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ALBANIAAccession12/05/200612/11/2006
ARGENTINAAccession25/02/200425/08/2004
AUSTRALIAAcceptance03/12/2002
BANGLADESHAccession26/09/201326/03/2014
BELARUSBound27/03/200827/09/2008
BELGIUMAccession12/02/200412/08/2004
BELGIUMRatification12/02/200412/08/2004
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINAAccession17/03/200817/09/2008
BRAZILAccession30/11/201030/05/2011
BULGARIARatification28/02/2003
BURKINA FASOAccession26/11/200326/05/2004
CANADAAcceptance22/07/2002
CHILEAcceptance27/09/2007
CHINA P RRatification11/08/200301/01/1900
CHINA P RCommunication11/08/200301/01/1900
COLOMBIAAccession20/05/200920/11/2009
COSTA RICARatification03/06/200903/12/2009
CROATIARatification27/05/2003
CZECH REPUBLICRatification06/06/200606/12/2006
DENMARKAcceptance15/09/200415/03/2005
DOMINICAN REPUBLICAccession21/06/201021/12/2010
ECUADORAccession10/03/200910/09/2009
EL SALVADORAccession13/09/200713/03/2008
ESTONIARatification12/05/2003
FINLANDAcceptance22/06/200427/12/2004
FRANCEApproval10/12/2002
GEORGIAAccession08/06/200908/12/2009
GERMANY FEDERAL REPUBLICAcceptance26/01/200526/07/2005
GREECERatification26/11/200426/05/2005
GUATEMALAAccession13/02/200913/08/2009
HOLY SEEAcceptance09/12/2002
HOLY SEEDeclaration09/12/2002
HONG KONG SARExtension11/08/200311/08/2003
ICELANDBound22/08/200822/02/2009
INDIAAccession18/05/200518/11/2005
IRAQRatification24/09/201424/03/2015
ITALYRatification01/09/200401/03/2005
JAPANAcceptance10/07/2003
KOREA REPUBLIC OFAcceptance13/02/2003
KUWAITAccession24/05/201324/11/2013
LATVIAAccession23/04/2003
LIBERIAAccession16/09/200516/03/2006
LIECHTENSTEINAcceptance18/06/200418/12/2004
LITHUANIAAcceptance12/05/2003
MACAUExtension11/08/200311/08/2003
MALTAAccession24/09/200424/03/2005
MEXICOAcceptance22/05/2003
MONTENEGROSuccession23/10/200603/06/2006
NETHERLANDS THEAcceptance19/05/200419/11/2004
NETHERLANDS THEApplication28/04/2014
NIGERBound18/09/200718/03/2008
NORWAYApproval18/11/200301/01/1900
PANAMAAccession16/08/200416/02/2005
PERURatification14/02/200514/08/2005
POLANDRatification15/09/200615/03/2007
PORTUGALRatification22/02/200822/08/2008
ROMANIAAccession25/08/200301/01/1900
RUSSIAN FEDERATIONAcceptance24/01/200724/07/2007
SERBIA AND MONTENEGROAcceptance11/11/200301/01/1900
SIERRA LEONERatification30/09/200430/03/2005
SLOVAK REPUBLICRatification11/02/200411/08/2004
SLOVENIARatification07/02/200807/08/2008
SOUTH AFRICAAccession24/01/201224/07/2012
SPAINRatification09/02/200409/08/2004
SRI LANKAAccession24/09/200424/03/2005
SWEDENAcceptance03/12/2002
SWITZERLANDAcceptance19/01/200419/07/2004
TUNISIAAccession11/03/200911/09/2009
TURKEYRatification02/03/200502/09/2005
UKRAINEAcceptance29/06/200529/12/2005
UNITED KINGDOMAcceptance25/07/2002
UNITED STATES OF AMERICARatification21/01/2009
URUGUAYAccession07/08/200707/02/2008