CountryActionAction DateEffective Date
AFGHANISTANDefinitive Signature16/08/1954
ALBANIAAccession02/07/1957
ALGERIAAccession20/11/1963
ANTIGUA AND BARBUDASuccession25/10/198801/11/1981
AntillesExtension15/12/195307/07/1955
AntillesExtension01/01/198601/01/1986
ArubaExtension01/01/198601/01/1986
AUSTRALIADefinitive Signature09/12/1953
AUSTRIASignature07/12/1953
AUSTRIAAcceptance16/07/1954
AZERBAIJANAccession16/08/199616/08/1996
BAHAMASSuccession10/06/1976
BAHRAINAccession27/03/199027/03/1990
BAHRAINReservation27/03/1990
BANGLADESHAccession07/01/1985
BARBADOSSuccession22/07/1976
BELARUSAccession13/09/1956
BELGIUMSignature24/02/1954
BELGIUMAcceptance13/12/1962
Berlin WestExtension29/05/1973
BOLIVIAAccession06/10/198306/10/1983
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINASuccession01/09/199306/03/1992
BRAZILAccession06/01/1966
CAMEROONAccession27/06/1984
CANADADefinitive Signature17/12/1953
CHINASignature07/12/1953
CHINAAcceptance14/12/1955
CROATIASuccession12/10/199208/10/1991
CUBADefinitive Signature28/06/1954
CYPRUSSuccession21/04/1986
DENMARKDefinitive Signature03/03/1954
DOMINICA, COMMONWEALTH OFSuccession17/08/199403/11/1978
ECUADORSignature07/09/1954
ECUADORAcceptance17/08/1955
EGYPTSignature15/06/1954
EGYPTAcceptance29/09/1954
ETHIOPIARatification21/01/1969
FIJISuccession12/06/1972
FINLANDAcceptance19/03/1954
FRANCESignature14/01/1954
FRANCEAcceptance14/02/1963
FRANCEStatement17/07/1974
FRANCEStatement08/07/1975
GERMAN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLICAcceptance16/07/1974
GERMAN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLICDeclaration16/07/1974
GERMANY FEDERAL REPUBLICAcceptance29/05/1973
GERMANY FEDERAL REPUBLICDeclaration29/05/197329/05/1973
GERMANY FEDERAL REPUBLICDeclaration27/08/1974
GERMANY FEDERAL REPUBLICCommunication19/09/1975
GREECESignature07/12/1953
GREECEAcceptance12/12/1955
GUATEMALAAccession11/11/198311/11/1983
GUINEAAcceptance12/07/1962
HUNGARYAcceptance26/02/1958
INDIADefinitive Signature12/03/1954
IRAQAcceptance23/05/1955
IRELAND, REPUBLIC OFAcceptance31/08/1961
ISRAELAcceptance12/09/1955
ISRAELObjection25/06/1990
ITALYDefinitive Signature04/02/1954
JAMAICASuccession30/07/1964
JORDANAccession05/05/1959
KAZAKHSTANParticipation01/05/195301/05/1953
KUWAITAccession28/05/1963
KYRGYZSTANAccession05/09/199705/09/1997
LESOTHOSuccession04/11/1974
LIBERIADefinitive Signature07/12/1953
LIBYAAccession14/02/1957
MADAGASCARAccession12/02/1964
MALAWIAccession02/08/1965
MALIAcceptance02/02/1973
MALTASuccession03/01/1966
MAURITANIAAcceptance06/06/198606/06/1986
MAURITIUSSuccession18/07/196912/03/1968
MEXICODefinitive Signature03/02/1954
MONACOSignature28/01/1954
MONACOAcceptance12/11/1954
MONGOLIAAccession20/12/1968
MONTENEGROSuccession23/10/200603/06/2006
MOROCCOAcceptance11/05/1959
MYANMARSignature14/03/1956
MYANMARAcceptance29/04/1957
NEPALAccession07/01/1963
NETHERLANDS THESignature15/12/1953
NETHERLANDS THEAcceptance07/07/1955
NETHERLANDS THEDeclaration01/01/198601/01/1986
New GuineaExtension15/12/195307/07/1955
NEW ZEALANDDefinitive Signature16/12/1953
NICARAGUAAcceptance14/01/198614/01/1986
NIGERAcceptance07/12/1964
NIGERIASuccession26/06/1961
NORWAYSignature24/02/1954
NORWAYAcceptance11/04/1957
PAKISTANAccession30/09/1955
PAPUA NEW GUINEAAccession27/01/198227/04/1982
PARAGUAYParticipation27/09/200727/09/2007
PHILIPPINESAccession12/07/1955
ROMANIADefinitive Signature13/11/1957
RUSSIAN FEDERATIONAccession08/08/1956
RUSSIAN FEDERATIONObjection04/12/1973
SAINT LUCIASuccession14/02/199022/02/1979
SAUDI ARABIAAccession05/07/197305/07/1973
SIERRA LEONESuccession13/03/1962
SOLOMON ISLANDSSuccession03/09/1981
SOUTH AFRICADefinitive Signature29/12/1953
SPAINDefinitive Signature10/11/1976
SRI LANKAAccession21/03/1958
ST VINCENT AND THE GRENADINESAcceptance09/11/198109/11/1981
SUDANSuccession09/09/1957
SurinamExtension15/12/195307/07/1955
SWEDENDefinitive Signature17/08/1954
SWITZERLANDDefinitive Signature07/12/1953
SYRIAAcceptance04/08/1954
TANZANIAAccession28/11/1962
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGOSuccession11/04/1966
TUNISIAAccession15/07/1966
TURKEYDefinitive Signature14/01/1955
TURKMENISTANParticipation01/05/199701/05/1997
UGANDAAcceptance12/08/1964
UKRAINEAccession27/01/1959
UNITED KINGDOMSignature07/12/1953
UNITED KINGDOMDefinitive Signature07/12/1953
UNITED KINGDOMStatement17/07/1974
UNITED KINGDOMStatement08/07/1975
UNITED STATES OF AMERICASignature16/12/1953
UNITED STATES OF AMERICAAcceptance07/03/1956
UNITED STATES OF AMERICAStatement17/07/1974
UNITED STATES OF AMERICAStatement08/07/1975
URUGUAYAccession07/06/200107/06/2001
VIETNAM, REPUBLIC OFAccession14/08/1956
YEMEN, PEOPLES'S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OFAccession09/02/198709/02/1987
YUGOSLAVIASignature11/02/1954
YUGOSLAVIAAcceptance21/03/1955
YUGOSLAVIA, FEDERAL REPUBLIC OFSuccession12/03/200127/04/1992
ZAMBIASuccession26/03/1973