Country	Action	Action Date	Effective Date
ANGOLA	Succession	22/04/1994	11/11/1975
Antilles	Extension	01/01/1986	01/01/1986
Aruba	Extension	01/01/1986	01/01/1986
AUSTRALIA	Signature	13/08/1949
AUSTRALIA	Acceptance	16/09/1949	28/03/1950
AUSTRALIA	Application	04/08/1975	03/09/1975
BAHRAIN	Succession	17/01/1994	15/08/1971
BANGLADESH	Accession	16/12/1972
BELGIUM	Signature	13/08/1949
BELGIUM	Acceptance	16/09/1949	28/03/1950
BELIZE	Succession	07/10/1983	21/01/1981
BOLIVIA	Participation	09/08/1990	08/09/1990
BRAZIL	Signature	13/08/1949
BRAZIL	Acceptance	16/09/1949	28/03/1950
BRUNEI DARUSSALAM	Succession	03/01/1994	31/12/1983
BURMA	Signature	13/08/1949
BURMA	Acceptance	08/10/1951
CANADA	Signature	13/08/1949
CANADA	Acceptance	16/09/1949	28/03/1950
CEYLON	Signature	13/08/1949
CEYLON	Acceptance	12/09/1950
CHILE	Acceptance	24/09/1952
CHINA	Signature	13/08/1949
COSTA RICA	Participation	25/10/1990	24/11/1990
CUBA	Signature	29/09/1950
CZECH REPUBLIC	Participation	15/03/1994	16/04/1993
CZECHOSLOVAKIA	Signature	13/08/1949
CZECHOSLOVAKIA	Acceptance	08/12/1949
DJIBOUTI	Succession	17/04/1995	16/12/1994
DOMINICA, COMMONWEALTH OF	Succession	20/04/1993	03/11/1978
EL SALVADOR	Participation	22/05/1991
FRANCE	Signature	13/08/1949
FRANCE	Acceptance	16/09/1949
GREECE	Signature	13/08/1949
GREECE	Acceptance	07/02/1950
GRENADA	Succession	09/02/1994	07/02/1974
GUATEMALA	Participation	10/09/1991	10/10/1991
GUINEA BISSAU	Succession	22/04/1994	10/09/1974
HAITI	Signature	13/08/1949
HAITI	Acceptance	30/09/1949
HONDURAS	Accession	11/03/1994	10/04/1994
HUNGARY	Accession	08/09/1973
INDIA	Signature	13/08/1949
INDIA	Acceptance	16/09/1949	28/03/1950
INDONESIA	Signature	13/08/1949
INDONESIA	Acceptance	24/09/1950
ITALY	Signature	13/08/1949
ITALY	Acceptance	30/04/1950
LEBANON	Signature	13/08/1949
LEBANON	Acceptance	16/09/1949
LESOTHO	Succession	08/01/1988	04/10/1966
LIBERIA	Signature	13/08/1949
LIBERIA	Acceptance	20/04/1950
LIECHTENSTEIN	Accession	22/04/1994	23/09/1994
LUXEMBOURG	Signature	13/08/1949
LUXEMBOURG	Acceptance	13/03/1950
Macao	Succession	11/01/1991	11/01/1991
MALI	Succession	11/01/1993	20/06/1960
MOROCCO	Accession	17/06/1987
MOZAMBIQUE	Succession	27/07/1992	25/06/1975
NAMIBIA	Succession	15/09/1992	21/03/1990
NETHERLANDS THE	Signature	13/08/1949
NETHERLANDS THE	Acceptance	28/03/1950
NETHERLANDS THE	Extension	01/01/1986	01/01/1986
NEW ZEALAND	Signature	13/08/1949
NEW ZEALAND	Acceptance	20/12/1949
NORWAY	Signature	13/08/1949
NORWAY	Acceptance	25/11/1949
PAKISTAN	Signature	13/08/1949
PAKISTAN	Acceptance	21/12/1949
Papua New Guinea	Extension	04/08/1975	03/09/1975
PAPUA NEW GUINEA	Accession	17/04/1995	16/12/1994
PARAGUAY	Participation	07/12/1993	06/01/1994
QATAR	Succession	22/04/1994	03/09/1971
SAINT LUCIA	Succession	13/04/1993	22/02/1979
SINGAPORE	Succession	08/10/1973	09/08/1965
SLOVAK REPUBLIC	Participation	16/03/1993	01/01/1993
SLOVENIA	Participation	30/09/1994	30/10/1994
SOLOMON ISLANDS	Succession	28/12/1994	07/07/1978
SOUTH AFRICA	Signature	13/08/1949
SOUTH AFRICA	Acceptance	18/05/1950
Southern Rhodesia	Signature	13/08/1949
Southern Rhodesia	Acceptance	16/09/1949	28/03/1950
ST KITTS AND NEVIS	Succession	22/04/1994	19/09/1983
ST VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES	Succession	18/05/1993	27/10/1979
SURINAME	Succession	25/02/1978	25/11/1975
SWAZILAND	Succession	08/02/1993	06/09/1968
SWEDEN	Signature	13/08/1949
SWEDEN	Acceptance	31/03/1950
SYRIA	Signature	13/08/1949
SYRIA	Acceptance	19/06/1950
TUNISIA	Participation	20/07/1990	19/08/1990
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES	Succession	08/03/1994	01/12/1971
UNITED KINGDOM	Signature	13/08/1949
UNITED KINGDOM	Acceptance	16/09/1949	28/03/1950
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA	Signature	13/08/1949
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA	Acceptance	12/01/1950
VENEZUELA	Participation	31/08/1990