Country	Action	Action Date	Effective Date
AFGHANISTAN	Accession	15/04/1977	14/07/1977
ALBANIA	Accession	01/12/1997	01/03/1998
ALGERIA	Accession	12/10/1995	10/01/1996
ALGERIA	Reservation	12/10/1995
All Territories under UK Sovereignty	Extension	29/11/1968
ANGOLA	Ratification	24/02/1998	25/05/1998
Anguilla	Extension	01/12/1982	01/12/1982
ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA	Accession	19/07/1985	17/10/1985
Antilles	Extension	04/06/1974	02/09/1974
ARGENTINA	Accession	23/07/1971	21/10/1971
ARMENIA	Ratification	23/01/2003	23/04/2003
Aruba	Extension	30/12/1985	01/01/1986
AUSTRALIA	Accession	22/06/1970	20/09/1970
AUSTRIA	Accession	07/02/1974	08/05/1974
BAHAMAS	Succession	15/05/1975	10/07/1973
BAHRAIN	Accession	09/02/1984	09/05/1984
BAHRAIN	Reservation	09/02/1984
BANGLADESH	Accession	25/07/1978	23/10/1978
BARBADOS	Signature	25/06/1969
BARBADOS	Ratification	04/04/1972	03/07/1972
BELGIUM	Signature	20/12/1968
BELGIUM	Ratification	06/08/1970	04/11/1970
BELIZE	Ratification	19/05/1998	17/08/1998
BHUTAN	Accession	25/01/1989	25/04/1989
BOLIVIA	Accession	05/07/1979	03/10/1979
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA	Succession	07/03/1995	06/03/1992
BOTSWANA	Accession	16/01/1979	16/04/1979
BRAZIL	Signature	28/02/1969
BRAZIL	Ratification	14/01/1970	14/04/1970
BRUNEI DARUSSALAM	Accession	23/05/1986	21/08/1986
BULGARIA	Accession	28/09/1989	27/12/1989
BULGARIA	Declaration	28/09/1989
BURUNDI	Accession	14/07/1971	12/10/1971
BYELORUSSIA S S R	Declaration	17/12/1987
BYELORUSSIA S S R	Accession	03/02/1988	03/05/1988
CAMBODIA	Accession	22/10/1996	20/01/1997
CAMEROON	Accession	24/03/1988	22/06/1988
CANADA	Signature	04/11/1964
CANADA	Ratification	07/11/1969	05/02/1970
CAPE VERDE	Accession	04/10/1989	02/01/1990
CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC	Accession	11/06/1991	09/09/1991
CHAD	Accession	30/06/1970	28/09/1970
CHILE	Accession	24/01/1974	24/04/1974
CHINA	Accession	14/11/1978	12/02/1979
CHINA	Reservation	14/11/1978
CHINA	Declaration	14/11/1978
COLOMBIA	Signature	08/11/1968
COLOMBIA	Ratification	06/07/1973	04/10/1973
COMOROS	Accession	23/05/1991	21/08/1991
CONGO, PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF	Signature	14/09/1963
CONGO, PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF	Ratification	13/11/1978	11/02/1979
COSTA RICA	Accession	24/10/1972	22/01/1973
CROATIA	Accession	05/10/1993	08/10/1991
CUBA	Ratification	12/02/2001	13/05/2001
CUBA	Reservation	12/02/2001
CYPRUS	Accession	31/05/1972	29/08/1972
CZECH REPUBLIC	Accession	25/03/1993	01/01/1993
CZECHOSLOVAKIA	Accession	23/02/1984	23/05/1984
CZECHOSLOVAKIA	Reservation	23/02/1984
DENMARK	Signature	21/11/1966
DENMARK	Ratification	17/01/1967	04/12/1969
DJIBOUTI	Accession	10/06/1992	08/09/1992
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC	Accession	03/12/1970	03/03/1971
ECUADOR	Signature	08/07/1969
ECUADOR	Ratification	03/12/1969	03/03/1970
EGYPT	Accession	12/02/1975	13/05/1975
EGYPT	Reservation	12/02/1975
EL SALVADOR	Accession	13/02/1980	13/05/1980
EQUATORIAL GUINEA	Accession	27/03/1979	25/06/1979
ESTONIA	Accession	31/12/1993	31/03/1994
ETHIOPIA	Accession	27/03/1979	25/06/1979
FIJI	Succession	18/01/1972	10/10/1970
FINLAND	Signature	24/10/1969
FINLAND	Ratification	02/04/1971	01/07/1971
FRANCE	Signature	11/07/1969
FRANCE	Ratification	11/09/1970	10/12/1970
GABON	Accession	14/01/1970	14/04/1970
GAMBIA THE	Accession	04/01/1979	04/04/1979
GEORGIA	Accession	16/06/1994	14/09/1994
GERMAN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC	Accession	10/01/1989	10/04/1989
GERMAN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC	Reservation	10/01/1989
GERMANY FEDERAL REPUBLIC	Signature	14/09/1963
GERMANY FEDERAL REPUBLIC	Ratification	16/12/1969	16/03/1970
GHANA	Accession	02/01/1974	02/04/1974
GREECE	Signature	21/10/1969
GREECE	Ratification	31/05/1971	29/08/1971
GRENADA	Accession	28/08/1978	26/11/1978
GUATEMALA	Signature	14/09/1963
GUATEMALA	Ratification	17/11/1970	15/02/1971
GUATEMALA	Reservation	17/11/1970
GUINEA	Accession	18/01/1994	18/04/1994
GUYANA	Accession	20/12/1972	19/03/1973
HAITI	Accession	26/04/1984	25/07/1984
HOLY SEE	Signature	14/09/1963
HONDURAS	Accession	08/04/1987	07/07/1987
HONDURAS	Reservation	08/04/1987
HUNGARY	Accession	03/12/1970	03/03/1971
HUNGARY	Declaration	12/12/1989
ICELAND	Accession	16/03/1970	14/06/1970
INDIA	Accession	22/07/1975	20/10/1975
INDONESIA	Signature	14/09/1963
INDONESIA	Ratification	07/09/1976	06/12/1976
INDONESIA	Reservation	07/09/1976
IRAN	Accession	28/06/1976	29/09/1976
IRAQ	Accession	15/05/1974	13/08/1974
IRAQ	Declaration	15/05/1974
IRELAND, REPUBLIC OF	Signature	20/10/1964
IRELAND, REPUBLIC OF	Ratification	14/11/1975	12/02/1976
ISRAEL	Signature	01/11/1968
ISRAEL	Ratification	19/09/1969	18/12/1969
ITALY	Signature	14/09/1963
ITALY	Ratification	18/10/1968	04/12/1969
IVORY COAST	Accession	03/06/1970	01/09/1970
JAMAICA	Accession	16/09/1983	15/12/1983
JAPAN	Signature	14/09/1963
JAPAN	Ratification	26/05/1970	24/08/1970
JORDAN	Accession	03/05/1973	01/08/1973
KAZAKHSTAN	Accession	18/05/1995	16/08/1995
KENYA	Accession	22/06/1970	20/09/1970
KOREA DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF	Accession	09/05/1983	07/08/1983
KOREA REPUBLIC OF	Signature	08/12/1965
KOREA REPUBLIC OF	Ratification	19/02/1971	20/05/1971
KUWAIT	Accession	27/11/1979	25/02/1980
KUWAIT	Declaration	27/11/1979
KYRGYZSTAN	Accession	28/02/2000	28/05/2000
LAOS	Accession	23/10/1972	21/01/1973
LATVIA	Accession	10/06/1997	08/09/1997
LEBANON	Accession	11/06/1974	09/09/1974
LESOTHO	Accession	28/04/1972	27/07/1972
LIBERIA	Signature	14/09/1963
LIBERIA	Ratification	10/03/2003	08/03/2003
LIBYA	Accession	21/06/1972	19/09/1972
LIECHTENSTEIN	Ratification	26/02/2001	27/05/2001
LITHUANIA	Accession	21/11/1996	19/02/1997
LUXEMBOURG	Accession	21/09/1972	20/12/1972
MACEDONIA THE FYR OF	Accession	30/08/1994	17/09/1991
MADAGASCAR	Signature	02/12/1969
MADAGASCAR	Ratification	02/12/1969	02/03/1970
MALAWI	Accession	28/12/1972	28/03/1973
MALAYSIA	Accession	05/03/1985	03/06/1985
MALDIVES	Accession	28/09/1987	27/12/1987
MALI	Accession	31/05/1971	29/08/1971
MALTA	Accession	28/06/1991	26/09/1991
MARSHALL ISLANDS	Accession	15/05/1989	13/08/1989
MAURITANIA	Accession	30/06/1977	28/09/1977
MAURITIUS	Accession	05/04/1983	04/07/1983
MEXICO	Signature	24/12/1968
MEXICO	Ratification	18/03/1969	04/12/1969
MOLDOVA REPUBLIC OF	Accession	20/06/1997	18/09/1997
MONACO	Accession	02/06/1983	31/08/1983
MONGOLIA	Accession	24/07/1990	22/10/1990
MOROCCO	Accession	21/10/1975	19/01/1976
MOROCCO	Reservation	21/10/1975
MOZAMBIQUE	Accession	06/01/2003	06/04/2003
MYANMAR	Accession	23/05/1996	21/08/1996
NAURU	Accession	17/05/1984	15/08/1984
NEPAL	Accession	15/01/1979	15/04/1979
NETHERLANDS THE	Signature	09/06/1967
NETHERLANDS THE	Ratification	14/11/1969	12/02/1970
NETHERLANDS THE	Declaration	14/11/1969
New Guinea	Extension	22/06/1970	20/09/1970
NEW ZEALAND	Accession	12/02/1974	13/05/1974
NICARAGUA	Accession	24/08/1973	22/11/1973
NIGER	Signature	14/04/1969
NIGER	Ratification	27/06/1969	04/12/1969
NIGERIA	Signature	29/06/1965
NIGERIA	Ratification	07/04/1970	06/07/1970
NORWAY	Signature	19/04/1966
NORWAY	Ratification	17/01/1967	04/12/1969
OMAN	Accession	09/02/1977	10/05/1977
OMAN	Reservation	09/02/1977
PAKISTAN	Signature	06/08/1965
PAKISTAN	Ratification	11/09/1973	10/12/1973
PALAU	Accession	12/10/1995	10/01/1996
PANAMA	Signature	14/09/1963
PANAMA	Ratification	16/11/1970	14/02/1971
Papua	Extension	22/06/1970	20/09/1970
PAPUA NEW GUINEA	Succession	06/11/1975	16/09/1975
PAPUA NEW GUINEA	Reservation	06/11/1975
PARAGUAY	Accession	09/08/1971	07/11/1971
PERU	Accession	12/05/1978	10/08/1978
PHILIPPINES	Signature	14/09/1963
PHILIPPINES	Ratification	26/11/1965	04/12/1969
POLAND	Accession	19/03/1971	17/06/1971
PORTUGAL	Signature	11/03/1964
PORTUGAL	Ratification	25/11/1964	04/12/1969
QATAR	Accession	06/08/1981	05/12/1981
ROMANIA	Accession	15/02/1974	16/05/1974
RUSSIAN FEDERATION	Declaration	03/12/1987
RUSSIAN FEDERATION	Reservation	03/02/1988
RUSSIAN FEDERATION	Accession	03/02/1988	03/05/1988
RWANDA	Accession	17/05/1971	15/08/1971
SAINT LUCIA	Accession	31/10/1983	29/01/1984
SAUDI ARABIA	Signature	06/04/1967
SAUDI ARABIA	Ratification	21/11/1969	19/02/1970
SENEGAL	Signature	20/02/1964
SENEGAL	Ratification	09/03/1972	07/06/1972
SEYCHELLES	Accession	04/01/1979	04/04/1979
SIERRA LEONE	Accession	09/11/1970	07/02/1971
SINGAPORE	Accession	01/03/1971	30/05/1971
SLOVAK REPUBLIC	Succession	20/03/1995	01/01/1993
SLOVENIA	Succession	18/12/1992	25/06/1991
SOLOMON ISLANDS	Succession	23/03/1982	07/07/1978
SOUTH AFRICA	Accession	26/05/1972	24/08/1972
SOVIET UNION	Accession	03/02/1988
SOVIET UNION	Reservation	03/02/1988
SOVIET UNION	Declaration	03/02/1988
SPAIN	Signature	27/07/1964
SPAIN	Ratification	01/10/1969	30/12/1969
SRI LANKA	Accession	30/05/1978	28/08/1978
ST VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES	Accession	18/11/1991	16/02/1992
SUDAN	Accession	25/05/2000	23/08/2000
Suriname	Extension	04/06/1974	02/09/1974
SURINAME	Succession	10/09/1979	25/11/1975
SWAZILAND	Ratification	15/11/1999	13/02/2000
SWEDEN	Signature	14/09/1963
SWEDEN	Ratification	17/01/1967	04/12/1969
SWITZERLAND	Signature	31/10/1969
SWITZERLAND	Ratification	21/12/1970	21/02/1970
SYRIA	Accession	31/07/1980	29/10/1980
TAIWAN	Signature	14/09/1963
TAIWAN	Ratification	28/02/1966
TAJIKISTAN	Accession	20/03/1996	18/06/1996
TANZANIA	Accession	12/08/1983	10/11/1983
THAILAND	Accession	06/03/1972	04/06/1972
TOGO	Accession	26/07/1971	24/10/1971
TONGA	Ratification	13/02/2002	14/05/2002
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO	Accession	09/02/1972	09/05/1972
TUNISIA	Accession	25/02/1975	26/05/1975
TURKEY	Accession	17/12/1975	16/03/1976
UGANDA	Accession	25/06/1982	23/09/1982
UKRAINE	Declaration	13/01/1988
UKRAINE	Accession	29/02/1988	29/05/1988
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES	Accession	16/04/1981	15/07/1981
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES	Reservation	16/04/1981
UNITED KINGDOM	Signature	14/09/1963
UNITED KINGDOM	Ratification	29/11/1968	04/12/1969
UNITED KINGDOM	Declaration	29/11/1968
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA	Signature	14/09/1963
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA	Ratification	05/09/1969	04/12/1969
UPPER VOLTA	Signature	14/09/1963
UPPER VOLTA	Ratification	06/06/1969	04/12/1969
URUGUAY	Accession	26/01/1977	26/04/1977
UZBEKISTAN	Accession	31/07/1995	29/10/1995
VANUATU	Accession	31/01/1989	01/05/1989
VENEZUELA	Signature	13/03/1964
VENEZUELA	Ratification	04/02/1983	05/05/1983
VENEZUELA	Reservation	04/02/1983
VIETNAM	Accession	10/10/1979	08/01/1980
WESTERN SAMOA	Ratification	09/07/1998	07/10/1998
YEMEN	Accession	26/09/1986	25/12/1986
YUGOSLAVIA	Signature	14/09/1963
YUGOSLAVIA	Ratification	12/02/1971	13/05/1971
YUGOSLAVIA, FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF	Succession	06/09/2001	27/04/1992
ZAIRE	Accession	20/07/1977	18/10/1977
ZAMBIA	Accession	14/09/1971	13/12/1971
ZIMBABWE	Accession	08/03/1989	06/06/1989