Country	Action	Action Date	Effective Date
ALGERIA	Acceptance	21/01/1998
ANDORRA	Acceptance	17/01/1997
Antilles	Extension	17/12/1997
ARGENTINA	Acceptance	02/03/1999
Aruba	Extension	18/12/2000
AUSTRIA	Acceptance	01/02/2002
BAHAMAS	Acceptance	23/10/2001
BAHRAIN	Acceptance	13/06/2000
BANGLADESH	Acceptance	23/04/1997
BELARUS	Acceptance	23/09/2003	01/01/1900
BELGIUM	Acceptance	29/12/1995	01/01/1900
BELIZE	Acceptance	15/12/2000
BHUTAN	Acceptance	17/03/1999
BOLIVIA	Acceptance	15/03/1999
BOTSWANA	Acceptance	06/03/2002
BRAZIL	Acceptance	26/02/1998
BRUNEI DARUSSALAM	Acceptance	28/06/2000
BULGARIA	Acceptance	25/06/1999
BURKINA FASO	Acceptance	26/07/1999
CAMBODIA	Acceptance	12/08/1997
CAMEROON	Acceptance	05/10/2001
CANADA	Acceptance	17/09/1997
CHAD	Acceptance	16/05/2002
CHILE	Acceptance	19/08/1997
CHINA	Acceptance	10/07/2002
COLOMBIA	Acceptance	31/01/1997
CONGO	Acceptance	28/02/2000
COSTA RICA	Acceptance	12/02/1997
COTE D'IVOIRE	Acceptance	25/09/2001
CROATIA	Acceptance	26/05/1998
CUBA	Acceptance	23/10/1996
CYPRUS	Acceptance	20/09/2001
CZECH REPUBLIC	Acceptance	23/05/2000
DENMARK	Acceptance	10/09/1996
DJIBOUTI	Acceptance	21/09/2001
DOMINICA, COMMONWEALTH OF	Acceptance	05/07/2001
ECUADOR	Acceptance	25/02/1998
EGYPT	Acceptance	28/12/1998
ESTONIA	Acceptance	06/12/2000
ETHIOPIA	Acceptance	15/04/1998
FIJI	Acceptance	20/08/1997
FINLAND	Acceptance	03/01/1997
FRANCE	Acceptance	20/06/1997
GEORGIA	Acceptance	11/04/2000
GERMANY	Acceptance	25/06/1997
GHANA	Acceptance	03/02/2011
GREECE	Acceptance	23/09/1997
GRENADA	Acceptance	20/05/1999
GUATEMALA	Acceptance	26/12/2002
GUINEA	Acceptance	14/05/1999
GUYANA	Acceptance	15/09/1998
HAITI	Acceptance	20/12/2000
HOLY SEE	Acceptance	15/08/1996
ICELAND	Acceptance	14/01/2000
INDONESIA	Acceptance	17/12/1998
IRAN	Acceptance	13/11/2001
IRAQ	Acceptance	31/12/2001
IRELAND, REPUBLIC OF	Acceptance	18/11/2002
ISRAEL	Acceptance	27/12/1999
ITALY	Acceptance	14/09/1999
JAMAICA	Acceptance	06/04/1998
JAPAN	Acceptance	12/06/2003
JORDAN	Acceptance	24/09/2002
KENYA	Acceptance	12/02/2003
KIRIBATI	Acceptance	09/09/2002
KOREA DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF	Acceptance	23/02/2000
KOREA REPUBLIC OF	Acceptance	03/02/1999
KUWAIT	Acceptance	09/05/2003
KYRGYZSTAN	Acceptance	31/05/2000
LAOS	Acceptance	22/09/1997
LEBANON	Acceptance	14/07/2000
LESOTHO	Acceptance	12/11/2001
LIBERIA	Acceptance	16/09/2005
LIECHTENSTEIN	Acceptance	21/01/2000
LITHUANIA	Acceptance	27/03/2002
LUXEMBOURG	Acceptance	11/07/2000
MACEDONIA THE FYR OF	Acceptance	16/10/1996
MALAYSIA	Acceptance	19/08/2002
MALDIVES	Acceptance	02/11/1998
MALI	Acceptance	04/03/1999
MALTA	Acceptance	01/05/1997
MAURITANIA	Acceptance	20/08/1999
MAURITIUS	Acceptance	25/08/1999
MEXICO	Acceptance	22/09/1997
MOLDOVA REPUBLIC OF	Acceptance	30/01/1998
MONACO	Acceptance	26/05/1999
MONGOLIA	Acceptance	19/12/1997
MOROCCO	Acceptance	27/01/1999
MOZAMBIQUE	Acceptance	04/03/1999
MYANMAR	Acceptance	09/06/2000
NAMIBIA	Acceptance	11/12/2001
NETHERLANDS THE	Acceptance	04/12/1996
NETHERLANDS THE	Application	17/12/1997
NETHERLANDS THE	Application	18/12/2000
NEW ZEALAND	Acceptance	16/06/2000
NEW ZEALAND	Declaration	16/06/2000
NICARAGUA	Acceptance	23/01/2003
NIGER	Acceptance	24/10/2001
NORWAY	Acceptance	24/02/2000
PAKISTAN	Acceptance	19/01/2000
PALAU	Acceptance	26/04/2002
PANAMA	Acceptance	05/11/1996
PARAGUAY	Acceptance	12/12/2003	01/01/1900
PERU	Acceptance	26/01/2000
PHILIPPINES	Acceptance	14/01/1998
POLAND	Accession	02/09/1999
PORTUGAL	Acceptance	29/06/1998
QATAR	Acceptance	05/05/1999
ROMANIA	Acceptance	03/10/2002
RUSSIAN FEDERATION	Acceptance	01/05/1998
RWANDA	Acceptance	19/09/2001
SAMOA	Acceptance	22/03/2002
SAN MARINO	Acceptance	10/10/2000
SAUDI ARABIA	Acceptance	30/06/1997
SENEGAL	Acceptance	05/11/2003	01/01/1900
SIERRA LEONE	Acceptance	27/11/2001
SINGAPORE	Acceptance	29/03/2000
SLOVAK REPUBLIC	Acceptance	29/07/1999
SOUTH AFRICA	Acceptance	05/08/1997
SPAIN	Acceptance	13/01/1998
SRI LANKA	Acceptance	29/02/2000
SUDAN	Acceptance	09/04/2001
SURINAME	Acceptance	23/05/2002
SWAZILAND	Acceptance	17/01/2002
SWEDEN	Acceptance	17/10/1996
SWITZERLAND	Acceptance	02/12/1997
SYRIA	Acceptance	16/06/2000
THAILAND	Acceptance	30/04/1998
TOGO	Acceptance	19/06/1996
TONGA	Acceptance	19/06/1996
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO	Acceptance	01/11/1996
TUNISIA	Acceptance	29/03/2001
TURKEY	Acceptance	09/12/1999
UGANDA	Acceptance	27/06/1997
UKRAINE	Acceptance	03/07/2003
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES	Acceptance	11/11/1997
UNITED KINGDOM	Signature	17/07/1997
UNITED KINGDOM	Acceptance	17/07/1997
URUGUAY	Acceptance	17/02/1999
UZBEKISTAN	Acceptance	25/04/1997
VENEZUELA	Acceptance	02/11/1998
VIETNAM	Acceptance	11/01/2000
YEMEN	Acceptance	03/04/1997
YUGOSLAVIA	Acceptance	04/10/2001
ZAMBIA	Acceptance	09/08/2000
ZIMBABWE	Acceptance	27/08/2002