Country	Action	Action Date	Effective Date
ANGOLA	Succession	22/04/1994	11/11/1925
Antilles	Extension	01/01/1986	01/01/1986
Aruba	Extension	01/01/1986	01/01/1986
AUSTRALIA	Signature	07/07/1950
AUSTRALIA	Declaration	04/08/1975	03/09/1975
BAHRAIN	Succession	17/01/1994	15/08/1971
BANGLADESH	Accession	16/12/1972
BELGIUM	Signature	03/04/1950
BELIZE	Succession	07/09/1983	21/09/1981
BOLIVIA	Participation	09/08/1990	08/09/1990
BRAZIL	Signature	30/07/1951
BURMA	Signature	01/10/1951
BURUNDI	Succession	03/01/1994	31/12/1983
CANADA	Signature	23/06/1950
CEYLON	Signature	20/09/1950
CHILE	Signature	24/09/1952
COSTA RICA	Participation	25/10/1990	24/11/1990
CUBA	Signature	29/09/1950
CZECH REPUBLIC	Participation	15/03/1993	16/04/1993
CZECHOSLOVAKIA	Signature	25/09/1950
DENMARK	Signature	24/04/1950
DJIBOUTI	Succession	17/04/1995	16/12/1994
DOMINICA, COMMONWEALTH OF	Succession	20/04/1993	03/11/1978
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC	Signature	19/04/1950
EL SALVADOR	Participation	22/05/1991
FINLAND	Signature	25/04/1950
FRANCE	Signature	03/04/1950
GREECE	Signature	08/09/1950
GRENADA	Succession	09/02/1994	07/02/1974
GUATEMALA	Participation	10/09/1991	10/10/1991
GUINEA BISSAU	Succession	22/04/1994	10/09/1974
HAITI	Signature	06/10/1950
HONDURAS	Participation	11/03/1994	10/04/1994
HUNGARY	Accession	09/09/1973
INDIA	Signature	25/08/1950
INDONESIA	Signature	03/04/1950
ITALY	Signature	30/04/1950
LESOTHO	Succession	08/01/1988	04/10/1966
LIBERIA	Signature	01/06/1950
LIECHTENSTEIN	Accession	22/04/1994	29/03/1994
LUXEMBOURG	Signature	03/04/1950
Macao	Succession	11/01/1991	11/01/1991
MALI	Succession	11/01/1993	20/06/1960
MOROCCO	Accession	17/06/1987
MOZAMBIQUE	Succession	27/07/1992	25/06/1975
NAMIBIA	Succession	15/09/1992	21/03/1990
NETHERLANDS THE	Signature	24/07/1950
NETHERLANDS THE	Declaration	01/01/1986	01/01/1986
NEW ZEALAND	Signature	06/10/1950
NICARAGUA	Signature	28/04/1950
NORWAY	Signature	03/04/1950
PAKISTAN	Signature	14/09/1950
Papua New Guinea	Extension	04/08/1975	03/09/1975
PAPUA NEW GUINEA	Accession	17/04/1995	16/12/1994
PARAGUAY	Participation	07/12/1993	06/01/1994
QATAR	Succession	22/04/1994	03/09/1971
SAINT LUCIA	Succession	13/04/1993	22/02/1979
SINGAPORE	Succession	08/10/1973	09/08/1965
SLOVAK REPUBLIC	Succession	16/03/1993	01/01/1993
SLOVENIA	Participation	30/09/1994	30/10/1994
SOLOMON ISLANDS	Succession	28/12/1994	07/07/1978
SOUTH AFRICA	Signature	01/08/1950
Southern Rhodesia	Signature	03/04/1950
ST KITTS AND NEVIS	Succession	22/04/1994	19/09/1983
ST VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES	Succession	18/05/1993	27/10/1979
SURINAME	Succession	25/02/1978	25/11/1975
SWAZILAND	Succession	08/02/1993	06/09/1968
SWEDEN	Signature	06/06/1950
TUNISIA	Participation	20/07/1990	19/08/1990
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES	Succession	08/03/1994	01/12/1971
UNITED KINGDOM	Signature	03/04/1950
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA	Signature	03/04/1950
VENEZUELA	Participation	31/08/1990