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ALBANIABound04/10/1995
ALGERIABound05/07/1972
ARMENIABound25/12/1991
AUSTRIABound01/01/1909
AZERBAIJANBound25/12/1995
BELARUSBound25/12/1991
BELGIUMSignature14/04/1891
BELGIUMRatification15/06/189215/07/1892
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINABound01/03/1992
BULGARIABound01/08/1985
CHINABound04/10/1989
CHINANotification24/07/200301/01/1900
CROATIABound08/10/1991
CUBABound06/12/1989
CYPRUSAccession04/08/200304/11/2003
CZECH REPUBLICBound01/01/1993
EGYPTBound01/07/1952
FRANCESignature14/04/1891
FRANCERatification15/06/189215/07/1892
GERMANYBound01/12/1922
GUATEMALASignature14/04/1891
HUNGARYBound01/01/1909
IRANAccession25/09/200325/12/2003
ITALYSignature14/04/1891
ITALYRatification15/06/189215/10/1894
KAZAKHSTANBound25/12/1991
KENYABound26/06/1998
KOREA DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OFBound10/06/1980
KYRGYZSTANBound25/12/1991
LATVIABound01/01/1995
LESOTHOBound12/02/1999
LIBERIABound25/12/1995
LIECHTENSTEINBound14/07/1933
LUXEMBOURGBound01/09/1924
MACEDONIA THE FYR OFBound08/09/1991
MOLDOVA REPUBLIC OFBound25/12/1991
MONACOBound29/04/1956
MONGOLIABound21/04/1985
MOROCCOBound30/07/1917
MOZAMBIQUEBound07/10/1998
NETHERLANDS THESignature14/04/1891
NETHERLANDS THERatification15/06/189201/03/1893
POLANDBound18/03/1991
PORTUGALSignature14/04/1891
PORTUGALRatification15/06/189231/10/1893
ROMANIABound06/10/1920
RUSSIAN FEDERATIONBound25/12/199101/07/1976
SAN MARINOBound25/09/1960
SIERRA LEONEBound17/06/1997
SLOVAK REPUBLICBound01/01/1993
SLOVENIABound25/06/1991
SOVIET UNIONAccession01/07/1976
SPAINSignature14/04/1891
SPAINRatification15/06/189215/07/1892
SPAINAccession01/01/190515/12/1947
SUDANBound16/05/1984
SWAZILANDBound14/12/1998
SWITZERLANDSignature14/04/1891
SWITZERLANDRatification15/06/189215/07/1892
SYRIAAccession05/05/200405/08/2004
TAJIKISTANBound25/12/1991
TUNISSignature14/04/1891
TUNISRatification15/06/1892
UKRAINEBound25/12/1991
UNITED KINGDOM
UZBEKISTANBound25/12/1991
UZBEKISTANDenunciation03/01/200701/01/2008
VIETNAMBound08/03/1949
YUGOSLAVIABound26/02/1921