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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
Albania 07-06-2004 (A) 01-10-2004
Algeria 04-08-2004 (A) 01-12-2004
Antigua and Barbuda 12-10-2009 (A) 01-02-2010
Australia 20-02-1991 (A) 01-06-1991 31-05-2013 01-06-2014
Azerbaijan 16-07-2004 (A) 01-11-2004
Bahamas 07-06-1983 (A) 01-12-1986
Bahrain 21-06-2019 (A) 01-10-2019
Barbados 06-05-1994 (A) 01-09-1994
Belgium 15-06-1989 (A) 01-10-1989 09-10-2009 01-11-2010
Benin 01-11-1985 (A) 01-12-1986
Bulgaria 04-07-2005 (A) 01-11-2005
China
Cook Islands 12-03-2007 (A) 01-07-2007
Croatia 02-03-1993 (A) 01-06-1993
Cyprus 23-12-2005 (A) 01-04-2006
Denmark 22-12-1977 30-05-1984 (R) 01-12-1986 25-03-2004 01-04-2005
Dominica 31-08-2001 (A) 01-12-2001
Egypt 30-03-1988 (A) 01-07-1988
Equatorial Guinea 24-04-1996 (A) 01-08-1996
Estonia 23-10-2002 (A) 01-02-2003
Finland 30-12-1977 08-05-1984 (R) 01-12-1986 15-09-2000 13-05-2004
France 21-12-1977 01-07-1981 (R) 01-12-1986
Georgia 20-02-1996 (A) 01-06-1996
Germany 16-12-1977 12-05-1987 (R) 01-09-1987 18-10-2000 13-05-2004
Greece 03-07-1991 (A) 01-11-1991
Guyana 10-12-1997 (A) 01-04-1998
Hungary 04-07-2008 (A) 01-11-2008
India 20-08-2002 (A) 01-12-2002
Iran 01-09-2015 (A) 01-12-2015
Ireland 24-02-1998 (A) 01-06-1998
Jamaica 17-08-2005 (A) 01-12-2005
Japan 04-06-1982 (A) 01-12-1986 29-07-2005 01-08-2006
Kiribati 05-02-2007 (A) 01-06-2007
Latvia 31-07-1999 (A) 01-11-1999
Liberia 17-02-1981 (A) 01-12-1986
Lithuania 03-03-2004 (A) 01-07-2004
Luxembourg 21-11-2005 (A) 01-03-2006
Marshall Islands 29-11-1994 (A) 01-03-1995
Mauritius 17-12-2002 (A) 01-04-2003
Mexico 13-05-1994 (A) 01-09-1994
Mongolia 28-09-2011 (A) 01-01-2012
Myanmar 04-02-2020 (A) 01-06-2020
Netherlands, the Kingdom of the 15-05-1990 (A) 01-09-1990 23-12-2010 01-01-2012
New Zealand 14-02-1994 (A) 01-06-1994 12-09-2016 01-10-2017
Nigeria 24-02-2004 (A) 01-06-2004
Niue 27-06-2012 (A) 01-10-2012
Norway 21-12-1977 30-03-1984 (R) 01-12-1986 31-10-2005 01-11-2006
Poland 28-04-1986 (A) 01-12-1986
Republic of the Congo 07-09-2004 (A) 01-01-2005
Romania 12-03-2007 (A) 01-07-2007
Saint Lucia 20-05-2004 (A) 01-09-2004
Samoa 18-05-2004 (A) 01-09-2004
Saudi Arabia 06-04-2018 (A) 01-08-2018
Serbia 19-03-2013 (A) 01-07-2013
Sierra Leone 26-07-2001 (A) 01-11-2001
Singapore 24-01-2005 (A) 01-05-2005 30-09-2019 01-10-2020
Spain 12-10-1977 13-11-1981 (R) 01-12-1986 27-11-2006 01-11-2007
Sweden 19-12-1977 30-03-1984 (R) 01-12-1986 22-07-2004 01-08-2005
Switzerland 15-12-1987 (A) 01-04-1988
Syria 02-09-2005 (A) 01-01-2006
Tonga 18-09-2003 (A) 01-01-2004
Trinidad and Tobago 06-03-2000 (A) 01-07-2000
Türkiye 06-03-1998 (A) 01-07-1998
Tuvalu 12-01-2009 (A) 01-05-2009
United Arab Emirates 19-11-1997 (A) 01-03-1998
United Kingdom 01-02-1977 31-01-1980 (R) 01-12-1986 17-07-1998 13-05-2004
Vanuatu 14-09-1992 (A) 01-01-1993
Yemen 06-03-1979 (A) 01-12-1986