Country	Action	Action Date	Effective Date
ALGERIA	Ratification	19/10/1962
ANGOLA	Succession	04/06/1976
Anguilla	Decision Resvd.	27/03/1950
Aruba	Extension	01/01/1986	01/01/1986
AUSTRIA	Ratification	05/10/1950
AUSTRIA	Denunciation	26/07/2001	26/07/2002
BAHRAIN	Ratification	11/06/1981
BANGLADESH	Ratification	22/06/1972
Belgian Congo	Extension	29/03/1954
BELGIUM	Ratification	01/04/1952
BELGIUM	Declaration	01/04/1952
BELGIUM	Declaration	29/03/1954
Belize	Extension	17/05/1979
BELIZE	Succession	15/12/1983
Bermuda	Decision Resvd.	27/03/1950
BOLIVIA	Ratification	15/11/1973	15/11/1974
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA	Ratification	02/06/1993	02/06/1993
BRAZIL	Ratification	25/04/1957
British Virgin Islands	Decision Resvd.	27/03/1950
BURUNDI	Ratification	11/03/1963
CAMEROON	Ratification	25/05/1970
CEYLON	Ratification	31/03/1966
CEYLON	Denunciation	25/01/1982	25/01/1982
COMOROS	Succession	23/10/1978	23/10/1978
COMOROS	Reservation	23/10/1978
COMOROS	Declaration	23/10/1978
CONGO, PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF	Ratification	04/06/1971
COSTA RICA	Ratification	02/06/1960
CUBA	Ratification	29/04/1952
CYPRUS	Ratification	08/10/1965	08/10/1966
CYPRUS	Denunciation	09/07/2001	09/07/2001
CZECH REPUBLIC	Ratification	01/01/1993	01/01/1993
CZECH REPUBLIC	Denunciation	27/06/2001	27/06/2002
CZECHOSLOVAKIA	Ratification	12/06/1950
DJIBOUTI	Succession	03/08/1978	03/08/1978
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC	Ratification	22/09/1953
EGYPT	Ratification	26/07/1960	27/11/1974
Falkland Islands	Decision Resvd.	27/03/1950
FRANCE	Ratification	21/09/1953
French Dependent Territories	Extension	27/11/1974
GHANA	Ratification	02/07/1959
Gibraltar	Decision Resvd.	27/03/1950
GREECE	Ratification	27/04/1959
GUATEMALA	Ratification	13/02/1952
GUINEA	Ratification	12/12/1966
GUINEA BISSAU	Succession	21/02/1977
Hong Kong	Declaration	27/03/1950	15/06/1974
Hong Kong	Extension	27/03/1950	15/06/1974
INDIA	Ratification	27/02/1950
IRAQ	Ratification	17/11/1967
IRELAND, REPUBLIC OF	Ratification	14/01/1952
IRELAND, REPUBLIC OF	Denunciation	26/02/1982	26/02/1983
ITALY	Ratification	22/10/1952
KENYA	Ratification	30/11/1965
KUWAIT	Ratification	21/09/1961	21/09/1962
LEBANON	Ratification	26/07/1962
LIBYA	Ratification	20/06/1962
LUXEMBOURG	Ratification	03/03/1958
LUXEMBOURG	Denunciation	19/02/1982	19/02/1982
MALAWI	Ratification	22/03/1965	22/03/1966
MALTA	Ratification	04/01/1965
MAURITANIA	Ratification	08/11/1963
Montserrat	Extension	27/03/1950
NETHERLANDS THE	Ratification	27/10/1954
NETHERLANDS THE	Denunciation	26/02/1972
NETHERLANDS THE	Declaration	01/01/1986
NETHERLANDS THE	Declaration	22/02/2002	22/02/2003
NEW ZEALAND	Ratification	10/11/1950
NEW ZEALAND	Denunciation	23/03/1981	23/03/1982
Norfolk Island	Not Applicable	15/06/1973
PAKISTAN	Ratification	14/02/1951
PANAMA	Ratification	19/06/1970
Papua New Guinea	Decision Resvd.	15/06/1973
PARAGUAY	Ratification	21/03/1966
PHILIPPINES	Ratification	29/12/1953
PORTUGAL	Ratification	02/06/1964
ROMANIA	Ratification	28/05/1957
Ruanda Urundi	Extension	29/03/1954
RWANDA	Ratification	18/09/1962
SAUDI ARABIA	Ratification	15/06/1978	15/06/1979
SENEGAL	Ratification	22/10/1962
SLOVAK REPUBLIC	Succession	01/01/1993	01/01/1993
SOUTH AFRICA	Ratification	02/03/1950
SOUTH AFRICA	Declaration	10/02/1958
South West Africa	Extension	10/02/1958
SPAIN	Ratification	24/06/1958
St Helena	Declaration	27/03/1950	15/06/1974
St Helena	Extension	27/03/1950	15/06/1974
SWAZILAND	Ratification	05/06/1981	05/06/1982
SWITZERLAND	Ratification	06/05/1950
SYRIA	Ratification	01/12/1949
TUNISIA	Ratification	15/05/1957
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES	Ratification	27/05/1982	27/05/1983
UNITED KINGDOM
URUGUAY	Ratification	18/03/1954
URUGUAY	Denunciation	25/02/1982	25/02/1983
VIETNAM	Ratification	26/10/1965	26/10/1966
YUGOSLAVIA	Ratification	20/06/1956
YUGOSLAVIA, FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF	Ratification	24/11/2000	24/11/2000
ZAIRE	Ratification	20/09/1960
ZAMBIA	Ratification	22/02/1965