CountryActionAction DateEffective Date
ALGERIAAccession26/02/200328/03/2003
ANDORRAAccession13/02/200715/03/2007
ANDORRAReservation13/02/200715/03/2007
ANGOLAAccession26/10/200525/11/2005
AntiguaExtension20/06/1978
ANTIGUA AND BARBUDAParticipation05/04/1993
ARGENTINAParticipation16/11/1973
ARMENIAAccession13/09/1993
AUSTRALIAParticipation22/11/1972
AUSTRIARatification01/02/1978
AUSTRIADeclaration16/12/1998
AZERBAIJANParticipation11/01/1999
BAHAMASParticipation23/11/1976
BAHRAINAccession07/02/1990
BAHRAINReservation07/02/1990
BAHRAINObjection07/02/1990
BANGLADESHParticipation09/05/1980
BARBADOSParticipation21/06/1976
BELARUSParticipation13/09/2001
BELGIUMParticipation13/06/1984
BelizeExtension20/06/1978
BENINParticipation06/11/1973
BermudaExtension20/06/1978
BOLIVIAAccession23/09/1976
BOLIVIADeclaration12/03/2009
BOLIVIACommunication30/07/200930/07/2009
BOLIVIACommunication11/11/200919/11/2009
BOLIVIADeclaration18/01/2011
BOLIVIADeclaration18/01/2011
BOLIVIADeclaration25/02/2011
BOLIVIADenunciation29/06/201101/01/2012
BOLIVIAAccession11/01/201310/02/2013
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINASuccession01/09/1993
BOTSWANAParticipation27/12/1984
BRAZILParticipation16/05/1973
British Virgin IslandsExtension20/06/1978
BruneiExtension20/06/1978
BRUNEI DARUSSALAMParticipation25/11/1987
BULGARIAParticipation17/08/1996
BULGARIACommunication28/01/2011
BURKINA FASOAccession02/06/1992
BURUNDIAccession18/02/1993
CAMBODIARatification07/07/200506/08/2005
CAMEROONParticipation30/05/1974
CANADAParticipation05/08/1976
CANADACommunication26/01/2011
CANADAObjection28/12/2012
CAPE VERDEAccession24/05/1990
Cayman IslandsExtension20/06/1978
CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLICAccession15/10/2001
CHILEParticipation19/12/1975
CHINASignature25/03/1972
CHINAAccession19/12/197519/12/1975
CHINACommunication26/10/1998
COLOMBIAParticipation03/03/1975
COLOMBIACommunication17/12/2010
COMOROSAccession01/03/200031/03/2000
CONGORatification03/03/200402/04/2004
COSTA RICAParticipation14/02/1973
COSTA RICACommunication04/02/2011
COTE D'IVOIREParticipation28/02/1973
CROATIAParticipation26/07/1993
CUBAParticipation14/12/1989
CYPRUSParticipation30/11/1973
CZECH REPUBLICSuccession30/12/1993
CZECHOSLOVAKIAParticipation04/06/1991
DENMARKParticipation18/04/1975
DENMARKCommunication28/01/2011
DJIBOUTIParticipation22/02/200124/03/2001
DominicaExtension20/06/1978
DOMINICA, COMMONWEALTH OFParticipation24/09/1993
DOMINICAN REPUBLICParticipation21/09/1993
ECUADORParticipation25/07/1973
EGYPTParticipation14/01/1974
EL SALVADORParticipation26/02/199828/03/1998
ERITREAParticipation30/01/200201/03/2002
ESTONIAAccession05/07/199604/08/1996
ESTONIACommunication28/01/2011
ETHIOPIAParticipation11/10/1994
Falkland Island DependenciesExtension20/06/1978
Falkland IslandsExtension20/06/1978
FIJIParticipation21/11/1973
FINLANDParticipation12/01/1973
FINLANDObjection08/01/2013
FRANCEParticipation04/09/1975
GABONAccession14/10/1981
GEORGIAAccession27/03/200026/04/2000
GERMAN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLICParticipation04/10/1988
GERMANYParticipation20/02/1975
GERMANYObjection04/01/2013
GHANAAccession10/04/1990
GibraltarExtension20/06/1978
Gilbert IslandsExtension20/06/1978
GREECEParticipation12/08/1985
GRENADAAccession19/08/199818/09/1998
GUATEMALAParticipation09/12/1975
GuernseyExtension20/06/1978
GUINEAAccession27/12/1990
GUINEA BISSAUParticipation26/11/1995
GUYANAParticipation15/07/200214/08/2002
HAITIParticipation29/01/1973
HOLY SEEParticipation07/01/1976
HONDURASParticipation08/08/1979
Hong KongExtension20/06/1978
HONG KONG SARApplication06/06/199701/07/1997
HUNGARYParticipation12/11/1987
ICELANDParticipation18/12/1974
INDIAParticipation14/12/1978
INDONESIAParticipation03/09/1976
IRAQParticipation25/09/1978
IRELAND, REPUBLIC OFParticipation16/12/1980
IRELAND, REPUBLIC OFObjection09/01/2013
Isle of ManExtension20/06/1978
ISRAELParticipation01/02/1974
ISRAELObjection08/01/2013
ITALYParticipation14/04/1975
ITALYObjection28/12/2012
JAMAICAParticipation06/10/1989
JAPANParticipation27/09/1973
JAPANCommunication26/01/2011
JAPANExtension10/01/2013
JerseyExtension20/06/1978
JORDANParticipation28/02/1973
KAZAKHSTANParticipation29/05/1997
KENYAParticipation09/02/1973
KOREA REPUBLIC OFParticipation25/01/1973
KUWAITParticipation09/02/1973
KYRGYZSTANParticipation07/10/1994
LATVIAParticipation16/07/1993
LATVIACommunication24/01/2011
LEBANONParticipation04/04/1997
LESOTHOParticipation04/11/1974
LIBERIARatification13/04/1987
LIBYAParticipation27/09/1978
LIECHTENSTEINParticipation24/11/199924/12/1999
LITHUANIAParticipation28/02/1994
LUXEMBOURGParticipation13/10/1976
MACEDONIA THE FYR OFParticipation13/10/1993
MACEDONIA THE FYR OFCommunication18/01/2011
MADAGASCARParticipation20/06/1974
MALAWIParticipation04/10/1973
MALAYSIAParticipation20/04/1978
MALAYSIACommunication31/01/2011
MALDIVESAccession07/09/200007/10/2000
MALIParticipation30/11/1995
MALTAAccession22/02/1990
MARSHALL ISLANDSParticipation09/08/1991
MAURITANIAAccession24/10/1989
MAURITIUSParticipation12/12/1994
MEXICOParticipation27/04/1977
MEXICOParticipation09/01/2013
MICRONESIAParticipation29/04/1991
MONACOParticipation30/12/1975
MONGOLIAParticipation06/05/1991
MontserratExtension20/06/1978
MOROCCOParticipation19/03/200218/04/2002
MOZAMBIQUEAccession08/06/199808/07/1998
MYANMARParticipation22/08/200321/09/2003
NEPALAccession29/06/1987
NEPALReservation29/06/1987
NETHERLANDS THEParticipation29/05/1987
NETHERLANDS THEObjection08/01/2013
NEW ZEALANDParticipation07/06/1990
NICARAGUARatification15/02/200517/03/2005
NIGERParticipation28/12/1973
NIGERIAAccession24/06/1981
Niue IslandParticipation07/06/1990
NORWAYParticipation12/11/1973
OMANParticipation24/07/1987
PAKISTANParticipation02/07/199901/08/1999
PALAUAccession19/08/199818/09/1998
PANAMAParticipation19/10/1972
PAPUA NEW GUINEAParticipation28/10/1980
PARAGUAYParticipation20/06/1973
PERUParticipation12/09/1977
PHILIPPINESParticipation07/06/1974
POLANDParticipation09/06/1993
PORTUGALParticipation20/04/1979
PORTUGALObjection08/01/2013
QATARAccession03/10/1986
ROMANIAParticipation14/01/1974
ROMANIACommunication14/01/2013
RUSSIAN FEDERATIONParticipation03/07/1996
RUSSIAN FEDERATIONObjection03/01/2013
RWANDAAccession15/07/1981
SAINT LUCIAParticipation05/07/1993
SAN MARINOParticipation10/10/200009/11/2000
SAO TOME AND PRINCIPEParticipation20/07/1996
SAUDI ARABIAAccession07/11/199707/12/1997
SAUDI ARABIAReservation07/11/1997
SENEGALParticipation25/03/1974
SEYCHELLESParticipation27/02/1992
SIERRA LEONEAccession06/06/1994
SINGAPOREParticipation09/07/1975
SLOVAK REPUBLICSuccession28/05/1993
SLOVENIASuccession06/07/1992
SOLOMON ISLANDSParticipation17/03/1982
Solomon Islands ProtectorateExtension20/06/1978
SOMALIAParticipation09/06/1988
SOUTH AFRICAParticipation16/12/1975
SPAINParticipation04/01/1977
SRI LANKAParticipation29/06/1981
St Christopher, Nevis and AnguillaExtension20/06/1978
St Helena And DependenciesExtension20/06/1978
ST KITTS AND NEVISParticipation09/05/1994
St LuciaExtension20/06/1978
St VincentExtension20/06/1978
ST VINCENT AND THE GRENADINESParticipation03/12/200127/10/1979
ST VINCENT AND THE GRENADINESSuccession03/12/200127/10/1979
SUDANParticipation05/07/1994
SURINAMEParticipation29/03/1990
SWAZILANDAccession18/10/199517/11/1995
SWEDENObjection14/12/1998
SWEDENCommunication20/01/2011
SWEDENObjection21/12/2012
SYRIAParticipation01/02/1974
TAJIKISTANAccession26/03/199725/04/1997
TANZANIAAccession25/03/199924/04/1999
THAILANDParticipation09/01/1975
TOGOParticipation10/11/1976
Tokelau IslandsParticipation07/06/1990
TONGAParticipation05/09/1973
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGOParticipation23/07/1979
TUNISIAParticipation29/06/1976
TURKEYParticipation20/07/200119/08/2001
TURKMENISTANParticipation21/02/199622/03/1996
Turks And Caicos IslandsExtension20/06/1978
TuvaluExtension20/06/1978
UGANDAParticipation15/04/1988
UKRAINEParticipation27/09/200127/10/2001
UNITED ARAB EMIRATESAccession17/02/1988
UNITED KINGDOMSignature25/03/1972
UNITED KINGDOMRatification20/06/1978
UNITED KINGDOMObjection17/12/1998
UNITED KINGDOMObjection21/01/201121/01/2011
UNITED KINGDOMApp. with mods.21/01/2011
UNITED STATES OF AMERICAParticipation01/11/1972
URUGUAYParticipation31/10/1975
VENEZUELAParticipation04/12/1985
VENEZUELACommunication28/01/2011
VIETNAMAccession04/11/199704/12/1997
VIETNAMReservation04/11/1997
YEMENAccession25/03/199624/04/1996
YUGOSLAVIAParticipation23/06/1978
YUGOSLAVIA, FEDERAL REPUBLIC OFSuccession12/03/200127/04/1992
ZAIREParticipation15/07/1976
ZAMBIAParticipation12/06/1998
ZIMBABWEAccession30/07/1993