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Party Signature Provisional
application
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 16-11-1966 (A) 14-02-1967
Albania 12-05-1955 (A) 10-08-1955
Algeria 05-08-2004 (A) 03-11-2004
Angola 17-09-1986 (A) 16-12-1986
Antigua and Barbuda 25-10-1988 (Su) 01-11-1981
Argentina 31-03-1953 27-02-1961 (R) 28-05-1961
Armenia 24-01-2008 (A) 23-04-2008
Australia 10-12-1974 (A) 10-03-1974
Austria 19-10-1959 18-04-1969 (R) 17-07-1969
Bahamas 16-08-1977 (Su) 10-07-1973
Bangladesh 05-10-1998 (A) 03-01-1999
Barbados 12-01-1973 (A) 12-04-1973
Belarus 31-03-1953 11-08-1954 (R) 09-11-1954
Belgium 20-05-1964 (A) 18-08-1964
Bolivia 09-04-1953 22-09-1970 (R) 21-12-1970
Bosnia and Herzegovina 01-09-1993 (Su) 06-03-1992
Brazil 20-05-1953 13-08-1963 (R) 11-11-1963
Bulgaria 17-03-1954 (A) 07-07-1954
Burkina Faso 09-12-1998 (A) 09-03-1999
Burundi 18-02-1993 (A) 19-05-1993
Cambodia 11-11-2001
Canada 30-01-1957 (A) 30-04-1957
Central African Republic 04-09-1962 (Su) 13-08-1960
Chile 31-03-1953 18-10-1967 (R) 16-01-1968
China
Colombia 05-08-1986 (A) 03-11-1986
Costa Rica 31-03-1953 25-07-1967 (R) 23-10-1967
Côte d'Ivoire 18-12-1995 (A) 17-03-1996
Croatia 12-10-1992 (Su) 08-10-1991
Cuba 31-03-1953 08-04-1954 (R) 07-07-1954
Cyprus 10-09-1968 12-11-1968 (R) 10-02-1969
Czech Republic 22-02-1993 (Su) 01-01-1993
Czechoslovakia (<01-01-1993) 31-03-1953 06-04-1955 (R) 05-07-1955
Democratic Republic of the Congo 12-10-1977 (A) 10-01-1978
Denmark 29-10-1953 07-07-1954 (R) 05-10-1954
Dominican Republic 31-03-1953 11-12-1953 (R) 07-07-1954
Ecuador 31-03-1953 23-04-1954 (R) 22-07-1954
Egypt 08-09-1981 (A) 07-12-1981
El Salvador 24-06-1953 26-03-2008 (R) 24-06-2008
Eswatini 20-07-1970 (A) 18-10-1970
Ethiopia 31-03-1953 21-01-1969 (R) 21-04-1969
Fiji 12-06-1972 (Su) 10-10-1970
Finland 06-10-1958 (A) 04-01-1959
France 31-03-1953 22-04-1957 (R) 21-07-1957
Gabon 19-04-1967 19-04-1967 (R) 18-07-1967
Georgia 06-07-2005 (A) 04-10-2005
Germany 04-11-1970 (A) 02-02-1971
Ghana 28-12-1965 (A) 28-03-1966
Greece 01-04-1953 29-12-1953 (R) 07-07-1954
Guatemala 31-03-1953 07-10-1959 (R) 05-01-1960
Guinea 19-03-1975 24-01-1978 (R) 24-04-1978
Haïti 23-07-1957 12-02-1958 (R) 13-05-1958
Hungary 02-09-1954 20-01-1955 (R) 20-04-1955
Iceland 25-11-1953 30-06-1954 (R) 28-09-1954
India 29-04-1953 01-11-1961 (R) 30-01-1962
Indonesia 31-03-1953 16-12-1958 (R) 16-03-1959
Ireland 14-11-1968 (A) 12-02-1969
Israel 14-04-1953 06-07-1954 (R) 04-10-1954
Italy 06-03-1968 (A) 04-06-1968
Jamaica 14-08-1966 (A) 12-11-1966
Japan 01-04-1955 13-07-1955 (R) 11-10-1955
Jordan 01-07-1992 (A) 29-09-1992
Kazakhstan 28-03-2000 (A) 26-06-2000
Kyrgyzstan 10-02-1997 (A) 11-05-1997
Laos 28-01-1969 (A) 30-04-1969
Latvia 14-04-1992 (A) 13-07-1992
Lebanon 24-02-1954 05-06-1956 (R) 03-09-1956
Lesotho 04-11-1974 (A) 02-02-1975
Liberia 09-12-1953
Libya 16-05-1989 (A) 14-08-1989
Luxembourg 04-06-1969 01-11-1976 (R) 30-01-1977
Madagascar 12-02-1964 (A) 13-05-1964
Malawi 29-06-1966 (A) 27-09-1966
Mali 16-07-1974 (A) 14-10-1974
Malta 09-07-1968 (A) 07-10-1968
Mauritania 04-05-1976 (A) 02-08-1976
Mauritius 18-07-1969 (Su) 12-03-1968
Mexico 31-03-1953 23-03-1981 (R) 21-06-1981
Moldova 26-01-1993 (A) 26-04-1993
Mongolia 18-08-1965 (A) 16-11-1965
Montenegro 23-10-2006 (Su) 03-06-2006
Morocco 22-11-1976 (A) 20-02-1977
Myanmar 14-09-1954
Nepal 26-04-1966 (A) 25-07-1966
Netherlands, the Kingdom of the 08-08-1968 30-07-1971 (R) 28-10-1971
New Zealand 22-05-1968 (A) 20-08-1968
Nicaragua 17-01-1957 (A) 17-04-1957
Niger 07-12-1964 (Su) 03-08-1960
Nigeria 11-07-1980 17-11-1980 (R) 15-02-1981
North Macedonia 18-01-1994 (Su) 17-11-1991
Norway 18-09-1953 24-08-1956 (R) 22-11-1956
Pakistan 18-05-1954 07-12-1954 (R) 07-03-1955
Palestine 02-01-2015 (A) 02-04-2015
Papua New Guinea 27-01-1982 (A) 27-04-1982
Paraguay 16-11-1953 22-02-1990 (R) 23-05-1990
Peru 01-07-1975 (A) 30-09-1975
Philippines 23-09-1953 12-09-1957 (R) 11-12-1957
Poland 31-03-1953 11-08-1954 (R) 09-11-1954
Republic of Korea, the 23-06-1959 (A) 21-09-1959
Republic of the Congo 15-10-1962 (Su) 15-08-1960
Romania 27-04-1954 06-08-1954 (R) 04-11-1954
Russian Federation 31-03-1953 03-05-1954 (R) 01-08-1954
Rwanda 26-09-2003 (A) 25-12-2003
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 27-04-1999 (Su) 27-10-1979
Senegal 02-05-1963 (Su) 20-08-1960
Serbia 12-03-2001 (Su) 27-04-1992
Sierra Leone 25-07-1962 (A) 23-10-1962
Slovakia 28-05-1993 (Su) 01-01-1993
Slovenia 06-07-1992 (Su) 25-06-1991
Solomon Islands 03-09-1981 (Su) 07-07-1978
South Africa 29-01-1993
Spain 14-01-1974 (A) 14-04-1974
Sweden 06-10-1953 31-03-1954 (R) 07-07-1954
Tajikistan 07-06-1999 (A) 05-09-1999
Tanzania 19-06-1975 (A) 17-09-1975
Thailand 05-03-1954 30-11-1954 (R) 28-02-1955
Trinidad and Tobago 24-06-1966 (A) 22-09-1966
Tunisia 24-01-1968 (A) 23-04-1968
Türkiye 12-01-1954 26-01-1960 (R) 25-04-1960
Turkmenistan 11-10-1999 (A) 09-01-2000
Uganda 21-06-1995 (A) 19-09-1995
Ukraine 31-03-1953 15-11-1954 (R) 15-02-1955
United Kingdom 24-02-1967 (A) 25-05-1967
United States of America 08-04-1976 (A) 07-07-1976
Uruguay 26-05-1953
Uzbekistan 29-09-1997 (A) 28-12-1997
Venezuela 31-05-1983 (A) 29-08-1983
Yemen 09-02-1987 (A) 10-05-1987
Yugoslavia (< 25-06-1991) 31-03-1953 23-06-1954 (R) 21-09-1954
Zambia 04-02-1972 (A) 04-05-1972
Zimbabwe 05-06-1995 (A) 03-09-1995