Country	Action	Action Date	Effective Date
ALGERIA	Accession	25/03/1954
ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA	Succession	14/12/1988	01/11/1981
ARGENTINA	Accession	10/10/1963
AUSTRALIA	Accession	09/05/1986
AUSTRIA	Accession	21/07/1950
BAHAMAS	Succession	17/03/1977
BAHRAIN	Accession	17/09/1992	17/09/1992
BARBADOS	Accession	19/11/1971
BELGIUM	Accession	14/03/1962
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA	Succession	01/09/1993	06/03/1992
BOTSWANA	Accession	05/04/1983
BRAZIL	Accession	22/03/1963
BULGARIA	Accession	13/06/1968
BYELORUSSIA S S R	Accession	18/03/1966
CAMBODIA	Accession	26/09/1955
CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC	Accession	15/10/1962
CHILE	Accession	07/06/1961
CHINA	Accession	11/09/1979
CONGO, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF	Accession	08/12/1964
CUBA	Accession	13/09/1972
CUBA	Reservation	13/09/1972
CYPRUS	Accession	06/05/1964
CZECHOSLOVAKIA	Accession	29/12/1966
DENMARK	Accession	25/01/1950
ECUADOR	Accession	07/07/1953
FIJI	Succession	21/06/1971
FINLAND	Accession	31/07/1958
GABON	Accession	30/11/1982
GAMBIA THE	Accession	01/08/1966
GEORGIA	Application	18/07/2007	18/07/2007
GERMAN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC	Accession	04/10/1974
GERMANY FEDERAL REPUBLIC	Accession	10/10/1957
GHANA	Accession	09/09/1958
GREECE	Accession	21/06/1977
GUATEMALA	Accession	30/06/1951
GUINEA	Accession	29/03/1968
GUYANA	Accession	13/09/1973
HAITI	Accession	16/04/1952
HUNGARY	Accession	02/08/1967
HUNGARY	Reservation	02/08/1967
ICELAND	Application	17/01/2006	17/01/2006
INDIA	Accession	10/02/1949
INDONESIA	Accession	08/03/1972
IRAN	Accession	16/05/1974
IRAQ	Accession	09/07/1954
IRELAND, REPUBLIC OF	Accession	10/05/1967
ITALY	Accession	30/08/1985
IVORY COAST	Accession	28/12/1961
JAMAICA	Accession	04/11/1963
JAPAN	Accession	18/04/1963
JORDAN	Accession	12/12/1950
KENYA	Accession	01/07/1965
KOREA REPUBLIC OF	Accession	13/05/1977
KUWAIT	Accession	07/02/1963
LAOS	Accession	09/08/1960
LATVIA	Application	19/12/2005	19/12/2005
LESOTHO	Accession	26/11/1969
LIBYA	Accession	30/04/1958
LUXEMBOURG	Accession	20/09/1950
MADAGASCAR	Accession	03/01/1966
MALAWI	Accession	02/08/1965
MALAYA	Accession	29/03/1962
MALI	Accession	24/06/1968
MALTA	Accession	27/06/1968
MAURITIUS	Accession	18/07/1969	12/03/1968
MONGOLIA	Accession	03/03/1970
MONGOLIA	Reservation	03/03/1970
MONGOLIA	Declaration	03/03/1970
MONTENEGRO	Succession	23/10/2006	03/06/2006
MOROCCO	Accession	10/06/1958
NEPAL	Accession	28/09/1965
NETHERLANDS THE	Accession	21/07/1949
NEW ZEALAND	Accession	25/11/1960
NICARAGUA	Accession	06/04/1959
NIGER	Accession	15/05/1968
NIGERIA	Accession	26/06/1961
NORWAY	Accession	25/01/1950
PAKISTAN	Accession	15/09/1961
PARAGUAY	Application	13/01/2006	13/01/2006
PHILIPPINES	Accession	20/03/1950
POLAND	Accession	19/06/1969
ROMANIA	Accession	15/09/1970
ROMANIA	Reservation	15/09/1970
RWANDA	Accession	15/04/1964
SAINT LUCIA	Accession	02/09/1986
SENEGAL	Accession	02/03/1966
SEYCHELLES	Accession	24/07/1985
SIERRA LEONE	Accession	13/03/1962
SINGAPORE	Accession	18/03/1966
SLOVAK REPUBLIC	Succession	28/05/1993	01/01/1993
SLOVENIA	Succession	01/09/1993	25/06/1991
SOVIET UNION	Accession	10/01/1966
SPAIN	Accession	26/09/1974
SWEDEN	Accession	12/09/1951
TANGANYIKA	Accession	29/10/1962
THAILAND	Accession	19/06/1961
TOGO	Reservation	17/03/1976
TOGO	Succession	17/03/1976
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO	Accession	19/10/1965
TUNISIA	Accession	03/12/1957
UGANDA	Accession	11/08/1983
UKRAINE	Accession	13/04/1966
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES	Application	11/12/2003	11/12/2003
UNITED ARAB REPUBLIC	Accession	28/09/1954
UNITED KINGDOM	Non-acceptance	01/01/1905
UNITED KINGDOM	Objection	01/01/1905
UNITED KINGDOM	Ratification	16/08/1949
UNITED KINGDOM	Accession	16/08/1949
UNITED KINGDOM	Application	17/01/2002	17/01/2002
UPPER VOLTA	Accession	06/04/1962
URUGUAY	Accession	29/12/1977
YUGOSLAVIA	Accession	23/11/1951
ZAMBIA	Succession	16/06/1975
ZIMBABWE	Accession	17/09/1992	05/03/1991