Country	Action	Action Date	Effective Date
ALBANIA	Bound	28/08/2002	28/02/2003
ALGERIA	Bound	06/05/2015	06/11/2015
ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA	Bound	23/08/2010	23/02/2011
ARGENTINA	Bound	21/10/1998	21/04/1999
AUSTRALIA	Bound	22/08/1997
AUSTRALIA	Declaration	22/08/1997
AUSTRIA	Bound	27/07/1998	27/01/1999
AUSTRIA	Declaration	27/07/1998
BANGLADESH	Bound	06/09/2000	06/03/2001
BELARUS	Bound	13/09/2000	13/03/2001
BELGIUM	Bound	10/03/1999	10/09/1999
BOLIVIA	Bound	21/09/2001	21/03/2002
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA	Bound	11/10/2001
BRAZIL	Bound	04/10/1999	04/04/2000
BULGARIA	Bound	03/12/1998	03/06/1999
BURKINA FASO	Bound	26/11/2003	26/05/2004
CAMBODIA	Acceptance	25/03/1997
CAMEROON	Bound	07/12/2006	01/01/1976
CANADA	Bound	05/01/1998
CANADA	Declaration	26/06/1998	19/10/1998
CANADA	Acceptance	11/11/1998	19/10/1998
CAPE VERDE	Bound	16/09/1997
CHILE	Ratification	15/10/2003	15/04/2004
CHINA	Bound	04/11/1998	04/05/1999
COLOMBIA	Bound	06/03/2000	06/09/2000
COSTA RICA	Bound	17/12/1998	17/06/1999
CROATIA	Bound	25/04/2002	25/10/2002
CYPRUS	Ratification	22/07/2003	22/01/2004
CZECH REPUBLIC	Bound	10/08/1998	10/02/1999
DENMARK	Bound	30/04/1997
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC	Ratification	21/06/2010	21/12/2010
EL SALVADOR	Bound	26/01/2000	26/07/2000
ESTONIA	Bound	20/04/2000	20/10/2000
FINLAND	Acceptance	11/01/1996
GABON	Bound	22/09/2010	22/03/2011
GEORGIA	Bound	14/07/2006	14/01/2007
GERMANY	Bound	27/06/1997
GERMANY	Declaration	27/06/1997
GREECE	Bound	05/08/1997
GREECE	Declaration	05/08/1997
GRENADA	Signature	10/12/2014	10/06/2015
GUATEMALA	Bound	30/08/2002	28/02/2003
HOLY SEE	Bound	22/07/1997
HONDURAS	Bound	30/10/2003	30/04/2004
HUNGARY	Bound	30/01/1998	30/07/1998
HUNGARY	Ratification	27/12/2002
ICELAND	Ratification	22/08/2008	22/02/2009
INDIA	Bound	02/09/1999	02/03/2000
IRAQ	Ratification	24/09/2014	24/03/2015
IRELAND, REPUBLIC OF	Acceptance	27/03/1997
IRELAND, REPUBLIC OF	Declaration	27/03/1997
ISRAEL	Bound	30/10/2000	30/04/2001
ISRAEL	Declaration	30/10/2000
ITALY	Bound	13/01/1999	13/07/1999
ITALY	Declaration	13/01/1999
JAPAN	Bound	10/06/1997
KAZAKHSTAN	Bound	08/07/2009	08/01/2010
KUWAIT	Bound	24/05/2013	25/10/2013
LIBERIA	Bound	16/09/2005	16/03/2006
LIECHTENSTEIN	Bound	19/11/1997
LIECHTENSTEIN	Declaration	19/11/1997
LUXEMBOURG	Bound	05/08/1999	05/02/2000
MACEDONIA THE FYR OF	Bound	19/03/2007	19/09/2007
MADAGASCAR	Bound	14/03/2008	14/09/2008
MALDIVES	Bound	07/09/2000	07/03/2001
MALI	Bound	24/10/2001
MALTA	Ratification	24/09/2004	24/03/2005
MAURITIUS	Bound	24/12/2002	24/06/2003
MOLDOVA REPUBLIC OF	Bound	08/09/2000	08/03/2001
MONTENEGRO	Succession	23/10/2006	03/06/2006
MOROCCO	Bound	19/03/2002	19/09/2002
NAURU	Bound	12/11/2001	12/05/2002
NETHERLANDS THE	Bound	25/03/1999	25/09/1999
NETHERLANDS THE	Declaration	25/03/1999
NETHERLANDS THE	Application	28/04/2014
NEW ZEALAND	Bound	08/01/1998
NICARAGUA	Bound	05/12/2000	05/06/2001
NIGER	Bound	18/09/2007	18/03/2008
NORWAY	Bound	13/10/1995	20/10/1998
PAKISTAN	Bound	05/12/2000	05/06/2001
PANAMA	Acceptance	26/03/1997
PERU	Bound	03/07/1997
PHILIPPINES	Bound	12/06/1997
POLAND	Ratification	23/09/2004	23/03/2005
POLAND	Declaration	23/09/2004	01/01/1900
PORTUGAL	Bound	12/11/2001	12/05/2002
QATAR	Bound	16/11/2009	16/05/2010
ROMANIA	Bound	25/08/2003	25/02/2004
RUSSIAN FEDERATION	Bound	09/09/1999	09/03/2000
SAUDI ARABIA	Bound	07/12/2007	07/06/2008
SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO
SEYCHELLES	Bound	08/06/2000	08/12/2000
SIERRA LEONE	Ratification	30/09/2004	30/03/2005
SLOVAK REPUBLIC	Bound	30/11/1999
SLOVENIA	Bound	03/12/2002
SPAIN	Bound	19/01/1998	30/07/1998
SRI LANKA	Ratification	24/09/2004	24/03/2005
ST VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES	Ratification	06/12/2010	06/11/2011
SWEDEN	Acceptance	15/01/1997
SWEDEN	Declaration	15/01/1997
TAJIKISTAN	Bound	12/10/1999	12/04/2000
TUNISIA	Ratification	23/03/2006	23/09/2006
TURKEY	Bound	02/03/2005	02/09/2005
UKRAINE	Accession	28/05/2003	28/11/2003
UNITED KINGDOM	Bound	11/02/1999	11/08/1999
UNITED KINGDOM	Declaration	11/02/1999
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA	Ratification	21/01/2009	21/07/2009
URUGUAY	Bound	18/09/1998	18/03/1999
UZBEKISTAN	Bound	29/09/1997