Country	Action	Action Date	Effective Date
ALGERIA	Accession	25/03/1964
ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA	Succession	14/12/1988	01/11/1981
ARGENTINA	Accession	10/10/1963
AUSTRALIA	Accession	09/05/1986
AUSTRIA	Accession	21/01/1955
BAHAMAS	Succession	17/03/1977
BARBADOS	Accession	19/11/1971
BELGIUM	Accession	14/03/1962
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA	Succession	01/09/1993	06/03/1993
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
CHINA	Accession	11/09/1979
CONGO, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF	Accession	08/12/1964
CUBA	Accession	13/09/1972
CYPRUS	Succession	06/05/1964
CZECHOSLOVAKIA	Accession	29/12/1966
DENMARK	Accession	10/03/1953
ECUADOR	Accession	14/07/1954
FIJI	Succession	21/06/1971
FINLAND	Accession	31/07/1958
GABON	Accession	30/11/1982
GAMBIA THE	Accession	01/08/1966
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	04/10/1954
GUINEA	Accession	01/07/1959
GUYANA	Accession	13/09/1973
HAITI	Accession	16/04/1952
HUNGARY	Accession	02/08/1967
HUNGARY	Reservation	02/08/1967
ICELAND	Accession	17/01/2006	17/01/2006
INDIA	Accession	09/03/1955
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	26/09/1962
JAMAICA	Accession	04/11/1963
JAPAN	Accession	18/04/1963
JORDAN	Accession	10/12/1957
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	22/08/1952
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	21/09/1964
MAURITIUS	Succession	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	28/04/1958
NETHERLANDS THE	Accession	05/01/1954
NEW ZEALAND	Accession	25/11/1960
NICARAGUA	Accession	06/04/1959
NIGER	Accession	15/05/1965
NIGERIA	Succession	26/06/1961
NORWAY	Accession	22/11/1955
PAKISTAN	Accession	15/09/1961
PARAGUAY	Accession	13/01/2006	13/01/2006
PHILIPPINES	Accession	21/05/1958
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	01/07/1992	25/06/1991
SOVIET UNION	Accession	10/01/1966
SPAIN	Accession	26/09/1974
SWEDEN	Accession	31/07/1953
TANGANYIKA	Accession	26/03/1963
THAILAND	Accession	19/06/1961
TONGA	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 REPUBLIC	Accession	01/06/1955
UNITED KINGDOM	Non-acceptance	01/01/1905
UNITED KINGDOM	Objection	01/01/1905
UNITED KINGDOM	Ratification	17/12/1954
UNITED KINGDOM	Accession	17/12/1954
UPPER VOLTA	Accession	06/04/1962
URUGUAY	Accession	24/06/1981
YUGOSLAVIA	Accession	05/03/1952
ZAMBIA	Succession	16/06/1975
ZIMBABWE	Accession	05/03/1991	05/03/1991