CountryActionAction DateEffective Date
ALGERIAAccession31/10/1963
AustraliaExtension01/01/1905
AUSTRIAAccession18/01/1905
BahamasExtension01/01/1905
BAHAMASSuccession10/06/1976
BarbadosExtension01/01/1905
BELGIUMSignature18/05/1904
BELGIUMRatification03/07/1905
BRAZILAccession18/05/1905
British GuianaExtension01/01/1905
British Solomon IslandsExtension06/11/1931
BULGARIAAccession15/06/1921
BurmaExtension04/04/1939
CanadaExtension01/01/1905
CeylonExtension01/01/1905
COLOMBIAAccession16/02/1937
CZECH REPUBLICSuccession30/12/199301/01/1993
CZECHOSLOVAKIAAccession17/05/1921
DENMARKSignature18/05/1904
DENMARKRatification18/01/1905
FijiExtension01/01/1905
FIJISuccession12/06/1972
FINLANDAccession27/09/1922
FRANCESignature18/05/1904
FRANCERatification18/01/1905
GERMAN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLICRe-Application17/06/1974
GERMANYSignature18/05/1904
GERMANYRatification18/01/1905
GERMANY FEDERAL REPUBLICObjection02/06/1976
GHANASuccession07/04/1958
GibraltarExtension01/01/1905
Gilbert & Ellice ColonyExtension06/11/1931
Gold CoastExtension01/01/1905
Hong KongExtension01/01/1905
Hong KongWithdrawal10/06/199701/07/1997
HONG KONG SARApplication06/06/199701/07/1997
HUNGARYAccession01/01/1905
IndiaExtension08/02/1920
ITALYSignature18/05/1904
ITALYRatification18/01/1905
IVORY COASTSuccession08/12/1961
JamaicaExtension01/01/1905
JAMAICASuccession30/07/1964
LEBANONAccession20/06/1949
Leeward IslandsExtension01/01/1905
LUXEMBOURGAccession15/06/1910
MADAGASCARSuccession09/10/1963
MALAWIAccession10/06/1965
MALISuccession02/02/1973
MALTASuccession21/09/1964
MaltaExtension01/01/1905
MauritiusExtension09/08/1912
MAURITIUSSuccession18/07/1969
MEXICOAccession21/02/1956
MOROCCOSuccession07/11/1956
NauruExtension07/09/1936
NETHERLANDS THESignature18/05/1904
New GuineaExtension07/09/1936
New ZealandExtension01/01/1905
Newfoundland (UK)Extension01/01/1905
NigeriaExtension01/01/1905
NIGERIASuccession18/05/1961
NyasalandExtension01/01/1905
PalestineExtension06/11/1931
PORTUGALSignature18/05/1904
RUSSIASignature18/05/1904
RUSSIARatification18/01/1905
SarawakExtension06/11/1931
SeychellesExtension01/01/1905
Sierra LeoneExtension01/01/1905
SIERRA LEONESuccession13/03/1962
SINGAPORESuccession07/06/1966
SomalilandExtension01/01/1905
Southern RhodesiaExtension01/01/1905
SPAINSignature18/05/1904
SPAINRatification18/01/1905
St HelenaExtension01/01/1905
SUDANAccession27/06/1932
SWEDEN AND NORWAYSignature18/05/1904
SWEDEN AND NORWAYRatification18/01/1905
SWITZERLANDSignature18/05/1904
SWITZERLANDRatification18/01/1905
TanganyikaExtension14/04/1931
The GambiaExtension01/01/1905
TrinidadExtension01/01/1905
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGOSuccession31/08/1962
UgandaExtension01/01/1905
UNITED KINGDOMSignature18/05/1904
UNITED KINGDOMRatification30/07/1904
UNITED KINGDOMRatification18/01/1905
UNITED STATES OF AMERICAAccession06/06/1908
WeihaiweiExtension01/01/1905
Windward IslandsExtension01/01/1905
ZAMBIASuccession26/03/1973
ZanzibarExtension19/01/1932
ZIMBABWESuccession01/12/199818/04/1980