CountryActionAction DateEffective Date
AFGHANISTANRatification22/08/1969
ALBANIARatification03/06/1957
ALGERIARatification19/10/1962
ANGOLASuccession04/06/1976
ANTIGUA AND BARBUDARatification02/05/200302/05/2004
ARGENTINARatification24/09/1956
ARMENIARatification29/07/199429/07/1995
AUSTRALIARatification10/12/197410/12/1975
AUSTRALIADeclaration08/02/199608/02/1996
AUSTRIARatification29/10/1953
AZERBAIJANRatification19/05/199219/05/1992
BAHAMASRatification14/06/200114/06/2002
BARBADOSRatification19/09/197419/09/1975
BELGIUMRatification23/05/1952
BELIZERatification22/06/199922/06/2000
BENINRatification16/05/1968
BOLIVIARatification15/11/197315/11/1974
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINARatification02/06/199302/06/1993
BRAZILRatification25/04/1957
BULGARIARatification07/11/1955
BYELORUSSIA S S RRatification21/08/1956
CAMBODIARatification23/08/199923/08/2000
CAMEROONRatification25/05/1970
CANADARatification16/11/1972
CAPE VERDESuccession16/10/1979
CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLICRatification09/06/1964
CHADRatification29/03/1966
CHILERatification20/09/1971
CHINADeclaration11/06/1984
CHINASignature02/11/1990
CHINARatification02/11/199001/11/1991
CHINADeclaration20/10/1999
COLOMBIARatification07/06/1963
Comoro IslandsExtension27/11/1974
COMOROS ISLANDSSuccession23/10/197823/10/1978
CONGO, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OFRatification16/06/1969
CONGO, REPUBLIC OFRatification26/11/199926/11/2000
COSTA RICARatification02/06/1960
COTE D'IVOIRERatification05/05/1961
CUBARatification13/01/1954
CYPRUSRatification19/11/198719/11/1988
CZECH REPUBLICSuccession01/01/199301/01/1993
CZECHOSLOVAKIARatification30/10/1957
DENMARKRatification22/06/1960
DJIBOUTISuccession03/08/197803/08/1978
DOMINICA, COMMONWEALTH OFRatification28/02/198328/02/1984
DOMINICAN REPUBLICRatification22/09/1953
ECUADORRatification11/03/1957
EGYPTRatification26/07/1960
EQUATORIAL GUINEAAccession12/06/198512/06/1986
ERITREARatification22/02/200022/02/2001
ETHIOPIARatification24/03/199924/03/2000
FIJIRatification17/04/200217/04/2003
FINLANDRatification14/01/1963
FRANCERatification10/03/1953
French PolynesiaExtension27/11/1974
French Terr Of Afars And IssasExtension27/11/1974
GABONRatification13/06/1961
GERMAN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLICRatification07/05/197507/05/1976
GERMAN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLICStatement07/05/1975
GERMANY FEDERAL REPUBLICRatification08/06/1956
GHANARatification14/03/1968
GibraltarExtension03/05/197801/01/1900
GREECERatification06/06/197506/06/1976
GRENADARatification25/10/199425/10/1995
GUATEMALARatification02/08/1961
GUINEARatification11/08/1967
GUINEA BISSAUSuccession21/02/1977
GUYANARatification13/06/197513/06/1976
HAITIRatification04/03/1958
HONDURASRatification09/08/1956
HUNGARYRatification08/06/1956
ICELANDRatification17/02/1958
INDIARatification25/09/1958
INDONESIARatification11/08/1958
IRANRatification10/06/1972
IRAQRatification28/08/1963
IRELAND, REPUBLIC OFRatification18/12/197418/12/1975
Isle of ManExtension03/12/2021
ISRAELRatification09/06/1965
ITALYRatification08/06/1956
JAMAICARatification14/01/197514/01/1976
JAPANSignature24/08/1967
JORDANRatification22/09/1966
KAZAKHSTANRatification18/05/200118/05/2002
KENYARatification07/05/200107/05/2002
KYRGYZSTANRatification31/03/199231/03/1992
LATVIAAccession27/01/199227/01/1993
LEBANONRatification01/06/197701/06/1978
LIBYARatification20/06/1962
LITHUANIARatification26/09/199426/09/1995
LUXEMBOURGSignature23/08/1967
MADAGASCARRatification10/08/1962
MALAWIRatification22/03/1964
MALIRatification12/07/1968
MALTARatification09/06/198809/06/1989
MAURITANIARatification03/12/200103/12/2002
MAURITIUSRatification18/12/200218/12/2003
MEXICORatification23/08/1952
MOLDOVA REPUBLIC OFRatification23/03/200023/03/2001
MONGOLIARatification03/06/1969
MOROCCORatification11/05/197911/05/1980
MOZAMBIQUERatification06/06/1977
NEPALRatification10/06/197610/06/1977
NETHERLANDS THERatification16/06/1971
New CaledoniaExtension27/11/1974
NEW ZEALANDRatification03/06/198303/06/1984
NEW ZEALANDDeclaration03/06/198303/06/1984
NICARAGUARatification31/10/1967
NIGERRatification09/08/1966
NIGERIARatification08/05/197408/05/1975
NORWAYRatification24/09/1959
PAKISTANRatification11/10/200111/10/2002
PANAMARatification03/06/1958
PAPUA NEW GUINEARatification02/06/200002/06/2001
PARAGUAYRatification24/06/1964
PERURatification01/02/1960
PHILIPPINESRatification29/12/1953
POLANDRatification25/10/1954
PORTUGALRatification20/02/1967
PORTUGALDeclaration04/10/1999
ROMANIARatification28/05/1957
RWANDARatification02/12/198002/12/1981
SAINT LUCIARatification18/08/198318/08/1984
SAN MARINOAccession23/05/198523/05/1986
SAO TOME AND PRINCIPERatification01/06/198201/06/1982
SAUDI ARABIARatification15/06/197815/06/1979
SENEGALRatification22/10/1962
SEYCHELLESRatification23/11/199923/11/2000
SIERRA LEONERatification15/11/1968
SINGAPORERatification30/05/200230/05/2003
SLOVAK REPUBLICSuccession01/01/199301/01/1993
SLOVENIAAccession09/06/199209/06/1992
SOUTH AFRICARatification30/03/200030/03/2001
SOVIET UNIONRatification30/04/1956
SPAINRatification06/11/1967
SRI LANKARatification01/04/199301/04/1994
ST KITTS AND NEVISRatification25/08/200025/08/2001
St Pierre and MiquelonExtension27/11/1974
ST VINCENT AND THE GRENADINESRatification04/12/200104/12/2002
SUDANRatification22/10/1970
SWAZILANDRatification05/06/198105/06/1982
SWEDENRatification20/06/1962
SWITZERLANDRatification25/10/1972
SYRIARatification07/06/1957
TAIWANRatification01/05/1958
TAJIKISTANRatification26/11/199326/11/1993
TANZANIARatification26/02/200226/02/2003
THAILANDRatification08/02/199908/02/2000
TOGORatification08/11/198308/11/1984
Tokelau IslandsExtension03/06/198303/06/1984
TUNISIARatification11/10/1968
TURKEYRatification19/07/1967
UKRAINE S S RRatification10/08/1956
UNITED KINGDOMRatification15/06/1971
UPPER VOLTARatification30/06/1969
URUGUAYRatification16/11/198916/11/1990
VENEZUELAAccession10/08/1982
YEMEN ARAB REPUBLICRatification29/07/197629/07/1977
YUGOSLAVIARatification21/05/1962
YUGOSLAVIA, FEDERAL REPUBLIC OFRatification24/11/200024/11/2000
ZAMBIARatification20/06/1972
ZIMBABWERatification14/12/198914/12/1990