Country	Action	Action Date	Effective Date
Antigua	Extension	30/03/1954	30/03/1954
AUSTRALIA	Signature	20/10/1953
AUSTRALIA	Ratification	14/12/1953
Bahamas	Extension	30/03/1954
Barbados	Extension	30/03/1954	30/03/1954
BELGIUM	Signature	22/10/1953
BELGIUM	Ratification	22/07/1954
Bermuda	Extension	13/07/1954	13/07/1954
BRAZIL	Signature	30/10/1953
British Guiana	Extension	30/03/1954	30/03/1954
British Honduras	Extension	30/03/1954	30/03/1954
British Solomon Islands	Extension	30/03/1954
British Virgin Islands	Extension	30/03/1954	30/03/1954
Brunei	Extension	30/03/1954	30/03/1954
Cameroons	Extension	30/03/1954	30/03/1954
CANADA	Accession	29/06/1954
Cayman Islands	Extension	30/03/1954	03/03/1954
Central Southern Line Islands	Extension	30/03/1954	30/03/1954
CHINA	Signature	31/10/1953
CHINA	Ratification	18/03/1954
CUBA	Signature	26/10/1953
CUBA	Ratification	16/12/1953
Cyprus	Extension	30/03/1954	30/03/1954
CZECHOSLOVAKIA	Signature	31/10/1953
CZECHOSLOVAKIA	Ratification	20/04/1954
DENMARK	Signature	30/10/1953
DENMARK	Declaration	30/10/1953
Dominica	Extension	30/03/1954	30/03/1954
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC	Signature	26/10/1953
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC	Ratification	02/02/1954
Falkland Islands	Extension	30/03/1954	30/03/1954
Fiji	Extension	30/03/1954	30/03/1954
FRANCE	Signature	26/10/1953
FRANCE	Ratification	23/09/1954
GERMANY FEDERAL REPUBLIC	Signature	30/10/1953
GERMANY FEDERAL REPUBLIC	Ratification	12/07/1954
GERMANY FEDERAL REPUBLIC	Declaration	12/07/1954
Gibraltar	Extension	30/03/1954	30/03/1954
Gilbert And Ellice Islands	Extension	30/03/1954	30/03/1954
Gold Coast	Extension	30/03/1954	30/03/1954
GREECE	Signature	31/10/1953
GREECE	Ratification	14/09/1955
Grenada	Extension	30/03/1954	30/03/1954
HAITI	Signature	29/10/1953
HAITI	Ratification	28/04/1954
Hong Kong	Extension	13/07/1954	13/07/1954
HUNGARY	Accession	18/12/1953
INDONESIA	Accession	21/02/1958
IRELAND, REPUBLIC OF	Accession	13/10/1958
Jamaica	Extension	30/03/1954	30/03/1954
JAPAN	Signature	28/10/1953
JAPAN	Ratification	30/04/1954
Kenya	Extension	13/07/1954	13/07/1954
LEBANON	Signature	31/10/1953
LEBANON	Ratification	23/09/1954
Leeward Islands	Extension	30/03/1954	30/03/1954
Mauritius	Extension	30/03/1954	30/03/1954
MEXICO	Signature	30/10/1953
MEXICO	Ratification	14/04/1957
Montserrat	Extension	30/03/1954	30/03/1954
NETHERLANDS THE	Signature	30/10/1953
NETHERLANDS THE	Ratification	27/04/1954
Netherlands West Indies	Extension	30/03/1954
NICARAGUA	Accession	14/12/1956
Nigeria	Extension	30/03/1954	30/03/1954
PANAMA	Accession	01/03/1957
PERU	Accession	04/11/1958
PHILIPPINES	Signature	30/10/1953
PHILIPPINES	Ratification	30/04/1954
POLAND	Signature	31/10/1953
POLAND	Ratification	30/04/1954
PORTUGAL	Signature	30/10/1953
PORTUGAL	Ratification	30/04/1954
Sarawak	Extension	30/03/1954	30/03/1954
Seychelles	Extension	30/03/1954	30/03/1954
Sierra Leone	Extension	30/03/1954	30/03/1954
Somaliland	Extension	13/07/1954	13/07/1954
SOUTH AFRICA	Signature	30/10/1953
SOUTH AFRICA	Ratification	08/03/1954
SOVIET UNION	Signature	29/10/1953
SOVIET UNION	Ratification	12/03/1954
St Christopher, Nevis and Anguilla	Extension	30/03/1954	30/03/1954
St Helena	Extension	30/03/1954	30/03/1954
St Lucia	Extension	30/03/1954	30/03/1954
St Vincent	Extension	30/03/1954	30/03/1954
Tanganyika	Extension	13/07/1954	13/07/1954
The Gambia	Extension	30/03/1954	30/03/1954
Trinidad And Tobago	Extension	30/03/1954	30/03/1954
Turks And Caicos Islands	Extension	30/03/1954	30/03/1954
Uganda	Extension	13/07/1954	13/07/1954
UNITED KINGDOM	Signature	16/10/1953
UNITED KINGDOM	Ratification	12/12/1953
UNITED KINGDOM	Declaration	12/12/1953
UNITED KINGDOM	Declaration	30/03/1954	30/03/1954
UNITED KINGDOM	Declaration	13/07/1954
UNITED KINGDOM	Declaration	06/03/1957
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA	Signature	23/10/1953
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA	Ratification	03/05/1954
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA	Declaration	03/05/1954
Windward Islands	Extension	30/03/1954	30/03/1954
YUGOSLAVIA	Signature	30/10/1953
Zanzibar	Extension	30/03/1954	30/03/1954