CountryActionAction DateEffective Date
AlaskaExtension25/07/1956
ALBANIAAccession05/09/200304/12/2003
ALBANIAAccession05/09/200304/12/2003
ALGERIAAccession31/10/1963
ALGERIAReservation31/10/1963
AntiguaExtension14/01/195814/04/1958
AntillesExtension07/03/1958
AntillesExtension01/01/1986
ARGENTINASignature04/06/1954
ArubaExtension01/01/1986
AUSTRALIAAccession06/01/1967
AUSTRIASignature04/06/1954
AUSTRIARatification30/03/1956
AUSTRIADeclaration22/01/1985
AUSTRIANotification07/06/1985
BarbadosExtension16/06/195914/09/1959
BARBADOSSuccession05/03/1971
Belgian CongoExtension21/02/1955
Belgian CongoReservation21/02/1955
BELGIUMSignature04/06/1954
BELGIUMRatification21/02/1955
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINASuccession01/09/199306/03/1992
British GuianaExtension05/02/196206/05/1962
British HondurasExtension12/09/196011/12/1960
British Virgin IslandsExtension14/01/195814/04/1958
BruneiExtension14/01/195814/04/1958
BULGARIAAccession07/10/1959
BULGARIAReservation07/10/1959
BULGARIAWithdrawal Res.06/05/1994
CAMBODIASignature04/06/1954
CANADAAccession01/06/1955
CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLICAccession15/10/1962
CEYLONSignature04/06/1954
CEYLONRatification28/11/1955
CEYLONReservation28/11/1955
CHILEAccession15/08/197413/11/1974
Cook IslandsExtension17/08/196219/08/1963
COSTA RICASignature20/07/1954
COSTA RICARatification04/09/1963
CROATIASuccession31/08/199408/10/1991
CUBASignature04/06/1954
CUBARatification20/11/1963
CUBAReservation20/11/1963
CyprusExtension07/08/1957
CYPRUSSuccession16/05/1963
DENMARKAccession13/10/1955
DominicaExtension14/01/195814/04/1958
DOMINICAN REPUBLICSignature04/06/1954
ECUADORSignature04/06/1954
ECUADORRatification30/08/1962
EGYPTSignature04/06/1954
EGYPTRatification04/04/1957
EUROPEAN COMMUNITYAccession01/02/199601/05/1996
FijiExtension07/08/1957
FIJISuccession31/10/1972
FINLANDAccession21/06/1962
FRANCESignature04/06/1954
FRANCERatification24/04/1959
GERMANY FEDERAL REPUBLICSignature04/06/1954
GERMANY FEDERAL REPUBLICRatification16/09/1957
GHANAAccession16/06/1958
GibraltarExtension14/01/195814/04/1958
GrenadaExtension14/01/195814/04/1958
GUATEMALASignature04/06/1954
GUATEMALAReservation04/06/1954
HAITISignature04/06/1954
HAITIRatification12/02/1958
HawaiiExtension25/07/1956
HONDURASSignature15/06/1954
Hong KongExtension11/11/196009/02/1961
HUNGARYAccession04/05/198302/08/1983
HUNGARYReservation04/05/1983
HUNGARYDeclaration04/05/1983
INDIASignature04/06/1954
INDIARatification05/05/1958
INDIAReservation05/05/1958
IRANAccession03/04/1968
IRELAND, REPUBLIC OFAccession14/08/1967
ISRAELAccession01/08/1957
ISRAELReservation01/08/1957
ITALYSignature04/06/1954
ITALYRatification12/02/1958
ITALYStatement13/01/1960
ITALYCommunication30/11/1998
JamaicaExtension07/08/1957
JAMAICASuccession11/11/1963
JAPANSignature02/12/1954
JAPANRatification08/06/1964
JAPANObjection30/07/1992
JORDANAccession18/12/1957
KenyaExtension14/01/195814/04/1958
Land BerlinExtension16/09/1957
LIBERIAAccession16/09/200516/03/2005
LIECHTENSTEINExtension16/06/1975
LITHUANIAAccession03/01/200203/04/2003
LUXEMBOURGSignature06/12/1954
LUXEMBOURGRatification21/11/1956
MACEDONIA THE FYR OFSuccession20/12/199917/11/1991
MalayaExtension07/08/1957
MALAYASuccession07/05/1958
MALIAccession11/06/197409/09/1974
MaltaExtension07/08/1957
MaltaReservation07/08/1957
MALTASuccession03/01/1966
MALTACommunication28/02/1966
MauritiusExtension14/01/195814/04/1958
MAURITIUSSuccession18/07/196912/03/1968
MEXICOSignature04/06/1954
MEXICOReservation04/06/1954
MEXICORatification13/06/1957
MEXICOReservation13/06/1957
MONACOSignature04/06/1954
MONTENEGROSuccession23/10/200603/06/2006
MontserratExtension14/01/195814/04/1958
MOROCCOAccession25/09/1957
NEPALAccession21/09/1960
NETHERLANDS THESignature04/06/1954
NETHERLANDS THERatification07/03/1958
New GuineaExtension07/03/1958
NEW ZEALANDAccession17/08/1962
NigeriaExtension14/01/195814/04/1958
NIGERIASuccession26/06/1961
Niue IslandExtension17/08/196219/08/1963
North BorneoExtension07/08/1957
NORWAYAccession10/10/1961
PANAMASignature04/06/1954
PERUAccession16/01/1959
PHILIPPINESSignature04/06/1954
PHILIPPINESRatification09/02/1960
POLANDAccession16/03/1960
POLANDReservation16/03/1960
PORTUGALSignature04/06/1954
PORTUGALRatification18/09/1958
Portuguese Overseas ProvincesExtension18/09/1958
Puerto RicoExtension25/07/1956
ROUMANIAAccession26/01/1961
ROUMANIAReservation26/01/1961
Ruanda UrundiExtension21/02/1955
Ruanda UrundiReservation21/02/1955
RWANDASuccession01/12/1964
RWANDACommunication10/02/1965
SALVADORAccession18/06/1958
SALVADORReservation18/06/1958
SarawakExtension14/01/195814/04/1958
SAUDI ARABIAAccession23/01/200323/04/2003
SENEGALAccession19/04/197218/07/1972
SENEGALReservation19/04/1972
SeychellesExtension07/08/1957
Sierra LeoneExtension07/08/1957
SIERRA LEONESuccession13/03/1962
SingaporeExtension07/08/1957
SLOVENIASuccession06/07/199225/06/1991
SOLOMON ISLANDSSuccession03/09/1981
Solomon Islands ProtectorateExtension14/01/195814/04/1958
Somaliland ProtectorateExtension07/08/1957
SOVIET UNIONAccession17/08/1959
SOVIET UNIONReservation17/08/1959
SPAINSignature04/06/1954
SPAINRatification18/08/1958
St Christopher, Nevis and AnguillaExtension09/01/196109/04/1961
St HelenaExtension14/01/195814/04/1958
St VincentExtension14/01/195814/04/1958
SUDANAccession16/10/200314/01/2004
SurinamExtension07/03/1958
SWEDENSignature04/06/1954
SWEDENRatification11/06/1957
SWITZERLANDSignature04/06/1954
SWITZERLANDRatification23/05/1956
SWITZERLANDNotification13/01/1960
SWITZERLANDDeclaration16/06/1975
SYRIAAccession26/03/1959
TanganyikaExtension14/01/195814/04/1958
TANGANYIKAAccession28/11/1962
The GambiaExtension14/01/195814/04/1958
TongaExtension07/08/1957
TONGASuccession11/11/1977
Trinidad And TobagoExtension15/09/196114/12/1961
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGOSuccession11/04/196631/08/1962
TUNISIAAccession20/06/197418/09/1974
TUNISIAReservation20/06/1974
TURKEYAccession26/04/198325/07/1983
UgandaExtension14/01/195814/04/1958
UGANDAAccession15/04/1965
UNITED ARAB EMIRATESAccession10/01/200710/04/2007
UNITED KINGDOMSignature04/06/1954
UNITED KINGDOMRatification27/02/1956
UNITED STATES OF AMERICASignature04/06/1954
UNITED STATES OF AMERICARatification25/07/1956
UNITED STATES OF AMERICAStatement13/01/1960
URUGUAYSignature04/06/1954
VATICAN CITYSignature04/06/1954
VIETNAMAccession31/01/1956
Virgin IslandsExtension25/07/1956
YUGOSLAVIAAccession10/07/1958
YUGOSLAVIAStatement13/01/1960
YUGOSLAVIA, FEDERAL REPUBLIC OFSuccession12/03/200127/04/1992
ZanzibarExtension07/08/1957