Country	Action	Action Date	Effective Date
Aden Colony	Extension	14/12/1948
AFGHANISTAN	Accession	11/09/1956	11/10/1956
ALBANIA	Accession	29/07/1957	28/08/1957
ALGERIA	Objection	01/01/1905
Algeria	Extension	05/12/1949
ALGERIA	Accession	04/04/1963	04/05/1963
Anglo-Egyptian Sudan	Application	13/04/1955
Angola	Extension	15/01/1951
ANGOLA	Accession	16/03/1977	15/04/1977
Antarctic Territory	Extension	16/06/1955
Antigua	Extension	24/09/1953
ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA	Accession	16/11/1988	16/12/1988
Antilles	Extension		01/01/1986
ARGENTINA	Signature	11/10/1947
ARGENTINA	Ratification	02/01/1951	01/02/1951
ARMENIA	Accession	16/09/1992	16/10/1992
Aruba	Extension		01/01/1986
AUSTRALIA	Signature	11/10/1947
AUSTRALIA	Ratification	14/03/1949	23/03/1950
AUSTRIA	Accession	23/02/1955	24/03/1955
AZERBAIJAN	Accession	27/12/1993	26/01/1994
Azores	Extension	15/01/1951
Bahamas	Extension	24/09/1953
Bahamas	Extension	24/06/1970
BAHAMAS	Accession	29/11/1973	29/12/1973
BAHRAIN	Accession	21/04/1980	21/05/1980
BANGLADESH	Accession	24/08/1973	23/09/1973
Barbados	Extension	24/09/1953
BARBADOS	Accession	22/03/1967	21/04/1967
Basutoland	Extension	14/12/1948
Bechuanaland	Extension	14/12/1948
Belgian Congo	Extension	11/10/1947
BELGIUM	Signature	11/10/1947
BELGIUM	Ratification	02/02/1951	04/03/1951
BELIZE	Accession	25/05/1982	24/06/1982
Bermuda	Extension	14/12/1948
BHUTAN	Accession	11/02/2003
BOLIVIA	Accession	15/05/1954	14/06/1954
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA	Accession	01/06/1994	01/07/1994
BOTSWANA	Accession	16/10/1967	15/11/1967
BRAZIL	Signature	11/10/1947
BRAZIL	Ratification	15/03/1950	14/04/1950
British Caribbean Territories	Extension	24/09/1953
British Guiana	Extension	24/09/1953
British Honduras	Extension	24/09/1953
British Solomon Islands	Extension	14/12/1948
British Virgin Islands	Extension	24/09/1953
Brunei	Extension	14/12/1948
BRUNEI DARUSSALAM	Accession	26/11/1984	26/12/1984
BULGARIA	Accession	12/03/1952	11/04/1952
BURKINA FASO	Accession	31/10/1960	30/11/1960
BURMA	Signature	11/10/1947
BURMA	Ratification	19/08/1949	23/03/1950
BURUNDI	Accession	30/10/1962	29/11/1962
BYELORUSSIA S S R	Accession	12/04/1948	23/03/1950
CAMBODIA	Accession	08/11/1955	08/12/1955
CAMEROON	Accession	17/12/1960	16/01/1961
CANADA	Signature	11/10/1947
CANADA	Ratification	28/07/1950	27/08/1950
CAPE VERDE	Accession	21/10/1975	20/11/1975
Cape Verde Islands	Extension	15/01/1951
CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC	Accession	28/06/1961	28/07/1961
CEYLON	Accession	23/05/1951	22/06/1951
CHAD	Accession	02/02/1961	04/03/1961
CHILE	Signature	11/10/1947
CHILE	Ratification	09/05/1957	08/06/1957
CHINA P R	Ratification	09/02/1973	11/03/1973
CHINA P R	Reservation	09/02/1973
COLOMBIA	Signature	11/10/1947
COLOMBIA	Ratification	05/01/1962	04/02/1962
Comoro Islands	Extension	19/04/1971
COMOROS	Accession	19/03/1976	18/04/1976
CONGO, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF	Accession	05/11/1960	05/12/1960
CONGO, REPUBLIC OF	Accession	21/11/1960	21/12/1960
COOK ISLANDS	Accession	18/10/1995	17/11/1995
COSTA RICA	Accession	16/12/1960	15/01/1961
CROATIA	Accession	09/10/1992	08/11/1992
CUBA	Signature	11/10/1947
CUBA	Ratification	04/03/1952	03/04/1952
Curacao	Extension	12/09/1951
CYPRUS	Objection	01/01/1905
CYPRUS	Accession	11/04/1963	11/05/1963
CZECH REPUBLIC	Accession	25/01/1993	24/02/1993
CZECHOSLOVAKIA	Signature	11/10/1947
CZECHOSLOVAKIA	Ratification	26/07/1949
DAHOMEY	Accession	14/04/1961	14/05/1961
DENMARK	Signature	11/10/1947
DENMARK	Ratification	10/07/1951	09/08/1951
DJIBOUTI	Accession	30/06/1978	30/07/1978
Dominica	Extension	24/09/1953
DOMINICA, COMMONWEALTH OF	Accession	21/02/1980	22/03/1980
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC	Signature	11/10/1947
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC	Ratification	15/09/1949	23/03/1950
ECUADOR	Signature	11/10/1947
ECUADOR	Ratification	07/06/1951	07/07/1951
EGYPT	Signature	11/10/1947
EGYPT	Ratification	10/01/1950	23/03/1950
EGYPT	Reservation	10/01/1950
EL SALVADOR	Accession	27/05/1955
ERITREA	Accession	08/07/1993	07/08/1993
ESTONIA	Accession	21/08/1992	20/09/1992
ETHIOPIA	Accession	03/12/1953	02/01/1954
Falkland Island Dependencies	Extension	14/12/1948
Falkland Islands	Extension	14/12/1948
Fiji	Extension	14/12/1948
FIJI	Accession	18/03/1980	17/04/1980
FINLAND	Signature	11/10/1947
FINLAND	Ratification	07/01/1949	23/03/1950
FRANCE	Signature	11/10/1947
FRANCE	Ratification	05/12/1949	23/03/1950
FRANCE	Objection	01/01/1951
FRANCE	Statement	01/01/1974
French Cameroons	Extension	05/12/1949
French Equatorial Africa	Extension	05/12/1949
French Guiana	Extension	05/12/1949
French Indo-china	Extension	05/12/1949
French Polynesia	Extension	05/12/1949
French Somaliland	Extension	05/12/1949
French Terr Of Afars And Issas	Extension	05/12/1949
French Togoland	Extension	05/12/1949
French West Africa	Extension	05/12/1949
French West Indies	Extension	05/12/1949
GABON	Objection	01/01/1905
GABON	Accession	05/06/1961	05/07/1961
GAMBIA THE	Accession	02/10/1978	01/11/1978
GEORGIA	Accession	01/09/1993	01/10/1993
GERMAN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC	Statement	01/01/1905
GERMAN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC	Accession	23/05/1973	22/06/1973
GERMANY FEDERAL REPUBLIC	Statement	01/01/1905
GERMANY FEDERAL REPUBLIC	Accession	10/06/1954	10/07/1954
GERMANY FEDERAL REPUBLIC	Letter	03/10/1990
GHANA	Accession	06/05/1957	05/06/1957
Gibraltar	Extension	14/12/1948
Gilbert And Ellice Islands	Extension	14/12/1948
Gold Coast	Extension	14/12/1948
GREECE	Signature	11/10/1947
GREECE	Ratification	20/01/1950	23/03/1950
Greenland	Extension	10/07/1951
Grenada	Extension	24/09/1953
GUATEMALA	Signature	11/10/1947
GUATEMALA	Ratification	21/03/1952	20/04/1952
GUATEMALA	Objection	17/09/1982
Guinea	Extension	25/03/1954
GUINEA	Accession	27/03/1959	26/04/1959
GUINEA BISSAU	Accession	15/12/1977	14/01/1978
GUYANA	Accession	22/11/1966	22/12/1966
HAITI	Accession	14/08/1951	13/09/1951
HONDURAS	Accession	10/10/1960	09/11/1960
Hong Kong	Extension	14/12/1948
HUNGARY	Signature	11/10/1947
HUNGARY	Ratification	15/02/1951	17/03/1951
ICELAND	Signature	11/10/1947
ICELAND	Ratification	16/01/1948	23/03/1950
INDIA	Signature	11/10/1947
INDIA	Ratification	27/04/1949	23/03/1950
INDONESIA	Accession	16/11/1950	16/12/1950
IRAN	Accession	30/09/1959	30/10/1959
IRAQ	Accession	21/02/1950	23/03/1950
IRELAND, REPUBLIC OF	Signature	11/10/1947
IRELAND, REPUBLIC OF	Ratification	14/03/1950	13/04/1950
ISRAEL	Accession	30/09/1949	23/03/1950
ITALY	Signature	11/10/1947
ITALY	Ratification	09/01/1951	08/02/1951
IVORY COAST	Accession	31/10/1960	30/11/1960
Jamaica	Extension	24/09/1953
JAMAICA	Accession	29/05/1963	28/06/1963
JAPAN	Accession	11/08/1953	10/09/1953
JORDAN	Accession	11/07/1955	10/08/1955
KAZAKHSTAN	Accession	05/05/1993	04/06/1993
Kenya	Extension	14/12/1948
KENYA	Accession	02/06/1964	02/07/1964
KIRIBATI	Accession	23/03/2003
KOREA DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF	Accession	27/05/1975	26/06/1975
KOREA REPUBLIC OF	Accession	15/02/1956	16/03/1956
KUWAIT	Accession	01/12/1962	31/12/1962
KYRGYZSTAN	Accession	20/07/1994	19/08/1994
Land Berlin	Extension	21/12/1954
LAOS	Accession	01/06/1955	01/07/1955
LATVIA	Accession	15/05/1992	14/06/1992
LEBANON	Accession	22/12/1948	23/03/1950
Leeward Islands	Extension	24/09/1953
LESOTHO	Accession	03/08/1979	02/09/1979
LIBERIA	Accession	07/02/1974	09/03/1974
LIBYA	Accession	29/12/1955	28/01/1956
LITHUANIA	Accession	03/06/1992	03/07/1992
LUXEMBOURG	Accession	29/10/1952	28/11/1952
Macao	Extension	15/01/1951
MACEDONIA THE FYR OF	Accession	01/06/1993	01/07/1993
Madagascar	Extension	05/12/1949
Madeira	Extension	15/01/1951
MALAGASY REPUBLIC	Accession	15/12/1960	14/01/1961
MALAWI	Accession	15/02/1965	17/03/1965
Malaya	Extension	14/12/1948
MALAYA	Accession	19/05/1958	18/06/1958
MALDIVES	Accession	01/06/1978	01/07/1978
MALI	Accession	11/11/1960	11/12/1960
Malta	Extension	14/12/1948
MALTA	Accession	28/12/1976	27/01/1977
MAURITANIA	Accession	23/01/1962	22/02/1962
Mauritius	Extension	14/12/1948
Mauritius	Notification	25/11/1958	26/11/1958
MAURITIUS	Accession	17/07/1969	16/08/1969
MEXICO	Signature	11/10/1947
MEXICO	Ratification	27/05/1949	23/03/1950
MICRONESIA	Accession	20/09/1995	20/10/1995
MOLDOVA REPUBLIC OF	Accession	21/11/1994	21/12/1994
MONACO	Accession	09/04/1996
MONGOLIA	Accession	04/04/1963	04/05/1963
MONTENEGRO	Accession	06/12/2006
Montserrat	Extension	24/09/1953
Morocco	Extension	05/12/1949
Morocco	Extension	25/03/1954
MOROCCO	Accession	03/01/1957	02/02/1957
Morocco	Notification	24/05/1957
Mozambique	Extension	15/01/1951
MOZAMBIQUE	Accession	21/06/1976	21/07/1976
NAMIBIA	Accession	06/02/1991	08/03/1991
Nauru	Extension	26/10/1950
NEPAL	Accession	12/08/1966	11/09/1966
NETHERLANDS THE	Signature	11/10/1947
NETHERLANDS THE	Ratification	12/09/1951	12/10/1951
New Caledonia	Extension	05/12/1949
New Guinea	Withdrawal	01/01/1905	01/05/1964
New Guinea	Extension	26/10/1950
New Guinea	Extension	12/09/1951
New Hebrides	Extension	01/09/1953
New Hebrides Condominium	Extension	01/09/1953
NEW ZEALAND	Signature	11/10/1947
NEW ZEALAND	Ratification	02/04/1948	23/03/1950
NICARAGUA	Accession	27/02/1959	29/03/1959
NIGER	Accession	28/10/1960	27/11/1960
Nigeria	Extension	14/12/1948
NIGERIA	Accession	30/11/1960	30/12/1960
NIUE	Accession	31/05/1996
Norfolk Island	Extension	26/10/1950
North Borneo	Extension	14/12/1948
Northern Rhodesia	Extension	14/12/1948
NORWAY	Signature	11/10/1947
NORWAY	Ratification	09/12/1948	23/03/1950
Nyasaland	Extension	14/12/1948
Oceanic Colonies	Extension	05/12/1949
OMAN	Accession	03/01/1975	02/02/1975
PAKISTAN	Signature	11/10/1947
PAKISTAN	Ratification	11/04/1950	11/05/1950
PANAMA	Accession	12/09/1967	12/10/1967
Papua	Extension	26/10/1950
PAPUA NEW GUINEA	Accession	15/12/1975	14/01/1976
PARAGUAY	Signature	11/10/1947
PARAGUAY	Ratification	15/09/1950	15/10/1950
PERU	Accession	30/12/1949	23/03/1950
PHILIPPINES	Signature	11/10/1947
PHILIPPINES	Ratification	05/04/1949	23/03/1950
POLAND	Signature	11/10/1947
POLAND	Ratification	16/05/1950	15/06/1950
PORTUGAL	Signature	11/10/1947
PORTUGAL	Ratification	15/01/1951	14/02/1951
Portuguese Guinea	Extension	15/01/1951
Portuguese State Of India	Extension	15/01/1951
Portuguese Timor	Extension	15/01/1951
QATAR	Accession	04/04/1975	04/05/1975
Reunion	Extension	05/12/1949
ROUMANIA	Accession	18/08/1948	23/03/1950
Ruanda Urundi	Extension	02/02/1951
Ruanda Urundi	Membership	28/04/1959
RWANDA	Accession	04/02/1963	06/03/1963
RWANDA	Objection	01/01/1966
Saar	Extension	05/12/1949
Saar	Notification	26/04/1957
SAINT LUCIA	Accession	02/03/1981	01/04/1981
SALVADOR	Accession	27/05/1955	26/06/1955
SAMOA	Accession	11/07/1995
Sao Tome And Principe	Extension	15/01/1951
SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE	Accession	23/11/1976	23/12/1976
Sarawak	Extension	14/12/1948
SAUDI ARABIA	Accession	26/02/1959	28/03/1959
SENEGAL	Accession	11/11/1960	11/12/1960
Seychelles	Extension	14/12/1948
Seychelles	Extension	18/09/1964
SEYCHELLES	Accession	15/02/1977	17/03/1977
SIAM	Signature	11/10/1947
SIAM	Ratification	11/07/1949	23/03/1950
Sierra Leone	Extension	01/01/1905	23/12/1960
Sierra Leone	Extension	14/12/1948
SIERRA LEONE	Accession	30/03/1962	29/04/1962
Singapore	Extension	14/12/1948
SINGAPORE	Accession	24/01/1966	23/02/1966
SLOVAK REPUBLIC	Accession	11/02/1993	13/03/1993
SLOVENIA	Accession	20/08/1992	19/09/1992
SOLOMON ISLANDS	Accession	06/05/1985	05/06/1985
SOMALIA	Accession	02/03/1964	01/04/1964
Somaliland	Extension	02/11/1953
SOUTH AFRICA	Signature	11/10/1947
SOUTH AFRICA	Ratification	17/01/1950	23/03/1950
SOUTH AFRICA	Notification	20/12/1976
Southern Rhodesia	Extension	14/12/1948
Southern Rhodesia	Extension	11/08/1964
SOVIET UNION	Accession	02/04/1948	23/03/1950
SOVIET UNION	Notification	01/01/1974
SOVIET UNION	Communication	25/12/1991
SPAIN	Accession	27/02/1951	29/03/1951
Spanish West Africa	Extension	27/02/1951
St Lucia	Extension	24/09/1953
St Pierre and Miquelon	Withdrawal	01/01/1905	28/09/1977
St Pierre and Miquelon	Extension	05/12/1949
St Pierre and Miquelon	Extension	19/04/1971
St Vincent	Extension	24/09/1953
St. Christopher And Nevis	Extension	24/09/1953
SUDAN	Accession	03/12/1956	02/01/1957
Surinam	Extension	12/09/1951
SURINAME	Accession	26/07/1976	25/08/1976
Swaziland	Extension	14/12/1948
SWAZILAND	Accession	02/11/1982	02/12/1982
SWAZILAND	Letter	25/09/1985
SWEDEN	Signature	11/10/1947
SWEDEN	Ratification	10/11/1948	23/03/1950
SWITZERLAND	Signature	11/10/1947
SWITZERLAND	Ratification	23/02/1949	23/03/1950
SYRIA	Accession	16/07/1952	15/08/1952
SYRIA	Confirmation	23/10/1961
TAIWAN	Signature	11/10/1947
TAIWAN	Ratification	02/03/1951	01/04/1951
TAJIKISTAN	Accession	10/08/1993	09/09/1993
Tanganyika	Extension	14/12/1948
TANGANYIKA	Accession	14/09/1962	14/10/1962
The Gambia	Extension	14/12/1948
The Gambia	Extension	23/12/1960	23/12/1960
TOGO	Accession	28/10/1960	27/11/1960
TOGO	Objection	01/01/1966
TONGA	Accession	25/02/1996
Trinidad And Tobago	Extension	24/09/1953
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO	Accession	01/02/1963	03/03/1963
Tunisia	Extension	05/12/1949
TUNISIA	Accession	22/01/1957	21/02/1957
TURKEY	Signature	11/10/1947
TURKEY	Ratification	05/08/1949	23/03/1950
TURKMENISTAN	Accession	04/12/1992	03/01/1993
Uganda	Extension	14/12/1948
UGANDA	Accession	15/03/1963	14/04/1963
UKRAINE S S R	Accession	12/04/1948	23/03/1950
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES	Accession	17/12/1986	16/01/1987
UNITED KINGDOM	Statement	01/01/1905
UNITED KINGDOM	Signature	11/10/1947
UNITED KINGDOM	Ratification	14/12/1948
UNITED KINGDOM	Ratification	14/12/1948	23/03/1950
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA	Statement	01/01/1905
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA	Signature	11/10/1947
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA	Ratification	04/05/1949	23/03/1950
UPPER VOLTA	Accession	31/10/1960
URUGUAY	Signature	11/10/1947
URUGUAY	Ratification	11/01/1951	10/02/1951
UZBEKISTAN	Accession	23/12/1992	22/01/1993
Valleys Of Andorra	Extension	05/12/1949
Valleys Of Andorra	Extension	13/04/1951
VANUATU	Accession	24/06/1982	24/07/1982
VENEZUELA	Accession	16/06/1950	16/07/1950
VIETNAM D R	Accession	08/07/1975	07/08/1975
VIETNAM D R	Reservation	08/07/1975	07/08/1975
VIETNAM, REPUBLIC OF	Accession	02/03/1955	01/04/1955
VIETNAM, SOCIALIST REP OF	Accession	08/07/1975	16/08/1976
VIETNAM, SOCIALIST REP OF	Notification	29/07/1976
WESTERN SAMOA	Accession	11/07/1995	10/08/1995
Windward Islands	Extension	24/09/1953
YEMEN ARAB REPUBLIC	Accession	08/06/1971
YEMEN ARAB REPUBLIC	Notification	19/05/1990
YEMEN, REPUBLIC OF	Accession	28/01/1969	27/02/1969
YUGOSLAVIA	Signature	11/10/1947
YUGOSLAVIA	Ratification	07/12/1948	23/03/1950
YUGOSLAVIA	Objection	01/01/1968
YUGOSLAVIA, FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF	Accession	21/02/2001
ZAMBIA	Accession	28/12/1964	27/01/1965
Zanzibar	Extension	14/12/1948
ZIMBABWE	Accession	12/01/1981	11/02/1981