Country	Action	Action Date	Effective Date
ALGERIA	Accession	04/10/1976	04/01/1977
American Samoa	Extension		09/09/1975
ANGOLA	Accession	03/10/1991	03/01/1992
ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA	Accession	09/02/1987	09/05/1987
Antilles	Extension	21/07/1967	21/07/1968
Antilles	Extension	30/09/1998
ARGENTINA	Signature	05/04/1966
ARGENTINA	Acceptance	03/06/1971	03/09/1971
Aruba	Extension		01/01/1986
Aruba	Extension	30/09/1998
AUSTRALIA	Signature	04/07/1966
AUSTRALIA	Acceptance	29/07/1968
AUSTRIA	Accession	04/08/1972
AZERBAIJAN	Accession	01/07/1997	01/10/1997
BAHAMAS	Accession	22/07/1976	22/10/1976
BAHRAIN	Accession	21/10/1985	21/01/1986
BANGLADESH	Accession	10/05/1978	10/08/1978
BARBADOS	Accession	01/09/1982	01/12/1982
BELARUS	Accession	07/01/1994	07/04/1994
BELGIUM	Signature	05/04/1966
BELGIUM	Acceptance	22/01/1969
BELIZE	Accession	02/04/1991	02/07/1991
BELIZE	Communication	16/10/2007
BENIN	Accession	01/11/1985	01/02/1986
Berlin West	Extension	09/04/1969
Bermuda	Extension		01/04/1975
BOLIVIA	Accession	04/06/1999	04/09/1999
BRAZIL	Signature	05/04/1966
BRAZIL	Acceptance	12/09/1969
BRAZIL	Communication	30/08/2000
British Virgin Islands	Extension	10/06/2004	10/06/2004
BRUNEI DARUSSALAM	Accession	06/03/1987	06/06/1987
BULGARIA	Objection	01/01/1905
BULGARIA	Signature	05/04/1966
BULGARIA	Acceptance	30/12/1968
BURMA	Accession	11/11/1987	11/02/1988
CAMBODIA	Accession	28/11/1994	28/02/1995
CAMEROON	Accession	14/05/1984	14/08/1984
CANADA	Signature	05/04/1966
CANADA	Acceptance	14/01/1970
Canal Zone	Extension		09/09/1975
CAPE VERDE	Accession	28/04/1977	28/07/1977
Cayman Islands	Extension		23/06/1988
CHILE	Accession	10/03/1975	10/06/1975
CHINA	Accession	05/10/1973	05/01/1974
CHINA	Reservation	05/10/1973
CHINA	Statement	21/11/1975
CHINA	Reservation	30/06/1997	01/07/1997
CHINA	Declaration	08/07/2005	18/07/2005
COLOMBIA	Accession	06/05/1987	06/08/1987
COMOROS	Accession	22/11/2000	22/02/2001
CONGO, PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF	Accession	06/06/1986	06/09/1986
Cook Islands	Accession	21/12/2001	21/03/2002
CROATIA	Succession	27/07/1992	08/10/1991
CUBA	Accession	06/02/1969
CUBA	Communication	14/12/1998
CYPRUS	Accession	05/05/1969
CZECH REPUBLIC	Succession	19/10/1993	01/01/1993
CZECHOSLOVAKIA	Accession	16/06/1969
DENMARK	Signature	05/04/1966
DENMARK	Acceptance	28/06/1967
DJIBOUTI	Accession	01/03/1984	01/06/1984
DOMINICA, COMMONWEALTH OF	Accession	21/06/2000	21/09/2000
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC	Accession	28/06/1973	28/09/1973
ECUADOR	Accession	12/01/1976	12/04/1976
EQUATORIAL GUINEA	Accession	24/04/1996	24/07/1996
ERITREA	Accession	22/04/1996	22/07/1996
ESTONIA	Accession	16/12/1991	16/03/1992
ETHIOPIA	Accession	18/07/1985	18/10/1985
Falkland Islands	Extension	19/05/2004
FIJI	Accession	29/11/1972
FINLAND	Accession	15/05/1968	15/08/1968
FRANCE	Communication	01/01/1905
FRANCE	Signature	05/04/1966
FRANCE	Acceptance	30/11/1966
FRANCE	Notification	07/08/2009
GABON	Accession	21/01/1982	21/04/1982
GAMBIA THE	Accession	01/11/1991	01/02/1992
GEORGIA	Accession	19/04/1994	19/07/1994
GERMAN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC	Accession	15/05/1975	15/08/1975
GERMAN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC	Statement	15/05/1975
GERMANY FEDERAL REPUBLIC	Signature	05/04/1966
GERMANY FEDERAL REPUBLIC	Acceptance	09/04/1969
GERMANY FEDERAL REPUBLIC	Statement	15/05/1975
GERMANY FEDERAL REPUBLIC	Communication	03/03/1976
GHANA	Signature	05/04/1966
GHANA	Acceptance	25/09/1968
Gibraltar	Extension		01/12/1988
GREECE	Signature	05/04/1966
GREECE	Acceptance	12/06/1968
Guam	Extension		09/09/1975
GUATEMALA	Accession	05/09/1994	05/12/1994
GUINEA	Accession	19/01/1981	19/04/1981
GUYANA	Accession	10/12/1997	10/03/1998
HAITI	Accession	06/04/1989	06/07/1989
HONDURAS	Accession	16/11/1977	16/02/1978
Hong Kong	Notification	01/01/1905
Hong Kong	Extension	16/08/1972
Hong Kong	Notification	30/06/1997	01/07/1997
HONG KONG SAR	Application	30/06/1997	01/07/1997
HONG KONG SAR	Reservation	30/06/1997	01/07/1997
HUNGARY	Accession	25/09/1973	25/12/1973
ICELAND	Signature	05/04/1966
ICELAND	Acceptance	24/06/1970	24/09/1970
INDIA	Signature	05/04/1966
INDIA	Acceptance	19/04/1968
INDONESIA	Accession	17/01/1977	17/04/1977
IRAN	Accession	05/10/1973	05/01/1974
IRAN	Communication	21/08/2000	01/09/2000
IRELAND, REPUBLIC OF	Signature	05/04/1966
IRELAND, REPUBLIC OF	Acceptance	28/08/1968
Isle of Man	Extension	11/10/1984	19/10/1984
Isle of Man	Declaration	06/05/2004
ISRAEL	Signature	05/04/1966
ISRAEL	Acceptance	05/07/1967
ITALY	Signature	05/04/1966
ITALY	Acceptance	19/04/1968
ITALY	Communication	17/06/2002
IVORY COAST	Signature	05/04/1966
IVORY COAST	Acceptance	19/07/1971	19/10/1971
JAMAICA	Accession	18/08/1982	18/11/1982
JAPAN	Signature	05/04/1966
JAPAN	Acceptance	15/05/1968
Jersey, Bailiwick of	Extension	19/05/2004
Johnston Island	Extension		18/03/1976
KAZAKHSTAN	Accession	07/03/1994	07/06/1994
KENYA	Accession	12/09/1975	12/12/1975
KOREA	Signature	05/04/1966
KOREA	Acceptance	10/07/1969
KOREA DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF	Accession	18/10/1989
KUWAIT	Signature	05/04/1966
KUWAIT	Acceptance	28/08/1968
LEBANON	Accession	07/07/1970	07/10/1970
LIBERIA	Signature	05/04/1966
LIBERIA	Acceptance	08/05/1967
LIBERIA	Communication	08/10/1998
LIBYA	Accession	12/08/1974	12/11/1974
LITHUANIA	Accession	04/12/1991	04/02/1992
LUXEMBOURG	Accession	14/02/1991	14/05/1991
LUXEMBOURG	Communication	30/09/1998
MALAGASY REPUBLIC	Signature	05/04/1966
MALAGASY REPUBLIC	Acceptance	16/01/1967
MALAWI	Accession	07/01/2002	07/04/2002
MALAYSIA	Accession	12/01/1971	12/04/1971
MALDIVES	Accession	29/01/1968	21/07/1968
MALTA	Accession	11/09/1974	11/12/1974
MARSHALL ISLANDS	Accession	26/04/1988	26/07/1988
MAURITANIA	Accession	04/12/1967	21/07/1968
MAURITIUS	Accession	11/10/1988	11/01/1989
MEXICO	Accession	25/03/1970
Midway Islands	Extension		18/03/1976
MONACO	Accession	25/03/1970
MONGOLIA	Accession	03/03/2003
MONTENEGRO	Succession	19/02/2007	03/06/2006
MOROCCO	Accession	19/01/1968	21/07/1968
MOZAMBIQUE	Accession	30/10/1991	30/01/1992
NAMIBIA	Accession	22/02/2002	22/05/2002
NETHERLANDS THE	Signature	04/07/1966
NETHERLANDS THE	Acceptance	21/07/1967
NETHERLANDS THE	Communication	30/09/1998
NETHERLANDS THE	Communication	17/01/2001
NEW ZEALAND	Signature	30/06/1966
NEW ZEALAND	Acceptance	05/02/1970	05/05/1970
NICARAGUA	Accession	02/02/1994	02/05/1994
NIGERIA	Accession	14/11/1968
NORWAY	Signature	01/07/1966
NORWAY	Acceptance	18/03/1968	21/07/1968
NORWAY	Communication	09/02/1998
NORWAY	Communication	07/10/1998
NORWAY	Communication	03/11/1998
NORWAY	Communication	26/02/1999
NORWAY	Communication	09/07/2002
OMAN	Accession	20/08/1975	20/11/1975
OMAN	Statement	20/08/1975
PAKISTAN	Signature	05/04/1966
PAKISTAN	Acceptance	05/12/1968	05/03/1969
PANAMA	Signature	13/05/1966
PANAMA	Ratification	13/05/1966
PAPUA NEW GUINEA	Accession	18/05/1976	18/08/1976
PERU	Signature	05/04/1966
PERU	Acceptance	18/01/1967
PHILIPPINES	Signature	01/07/1966
PHILIPPINES	Acceptance	04/03/1969
POLAND	Objection	01/01/1905
POLAND	Signature	05/04/1966
POLAND	Acceptance	28/05/1969
PORTUGAL	Accession	22/12/1969
Puerto Rico	Extension		09/09/1975
QATAR	Accession	31/01/1980	01/05/1980
ROMANIA	Accession	03/06/1971	03/09/1971
ROMANIA	Declaration	03/06/1971
SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE	Accession	29/10/1998	29/01/1999
SAUDI ARABIA	Accession	05/09/1975	05/12/1975
SENEGAL	Accession	18/08/1977	18/11/1977
SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO	Succession	20/01/2003	27/04/1992
SEYCHELLES	Accession	01/10/1976	01/01/1977
SIERRA LEONE	Accession	13/08/1993	13/11/1993
SINGAPORE	Accession	21/09/1971	21/12/1971
SLOVAK REPUBLIC	Succession	30/01/1995	01/01/1993
SLOVENIA	Succession	12/11/1992	25/06/1991
SOMALIA	Accession	30/03/1967	21/07/1968
SOUTH AFRICA	Signature	05/04/1966
SOUTH AFRICA	Acceptance	14/12/1966
SOUTH YEMEN	Accession	20/05/1969
SOVIET UNION	Objection	01/01/1905
SOVIET UNION	Statement	04/07/1966
SOVIET UNION	Signature	04/07/1966
SOVIET UNION	Ratification	04/07/1966
SOVIET UNION	Communication	31/08/1988
SPAIN	Signature	05/04/1966
SPAIN	Acceptance	01/07/1968
SRI LANKA	Accession	10/05/1974	10/08/1974
St Helena	Extension	10/06/2004	10/06/2004
ST VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES	Accession	29/04/1986	29/07/1986
ST VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES	Communication	10/01/2006
SUDAN	Accession	26/09/1991	26/12/1991
SURINAME	Extension	21/07/1967	21/07/1968
SURINAME	Succession	25/11/1975
SWEDEN	Accession	28/07/1967	21/07/1968
SWITZERLAND	Signature	11/05/1966
SWITZERLAND	Acceptance	23/04/1968
SYRIA	Accession	06/02/1975	06/05/1975
SYRIA	Declaration	06/02/1975
TANZANIA	Accession	28/02/1989	28/05/1989
THAILAND	Accession	30/12/1992	30/03/1993
TOGO	Accession	19/07/1989	19/10/1989
TONGA	Accession	12/04/1977	12/07/1977
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO	Signature	05/04/1966
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO	Acceptance	24/08/1966
Trust Territory Of The Pacific	Extension		09/09/1975
TUNISIA	Signature	05/07/1966
TUNISIA	Acceptance	23/08/1966
TURKEY	Accession	05/08/1968
TURKEY	Communication	10/03/1999
Turks And Caicos Islands	Extension	07/07/2004	07/07/2004
TUVALU	Accession	22/08/1985	22/11/1985
UKRAINE	Accession	25/10/1993	25/01/1994
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES	Accession	15/12/1983	15/03/1984
UNITED ARAB REPUBLIC	Signature	05/04/1966
UNITED ARAB REPUBLIC	Declaration	05/04/1966
UNITED ARAB REPUBLIC	Acceptance	06/12/1968	06/03/1969
UNITED KINGDOM	Signature	05/04/1966
UNITED KINGDOM	Acceptance	11/07/1967
UNITED KINGDOM	Communication	08/09/1975
UNITED KINGDOM	Statement	02/10/2008
UNITED KINGDOM	Statement	09/01/2009
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA	Communication	01/01/1905
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA	Signature	05/04/1966
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA	Acceptance	17/11/1966
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA	Communication	29/03/1999
URUGUAY	Accession	18/04/1977	18/07/1977
VANUATU	Accession	28/07/1982	28/10/1982
VENEZUELA	Signature	05/04/1966
VENEZUELA	Acceptance	15/10/1974
VIETNAM, REPUBLIC OF	Accession	14/06/1968
VIETNAM, SOCIALIST REP OF	Accession	18/12/1990	18/03/1991
Virgin Islands	Extension		09/09/1975
Wake Island	Extension		18/03/1976
WESTERN SAMOA	Accession	23/10/1979	23/01/1980
YEMEN ARAB REPUBLIC	Accession	06/03/1979
YUGOSLAVIA	Signature	05/04/1966
YUGOSLAVIA	Acceptance	25/10/1968
ZAIRE	Accession	20/05/1968	20/08/1968
ZAMBIA	Accession	02/09/1970	02/12/1970
ZANZIBAR	Bound	26/11/2008