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