Country	Action	Action Date	Effective Date
AFGHANISTAN	Accession	17/06/2004	15/09/2004
ALGERIA	Accession	20/10/1992	18/01/1993
ANDORRA	Accession	26/01/2009	26/04/2009
ANGOLA	Accession	21/06/2011	19/09/2011
ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA	Accession	23/02/1993	24/05/1993
ARGENTINA	Ratification	04/12/1992	04/03/1993
ARMENIA	Accession	26/11/2003	24/02/2004
Aruba	Extension	16/03/1992
AUSTRALIA	Acceptance	11/08/1992	09/11/1992
AUSTRIA	Ratification	11/12/1992	11/03/1993
AZERBAIJAN	Accession	12/06/1996	10/09/1996
BAHAMAS	Acceptance	04/05/1993	02/08/1993
BAHRAIN	Acceptance	23/12/1992	23/03/1993
BANGLADESH	Ratification	18/03/1994	17/06/1994
BARBADOS	Acceptance	20/07/1994	19/10/1994
BELARUS	Ratification	10/06/1996	08/09/1996
BELGIUM	Ratification	05/10/1993	03/01/1994
BELIZE	Accession	09/01/1998	09/04/1998
BENIN	Ratification	21/06/2000
BHUTAN	Accession	23/08/2004	21/11/2004
BOLIVIA	Accession	03/10/1994	01/01/1995
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA	Accession	11/08/2003	09/11/2003
BOTSWANA	Accession	13/05/1997	11/08/1997
BRAZIL	Acceptance	01/10/1992	30/12/1992
British Antarctic Territory	Extension	08/09/1993
British Virgin Islands	Extension	30/10/1995	30/10/1995
BRUNEI DARUSSALAM	Accession	03/03/2009	01/06/2009
BURKINA FASO	Ratification	10/06/1994	08/09/1994
BURUNDI	Acceptance	18/10/2001	16/01/2002
CAMBODIA	Accession	31/01/2007	01/05/2007
CAMEROON	Accession	08/06/1992	06/09/1992
CANADA	Acceptance	05/07/1990
CAPE VERDE	Accession	31/07/2001
CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC	Ratification	29/05/2008	27/08/2008
CHAD	Ratification	30/05/2001	28/08/2001
CHILE	Acceptance	09/04/1992
CHINA P R	Accession	14/06/1991
CHINA P R	Communication	19/10/1999	20/12/1999
COLOMBIA	Accession	06/12/1993	06/03/1994
COMOROS	Accession	31/10/1994	29/01/1995
CONGO, REPUBLIC OF FORMERLY CONGO PR	Ratification	16/11/1994	14/02/1995
COOK ISLANDS	Accession	22/12/2003	21/03/2004
COSTA RICA	Ratification	11/11/1998	09/02/1999
COTE D'IVOIRE	Ratification	18/05/1994	16/08/1994
CROATIA	Ratification	15/10/1993	13/01/1994
CYPRUS	Acceptance	11/10/1994	09/01/1995
CZECH REPUBLIC	Accession	18/12/1996	18/03/1997
DENMARK	Acceptance	20/12/1991
DENMARK	Declaration	20/12/1991
DJIBOUTI	Accession	30/07/1999	28/10/1999
DOMINICA, COMMONWEALTH OF	Accession	31/03/1993	29/06/1993
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC	Accession	24/12/2001	24/03/2002
ECUADOR	Ratification	23/02/1993	24/05/1993
EGYPT	Ratification	13/01/1993	13/04/1993
EL SALVADOR	Accession	08/12/2000	08/03/2001
EQUATORIAL GUINEA	Accession	11/07/2007	09/10/2007
ERITREA	Accession	05/07/2005	03/10/2005
ESTONIA	Ratification	12/04/1999	11/07/1999
ETHIOPIA	Ratification	25/11/2009	23/11/2010
EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY	Approval	20/12/1991
Faroe Islands	Application	24/10/2007	24/10/2007
FIJI	Accession	09/12/1994	09/03/1995
FINLAND	Acceptance	20/12/1991
FRANCE	Approval	12/02/1992
GABON	Accession	04/12/2000	04/03/2001
GAMBIA THE	Ratification	13/03/1995	11/06/1995
GEORGIA	Accession	12/07/2000	10/10/2000
GERMANY	Ratification	27/12/1991
GHANA	Ratification	24/07/1992	22/10/1992
Gibraltar	Extension	20/12/1991
GREECE	Ratification	11/05/1993	09/08/1993
GRENADA	Accession	07/12/1993	07/03/1994
GUATEMALA	Accession	21/01/2002	21/04/2002
Guernsey, Bailiwick of	Extension	08/09/1993
GUINEA	Accession	25/06/1992	23/09/1992
GUINEA BISSAU	Accession	12/11/2002	10/02/2003
GUYANA	Acceptance	23/07/1999	21/10/1999
HAITI	Accession	29/03/2000	27/06/2000
HOLY SEE	Accession	05/05/2008	03/08/2008
HONDURAS	Ratification	24/01/2002	24/04/2002
Hong Kong	Extension	08/09/1993
Hong Kong	Notification	10/06/1997
HONG KONG SAR	Application	10/06/1997	01/07/1997
HUNGARY	Approval	09/11/1993	07/02/1994
ICELAND	Ratification	16/06/1993	14/09/1993
INDIA	Accession	16/06/1992	17/09/1992
INDONESIA	Ratification	26/06/1992	24/09/1992
IRAQ	Accession	25/06/2008	23/09/2008
IRELAND	Acceptance	20/12/1991
Isle of Man	Extension	25/02/2021
ISRAEL	Ratification	30/06/1992	28/09/1992
ITALY	Approval	21/02/1991
JAMAICA	Accession	31/03/1993	29/06/1993
JAPAN	Acceptance	04/09/1991
JAPAN	Declaration	04/09/1991
Jersey, Bailiwick of	Extension	04/01/1995	04/01/1995
JORDAN	Ratification	12/11/1993	10/02/1994
KAZAKHSTAN	Accession	27/07/2001	24/10/2001
KENYA	Ratification	27/09/1994	26/12/1994
KIRIBATI	Accession	09/08/2004	07/11/2004
KOREA	Acceptance	10/12/1992	10/03/1993
KOREA DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF	Accession	17/06/1999	15/09/1999
KUWAIT	Accession	22/07/1994	20/10/1994
KYRGYZSTAN	Ratification	13/05/2003	11/08/2003
LAO PEOPLE'S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC	Accession	28/06/2006	26/09/2006
LATVIA	Accession	02/11/1998	31/01/1999
LEBANON	Accession	31/03/1993	29/06/1993
LESOTHO	Accession	15/04/2010	14/07/2010
LIBERIA	Accession	15/01/1996	14/04/1996
LIBYA	Ratification	12/07/2001	10/10/2001
LIBYA	Ratification	15/04/2014	14/07/2014
LIECHTENSTEIN	Ratification	24/03/1994	23/06/1994
LITHUANIA	Ratification	03/02/1998
LUXEMBOURG	Ratification	20/05/1992	18/08/1992
Macao	Extension	15/02/1994
Macao	Communication	21/10/1999
MACEDONIA THE FYR OF	Ratification	09/11/1998	07/02/1999
MADAGASCAR	Accession	16/01/2002	16/04/2002
MALAWI	Acceptance	08/02/1994	09/05/1994
MALAYSIA	Accession	16/06/1993	14/09/1993
MALDIVES	Ratification	31/07/1991
MALI	Accession	28/10/1994	26/01/1995
MALTA	Acceptance	04/02/1994	05/05/1994
MARSHALL ISLANDS	Accession	11/03/1993	09/06/1993
MAURITANIA	Acceptance	22/07/2005	20/10/2005
MAURITIUS	Accession	20/10/1992	18/01/1993
MEXICO	Acceptance	11/10/1991
MICRONESIA	Accession	27/11/2001	25/02/2002
MOLDOVA REPUBLIC OF	Accession	25/06/2001	23/09/2001
MONACO	Accession	12/03/1993	10/06/1993
MONGOLIA	Accession	07/03/1996	05/06/1996
MOROCCO	Accession	28/12/1995	27/03/1996
MOZAMBIQUE	Accession	09/09/1994	08/12/1994
MYANMAR	Accession	24/11/1993	22/02/1994
NAURU	Accession	10/09/2004	09/12/2004
NEPAL	Accession	06/07/1994	04/10/1994
NETHERLANDS THE	Acceptance	20/12/1991
NETHERLANDS THE	Declaration	16/03/1992
NEW ZEALAND	Acceptance	01/10/1990
NICARAGUA	Ratification	13/12/1999	12/03/2000
NIGER	Accession	11/01/1996	10/04/1996
NIGERIA	Ratification	27/09/2001	26/12/2001
NIUE	Accession	22/12/2003	21/03/2004
NORWAY	Ratification	18/11/1991
OMAN	Accession	05/08/1999	03/11/1999
PAKISTAN	Accession	18/12/1992	18/03/1993
PALAU	Accession	29/06/1990
PANAMA	Ratification	10/02/1994	11/05/1994
PAPUA NEW GUINEA	Acceptance	04/05/1993	02/08/1993
PARAGUAY	Accession	03/12/1992	03/03/1993
PERU	Accession	31/03/1993	29/06/1993
PHILIPPINES	Ratification	09/08/1993	07/11/1993
POLAND	Accession	02/10/1996	31/12/1996
PORTUGAL	Ratification	24/11/1992	22/02/1993
QATAR	Accession	22/01/1996	21/04/1996
ROMANIA	Accession	27/01/1993	27/04/1993
RUSSIAN FEDERATION	Acceptance	13/01/1992
RWANDA	Accession	07/01/2004	06/04/2004
SAINT CHRISTOPHER AND NEVIS	Ratification	08/07/1998	06/10/1998
SAINT LUCIA	Accession	24/08/1999	22/11/1999
SAMOA	Acceptance	04/10/2001
SAN MARINO	Accession	23/04/2009	22/07/2009
SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE	Accession	19/11/2001	17/02/2002
SAUDI ARABIA	Accession	01/03/1993	30/05/1993
SENEGAL	Ratification	06/05/1993	04/08/1993
SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO	Accession	22/03/2005	20/06/2005
SEYCHELLES	Accession	06/01/1993	06/04/1993
SIERRA LEONE	Accession	29/08/2001	27/11/2001
SINGAPORE	Accession	02/03/1993	31/05/1993
SLOVAK REPUBLIC	Approval	15/04/1994	14/07/1994
SLOVENIA	Acceptance	08/12/1992	08/03/1993
SOLOMON ISLANDS	Accession	17/08/1999	15/11/1999
SOMALIA	Accession	01/08/2001	30/10/2001
SOUTH AFRICA	Acceptance	12/05/1992	10/08/1992
SPAIN	Acceptance	19/05/1992	17/08/1992
SPAIN	Communication	17/04/2015
SRI LANKA	Accession	16/06/1993	14/09/1993
ST VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES	Accession	02/12/1996	02/03/1997
SUDAN	Accession	02/01/2002	02/04/2002
SURINAME	Accession	29/03/2006	27/06/2006
SWAZILAND	Accession	16/12/2005	16/03/2006
SWEDEN	Ratification	02/08/1991
SWITZERLAND	Ratification	16/09/1992	15/12/1992
SYRIA	Accession	30/11/1999	28/02/2000
TAJIKISTAN	Accession	07/01/1998	07/04/1998
TANZANIA	Accession	16/04/1993	15/07/1993
THAILAND	Ratification	25/06/1992	23/09/1992
TIMOR-LESTE	Accession	16/09/2009	15/12/2009
TOGO	Acceptance	06/07/1998	04/10/1998
TONGA	Ratification	26/11/2003	24/02/2004
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO	Ratification	10/06/1999	08/09/1999
TUNISIA	Accession	15/07/1993	13/10/1993
TURKEY	Ratification	13/04/1995	12/07/1995
TURKMENISTAN	Accession	15/03/1994	13/06/1994
TUVALU	Acceptance	31/08/2000	29/11/2000
UGANDA	Ratification	20/01/1994	20/04/1994
UKRAINE	Ratification	06/02/1997	07/05/1997
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES	Accession	16/02/2005	17/05/2005
UNITED KINGDOM	Ratification	20/12/1991
UNITED KINGDOM	Notification	08/09/1993
UNITED KINGDOM	Notification	30/10/1995
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA	Ratification	18/12/1991
URUGUAY	Accession	16/11/1993	14/02/1994
UZBEKISTAN	Accession	10/06/1998	08/09/1992
VANUATU	Acceptance	21/11/1994	19/02/1995
VENEZUELA	Ratification	29/07/1993	27/10/1993
VIETNAM	Accession	26/01/1994	26/04/1994
YEMEN	Accession	23/04/2001	22/07/2001
ZAIRE	Accession	30/11/1994	28/02/1995
ZAMBIA	Ratification	15/04/1994	14/07/1994
ZIMBABWE	Ratification	03/06/1994	01/09/1994