Country	Action	Action Date	Effective Date
AFGHANISTAN	Ratification	15/03/1956
ALGERIA	Ratification	29/11/1965
ANDORRA	Adherence	25/02/2001	25/02/2001
ANGOLA	Ratification	10/04/1977
ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA	Ratification	17/10/1988
ARGENTINA	Ratification	21/09/1956
AUSTRALIA	Ratification	22/04/1955
AUSTRIA	Ratification	13/04/1956
BAHAMAS	Ratification	25/07/1975
BAHRAIN	Ratification	01/11/1971
BELARUS	Ratification	24/07/1996
BELGIUM	Ratification	28/01/1955
BOLIVIA	Ratification	23/05/1956
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA	Succession	07/03/1995
BOTSWANA	Ratification	28/03/2001	28/03/2001
BRAZIL	Ratification	17/06/1959
BRUNEI DARUSSALAM	Ratification	25/08/2000
BULGARIA	Ratification	16/12/1969
BURMA	Ratification	16/08/1957
CAMEROON	Ratification	14/11/1961
CANADA	Ratification	04/11/1954
CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC	Ratification	22/05/1962
CEYLON	Ratification	06/01/1955
CHAD	Ratification	28/08/1964
CHILE	Ratification	20/12/1967
CHINA	Ratification	16/02/1956
CHINA	Ratification	28/02/1974
CONGO, PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF	Ratification	26/05/1962
COSTA RICA	Ratification	05/07/1960
CROATIA	Ratification	05/10/1993
CUBA	Ratification	29/10/1962
CYPRUS	Ratification	05/07/1989
CZECH REPUBLIC	Ratification	15/04/1993
CZECHOSLOVAKIA	Ratification	21/02/1957
DENMARK	Ratification	04/06/1955
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC	Ratification	28/12/1954
ECUADOR	Ratification	11/01/1965
EGYPT	Ratification	15/03/1955
EL SALVADOR	Ratification	13/02/1980
ERITREA	Ratification	06/06/1995
ESTONIA	Ratification	21/08/1992
ETHIOPIA	Ratification	25/10/1954
FIJI	Ratification	04/04/1973
FINLAND	Ratification	30/12/1954
FRANCE	Ratification	21/09/1964
GAMBIA THE	Ratification	25/01/1978
GERMAN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC	Ratification	29/06/1990
GERMANY FEDERAL REPUBLIC	Ratification	27/04/1959
GHANA	Ratification	15/08/1961
GREECE	Ratification	12/12/1956
GUATEMALA	Ratification	06/10/1959
GUINEA	Ratification	26/06/1959
HONDURAS	Ratification	01/06/1955
HONG KONG SAR	Application	05/06/1997	01/07/1997
HUNGARY	Ratification	30/10/1970
ICELAND	Ratification	05/07/1955
INDIA	Ratification	19/01/1955
INDONESIA	Ratification	18/10/1955
IRAN	Ratification	19/02/1973
IRAQ	Ratification	25/03/1955
IRELAND, REPUBLIC OF	Ratification	04/01/1955
ISRAEL	Ratification	13/05/1957
ITALY	Ratification	24/03/1958
IVORY COAST	Ratification	20/03/1961
JAMAICA	Ratification	18/10/1963
JAPAN	Ratification	21/06/1956
KENYA	Ratification	31/05/1964
KOREA DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF	Ratification	27/06/1978
KOREA REPUBLIC OF	Ratification	23/05/1957
LAOS	Ratification	04/06/1956
LEBANON	Ratification	20/08/1973
LESOTHO	Ratification	11/09/1975
LIBYA	Ratification	06/12/1956
LUXEMBOURG	Ratification	17/03/1955
MACEDONIA THE FYR OF	Ratification	03/09/1997
MALAGASY REPUBLIC	Ratification	07/12/1962
MALAWI	Ratification	30/11/1964
MALAYSIA	Ratification	28/03/1961
MALI	Ratification	10/01/1961
MALTA	Ratification	25/05/1965
MAURITANIA	Ratification	02/04/1962
MAURITIUS	Ratification	01/09/1970
MEXICO	Ratification	13/05/1955
MOLDOVA REPUBLIC OF	Ratification	22/12/1994
MOROCCO	Ratification	21/06/1957
NAURU	Ratification	03/09/1975
NEPAL	Ratification	09/06/1997
NETHERLANDS THE	Ratification	31/05/1955
NEW ZEALAND	Ratification	08/06/1956
NICARAGUA	Ratification	09/07/1962
NIGER	Ratification	08/04/1988
NORWAY	Ratification	18/04/1956
OMAN	Ratification	27/04/1999
PAKISTAN	Ratification	21/10/1955
PANAMA	Ratification	24/09/1963
PAPUA NEW GUINEA	Ratification	25/07/1979
PERU	Ratification	25/09/1957
PHILIPPINES	Ratification	27/07/1955
POLAND	Ratification	23/05/1962
PORTUGAL	Ratification	20/09/1955
ROMANIA	Ratification	31/05/1966
RWANDA	Ratification	15/11/1965
SAN MARINO	Ratification	03/02/1995
SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE	Ratification	18/09/1980
SAUDI ARABIA	Ratification	25/02/1966
SENEGAL	Ratification	28/02/1961
SEYCHELLES	Ratification	22/01/1981
SINGAPORE	Ratification	04/01/1967
SLOVAK REPUBLIC	Succession	20/03/1995	01/01/1993
SLOVENIA	Ratification	08/03/2000
SOMALIA	Ratification	30/09/1964
SOUTH AFRICA	Ratification	24/05/1956
SOVIET UNION	Ratification	04/05/1971
SPAIN	Ratification	06/06/1955
ST KITTS AND NEVIS	Adherence	20/06/2002
SUDAN	Ratification	08/04/1960
SURINAME	Ratification	27/03/2003	01/01/1900
SWAZILAND	Ratification	31/01/1974
SWEDEN	Ratification	08/07/1955
SWITZERLAND	Ratification	17/04/1956
SYRIA	Ratification	08/03/1956
TANGANYIKA	Ratification	10/04/1963
THAILAND	Ratification	18/07/1956
TONGA	Ratification	20/02/2002
TUNISIA	Ratification	16/01/1961
TURKEY	Ratification	23/12/1955
TURKMENISTAN	Ratification	14/04/1993
UGANDA	Ratification	16/09/1976
UKRAINE	Ratification	21/01/2003	01/01/1900
UNITED KINGDOM	Signature	14/06/1954
UNITED KINGDOM	Ratification	17/02/1955
UNITED KINGDOM	Notification	19/06/1997	01/07/1997
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA	Ratification	22/05/1956
UPPER VOLTA	Ratification	01/02/1971
URUGUAY	Ratification	20/03/1979
UZBEKISTAN	Ratification	24/02/1994
VANUATU	Ratification	31/01/1989
VENEZUELA	Ratification	06/07/1956
VIETNAM	Ratification	30/12/1957
VIETNAM	Ratification	03/02/1999
YUGOSLAVIA	Ratification	20/06/1961
YUGOSLAVIA, FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF	Adherence	13/01/2001	13/01/2001
ZAIRE	Ratification	23/08/1962
ZAMBIA	Ratification	12/10/1965