CountryActionAction DateEffective Date
AFGHANISTANAcceptance01/12/1949
ALBANIAAcceptance12/11/1973
ALGERIAAcceptance19/11/1963
ANGOLAAcceptance14/11/1977
ANTIGUA AND BARBUDAAcceptance08/11/1983
ARGENTINAAcceptance27/11/1951
ARMENIAMembership08/11/1993
AUSTRALIASignature16/10/1945
AUSTRIAAcceptance27/08/1947
AZERBAIJANMembership20/10/1995
BAHAMASAcceptance10/11/1975
BAHRAINAcceptance06/11/1967
BANGLADESHAcceptance12/11/1973
BARBADOSAcceptance06/11/1967
BasutolandExtension22/11/1965
BechuanalandExtension22/11/1965
BELGIUMSignature16/10/1945
BELIZEAcceptance08/11/1983
BHUTANAcceptance07/11/1981
BOLIVIASignature26/11/194516/10/1945
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINAMembership08/11/1993
BOTSWANAAcceptance01/11/1966
BRAZILSignature16/10/1945
BULGARIAAcceptance06/11/1967
BURMAAcceptance11/09/1947
BURUNDIAcceptance19/11/1963
CAMBODIAAcceptance11/11/1950
CAMEROONAcceptance22/03/1960
CANADASignature16/10/1945
CAPE VERDEAcceptance10/11/1975
CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLICAcceptance09/11/1961
CEYLONAcceptance21/05/1948
CHADAcceptance09/11/1961
CHILESignature17/05/1946
CHINASignature16/10/1945
CHINAWithdrawal21/07/1952
CHINARe-Application01/04/1973
COLOMBIASignature17/10/1945
COMOROSAcceptance14/11/1977
CONGO, PEOPLES REPUBLIC OFAcceptance09/11/1961
COOK ISLANDSAcceptance17/12/1984
COSTA RICASignature07/04/1948
CROATIAMembership08/11/1993
CUBASignature19/10/1945
CYPRUSAcceptance14/09/1960
CZECH REPUBLICMembership08/11/1993
CZECHOSLOVAKIASignature16/10/1945
CZECHOSLOVAKIAWithdrawal27/12/1950
CZECHOSLOVAKIARe-Application10/11/1969
DAHOMEYAcceptance09/11/1961
DENMARKSignature16/10/1945
DJIBOUTIAcceptance14/11/1977
DOMINICA, COMMONWEALTH OFAcceptance12/11/1979
DOMINICAN REPUBLICSignature16/10/1945
ECUADORSignature07/12/194516/10/1945
EGYPTSignature16/10/1945
EL SALVADORSignature19/08/1947
EQUATORIAL GUINEAAcceptance07/11/1981
ERITREAMembership08/11/1993
ESTONIAMembership11/11/1991
ETHIOPIASignature06/01/194801/01/1948
FIJIAcceptance08/11/1971
FINLANDAcceptance27/08/1947
FRANCESignature16/10/1945
GABONAcceptance09/11/1961
GAMBIA THEAcceptance22/11/1963
GEORGIAMembership20/10/1995
GERMANY FEDERAL REPUBLICAcceptance27/11/1950
GHANAAcceptance09/11/1957
GREECESignature16/10/1945
GRENADAAcceptance10/11/1975
GUATEMALASignature16/10/1945
GUINEAAcceptance05/11/1959
GUINEA BISSAUAcceptance26/11/1973
GUYANAAcceptance22/08/1966
HAITISignature16/10/1945
HONDURASSignature16/10/1945
HUNGARYSignature30/12/1946
HUNGARYWithdrawal26/01/1952
HUNGARYRe-Application06/11/1967
ICELANDSignature16/10/1945
INDIASignature16/10/1945
INDONESIAAcceptance28/11/1949
INDONESIAWithdrawal12/02/1966
IRANSignature01/12/1953
IRAQSignature16/10/1945
IRELAND, REPUBLIC OFAcceptance03/09/1946
ISRAELAcceptance23/11/1949
ITALYAcceptance12/09/1946
IVORY COASTAcceptance09/11/1961
JAMAICAAcceptance13/03/1963
JAPANAcceptance21/11/1951
JORDANAcceptance23/01/1951
KENYAAcceptance27/01/1964
KOREA DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OFAcceptance14/11/1977
KOREA REPUBLIC OFAcceptance25/11/1949
KUWAITAcceptance09/11/1961
KYRGYZSTANMembership08/11/1993
LAOSAcceptance21/11/1951
LATVIAMembership11/11/1991
LEBANONAcceptance27/10/1945
LESOTHOAcceptance07/11/1966
LIBERIASignature16/10/1945
LIBYAAcceptance24/11/1953
LITHUANIAMembership11/11/1991
LUXEMBOURGSignature16/10/1945
MACEDONIA THE FYR OFMembership08/11/1993
MADAGASCARAcceptance09/11/1961
MALAWIAcceptance22/11/1965
MALAYAAcceptance09/11/1957
MALDIVESAcceptance08/11/1971
MALIAcceptance09/11/1961
MALTAAcceptance05/10/1964
MAURITANIAAcceptance09/11/1961
MauritiusExtension09/11/1961
MAURITIUSAcceptance12/03/1968
MAURITIUSObjection12/03/1968
MEXICOSignature16/10/1945
MOLDOVA REPUBLIC OFMembership20/10/1995
MONGOLIAAcceptance12/11/1973
MOROCCOAcceptance13/09/1956
MOZAMBIQUEAccession14/11/1977
NAMIBIAAcceptance14/11/1977
NEPALAcceptance27/11/1951
NETHERLANDS THESignature16/10/1945
NEW ZEALANDSignature16/10/1945
NICARAGUASignature16/10/1945
NIGERAcceptance09/11/1961
NIGERIAAcceptance11/10/1960
NORWAYSignature16/10/1945
OMANAcceptance08/11/1971
PAKISTANAcceptance07/09/1947
PANAMASignature16/10/1945
PAPUA NEW GUINEAAcceptance10/11/1975
PARAGUAYSignature30/10/1945
PERUSignature17/06/1952
PHILIPPINESSignature16/10/1945
POLANDSignature16/10/1945
POLANDWithdrawal25/04/1951
POLANDRe-Application09/11/1957
PORTUGALAcceptance11/09/1946
QATARAcceptance06/11/1967
ROMANIAAcceptance09/11/1961
RWANDAAcceptance19/11/1963
SAINT CHRISTOPHER AND NEVISAcceptance08/11/1983
SAINT LUCIAAcceptance12/11/1979
SAMOAAcceptance12/11/1979
SAO TOME AND PRINCIPEAcceptance14/11/1977
SAUDI ARABIAAcceptance23/11/1948
SENEGALAcceptance09/11/1961
SEYCHELLESMembership14/11/1977
SIERRA LEONEAcceptance09/11/1961
SLOVAK REPUBLICMembership08/11/1993
SLOVENIAMembership08/11/1993
SOLOMON ISLANDSMembership11/11/1985
SOMALIAAcceptance17/11/1960
SOUTH AFRICASignature16/10/1945
SOUTH AFRICAWithdrawal18/12/1964
SPAINAcceptance05/04/1951
ST VINCENT AND THE GRENADINESAcceptance07/11/1981
SUDANAcceptance13/09/1956
SURINAMEAcceptance10/11/1975
SWAZILANDAcceptance08/11/1971
SWEDENAcceptance13/02/1950
SWITZERLANDAcceptance11/09/1946
SYRIAAcceptance27/10/1945
TAJIKISTANMembership20/10/1995
TANGANYIKAAcceptance08/02/1962
THAILANDAcceptance27/08/1947
TOGOAcceptance23/05/1960
TONGAAcceptance07/11/1981
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGOAcceptance19/11/1963
TUNISIAAcceptance25/11/1955
TURKEYAcceptance06/04/1948
TURKMENISTANMembership20/10/1995
UGANDAAcceptance19/11/1963
UNITED ARAB EMIRATESAcceptance12/11/1973
UNITED KINGDOMSignature16/10/1945
UNITED KINGDOMDeclaration16/10/1945
UNITED STATES OF AMERICASignature16/10/1945
UPPER VOLTAAcceptance09/11/1961
URUGUAYSignature30/11/1945
VANUATUAcceptance08/11/1993
VENEZUELASignature16/10/1945
VIETNAMAcceptance11/11/1950
YEMEN ARAB REPUBLICAcceptance09/12/1953
YEMEN, PEOPLES'S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OFAcceptance10/11/1969
YUGOSLAVIASignature08/12/195216/10/1945
ZAIREAcceptance09/11/1961
ZAMBIAAcceptance01/01/1753
ZIMBABWEAcceptance07/11/1981