Country	Action	Action Date	Effective Date
AFGHANISTAN	Ratification	20/09/1973
ALBANIA	Ratification	22/03/1974
ALGERIA	Ratification	21/06/1972
ARGENTINA	Ratification	19/03/1973
AUSTRALIA	Ratification	16/11/1972
AUSTRIA	Ratification	12/01/1973
BAHRAIN	Ratification	22/08/1972
BARBADOS	Ratification	12/06/1972
BELGIUM	Ratification	26/03/1973
BHUTAN	Ratification	13/09/1972
BOLIVIA	Ratification	29/06/1973
BOTSWANA	Ratification	12/02/1973
BRAZIL	Ratification	07/09/1972
BULGARIA	Ratification	05/06/1973
BYELORUSSIA S S R	Ratification	15/06/1973
CAMEROON	Ratification	12/12/1972
CANADA	Ratification	28/09/1972
CHAD	Ratification	11/05/1973
CHILE	Ratification	23/07/1974
CHINA P R	Ratification	15/09/1972
COLOMBIA	Ratification	20/05/1975
COSTA RICA	Ratification	14/08/1973
CUBA	Ratification	17/05/1976
CYPRUS	Ratification	26/06/1972
CZECHOSLOVAKIA	Ratification	04/02/1974
DAHOMEY	Ratification	05/02/1973
DENMARK	Ratification	23/01/1973
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC	Ratification	29/11/1972
ECUADOR	Ratification	20/04/1973
EGYPT	Ratification	28/12/1972
ETHIOPIA	Ratification	27/02/1974
FIJI	Ratification	12/06/1972
FINLAND	Ratification	30/03/1972
FRANCE	Ratification	01/06/1973
GHANA	Ratification	08/01/1973
GREECE	Ratification	15/01/1974
GUATEMALA	Ratification	03/10/1972
GUINEA	Ratification	27/06/1973
GUYANA	Ratification	22/05/1973
HUNGARY	Ratification	12/07/1973
ICELAND	Ratification	06/03/1973
INDIA	Ratification	05/01/1973
INDONESIA	Ratification	30/03/1973
IRAN	Ratification	15/03/1973
IRAQ	Ratification	09/08/1972
IRELAND, REPUBLIC OF	Ratification	06/10/1972
ITALY	Ratification	25/07/1973
IVORY COAST	Ratification	28/02/1973
JAMAICA	Ratification	06/10/1972
JAPAN	Ratification	15/06/1973
JORDAN	Ratification	02/06/1972
KENYA	Ratification	05/10/1972
KUWAIT	Ratification	20/06/1972
LEBANON	Ratification	02/07/1973
LESOTHO	Ratification	30/05/1973
LIBERIA	Ratification	04/12/1972
LIBYA	Ratification	12/04/1973
LUXEMBOURG	Ratification	05/06/1973
MADAGASCAR	Ratification	19/07/1973
MALAWI	Ratification	15/09/1972
MALAYSIA	Ratification	16/06/1972
MALI	Ratification	30/08/1973
MALTA	Ratification	22/02/1973
MAURITIUS	Ratification	29/06/1973
MEXICO	Ratification	11/04/1973
MONGOLIA	Ratification	18/05/1973
MOROCCO	Ratification	26/09/1972
NEPAL	Ratification	24/11/1972
NETHERLANDS THE	Ratification	31/10/1972
NEW ZEALAND	Ratification	19/07/1972
NICARAGUA	Ratification	17/07/1973
NIGER	Ratification	22/08/1972
NIGERIA	Ratification	18/10/1973
NORWAY	Ratification	14/03/1973
OMAN	Ratification	23/06/1972
PAKISTAN	Ratification	21/08/1973
PANAMA	Ratification	26/09/1972
PARAGUAY	Ratification	28/12/1973
PERU	Ratification	26/06/1973
PHILIPPINES	Ratification	14/11/1972
POLAND	Ratification	19/09/1973
QATAR	Ratification	15/06/1972
ROMANIA	Ratification	26/02/1973
RWANDA	Ratification	06/11/1973
SENEGAL	Ratification	25/01/1973
SIERRA LEONE	Ratification	15/10/1973
SINGAPORE	Ratification	18/04/1972
SOVIET UNION	Ratification	01/06/1973
SPAIN	Ratification	26/07/1973
SRI LANKA	Ratification	06/12/1972
SUDAN	Ratification	04/10/1972
SWEDEN	Ratification	22/12/1972
SYRIA	Ratification	21/08/1974
TANZANIA	Ratification	04/04/1973
THAILAND	Ratification	19/07/1972
TOGO	Ratification	29/10/1973
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO	Ratification	11/09/1972
TUNISIA	Ratification	08/11/1972
UGANDA	Ratification	12/06/1972
UKRAINE S S R	Ratification	16/05/1973
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES	Ratification	29/09/1972
UNITED KINGDOM	Signature	19/06/1973
UNITED KINGDOM	Ratification	19/06/1973
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA	Ratification	24/09/1973
VENEZUELA	Ratification	29/10/1974
YEMEN ARAB REPUBLIC	Ratification	07/07/1972
YEMEN, PEOPLES'S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF	Ratification	15/06/1972
YUGOSLAVIA	Ratification	23/10/1972
ZAIRE	Ratification	16/08/1973
ZAMBIA	Ratification	13/10/1972