Country	Action	Action Date	Effective Date
AFGHANISTAN	Signature	08/12/1949
AFGHANISTAN	Ratification	26/09/1956
ALBANIA	Signature	12/12/1949
ALBANIA	Ratification	27/05/1957
ALBANIA	Reservation	27/05/1957
ALGERIA	Accession	20/06/1960
ANDORRA	Accession	17/09/1993	17/03/1994
ANGOLA	Accession	20/09/1984	20/03/1985
ANGOLA	Reservation	20/09/1984
ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA	Succession	06/10/1986	01/11/1981
ARGENTINA	Signature	08/12/1949
ARGENTINA	Ratification	18/09/1956
ARMENIA	Accession	07/06/1993	07/12/1993
AUSTRALIA	Signature	04/01/1950
AUSTRALIA	Ratification	14/10/1958
AUSTRIA	Signature	12/08/1949
AUSTRIA	Ratification	27/08/1953
AZERBAIJAN	Accession	01/06/1993	01/12/1993
BAHAMAS	Succession	11/07/1975	10/07/1973
BAHRAIN	Accession	30/11/1971	30/05/1972
BANGLADESH	Succession	04/04/1972
BARBADOS	Succession	10/09/1968	30/11/1966
Belgian Congo	Extension	09/09/1952
BELGIUM	Signature	08/12/1949
BELGIUM	Ratification	09/09/1952
BELIZE	Accession	29/06/1984	29/12/1984
BENIN	Succession	09/01/1962
BHUTAN	Succession	10/01/1991	10/07/1991
BOLIVIA	Signature	08/12/1949
BOLIVIA	Ratification	10/12/1976	10/06/1977
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA	Succession	31/12/1992	06/03/1992
BOTSWANA	Accession	29/03/1968
BRAZIL	Signature	08/12/1949
BRAZIL	Ratification	29/06/1957
BRAZIL	Declaration	03/12/1973
BRAZIL	Declaration	21/02/1974
BRUNEI DARUSSALAM	Accession	14/10/1991	14/04/1992
BULGARIA	Signature	28/12/1949
BULGARIA	Ratification	22/07/1954
BULGARIA	Declaration	22/07/1954
BURUNDI	Succession	27/12/1971	01/07/1962
BYELORUSSIA S S R	Signature	12/12/1949
BYELORUSSIA S S R	Ratification	03/08/1954
BYELORUSSIA S S R	Declaration	03/08/1954
CAMBODIA	Accession	08/12/1958
CAMEROON	Succession	01/01/1960	01/01/1960
CANADA	Signature	08/12/1949
CANADA	Ratification	14/05/1965
CAPE VERDE	Accession	11/05/1984	11/11/1984
CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC	Succession	13/08/1960
CEYLON	Signature	08/12/1949
CEYLON	Ratification	28/02/1959
CHAD	Accession	05/08/1970	05/02/1971
CHILE	Signature	12/08/1949
CHILE	Ratification	12/10/1950
CHINA	Signature	10/12/1949
CHINA	Ratification	28/12/1956
CHINA	Reservation	28/12/1956
COLOMBIA	Signature	12/08/1949
COLOMBIA	Ratification	23/10/1961	08/11/1961
COMOROS	Accession	21/11/1985	21/05/1986
CONGO, REPUBLIC OF	Succession	15/08/1960
CONGO, REPUBLIC OF	Notification	30/01/1967
COOK ISLANDS	Succession	07/05/2002	11/06/2001
COSTA RICA	Accession	15/10/1969	15/04/1970
CROATIA	Succession	11/05/1992	08/10/1991
CUBA	Signature	12/08/1949
CUBA	Ratification	15/04/1954
CYPRUS	Accession	23/05/1962
CZECH REPUBLIC	Succession	05/02/1993	01/01/1993
CZECHOSLOVAKIA	Signature	08/12/1949
CZECHOSLOVAKIA	Ratification	19/12/1950
CZECHOSLOVAKIA	Reservation	19/12/1950
DENMARK	Signature	12/08/1949
DENMARK	Ratification	27/06/1951
DJIBOUTI	Succession	06/03/1978	27/06/1977
DOMINICA, COMMONWEALTH OF	Succession	28/09/1981	03/11/1978
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC	Accession	22/01/1958
ECUADOR	Signature	12/08/1949
ECUADOR	Ratification	11/08/1954
EGYPT	Signature	08/12/1949
EGYPT	Ratification	10/11/1952
EL SALVADOR	Signature	08/12/1949
EQUATORIAL GUINEA	Accession	24/07/1986	24/01/1987
ESTONIA	Accession	18/01/1993	18/07/1993
ETHIOPIA	Signature	08/12/1949
ETHIOPIA	Ratification	02/10/1969	02/04/1970
FIJI	Succession	09/08/1971	10/10/1970
FINLAND	Signature	08/12/1949
FINLAND	Ratification	08/12/1949	22/02/1955
FRANCE	Signature	08/12/1949
FRANCE	Ratification	28/06/1951
GABON	Succession	17/08/1960	17/08/1960
GAMBIA THE	Succession	18/02/1965
GEORGIA	Accession	14/09/1993	14/03/1994
GERMAN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC	Accession	30/11/1956
GERMAN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC	Declaration	03/12/1973
GERMANY FEDERAL REPUBLIC	Accession	03/09/1954
GERMANY FEDERAL REPUBLIC	Declaration	03/12/1954
GERMANY FEDERAL REPUBLIC	Declaration	03/12/1973
GERMANY FEDERAL REPUBLIC	Declaration	21/02/1974
GHANA	Accession	02/08/1958
GREECE	Signature	22/12/1949
GREECE	Ratification	05/06/1956
GRENADA	Succession	13/04/1981	07/02/1974
GUATEMALA	Signature	12/08/1949
GUATEMALA	Ratification	14/05/1952
GUINEA	Accession	11/07/1984	11/01/1984
GUINEA BISSAU	Accession	21/02/1974
GUINEA BISSAU	Reservation	21/02/1974
GUYANA	Succession	22/07/1968	26/05/1966
HAITI	Accession	11/04/1957
HONDURAS	Accession	31/12/1965
HUNGARY	Signature	08/12/1949
HUNGARY	Ratification	03/08/1954
HUNGARY	Reservation	03/08/1954
ICELAND	Accession	19/08/1965
INDIA	Signature	16/12/1949
INDIA	Ratification	09/11/1950
INDONESIA	Accession	30/09/1958
IRAN	Signature	08/12/1949
IRAN	Ratification	20/02/1957
IRAQ	Accession	14/02/1956
IRELAND, REPUBLIC OF	Signature	19/12/1949
IRELAND, REPUBLIC OF	Ratification	27/09/1962
ISRAEL	Signature	08/12/1949
ISRAEL	Ratification	06/07/1951
ISRAEL	Declaration	10/02/1978
ITALY	Signature	08/12/1949
ITALY	Ratification	17/12/1951
IVORY COAST	Succession	28/12/1961
JAMAICA	Succession	06/08/1962	06/08/1962
JAPAN	Accession	21/04/1953
JORDAN	Accession	29/05/1951
KAZAKHSTAN	Succession	05/05/1992	21/12/1991
KAZAKHSTAN	Notification	18/03/2004	01/01/1900
KENYA	Accession	20/09/1966
KIRIBATI	Succession	05/01/1989	12/07/1979
KOREA DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF	Accession	27/08/1957
KOREA DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF	Reservation	27/08/1957
KOREA REPUBLIC OF	Accession	16/08/1966
KUWAIT	Accession	02/09/1967
KYRGYZSTAN	Succession	18/09/1992	21/12/1992
KYRGYZSTAN	Notification	03/08/2000
Land Berlin	Extension	03/12/1954
LAOS	Accession	29/10/1956
LATVIA	Accession	24/12/1991	24/06/1992
LEBANON	Signature	08/12/1949
LEBANON	Ratification	10/04/1951
LESOTHO	Succession	20/05/1968	04/10/1966
LIBERIA	Accession	29/03/1954
LIBYA	Accession	22/05/1956
LIECHTENSTEIN	Signature	12/08/1949
LIECHTENSTEIN	Ratification	21/09/1950	21/03/1951
LITHUANIA	Accession	03/10/1996	03/04/1997
LUXEMBOURG	Signature	08/12/1949
LUXEMBOURG	Ratification	01/07/1953
MACEDONIA THE FYR OF	Succession	01/09/1993	08/09/1991
MACEDONIA THE FYR OF	Declaration	18/10/1996
MADAGASCAR	Succession	19/07/1963	26/06/1960
MALAWI	Accession	05/01/1968
MALAYA	Accession	24/08/1962
MALDIVES	Accession	18/06/1991	18/12/1991
MALI	Succession	24/05/1965
MALTA	Succession	22/08/1968	21/09/1964
MARSHALL ISLANDS	Accession	01/06/2004	01/12/2004
MAURITANIA	Succession	30/10/1962
MAURITIUS	Accession	18/08/1970	12/03/1968
MEXICO	Signature	08/12/1949
MEXICO	Ratification	29/10/1952	29/04/1953
MOLDOVA REPUBLIC OF	Accession	24/05/1993	24/11/1993
MONACO	Signature	12/08/1949
MONACO	Ratification	05/07/1950	05/01/1951
MONGOLIA	Accession	20/12/1958
MONGOLIA	Declaration	03/12/1973
MONGOLIA	Declaration	21/02/1974
MONTENEGRO	Accession	02/08/2006	02/02/2007
MOROCCO	Accession	26/07/1956
MOZAMBIQUE	Accession	14/03/1983	14/09/1983
MYANMAR	Accession	25/08/1992	25/02/1993
NAMIBIA	Accession	18/10/1983	18/04/1984
NAMIBIA	Succession	22/08/1991	21/03/1990
NEPAL	Accession	07/08/1964	07/08/1964
NETHERLANDS THE	Signature	08/12/1949
NETHERLANDS THE	Ratification	03/08/1954
NEW ZEALAND	Signature	11/02/1950
NEW ZEALAND	Ratification	02/05/1959
NEW ZEALAND	Declaration	02/03/1976
NICARAGUA	Signature	12/08/1949
NICARAGUA	Ratification	17/12/1953
NIGER	Succession	16/05/1964	03/08/1960
NIGERIA	Succession	01/10/1960
NORWAY	Signature	12/08/1949
NORWAY	Ratification	03/08/1951
OMAN	Accession	31/01/1974	31/07/1974
PAKISTAN	Signature	12/08/1949
PAKISTAN	Ratification	12/06/1951
PALAU	Accession	25/06/1995	25/12/1996
PANAMA	Accession	10/02/1956
PAPUA NEW GUINEA	Succession	26/05/1976	16/09/1975
PARAGUAY	Signature	10/12/1949
PARAGUAY	Ratification	23/10/1961
PERU	Signature	12/08/1949
PERU	Ratification	15/02/1956
PHILIPPINES	Signature	08/12/1949
PHILIPPINES	Ratification	06/10/1952
POLAND	Signature	08/12/1949
POLAND	Ratification	26/11/1954
POLAND	Reservation	26/11/1954
POLAND	Declaration	03/12/1973
POLAND	Declaration	21/02/1974
POLAND	Withdrawal Res.	22/09/2004	01/01/1900
PORTUGAL	Signature	08/12/1949
PORTUGAL	Ratification	14/03/1961
PORTUGAL	Declaration	03/12/1973
PORTUGAL	Declaration	21/02/1974
QATAR	Accession	15/10/1975	15/04/1976
ROMANIA	Withdrawal Res.	24/06/2002
ROUMANIA	Signature	12/08/1949
ROUMANIA	Ratification	01/06/1954
ROUMANIA	Reservation	01/06/1954
ROUMANIA	Declaration	03/12/1973
Ruanda Urundi	Extension	09/09/1952
RUSSIAN FEDERATION	Declaration	13/01/1992
RWANDA	Succession	05/05/1964	01/07/1962
SAINT CHRISTOPHER AND NEVIS	Succession	14/02/1986	19/09/1983
SAINT LUCIA	Succession	18/09/1981	22/02/1979
SAN MARINO	Accession	29/08/1953
SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE	Accession	21/05/1976	21/11/1976
SAUDI ARABIA	Accession	18/05/1963
SENEGAL	Succession	20/08/1960
SEYCHELLES	Accession	08/11/1984	08/05/1985
SIERRA LEONE	Succession	27/04/1961	27/04/1961
SINGAPORE	Accession	27/04/1973	27/10/1973
SLOVAK REPUBLIC	Succession	02/04/1992	01/01/1993
SLOVENIA	Succession	26/03/1992	25/06/1991
SOLOMON ISLANDS	Accession	01/06/1981	07/07/1978
SOMALIA	Accession	12/07/1962
SOMALIA	Declaration	18/07/1963	12/01/1963
SOUTH AFRICA	Accession	31/03/1952
SOUTH AFRICA	Declaration	02/03/1984
SOUTH VIETNAM, PROV. REV. GOVT. OF REP.	Accession	03/12/1973	03/12/1973
SOUTH VIETNAM, PROV. REV. GOVT. OF REP.	Declaration	03/12/1973
SOVIET UNION	Signature	12/12/1949
SOVIET UNION	Ratification	10/05/1954
SOVIET UNION	Reservation	10/05/1954
SOVIET UNION	Declaration	03/12/1973
SPAIN	Signature	08/12/1949
SPAIN	Ratification	04/08/1952
ST VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES	Accession	01/04/1981	01/10/1981
SUDAN	Accession	23/09/1957
SURINAME	Succession	13/10/1976	25/11/1975
SWAZILAND	Accession	28/06/1973	28/12/1973
SWEDEN	Signature	28/12/1953
SWEDEN	Ratification	28/12/1953
SWITZERLAND	Signature	12/08/1949
SWITZERLAND	Ratification	31/03/1950	21/10/1950
SWITZERLAND	Declaration	03/12/1973
SWITZERLAND	Declaration	21/02/1974
SYRIA	Signature	12/08/1949
SYRIA	Ratification	02/11/1953
TAJIKISTAN	Succession	13/01/1993	21/12/1991
TAJIKISTAN	Communication	11/12/2002
TANGANYIKA	Succession	18/01/1963
THAILAND	Accession	29/12/1954
TOGO	Succession	11/01/1962
TONGA	Succession	13/04/1978	04/06/1970
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO	Accession	24/09/1963
TUNISIA	Succession	04/05/1957
TURKEY	Signature	12/08/1949
TURKEY	Ratification	10/02/1954
TURKMENISTAN	Accession	10/04/1992	21/12/1992
TUVALU	Succession	19/02/1981	01/10/1978
UGANDA	Accession	18/05/1964	18/11/1964
UK Responsibility Territories	Application	23/09/1957
UKRAINE	Signature	12/12/1949
UKRAINE	Ratification	03/08/1954
UKRAINE	Reservation	03/08/1954
UKRAINE	Declaration	03/12/1973
UKRAINE	Notification	30/06/2006	15/08/2006
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES	Accession	10/05/1972	10/11/1972
UNITED KINGDOM	Signature	08/12/1949
UNITED KINGDOM	Ratification	23/09/1957	23/03/1958
UNITED KINGDOM	Declaration	23/09/1957
UNITED KINGDOM	Declaration	14/12/1971
UNITED KINGDOM	Declaration	19/11/1975
UNITED KINGDOM	Declaration	04/07/1976
UNITED KINGDOM	Declaration	28/03/1985
UNITED KINGDOM	Notification	13/06/1997	01/07/1997
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA	Signature	12/08/1949
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA	Ratification	02/08/1955
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA	Declaration	03/12/1973
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA	Declaration	21/02/1974
UPPER VOLTA	Succession	07/11/1961
URUGUAY	Signature	12/08/1949
URUGUAY	Ratification	05/03/1969
UZBEKISTAN	Accession	08/10/1993	08/04/1994
VANUATU	Accession	27/10/1982	27/04/1983
VATICAN CITY	Signature	08/08/1949
VATICAN CITY	Ratification	22/02/1951	22/08/1951
VENEZUELA	Signature	12/08/1949
VENEZUELA	Ratification	13/02/1956
VIETNAM	Accession	14/11/1953
VIETNAM D R	Accession	28/06/1957
VIETNAM D R	Reservation	28/06/1957
VIETNAM, REPUBLIC OF	Declaration	03/12/1973
WESTERN SAMOA	Succession	23/08/1984	01/01/1962
YEMEN ARAB REPUBLIC	Accession	16/07/1970	16/01/1971
YEMEN, PEOPLES'S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF	Accession	25/05/1977	25/11/1977
YUGOSLAVIA	Signature	10/02/1950
YUGOSLAVIA	Ratification	21/04/1950	21/10/1950
YUGOSLAVIA	Reservation	21/04/1950
YUGOSLAVIA, FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF	Succession	16/10/2001	27/04/1992
YUGOSLAVIA, FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF	Declaration	16/10/2001
ZAIRE	Accession	30/06/1960
ZAMBIA	Accession	19/10/1966
ZIMBABWE	Accession	07/03/1983	07/09/1983