CountryActionAction DateEffective Date
ALBANIAAcceptance24/05/1993
ALGERIAAcceptance31/10/1963
ANGOLAAcceptance06/06/1977
ANTIGUA AND BARBUDAAcceptance13/01/198613/01/1986
AntillesExtension01/01/1986
ARGENTINASignature06/03/1948
ARGENTINAAcceptance18/06/1953
ArubaExtension01/01/1986
AUSTRALIASignature06/03/1948
AUSTRALIAAcceptance13/02/1952
AUSTRIAAcceptance02/04/1975
AZERBAIJANAcceptance15/05/199515/05/1995
BAHAMASAcceptance22/07/1976
BAHRAINAcceptance22/09/1976
BAHRAINDeclaration22/09/1976
BANGLADESHAcceptance27/05/1976
BARBADOSAcceptance07/01/1970
BELGIUMSignature06/03/1948
BELGIUMAcceptance09/08/1951
BELIZEAcceptance13/09/199013/09/1990
BELIZEAcceptance06/05/1997
BENINAcceptance19/03/1980
BOLIVIAAcceptance06/07/198706/07/1987
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINAAcceptance16/07/1993
BRAZILAcceptance04/03/1963
BRUNEI DARUSSALAMAcceptance31/12/1984
BULGARIAAcceptance05/04/1960
BURMAAcceptance06/07/1951
CAMBODIAAcceptance03/01/1961
CAMBODIADeclaration03/01/1961
CAMBODIACommunication31/01/1962
CAMEROONAcceptance01/05/1961
CANADAAcceptance15/10/1948
CAPE VERDEAcceptance24/08/1976
CEYLONAcceptance06/04/1972
CEYLONDeclaration06/04/1972
CHILESignature06/03/1948
CHILEAcceptance17/02/1972
CHINAAcceptance01/03/1973
CHINACommunication25/08/1987
CHINACommunication19/03/1990
COLOMBIASignature06/03/1948
COLOMBIAAcceptance19/11/1974
COMOROSAcceptance03/08/200103/08/2001
CONGO, PEOPLES REPUBLIC OFAcceptance05/09/1975
COOK ISLANDSAcceptance18/07/200818/07/2008
COSTA RICAAcceptance04/03/1981
CUBAAcceptance06/05/1966
CUBADeclaration06/05/1966
CYPRUSAcceptance21/11/1973
CZECH REPUBLICAcceptance18/06/1993
CZECHOSLOVAKIAAcceptance01/10/1963
DENMARKAcceptance03/06/1959
DENMARKDeclaration03/06/1959
DENMARKNotification03/12/2002
DJIBOUTIAcceptance20/02/1979
DOMINICA, COMMONWEALTH OFAcceptance18/12/1979
DOMINICAN REPUBLICAcceptance25/08/1953
ECUADORAcceptance12/07/1956
ECUADORDeclaration12/07/1956
EGYPTSignature06/03/1948
EGYPTAcceptance17/03/1958
EL SALVADORAcceptance12/02/1981
EQUATORIAL GUINEAAcceptance06/09/1972
ERITREAAcceptance31/08/1993
ESTONIAAcceptance31/01/1992
ETHIOPIAAcceptance03/07/1975
Faroe IslandsApplication03/12/200218/12/2002
FIJIAcceptance14/03/1983
FINLANDSignature06/03/1948
FINLANDRatification21/04/1959
FINLANDStatement21/04/1959
FRANCESignature06/03/1948
FRANCEAcceptance09/04/1952
FRANCECommunication23/07/1962
FRANCEStatement10/12/1973
GABONAcceptance01/04/1976
GAMBIA THEAcceptance11/01/1979
GEORGIAAcceptance22/06/1993
GERMAN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLICAcceptance25/09/1973
GERMANY FEDERAL REPUBLICDefinitive Signature07/01/1959
GERMANY FEDERAL REPUBLICStatement07/12/1973
GHANAAcceptance06/07/1959
GREECESignature06/03/1948
GREECEAcceptance31/12/1958
GREECEStatement31/12/1958
GREECECommunication14/03/1962
GRENADAAcceptance03/12/199803/12/1998
GUATEMALAAcceptance16/03/1983
GUINEAAcceptance03/12/1975
GUINEA BISSAUAcceptance06/12/1977
GUYANAAcceptance13/05/198013/05/1980
HAITIAcceptance23/06/1953
HONDURASSignature13/04/1954
HONDURASAcceptance23/08/1954
HONG KONG SARApplication27/05/199701/07/1997
HUNGARYAcceptance10/06/1970
ICELANDAcceptance08/11/1960
ICELANDDeclaration08/11/1960
INDIASignature06/03/1948
INDIAAcceptance06/01/1959
INDIADeclaration06/01/1959
IndonesiaExtension03/10/1949
IndonesiaNotification12/07/1951
INDONESIAAcceptance18/01/1961
INDONESIAStatement18/01/1961
INDONESIACommunication30/10/1961
INDONESIACommunication21/01/1962
INDONESIACommunication28/03/1962
INDONESIAWithdrawal09/10/1965
INDONESIAAcceptance29/09/1966
IRANSignature10/06/1954
IRANAcceptance02/01/1958
IRAQAcceptance28/08/1973
IRAQDeclaration28/08/1973
IRELAND, REPUBLIC OFSignature06/03/1948
IRELAND, REPUBLIC OFAcceptance26/02/1951
ISRAELAcceptance24/04/1952
ISRAELObjection28/11/1973
ISRAELObjection23/12/1976
ISRAELObjection25/07/1980
ITALYSignature06/03/1948
ITALYAcceptance28/01/1957
IVORY COASTAcceptance04/11/1960
JAMAICAAcceptance11/05/1976
JAPANAcceptance17/03/1958
JORDANAcceptance09/11/1973
KAZAKHSTANAcceptance11/03/199411/03/1994
KENYAAcceptance22/08/1973
KIRIBATIAcceptance28/10/200328/10/2003
KOREA DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OFAcceptance16/04/198616/04/1986
KOREA REPUBLIC OFAcceptance10/04/1962
KUWAITAcceptance05/07/1960
Land BerlinExtension07/01/1959
LATVIAAcceptance01/03/1993
LEBANONSignature06/03/1948
LEBANONAcceptance03/05/1966
LIBERIASignature09/03/1954
LIBERIAAcceptance06/01/1959
LIBYAAcceptance16/02/1970
LITHUANIAAcceptance07/12/199507/12/1995
LUXEMBOURGAcceptance14/02/1991
MacaoExtension02/02/199002/02/1990
MacaoExtension02/02/199020/12/1999
MACEDONIA THE FYR OFAcceptance13/10/1993
MALAGASY REPUBLICAcceptance08/03/1961
MALAWIAcceptance19/01/198919/01/1989
MALAYSIACommunication03/06/1971
MALAYSIAAcceptance17/06/1971
MALAYSIADeclaration17/06/1971
MALDIVESAcceptance31/05/1967
MALTADefinitive Signature22/06/1966
MARSHALL ISLANDSAcceptance26/03/199826/03/1998
MAURITANIAAcceptance08/05/1961
MAURITIUSAcceptance18/05/1978
MEXICOAcceptance21/09/1954
MEXICOReservation21/09/1954
MOLDOVA REPUBLIC OFAcceptance12/12/200112/12/2001
MONACOAcceptance22/12/198922/12/1989
MONGOLIAAcceptance11/12/1996
MONTENEGROAcceptance10/10/200610/10/2006
MOROCCOAcceptance30/07/1962
MOROCCODeclaration30/07/1962
MOZAMBIQUEAcceptance17/01/1979
NAMIBIAAcceptance27/10/1994
NEPALAcceptance31/01/1979
NETHERLANDS THESignature06/03/1948
NETHERLANDS THEAcceptance31/03/1949
NETHERLANDS THEDeclaration25/06/1999
NEW ZEALANDAcceptance09/11/1960
NICARAGUAAcceptance17/03/1982
NIGERIAAcceptance15/03/1962
NORWAYAcceptance29/12/1958
NORWAYDeclaration29/12/1958
NORWAYCommunication30/11/1961
OMANAcceptance30/01/1974
PAKISTANAcceptance21/11/1958
PALAUAcceptance08/09/201108/09/2011
PANAMAAcceptance31/12/1958
PAPUA NEW GUINEAAcceptance06/05/1976
PARAGUAYAcceptance15/03/1993
PERUAcceptance15/04/1968
PHILIPPINESAcceptance09/11/1964
POLANDSignature06/03/1948
POLANDAcceptance16/03/1960
PORTUGALSignature06/03/1948
PORTUGALAcceptance17/03/1976
QATARAcceptance19/05/1977
ROMANIAAcceptance28/04/1965
SAINT LUCIAAcceptance10/04/1980
SAN MARINOAcceptance12/03/2002
SAO TOME AND PRINCIPEAcceptance09/07/199009/07/1990
SAUDI ARABIAAcceptance25/02/1969
SENEGALAcceptance07/11/1960
SEYCHELLESAcceptance13/06/1978
SIERRA LEONEAcceptance14/03/1973
SINGAPOREAcceptance17/01/1966
SLOVAK REPUBLICAcceptance24/03/199324/03/1993
SLOVENIAAcceptance10/02/1993
SOLOMON ISLANDSAcceptance27/06/198827/06/1988
SOMALIAAcceptance04/04/1978
SOVIET UNIONAcceptance24/12/1958
SOVIET UNIONCommunication16/04/1974
SPAINAcceptance23/01/1962
SPAINDeclaration23/01/1962
ST KITTS AND NEVISAcceptance08/10/200108/10/2001
ST VINCENT AND THE GRENADINESAcceptance29/04/1981
SUDANAcceptance05/07/1974
SurinamExtension03/10/1949
SURINAMEAcceptance14/10/1976
SWEDENAcceptance27/04/1959
SWEDENDeclaration27/04/1959
SWITZERLANDSignature06/03/1948
SWITZERLANDAcceptance20/07/1955
SWITZERLANDReservation20/07/1955
SYRIAAcceptance28/01/1963
TAIWANAcceptance01/07/1958
TANZANIAAcceptance08/01/1974
THAILANDAcceptance20/09/1973
TOGOAcceptance20/06/1983
TONGAAcceptance23/02/200023/02/2000
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGOAcceptance27/04/1965
TUNISIAAcceptance23/05/1963
TURKEYSignature06/03/1948
TURKEYAcceptance25/03/1958
TURKEYDeclaration25/03/1958
UGANDAAccession30/06/200930/06/2009
UKRAINEAcceptance28/03/199428/03/1994
UNITED ARAB EMIRATESAcceptance04/03/1980
UNITED ARAB EMIRATESDeclaration04/03/1980
UNITED KINGDOMSignature06/03/1948
UNITED KINGDOMAcceptance14/02/1949
UNITED KINGDOMCommunication14/09/1961
UNITED KINGDOMCommunication03/07/1962
UNITED KINGDOMCommunication06/08/1964
UNITED KINGDOMCommunication04/03/1965
UNITED KINGDOMStatement10/12/1973
UNITED KINGDOMCommunication25/08/1987
UNITED STATES OF AMERICASignature06/03/1948
UNITED STATES OF AMERICAAcceptance17/08/1950
UNITED STATES OF AMERICAReservation17/08/1950
UNITED STATES OF AMERICAStatement17/08/1950
UNITED STATES OF AMERICACommunication05/09/1962
UNITED STATES OF AMERICAStatement10/12/1973
URUGUAYDefinitive Signature10/05/1968
VANUATUAcceptance21/10/198621/10/1986
VENEZUELAAcceptance27/10/1975
VIETNAMAcceptance12/06/1984
VIETNAMDeclaration12/06/1984
West IndiesExtension03/10/1949
YEMEN ARAB REPUBLICAcceptance14/03/1979
YEMEN, PEOPLES'S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OFAcceptance02/06/1980
YEMEN, PEOPLES'S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OFDeclaration02/06/1980
YUGOSLAVIAAcceptance12/02/1960
YUGOSLAVIADeclaration12/02/1960
YUGOSLAVIAAcceptance11/12/200011/12/2000
ZAIREAcceptance16/08/1973