CountryActionAction DateEffective Date
AFGHANISTANSignature30/10/1958
ALBANIAAccession07/12/1964
AntillesExtension01/01/1986
ARGENTINASignature29/04/1958
ArubaExtension01/01/1986
AUSTRALIASignature30/10/1958
AUSTRALIARatification14/05/1963
BOLIVIASignature17/10/1958
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINASuccession12/01/199406/03/1992
BULGARIAObjection01/01/1905
BULGARIAAccession31/08/1962
BYELORUSSIA S S RSignature31/10/1958
BYELORUSSIA S S RRatification27/02/1961
CAMBODIAAccession18/03/1960
CANADASignature29/04/1958
CANADARatification06/02/197008/03/1970
CANADADeclaration06/02/1970
CEYLONSignature30/10/1958
CHILESignature31/10/1958
COLOMBIASignature29/04/1958
COLOMBIARatification08/01/1962
COSTA RICASignature29/04/1958
COSTA RICARatification16/02/197217/03/1972
CROATIASuccession03/08/199208/10/1991
CUBASignature29/04/1958
CYPRUSAccession11/04/197411/05/1974
CZECH REPUBLICSuccession22/02/199301/01/1993
CZECHOSLOVAKIASignature31/10/1958
CZECHOSLOVAKIARatification21/08/1961
DENMARKSignature29/04/1958
DENMARKRatification12/06/1963
DOMINICAN REPUBLICSignature29/04/1958
DOMINICAN REPUBLICRatification11/08/1964
ECUADORSignature31/10/1958
FIJIAccession25/03/1971
FINLANDSignature27/10/1958
FINLANDRatification16/02/1965
FRANCEAccession14/06/1965
FRANCEDeclaration14/06/1965
FRANCEObjection14/06/1965
GERMAN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLICAccession27/12/197326/01/1974
GERMANY FEDERAL REPUBLICSignature30/10/1958
GERMANY FEDERAL REPUBLICDeclaration30/10/1958
GHANASignature29/05/1958
GREECEAccession06/11/1972
GREECEDeclaration06/11/1972
GUATEMALASignature29/04/1958
GUATEMALARatification27/11/1961
HAITISignature29/04/1958
HAITIRatification29/03/1960
ICELANDSignature29/04/1958
INDONESIASignature08/05/1958
IRANSignature28/05/1958
IRANDeclaration28/05/1958
IRELAND, REPUBLIC OFSignature02/10/1958
ISRAELSignature29/04/1958
ISRAELRatification06/09/1961
JAMAICAAccession08/10/1965
KENYAAccession20/06/1969
LATVIAAccession02/12/199201/01/1993
LEBANONSignature29/05/1958
LESOTHOAccession23/10/1973
LIBERIASignature27/05/1958
MALAGASY REPUBLICAccession31/07/1962
MALAWIAccession03/11/1965
MALAYAAccession21/12/1960
MALTAAccession21/09/1964
MAURITIUSAccession05/10/1970
MEXICOAccession02/08/1966
NEPALSignature29/04/1958
NETHERLANDS THESignature31/10/1958
NETHERLANDS THERatification18/02/1966
NETHERLANDS THEObjection18/02/1966
NETHERLANDS THEDeclaration01/01/1986
NEW ZEALANDSignature29/10/1958
NEW ZEALANDRatification18/01/1965
NIGERIAAccession28/04/1971
NORWAYAccession09/09/1971
PAKISTANSignature31/10/1958
PANAMASignature02/05/1958
PAPUA NEW GUINEADeclaration25/02/1976
PERUSignature31/10/1958
POLANDObjection01/01/1905
POLANDSignature31/10/1958
POLANDRatification29/06/1962
PORTUGALSignature28/10/1958
PORTUGALRatification08/01/1963
ROMANIAObjection01/01/1905
ROMANIAAccession12/12/1961
SENEGALAccession25/04/1961
SENEGALWithdrawal01/03/197630/03/1976
SIERRA LEONEAccession25/11/1966
SLOVAK REPUBLICSuccession28/05/199301/01/1993
SOLOMON ISLANDSSuccession03/09/1981
SOUTH AFRICAAccession09/04/1963
SOVIET UNIONObjection01/01/1905
SOVIET UNIONSignature31/10/1958
SOVIET UNIONRatification22/11/1960
SPAINAccession25/02/1971
SPAINDeclaration25/02/1971
SWAZILANDAccession16/10/1970
SWEDENAccession01/06/1966
SWITZERLANDSignature22/10/1958
SWITZERLANDRatification18/05/1966
TAIWANStatement01/01/1905
TAIWANSignature29/04/1958
TAIWANRatification12/10/1970
THAILANDSignature29/04/1958
THAILANDRatification02/07/1968
THAILANDDeclaration02/07/1968
TONGAAccession29/06/1971
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGOAccession11/07/1968
TUNISIASignature30/10/1958
UGANDAAccession14/09/1964
UKRAINEObjection01/01/1905
UKRAINESignature31/10/1958
UKRAINERatification12/01/1961
UNITED KINGDOMDeclaration01/01/1905
UNITED KINGDOMSignature09/09/1958
UNITED KINGDOMRatification11/05/1964
UNITED KINGDOMObjection14/01/1966
UNITED KINGDOMObjection31/08/1976
UNITED KINGDOMNotification10/06/199701/07/1997
UNITED STATES OF AMERICASignature15/09/1958
UNITED STATES OF AMERICARatification12/04/1961
UNITED STATES OF AMERICADeclaration19/09/1962
UNITED STATES OF AMERICAObjection09/09/1965
UNITED STATES OF AMERICAObjection16/07/1970
URUGUAYSignature29/04/1958
VENEZUELASignature30/10/1958
VENEZUELADeclaration30/10/1958
VENEZUELARatification15/08/1961
VENEZUELADeclaration15/08/1961
YUGOSLAVIA, FEDERAL REPUBLIC OFSuccession12/03/200127/04/1992
YUGOSLAVIA, FEDERAL REPUBLIC OFReservation12/03/200127/04/1992
YUGOSLAVIA, FEDERAL REPUBLIC OFConfirmation12/03/2001