CountryActionAction DateEffective Date
ALBANIAAcceptance04/06/200204/06/2002
ARGENTINAAcceptance28/04/1972
ArubaExtension01/01/198601/01/1986
AUSTRALIAAcceptance01/11/1973
AUSTRIAAcceptance16/09/1954
BELARUSRatification12/07/200112/07/2001
BELGIUMAcceptance01/09/1953
BRAZILAcceptance27/01/1972
BRAZILDenunciation13/05/197730/06/1978
BRAZILAcceptance23/02/200123/02/2001
BULGARIAAcceptance22/04/199922/04/1999
BURKINA FASOAcceptance16/10/201316/11/2013
BURKINA FASOAcceptance16/10/201316/10/2013
BURKINA FASOAcceptance16/10/201316/10/2013
CANADAAcceptance07/10/1968
Caribbean part of the NetherlandsDeclaration18/10/201018/10/2010
CHILEAcceptance25/04/1986
CHINAAcceptance03/07/1987
CHINAStatement14/07/1999
COSTA RICAAcceptance27/01/201127/01/2011
CROATIASuccession12/06/199512/06/1995
CYPRUSAcceptance08/10/1984
CYPRUSDeclaration01/07/200301/01/1900
CZECHOSLOVAKIAAcceptance29/05/1968
DENMARKAcceptance26/02/1954
ECUADORAcceptance02/11/200702/11/2007
ECUADORNotification02/11/2007
ESTONIAAccession13/05/199813/05/1998
EUROPEAN COMMUNITYNotification
EUROPEAN COMMUNITYAcceptance03/04/200703/04/2007
EUROPEAN COMMUNITYDeclaration03/04/200703/04/2007
EUROPEAN COMMUNITYNotification04/07/200704/07/2007
FINLANDAcceptance02/12/1955
FRANCEAcceptance20/04/1964
GEORGIAAccession28/05/200128/05/2001
GEORGIADeclaration28/05/2001
GERMANY FEDERAL REPUBLICAcceptance14/12/1955
GREECEAcceptance26/08/1955
GREECECommunication30/11/1993
HUNGARYAcceptance06/01/1987
ICELANDAcceptance14/11/200301/01/1900
ICELANDCommunication08/07/200401/01/1900
IRELANDAcceptance26/08/1955
ISRAELAcceptance24/09/1964
ITALYAcceptance26/06/1957
JAPANAcceptance27/06/1957
JORDANAccession13/06/200113/06/2001
KOREA REPUBLIC OFAcceptance20/08/199720/08/1997
LATVIAAcceptance11/08/199211/08/1992
LITHUANIAAcceptance23/10/200123/10/2001
LUXEMBOURGAcceptance12/03/1956
MACEDONIA THE FYR OFSuccession23/09/199320/09/1993
MACEDONIA THE FYR OFNotification31/12/1993
MALAYSIAAcceptance02/10/200202/10/2002
MALTAAcceptance30/01/199530/01/1995
MAURITIUSAcceptance19/01/201119/01/2011
MEXICOAcceptance18/03/1986
MONACOAcceptance08/08/199608/08/1996
MONTENEGROSuccession01/03/200703/06/2006
MOROCCOAcceptance06/09/199306/09/1993
Netherlands AntillesExtension25/09/1954
NETHERLANDS THEAcceptance25/09/1954
NEW ZEALANDAcceptance05/02/200205/02/2002
NEW ZEALANDDeclaration05/02/2002
NORWAYAcceptance15/07/1955
PANAMAAcceptance29/05/200229/05/2002
PARAGUAYAcceptance28/06/200528/06/2005
PARAGUAYNotification18/07/2006
PERUAccession29/01/200129/01/2001
PHILIPPINESNotification14/07/201014/07/2010
POLANDAcceptance29/05/1984
PORTUGALAcceptance08/12/1953
PORTUGALDeclaration13/08/1999
ROMANIAAcceptance10/04/199110/04/1991
RUSSIAN FEDERATIONAcceptance06/12/200106/12/2001
RUSSIAN FEDERATIONDeclaration02/07/200301/01/1900
SERBIADeclaration09/06/200605/06/2006
SINGAPOREAcceptance09/04/201409/04/2014
SLOVAK REPUBLICSuccession26/04/199301/01/1993
SLOVAK REPUBLICSuccession01/06/199326/04/1993
SLOVAK REPUBLICNotification02/07/1993
SLOVENIANotification08/06/1992
SLOVENIASuccession15/11/199218/06/1992
SOUTH AFRICAAcceptance14/02/200214/02/2002
SPAINAcceptance08/12/1953
SRI LANKAAcceptance27/09/2001
SRI LANKADeclaration12/12/2001
SURINAMEExtension25/09/1954
SURINAMEAcceptance07/10/1977
SWEDENAcceptance09/12/1953
SWITZERLANDAcceptance06/05/1957
TURKEYAcceptance26/08/1955
UKRAINEAcceptance03/12/200301/01/1900
UNITED ARAB REPUBLICAcceptance24/04/1961
UNITED KINGDOMAcceptance03/01/195515/07/1955
UNITED STATES OF AMERICAAcceptance15/10/1964
URUGUAYAcceptance27/07/1983
VENEZUELAAcceptance25/07/1979
VIETNAMAcceptance10/04/201310/04/2013
YUGOSLAVIAAcceptance09/10/1958
YUGOSLAVIA, FEDERAL REPUBLIC OFSuccession01/05/200127/04/1992
YUGOSLAVIA, FEDERAL REPUBLIC OFAcceptance01/06/200126/04/2001
YUGOSLAVIA, FEDERAL REPUBLIC OFNotification11/04/200304/02/2003
ZAMBIAAcceptance17/05/201317/05/2013