWANDAAcceptance30/09/1963
SAINT CHRISTOPHER AND NEVISSignature15/08/1984
SAINT CHRISTOPHER AND NEVISAcceptance15/08/1984
SAINT LUCIASignature27/06/1980
SAINT LUCIAAcceptance27/06/1980
SALVADORSignature14/03/1946
SALVADORAcceptance14/03/1946
SAO TOME AND PRINCIPEAcceptance30/09/1977
SAUDI ARABIAAcceptance26/08/1957
SENEGALAcceptance31/08/1962
SERBIADeclaration17/08/2012
SEYCHELLESSignature29/09/1980
SEYCHELLESAcceptance29/09/1980
SIAMSignature03/05/1949
SIAMAcceptance03/05/1949
SIERRA LEONEAcceptance10/09/1962
SINGAPOREAcceptance03/08/1966
SOLOMON ISLANDSSignature22/09/1978
SOLOMON ISLANDSAcceptance22/09/1978
SOMALIAAcceptance31/08/1962
SOUTH AFRICAAcceptance26/12/1945
SOUTH AFRICASignature27/12/1945
SPAINAcceptance15/09/1958
ST VINCENT AND THE GRENADINESAcceptance31/08/1982
SUDANAcceptance05/09/1957
SURINAMESignature27/06/1978
SURINAMEAcceptance27/06/1978
SWAZILANDAcceptance22/09/1969
SWEDENSignature31/08/1951
SWEDENAcceptance31/08/1951
SWITZERLANDAcceptance29/05/1992
SYRIASignature10/04/1947
SYRIAAcceptance10/04/1947
TANGANYIKAAcceptance10/09/1962
TANGANYIKA AND ZANZIBARSuccession22/08/1964
TOGOAcceptance01/08/1962
TONGASignature13/09/1985
TONGAAcceptance13/09/1985
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGOAcceptance16/09/1963
TUNISIAAcceptance14/04/1958
TURKEYSignature11/03/1947
TURKEYAcceptance11/03/1947
TURKMENISTANAcceptance22/09/1992
UGANDAAcceptance27/09/1963
UKRAINEAcceptance03/09/1992
UNITED ARAB EMIRATESAcceptance22/09/1972
UNITED KINGDOMSignature27/12/1945
UNITED KINGDOMAcceptance27/12/1945
UNITED STATES OF AMERICAAcceptance20/12/1945
UNITED STATES OF AMERICASignature27/12/1945
UPPER VOLTAAcceptance02/05/1963
URUGUAYSignature27/12/1945
URUGUAYAcceptance11/03/1946
UZBEKISTANAcceptance21/09/1992
VANUATUSignature28/09/1981
VANUATUAcceptance28/09/1981
VENEZUELASignature30/12/1946
VENEZUELAAcceptance30/12/1946
VIETNAMAcceptance21/09/1956
WESTERN SAMOAAcceptance28/06/1974
YEMEN ARAB REPUBLICAcceptance22/05/1970
YEMEN, PEOPLES'S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OFAcceptance03/10/1969
YUGOSLAVIAAcceptance26/12/1945
YUGOSLAVIASignature27/12/1945
ZAIREAcceptance28/09/1963
ZAMBIAAcceptance23/09/1965
ZIMBABWESignature29/09/1980
ZIMBABWEAcceptance29/09/1980