Country	Action	Action Date	Effective Date
Antigua	Extension	05/02/1957	07/03/1957
Antilles	Extension	03/05/1955
Aruba	Extension	01/01/1986	01/01/1986
AUSTRALIA	Accession	06/01/1956
AUSTRALIA	Declaration	12/01/1956
AUSTRIA	Accession	08/06/1956
Barbados	Extension	05/02/1997	07/03/1957
Belgian Congo	Extension	28/08/1957
BELGIUM	Signature	30/06/1953
BELGIUM	Ratification	28/08/1957
BELGIUM	Declaration	28/08/1957
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA	Succession	12/01/1994	06/03/1992
British Guiana	Extension	05/02/1997	07/02/1998
British Honduras	Extension	06/02/1971
British Virgin Islands	Accession	05/02/1957	07/03/1957
CANADA	Accession	12/06/1974	12/07/1974
CEYLON	Accession	28/10/1959
CEYLON	Withdrawal Res.	29/01/1963
Cook Islands	Extension	19/04/1957
CROATIA	Succession	31/08/1994	08/10/1991
CUBA	Accession	26/04/1976	26/05/1976
CUBA	Reservation	26/04/1976
Cyprus	Extension	05/02/1957	07/03/1957
CZECH REPUBLIC	Succession	02/06/1993	01/01/1993
CZECHOSLOVAKIA	Accession	12/01/1955
DENMARK	Accession	05/10/1955
Dominica	Extension	05/02/1957	07/03/1957
EGYPT	Accession	29/09/1955
Falkland Islands	Extension	05/02/1957	07/03/1957
Fiji	Extension	05/02/1957	07/03/1957
FIJI	Succession	31/10/1972
FINLAND	Accession	27/05/1954
FRANCE	Accession	07/02/1964	08/03/1964
GERMANY FEDERAL REPUBLIC	Signature	12/06/1953
GERMANY FEDERAL REPUBLIC	Accession	02/09/1955
GERMANY FEDERAL REPUBLIC	Declaration	02/09/1955
GHANA	Accession	07/04/1958
Gibraltar	Extension	05/02/1957	07/02/1957
Gold Coast	Extension	05/02/1957	07/03/1957
GREECE	Signature	12/06/1953
GREECE	Ratification	10/02/1955
Grenada	Extension	05/02/1957	07/03/1957
GUINEA	Accession	08/05/1962
HAITI	Accession	12/02/1958
Hong Kong	Extension	05/02/1957	07/03/1957
HUNGARY	Accession	03/06/1957
ICELAND	Accession	28/04/1977	28/05/1977
INDIA	Accession	03/08/1954
INDONESIA	Accession	21/04/1954
IRAN	Accession	11/06/1970
IRELAND, REPUBLIC OF	Accession	23/04/1959
Isle of Man	Extension	21/10/1955
ISRAEL	Accession	08/10/1957
ITALY	Accession	20/02/1958
Jamaica	Extension	05/02/1957	07/03/1957
JAPAN	Accession	02/08/1955
Kenya	Extension	05/02/1957	07/03/1957
KENYA	Succession	03/09/1965
KOREA REPUBLIC OF	Accession	12/06/1978	12/07/1978
Land Berlin	Extension	02/09/1955
LIBERIA	Accession	16/09/2005	16/10/2005
LIECHTENSTEIN	Confirmation	04/12/1954
LUXEMBOURG	Extension	09/09/1957
Malay States, Federated	Extension	05/02/1957	07/03/1957
Malta	Extension	05/02/1957	07/03/1957
MALTA	Succession	21/09/1964
Mauritius	Extension	05/02/1957	07/03/1957
MAURITIUS	Succession	12/03/1968
MEXICO	Accession	07/11/2000	07/12/2000
MEXICO	Reservation	07/11/2000
MONTENEGRO	Succession	23/10/2006	03/06/2006
Montserrat	Extension	05/02/1957	07/03/1957
NETHERLANDS THE	Accession	03/05/1955
NETHERLANDS THE	Declaration	03/05/1955
NETHERLANDS THE	Declaration	01/01/1986
Netherlands West Indies	Extension	05/02/1957	07/03/1957
New Guinea	Extension	12/01/1955
New Guinea	Extension	03/05/1955
NEW ZEALAND	Accession	19/04/1957
NEW ZEALAND	Declaration	19/04/1957
Nigeria	Extension	05/02/1957	07/03/1957
Niue Island	Extension	19/04/1957
North Borneo	Extension	05/02/1957	07/03/1957
NORWAY	Accession	02/11/1954
PAKISTAN	Accession	12/10/1953
Papua	Extension	12/01/1956
POLAND	Accession	18/02/1960
PORTUGAL	Accession	24/09/1956
Rhodesia And Nyasaland	Accession	30/04/1956
ROMANIA	Accession	15/11/1968	15/12/1968
Ruanda Urundi	Extension	28/08/1957
RWANDA	Succession	01/12/1964
Sarawak	Extension	05/02/1957	07/03/1957
Seychelles	Extension	05/02/1957	07/03/1957
Sierra Leone	Extension	05/02/1957	07/03/1957
Singapore	Extension	05/02/1957	07/03/1957
SLOVAK REPUBLIC	Succession	28/05/1993	01/01/1993
SLOVENIA	Succession	03/11/1992	25/06/1991
SLOVENIA	Communication	23/11/1992
Somaliland Protectorate	Extension	05/02/1957	07/03/1957
SPAIN	Accession	09/09/1954
SPAIN	Withdrawal Res.	17/06/1959
St Christopher, Nevis and Anguilla	Extension	05/02/1957	07/03/1957
St Helena	Extension	05/02/1957	07/03/1957
St Lucia	Extension	05/02/1957	07/03/1957
St Vincent	Extension	05/02/1957	07/03/1957
Surinam	Extension	03/05/1955
SWEDEN	Signature	30/06/1953
SWEDEN	Ratification	23/02/1955
SWITZERLAND	Accession	04/12/1954
Tanganyika	Extension	05/02/1957	07/03/1957
TANGANYIKA	Accession	28/11/1962
THAILAND	Accession	30/11/1994	30/12/1994
The Gambia	Extension	05/02/1957	07/03/1957
Tokelau Islands	Extension	19/04/1957
Tonga	Extension	05/02/1957	07/03/1957
TONGA	Succession	11/11/1977
Trinidad And Tobago	Extension	05/02/1957	07/03/1957
TURKEY	Accession	08/12/1956
Uganda	Extension	05/02/1957	07/03/1957
UGANDA	Accession	15/04/1965	15/05/1965
UGANDA	Reservation	15/04/1965
UGANDA	Notification	01/09/1965
UNITED KINGDOM	Signature	30/06/1953
UNITED KINGDOM	Ratification	21/10/1955
UNITED KINGDOM	Declaration	21/10/1955
UNITED KINGDOM	Declaration	05/02/1957	07/03/1957
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA	Signature	28/05/1953
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA	Ratification	17/09/1957
Western Samoa	Extension	19/04/1957
YUGOSLAVIA	Accession	29/05/1956
YUGOSLAVIA, FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF	Succession	12/03/2001	27/04/1992
ZAIRE	Succession	31/05/1962
Zanzibar	Extension	05/02/1957	07/03/1957