Country	Action	Action Date	Effective Date
AFGHANISTAN	Ratification	02/03/1948
ALGERIA	Ratification	29/11/1965
ANDORRA	Adherence	25/02/2001	25/02/2001
ANGOLA	Ratification	10/04/1977
ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA	Ratification	17/10/1988
ARGENTINA	Ratification	19/11/1963
AUSTRIA	Ratification	25/04/1983
BAHAMAS	Ratification	25/07/1975
BAHRAIN	Ratification	01/11/1971
BANGLADESH	Ratification	26/03/1996
BELARUS	Ratification	24/07/1996
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA	Succession	07/03/1995
BRAZIL	Ratification	14/10/1949
BULGARIA	Ratification	16/12/1969
BURMA	Ratification	25/10/1951
CANADA	Ratification	22/08/1947
CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC	Ratification	22/05/1962
CEYLON	Ratification	09/12/1948
CHAD	Ratification	28/08/1964
CHILE	Ratification	18/03/1968
CHINA	Ratification	24/03/1948
CONGO BRAZZAVILLE	Ratification	26/05/1962
COSTA RICA	Ratification	05/07/1960
CROATIA	Ratification	05/10/1993
CUBA	Ratification	30/09/1963
CYPRUS	Ratification	05/07/1989
CZECH REPUBLIC	Ratification	15/04/1993
CZECHOSLOVAKIA	Ratification	21/04/1948
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC	Ratification	10/11/1947
ECUADOR	Ratification	11/01/1965
EGYPT	Ratification	24/11/1949
EL SALVADOR	Ratification	22/01/1963
ERITREA	Ratification	06/06/1995
FIJI	Ratification	04/04/1973
GAMBIA THE	Ratification	25/01/1978
GERMAN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC	Ratification	29/06/1990
GHANA	Ratification	15/07/1997
GUINEA	Ratification	26/06/1959
GUYANA	Ratification	14/12/1988
HONG KONG SAR	Application	05/06/1997	01/07/1997
HUNGARY	Ratification	30/10/1970
INDIA	Ratification	15/12/1947
INDONESIA	Ratification	17/07/1961
IRAN	Ratification	27/04/1950
IRAQ	Ratification	09/12/1950
ITALY	Ratification	08/10/1952
IVORY COAST	Ratification	20/03/1961
JAMAICA	Ratification	18/10/1963
KENYA	Ratification	31/05/1964
LEBANON	Ratification	20/08/1973
LESOTHO	Ratification	11/09/1975
LUXEMBOURG	Ratification	11/07/1972
MACEDONIA THE FYR OF	Ratification	03/09/1997
MALAGASY REPUBLIC	Ratification	07/12/1962
MALAWI	Ratification	30/11/1964
MALAYA	Ratification	01/10/1962
MALI	Ratification	10/01/1961
MALTA	Ratification	25/05/1965
MAURITANIA	Ratification	02/04/1962
MAURITIUS	Ratification	01/09/1970
MEXICO	Ratification	12/09/1949
MOLDOVA REPUBLIC OF	Ratification	22/12/1994
MOROCCO	Ratification	21/06/1957
NETHERLANDS THE	Ratification	24/02/1955
NEW ZEALAND	Ratification	22/09/1947
NICARAGUA	Ratification	09/07/1962
NIGER	Ratification	08/04/1988
NIGERIA	Ratification	10/05/2002
NORWAY	Ratification	18/07/1962
PAKISTAN	Ratification	19/07/1948
PANAMA	Ratification	24/09/1963
PAPUA NEW GUINEA	Ratification	05/10/1992
PARAGUAY	Ratification	09/12/2003	01/01/1900
PHILIPPINES	Ratification	17/11/1952
POLAND	Ratification	21/02/1969
ROMANIA	Ratification	31/05/1966
RWANDA	Ratification	15/11/1965
SAN MARINO	Ratification	03/02/1995
SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE	Ratification	18/09/1980
SAUDI ARABIA	Ratification	25/02/1966
SENEGAL	Ratification	28/02/1961
SEYCHELLES	Ratification	22/01/1981
SINGAPORE	Ratification	04/01/1967
SOMALIA	Ratification	30/09/1964
SOUTH AFRICA	Ratification	21/09/1998
ST KITTS AND NEVIS	Adherence	20/02/2002	20/02/2002
SUDAN	Ratification	08/04/1960
SURINAME	Ratification	27/03/2003	01/01/1900
SWAZILAND	Ratification	31/01/1974
SYRIA	Ratification	23/01/1953
TANGANYIKA	Ratification	10/04/1963
THAILAND	Ratification	03/12/1957
TONGA	Ratification	05/02/2002
TUNISIA	Ratification	23/05/1961
TURKEY	Ratification	28/09/1965
TURKMENISTAN	Ratification	14/04/1993
UGANDA	Ratification	16/09/1976
UKRAINE	Ratification	21/01/2003	01/01/1900
UNITED KINGDOM	Ratification	19/01/1948
UNITED KINGDOM	Notification	19/06/1997	01/07/1997
UPPER VOLTA	Ratification	01/02/1971
URUGUAY	Ratification	20/03/1979
UZBEKISTAN	Ratification	24/02/1994
VANUATU	Ratification	31/01/1989
VENEZUELA	Ratification	03/02/1978
VIETNAM	Ratification	30/12/1957
VIETNAM	Ratification	03/02/1999
YUGOSLAVIA	Ratification	13/04/1960
YUGOSLAVIA, FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF	Adherence	13/01/2001	13/01/2001
ZAMBIA	Ratification	12/10/1965