Country	Action	Action Date	Effective Date
AFGHANISTAN	Accession	17/06/2004	15/09/2004
ALBANIA	Accession	25/05/2006	23/08/2006
ALGERIA	Ratification	06/08/2007	04/11/2007
ALGERIA	Ratification	06/08/2007	04/11/2007
ANDORRA	Accession	26/01/2009	26/04/2009
ANGOLA	Accession	21/06/2011	19/09/2011
ANGOLA	Accession	23/06/2011	21/09/2011
ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA	Ratification	10/02/2000	10/05/2000
ARGENTINA	Ratification	15/02/2001	16/05/2001
AUSTRALIA	Acceptance	05/01/1999
AUSTRIA	Ratification	07/08/2000	05/11/2000
AZERBAIJAN	Approval	28/09/2000	27/12/2000
BAHAMAS	Accession	16/03/2005	14/06/2005
BAHRAIN	Ratification	13/03/2001	11/06/2001
BANGLADESH	Acceptance	27/07/2001	25/10/2001
BARBADOS	Accession	10/12/2002	10/03/2003
BELARUS	Acceptance	13/03/2007	11/06/2007
BELGIUM	Ratification	11/08/2004	09/11/2004
BELIZE	Acceptance	17/01/2008	16/04/2008
BHUTAN	Accession	23/08/2004	21/11/2004
BOLIVIA	Accession	12/04/1999
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA	Accession	11/08/2003	09/11/2003
BOTSWANA	Accession	21/02/2013	22/05/2013
BRAZIL	Ratification	30/06/2004	28/09/2004
BRUNEI DARUSSALAM	Accession	03/03/2009	01/06/2009
BULGARIA	Ratification	24/11/1999	22/02/2000
BURKINA FASO	Ratification	11/11/2002	09/02/2003
BURUNDI	Acceptance	18/10/2001	16/01/2002
CAMBODIA	Accession	31/01/2007	01/05/2007
CAMEROON	Ratification	21/08/2009	19/11/2009
CANADA	Ratification	27/03/1998
CAPE VERDE	Accession	31/07/2001	29/10/2001
CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC	Ratification	29/05/2008	27/08/2008
CHAD	Ratification	30/05/2001	28/08/2001
CHILE	Ratification	17/06/1998
CHINA P R	Declaration	19/05/2010
CHINA P R	Acceptance	19/05/2010	17/08/2010
COLOMBIA	Accession	16/06/2003	14/09/2003
COMOROS	Accession	02/12/2002	02/03/2003
CONGO	Accession	19/10/2001	17/01/2002
CONGO, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF	Accession	17/09/1997	21/06/2005
COOK ISLANDS	Accession	22/12/2003	23/03/2004
COSTA RICA	Ratification	01/12/2005	01/03/2006
COTE D'IVOIRE	Ratification	28/06/2012	26/09/2012
CROATIA	Ratification	08/09/2000	07/12/2000
CUBA	Acceptance	12/09/2005	11/12/2005
CYPRUS	Acceptance	02/06/2003	31/08/2003
CZECH REPUBLIC	Approval	05/11/1999	03/02/2000
DENMARK	Declaration	24/09/2003	01/01/1900
DENMARK	Acceptance	24/09/2003	23/12/2003
DENMARK	Withdrawal Dec.	03/12/2009	03/12/2009
DJIBOUTI	Accession	30/07/1999
DOMINICA, COMMONWEALTH OF	Accession	07/03/2006	05/06/2006
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC	Accession	01/10/2009	30/12/2009
ECUADOR	Accession	16/02/2007	17/05/2007
EGYPT	Ratification	20/07/2000	18/10/2000
EL SALVADOR	Accession	08/12/2000	08/03/2001
EQUATORIAL GUINEA	Accession	11/07/2007	09/10/2007
ERITREA	Accession	05/07/2005	03/10/2005
ESTONIA	Accession	11/04/2003
ETHIOPIA	Ratification	25/11/2009	23/02/2010
EUROPEAN COMMUNITY	Approval	17/11/2000	15/02/2001
FINLAND	Acceptance	18/06/2001	16/09/2001
FRANCE	Approval	25/07/2003	23/10/2003
GABON	Accession	04/12/2000	04/03/2001
GAMBIA THE	Ratification	30/04/2008	29/07/2008
GEORGIA	Accession	12/07/2000	10/10/2000
GERMANY	Ratification	05/01/1999
GHANA	Accession	08/08/2005	06/11/2005
Gibraltar	Extension	05/08/2014
GREECE	Ratification	27/01/2006	27/04/2006
GRENADA	Accession	20/05/1999
GUATEMALA	Accession	21/01/2002	21/04/2002
Guernsey, Bailiwick of	Extension	02/11/2022
GUINEA	Accession	28/02/2012	28/05/2012
GUINEA BISSAU	Accession	12/11/2002	10/02/2003
GUYANA	Acceptance	23/07/1999
HAITI	Accession	29/03/2000	27/06/2000
HOLY SEE	Accession	05/05/2008
HOLY SEE	Declaration	05/05/2008
HONDURAS	Accession	14/09/2007	13/12/2007
HUNGARY	Ratification	26/07/1999
ICELAND	Ratification	08/02/2000	08/05/2000
INDIA	Accession	03/03/2003	01/06/2003
INDONESIA	Ratification	26/01/2006	26/04/2006
IRAN	Acceptance	17/10/2001
IRAQ	Accession	25/06/2008	23/09/2008
IRELAND	Acceptance	06/10/2005	04/01/2006
Isle of Man	Extension	25/02/2021
ISRAEL	Ratification	28/05/2003	26/08/2003
ITALY	Ratification	01/05/2001	30/07/2001
JAMAICA	Accession	24/09/2003	23/12/2003
JAPAN	Acceptance	30/08/2002	28/11/2002
Jersey, Bailiwick of	Extension	04/08/2020
JORDAN	Ratification	03/02/1999
KAZAKHSTAN	Accession	28/06/2011	26/09/2011
KENYA	Ratification	12/07/2000	10/10/2000
KIRIBATI	Accession	09/08/2004	07/11/2004
KOREA DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF	Accession	13/12/2001	13/03/2002
KOREA REPUBLIC OF	Acceptance	19/08/1998
KUWAIT	Accession	13/06/2003	11/09/2003
KYRGYZSTAN	Ratification	11/05/2003	11/08/2003
LAO PEOPLE'S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC	Accession	28/06/2006	26/09/2006
LATVIA	Acceptance	14/06/2002	12/09/2002
LEBANON	Accession	31/07/2000
LESOTHO	Accession	15/04/2010	14/07/2010
LIBERIA	Accession	30/11/2004	28/05/2005
LIECHTENSTEIN	Acceptance	23/12/2003	22/03/2004
LITHUANIA	Acceptance	17/03/2004	15/06/2004
LUXEMBOURG	Ratification	08/02/1999
MACEDONIA THE FYR OF	Accession	31/08/1999	29/11/1999
MADAGASCAR	Accession	16/01/2002	16/04/2002
MALAWI	Ratification	27/02/2009	28/05/2009
MALAYSIA	Ratification	26/10/2001	24/01/2002
MALDIVES	Ratification	27/09/2001	26/12/2001
MALI	Acceptance	07/03/2003	05/06/2003
MALTA	Acceptance	22/12/2003	21/03/2004
MARSHALL ISLANDS	Accession	27/01/2003	27/04/2003
MAURITANIA	Acceptance	22/07/2005	20/10/2005
MAURITIUS	Acceptance	24/03/2003	22/06/2003
MEXICO	Acceptance	28/07/2006	26/10/2006
MICRONESIA	Accession	27/11/2001	25/02/2002
MOLDOVA REPUBLIC OF	Accession	24/05/2005	22/08/2005
MONACO	Acceptance	26/07/2001	24/10/2001
MONGOLIA	Ratification	28/03/2002	26/06/2002
MOROCCO	Ratification	19/09/2012	18/12/2012
MOZAMBIQUE	Accession	11/11/2010	09/02/2011
NAMIBIA	Acceptance	01/10/2007	30/12/2007
NAURU	Accession	10/09/2004	09/12/2004
NEPAL	Accession	18/05/2012	16/08/2012
NETHERLANDS THE	Acceptance	21/02/2000	21/05/2000
NEW ZEALAND	Ratification	03/06/1999
NICARAGUA	Ratification	07/11/2012	05/11/2013
NIGER	Ratification	08/10/1999	06/01/2000
NIGERIA	Ratification	27/09/2001	26/12/2001
NIUE	Accession	22/12/2003	21/03/2004
NORWAY	Ratification	30/12/1998
OMAN	Ratification	19/01/2005	19/04/2005
PAKISTAN	Ratification	02/09/2005	01/12/2005
PALAU	Accession	29/05/2001	27/08/2001
PANAMA	Ratification	05/03/1999
PAPUA NEW GUINEA	Accession	12/11/2013	10/02/2014
PARAGUAY	Ratification	27/04/2001	26/07/2001
PERU	Accession	20/05/2008	18/08/2008
PHILIPPINES	Ratification	23/05/2006	21/08/2006
POLAND	Ratification	06/12/1999	05/03/2000
PORTUGAL	Ratification	03/10/2003	01/01/1900
QATAR	Ratification	29/01/2009	29/04/2009
ROMANIA	Acceptance	21/05/2001	19/08/2001
RUSSIAN FEDERATION	Acceptance	14/12/2005	14/03/2006
RWANDA	Accession	07/01/2004	06/04/2004
SAINT LUCIA	Accession	24/08/1999	22/11/1999
SAMOA	Acceptance	04/10/2001	02/01/2002
SAN MARINO	Accession	23/04/2009	22/07/2009
SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE	Accession	19/11/2001	17/02/2002
SAUDI ARABIA	Ratification	14/03/2014	12/06/2014
SENEGAL	Accession	12/08/1999
SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO	Accession	22/03/2005	20/06/2005
SEYCHELLES	Accession	26/08/2002	24/11/2002
SIERRA LEONE	Accession	29/08/2001	27/11/2001
SINGAPORE	Accession	22/09/2000	21/12/2000
SLOVAK REPUBLIC	Approval	03/11/1999	01/02/2000
SLOVENIA	Ratification	15/11/1999	13/02/2000
SOLOMON ISLANDS	Accession	17/08/1999	15/11/1999
SOMALIA	Accession	01/08/2001	30/10/2001
SOUTH AFRICA	Accession	11/11/2004	09/02/2005
SOUTH SUDAN	Accession	16/10/2012	14/01/2013
SPAIN	Acceptance	11/05/1999
SPAIN	Communication	17/04/2015
SRI LANKA	Accession	20/08/1999	18/11/1999
ST KITTS AND NEVIS	Ratification	25/02/1999
ST VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES	Accession	11/05/2009	09/08/2009
SUDAN	Accession	18/05/2004	16/08/2004
SURINAME	Accession	29/03/2006	27/06/2006
SWAZILAND	Accession	16/12/2005	16/03/2006
SWEDEN	Ratification	12/07/1999
SWITZERLAND	Ratification	28/08/2002	26/11/2002
SYRIA	Accession	30/11/1999	28/02/2000
TAJIKISTAN	Accession	07/05/2009	05/08/2009
TANZANIA	Ratification	06/12/2002	06/03/2002
TIMOR-LESTE	Accession	16/09/2009	15/12/2009
TOGO	Acceptance	26/11/2001	24/02/2002
TONGA	Ratification	26/11/2003	24/02/2004
TUNISIA	Ratification	19/10/1999	17/01/2000
TURKEY	Ratification	24/10/2003	24/01/2004
TURKMENISTAN	Accession	28/03/2008	26/06/2008
TUVALU	Acceptance	31/08/2000	29/11/2000
UGANDA	Accession	23/11/1999	21/02/2000
UKRAINE	Ratification	04/05/2007	02/08/2007
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES	Accession	16/02/2005	17/05/2005
UNITED KINGDOM	Objection	20/12/1999
UNITED KINGDOM	Ratification	12/10/2001	10/01/2002
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA	Ratification	01/10/2003	30/12/2003
URUGUAY	Accession	16/02/2000	16/05/2000
VANUATU	Accession	21/07/2011	19/10/2011
VENEZUELA	Ratification	13/05/2002	11/08/2002
VIETNAM	Ratification	03/12/2004	03/03/2005
YEMEN	Accession	23/04/2001	22/07/2001
ZAMBIA	Accession	11/10/2007	09/01/2008