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RatificationS=Signature without reservation or requirement of ratification R=Ratification, Acceptance, Approval or Notification A=Accession Su=Succession NK=Not Known Entry into force Renunciation Termination
Afghanistan 05-09-1947 (A) 05-09-1947
Albania 02-07-1957 (A) 02-07-1957
Algeria 31-10-1963 (A) 31-10-1963
Angola 09-08-1990 (A) 09-08-1990
Antigua and Barbuda 25-10-1988 (Su) 01-11-1981
Argentina 12-10-1956 (A) 12-10-1956
Armenia 29-04-2004 (A) 29-04-2004
Australia 02-03-1949 (A) 02-03-1949
Austria 10-05-1957 (A) 10-05-1957
Azerbaijan 13-08-1992 (A) 13-08-1992
Bahamas 17-03-1977 (Su) 10-07-1973
Bahrain 17-09-1992 (A) 17-09-1992
Bangladesh 13-01-1978 (Su) 26-03-1971
Barbados 10-01-1972 (Su) 30-11-1966
Belarus 22-10-1953 (A) 22-10-1953
Belgium 25-09-1948 (A) 25-09-1948
Belize 14-09-2005 (A) 14-09-2005
Bolivia 23-12-1949 (A) 23-12-1949
Bosnia and Herzegovina 01-09-1993 (Su) 06-03-1992
Brazil 15-12-1949 (A) 15-12-1949
Brunei 01-08-2013 (A) 01-08-2013
Bulgaria 30-09-1960 (A) 30-09-1960
Burkina Faso 27-04-1962 (A) 27-04-1962
Burundi 17-03-1971 (A) 17-03-1971
Cambodia 06-11-1963 (A) 06-11-1963
Cameroon 20-10-1961 (Su) 01-01-1960
Canada 22-01-1948 (A) 22-01-1948
Central African Republic 04-09-1962 (Su) 13-08-1960
Chile 15-10-1948 (A) 15-10-1948
China 11-09-1979 (A) 11-09-1979
Colombia 06-08-1974 (A) 06-08-1974
Costa Rica 26-10-1949 (A) 26-10-1949
Côte d'Ivoire 08-12-1961 (Su) 07-08-1960
Croatia 12-10-1992 (Su) 08-10-1991
Cuba 09-09-1959 (A) 09-09-1959
Cyprus 05-11-1963 (Su) 16-08-1960
Czech Republic 22-02-1993 (Su) 01-01-1993
Czechoslovakia (<01-01-1993) 07-09-1955 (A) 07-09-1955
Democratic Republic of the Congo 08-12-1964 (A) 08-12-1964
Denmark 10-06-1948 (A) 10-06-1948
Djibouti 06-04-1978 (Su) 27-06-1977
Dominica 24-11-1987 (Su) 03-11-1978
Dominican Republic 07-03-1947 (A) 07-03-1947
Ecuador 22-03-1956 (A) 22-03-1956
Egypt 17-09-1948 (A) 17-09-1948
El Salvador 09-07-1947 (A) 09-07-1947
Estonia 21-10-1991 (A) 21-10-1991
Ethiopia 22-07-1947 (A) 22-07-1947
Federated States of Micronesia 05-12-2008 (A) 05-12-2008
Fiji 21-06-1971 (Su) 10-10-1970
Finland 31-07-1958 (A) 31-07-1958
France 18-08-1947 (A) 18-08-1947
Gabon 13-03-1964 (A) 13-03-1964
Gambia, The 01-08-1966 (Su) 18-02-1965
Georgia 17-12-2007 (A) 17-12-2007
Germany 05-11-1980 (A) 05-11-1980
Ghana 05-08-1958 (A) 05-08-1958
Greece 29-12-1947 (A) 29-12-1947
Guatemala 07-07-1947 (A) 07-07-1947
Guinea 10-01-1968 (A) 10-01-1968
Guyana 28-12-1972 (A) 28-12-1972
Haïti 06-08-1947 (A) 06-08-1947
Honduras 16-05-1947 (A) 16-05-1947
Hungary 30-07-1956 (A) 30-07-1956
Iceland 10-03-1948 (A) 10-03-1948
India 13-05-1948 (A) 13-05-1948
Indonesia 08-03-1972 (A) 08-03-1972
Iran 08-05-1947 (A) 08-05-1947
Iraq 15-09-1949 (A) 15-09-1949
Ireland 10-05-1967 (A) 10-05-1967
Israel 21-09-1949 (A) 21-09-1949
Italy 03-02-1958 (A) 03-02-1958
Jamaica 09-09-1963 (A) 09-09-1963
Japan 18-04-1963 (A) 18-04-1963
Jordan 03-01-1958 (A) 03-01-1958
Kazakhstan 26-08-1998 (A) 26-08-1998
Kenya 01-07-1965 (A) 01-07-1965
Kuwait 13-12-1963 (A) 13-12-1963
Kyrgyzstan 28-01-2000 (A) 28-01-2000
Laos 24-11-1956 (A) 24-11-1956
Latvia 21-11-1997 (A) 21-11-1997
Lebanon 10-03-1949 (A) 10-03-1949
Lesotho 26-11-1969 (A) 26-11-1969
Liberia 14-03-1947 (A) 14-03-1947
Libya 28-11-1958 (A) 28-11-1958
Liechtenstein 25-03-1993 (A) 25-03-1993
Lithuania 09-12-1993 (A) 09-12-1993
Luxembourg 14-02-1949 (A) 14-02-1949
Madagascar 23-05-1962 (Su) 26-06-1960
Malawi 17-05-1966 (A) 17-05-1966
Malaysia 28-10-1957 (Su) 31-08-1957
Mali 28-03-1968 (A) 28-03-1968
Malta 27-06-1968 (Su) 21-09-1964
Mauritius 18-07-1969 (Su) 12-03-1968
Mexico 26-11-1962 (A) 26-11-1962
Moldova 12-04-1995 (A) 12-04-1995
Monaco 08-03-2005 (A) 08-03-2005
Mongolia 31-05-1962 (A) 31-05-1962
Montenegro 23-10-2006 (Su) 03-06-2006
Morocco 18-03-1957 (A) 18-03-1957
Mozambique 08-05-2001 (A) 08-05-2001
Myanmar 25-01-1955 (A) 25-01-1955
Namibia 17-07-2006 (A) 17-07-2006
Nepal 28-09-1965 (A) 28-09-1965
Netherlands, the Kingdom of the 19-04-1948 (A) 19-04-1948
New Zealand 10-12-1947 (A) 10-12-1947
Nicaragua 29-11-1947 (A) 29-11-1947
Niger 25-08-1961 (Su) 03-08-1960
Nigeria 26-06-1961 (Su) 01-10-1960
North Macedonia 18-08-1993 (Su) 17-11-1991
Norway 18-08-1947 (A) 18-08-1947
Pakistan 22-09-1948 (A) 22-09-1948
Panama 27-05-1947 (A) 27-05-1947
Papua New Guinea 04-12-1975 (Su) 16-09-1975
Paraguay 02-10-1953 (A) 02-10-1953
Peru 24-07-1963 (A) 24-07-1963
Philippines 28-10-1947 (A) 28-10-1947
Poland 08-01-1948 (A) 08-01-1948
Portugal 14-10-1998 (A) 14-10-1998
Qatar 26-09-2007 (A) 26-09-2007
Republic of Korea, the 09-04-1992 (A) 09-04-1992
Republic of the Congo 15-10-1962 (Su) 15-08-1960
Romania 05-07-1956 (A) 05-07-1956
Russian Federation 22-09-1953 (A) 22-09-1953
Rwanda 15-04-1964 (A) 15-04-1964
Saint Lucia 27-08-1986 (Su) 22-02-1979
San Marino 22-02-2012 (A) 22-02-2012
Saudi Arabia 03-09-2015 (A) 03-09-2015
Senegal 27-05-1963 (Su) 20-08-1960
Serbia 12-03-2001 (Su) 27-04-1992
Seychelles 26-08-1980 (A) 26-08-1980
Sierra Leone 13-03-1962 (Su) 27-04-1961
Singapore 18-03-1966 (Su) 09-08-1965
Slovakia 28-05-1993 (Su) 01-01-1993
Slovenia 06-07-1992 (Su) 25-06-1991
Somalia 09-07-1963 (A) 09-07-1963
South Africa 30-08-2002 (A) 30-08-2002
Spain 31-07-1974 (A) 31-07-1974
Sri Lanka 19-06-2003 (A) 19-06-2003
Sudan 21-03-1977 (A) 21-03-1977
Sweden 28-08-1947 (A) 28-08-1947
Switzerland 25-09-2012 (A) 25-09-2012
Syria 29-09-1953 (A) 29-09-1953
Tajikistan 19-10-2001 (A) 19-10-2001
Tanzania 29-10-1962 (A) 29-10-1962
Thailand 30-03-1956 (A) 30-03-1956
Timor-Leste 23-01-2015 (A) 23-01-2015
Togo 27-02-1962 (Su) 27-04-1960
Trinidad and Tobago 19-10-1965 (A) 19-10-1965
Tunisia 07-05-1957 (A) 07-05-1957
Türkiye 22-08-1950 (A) 22-08-1950
Turkmenistan 23-11-2007 (A) 23-11-2007
Uganda 09-07-2001 (A) 09-07-2001
Ukraine 20-11-1953 (A) 20-11-1953
United Arab Emirates 02-06-2003 (A) 02-06-2003
United Kingdom 17-09-1946 (A) 17-09-1946
United States of America 29-04-1970 (A) 29-04-1970
Uruguay 16-02-1984 (A) 16-02-1984
Venezuela 21-12-1998 (A) 21-12-1998
Vietnam 06-04-1988 (A) 06-04-1988
Yemen 23-07-1963 (A) 23-07-1963
Yugoslavia (< 25-06-1991) 30-06-1950 (A) 30-06-1950
Zambia 16-06-1975 (Su) 24-10-1964
Zimbabwe 13-05-1991 (A) 13-05-1991