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ALBANIABound28/08/200228/02/2003
ARGENTINABound21/10/199821/04/1999
AUSTRALIABound22/08/199703/12/1998
AUSTRIABound27/07/199827/01/1999
AUSTRIADeclaration27/07/1998
BANGLADESHBound06/09/200006/03/2001
BELARUSBound02/03/200402/09/2004
BELARUSDeclaration02/03/200402/09/2004
BELARUSDeclaration02/03/200402/09/2004
BELGIUMBound10/03/199910/09/1999
BOLIVIABound21/09/200121/03/2002
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINABound07/09/200007/03/2001
BRAZILBound04/10/199904/04/2000
BULGARIABound03/12/199803/06/1999
BURKINA FASOBound26/11/200326/05/2004
CAMBODIABound25/03/199703/12/1998
CAMEROONBound07/12/200601/06/2007
CANADABound05/01/199803/12/1998
CANADAReservation26/06/199819/10/1998
CAPE VERDEBound16/09/199703/12/1998
CHILERatification15/10/200315/04/2004
CHINABound04/11/199804/05/1999
CHINADeclaration04/11/199804/05/1999
COLOMBIABound06/03/200006/09/2000
COSTA RICABound17/12/199817/06/1999
CROATIABound25/04/200225/10/2002
CYPRUSRatification22/07/200322/01/2004
CZECH REPUBLICBound10/08/199610/02/1999
DENMARKBound30/04/199703/12/1998
DENMARKDeclaration30/04/1997
DOMINICAN REPUBLICRatification21/06/201021/12/2010
ECUADORBound14/08/200014/02/2001
EL SALVADORBound26/01/200026/07/2000
ESTONIABound20/04/200020/10/2000
FINLANDBound03/04/199803/12/1998
FINLANDDeclaration03/04/1998
FRANCEBound23/07/199823/01/1999
FRANCEDeclaration23/07/1998
GABONBound22/09/201022/03/2011
GEORGIARatification08/06/200908/12/2009
GERMANYBound02/05/199703/12/1998
GERMANYDeclaration02/05/1997
GREECEBound20/01/199920/07/1999
GREECEDeclaration20/01/1999
GUATEMALABound29/10/2001
HOLY SEEBound22/07/199722/01/1998
HONDURASBound30/10/200330/04/2004
HUNGARYBound30/01/199803/12/1998
HUNGARYDeclaration30/01/1998
ICELANDRatification22/08/200822/05/2009
INDIABound02/09/199902/03/2000
IRAQSignature24/09/201424/03/2015
IRELAND, REPUBLIC OFBound27/03/199703/12/1998
IRELAND, REPUBLIC OFDeclaration27/03/1997
ISRAELBound30/10/200030/04/2001
ISRAELDeclaration30/10/2000
ITALYBound13/01/199913/07/1999
ITALYDeclaration13/01/1999
JAPANBound10/06/199703/12/1998
JORDANBound06/09/200006/03/2001
KOREA REPUBLIC OFBound09/05/200109/11/2001
KOREA REPUBLIC OFReservation09/05/2001
KOREA REPUBLIC OFDeclaration09/05/2001
KUWAITBound03/07/2013
LATVIABound22/08/2002
LATVIADeclaration22/08/2002
LATVIANotification15/08/200715/08/2007
LIECHTENSTEINBound19/11/199703/12/1998
LIECHTENSTEINDeclaration19/11/1997
LITHUANIABound03/06/199803/12/1998
LUXEMBOURGBound05/08/199905/02/2000
MACEDONIA THE FYR OFBound31/05/200530/11/2005
MADAGASCARBound14/03/200814/09/2008
MALDIVESBound07/09/200007/03/2001
MALIBound24/10/2001
MALTARatification24/09/200424/03/2005
MOLDOVA REPUBLIC OFBound08/09/200008/03/2001
MOLDOVA REPUBLIC OFCommunication19/09/2000
MOLDOVA REPUBLIC OFBound16/07/200116/01/2002
MONACOBound12/08/199703/12/1998
MONTENEGRORatification30/12/201130/06/2012
MOROCCOBound19/03/200219/09/2002
NAURUBound12/11/200112/05/2002
NETHERLANDS THEBound25/03/199925/09/1999
NETHERLANDS THEDeclaration25/03/1999
NETHERLANDS THEApplication28/04/2014
NEW ZEALANDBound08/01/199803/12/1998
NICARAGUABound05/12/200005/06/2001
NIGERBound18/09/200718/03/2008
NORWAYBound20/04/199803/12/1998
PAKISTANBound09/03/199909/09/1999
PAKISTANDeclaration09/03/199909/09/1999
PANAMABound03/11/199903/05/2000
PARAGUAYRatification22/09/200422/03/2005
PERUBound03/07/199703/12/1998
PHILIPPINESBound12/06/199703/12/1998
POLANDRatification14/10/200314/04/2004
PORTUGALBound31/03/199930/09/1999
ROMANIABound25/08/200325/02/2004
RUSSIAN FEDERATIONBound02/03/200501/01/1900
RUSSIAN FEDERATIONDeclaration02/03/200501/01/1900
SENEGALBound29/11/199929/05/2000
SERBIABound14/02/201114/08/2011
SEYCHELLESBound08/06/200008/12/2000
SIERRA LEONERatification30/09/200430/03/2005
SLOVAK REPUBLICBound30/11/199930/05/2000
SLOVENIABound03/12/200203/03/2003
SOUTH AFRICABound26/06/199803/12/1998
SOUTH AFRICADeclaration26/06/1998
SPAINBound27/01/199803/12/1998
SRI LANKARatification24/09/200424/03/2005
ST VINCENT AND THE GRENADINESRatification06/12/201006/06/2011
SWEDENBound16/07/199703/12/1998
SWITZERLANDBound24/03/199803/12/1998
TAJIKISTANBound12/10/199912/04/2000
TUNISIABound23/03/200623/09/2006
TURKEYBound02/03/200502/09/2005
TURKMENISTANRatification19/03/200419/09/2004
UKRAINEBound15/12/199915/06/2000
UKRAINEDeclaration15/12/1999
UNITED KINGDOMBound11/02/199911/08/1999
UNITED STATES OF AMERICABound24/05/199924/11/1999
UNITED STATES OF AMERICAReservation24/05/1999
URUGUAYBound18/08/199818/02/1999
VENEZUELABound19/04/200519/10/2005