NULL

Participant	Action	Date of Notification/Deposit	Date of Effect
Afghanistan	Accession	16/11/1966
Albania	Accession	06/11/1958
Algeria	Accession	31/10/1963
Antigua and Barbuda	Succession	25/10/1988	01/11/1981
Argentina	Accession	13/08/1964
Argentina	Objection	03/10/1983
Australia	Signature	07/09/1956
Australia	Ratification	06/01/1958
Austria	Territorial application	06/01/1958
Austria	Accession	07/10/1963
Azerbaijan	Accession	16/08/1996	16/08/1996
Bahamas	Succession	10/06/1976
Bahrain	Accession	27/03/1990	27/03/1990
Bangladesh	Accession	05/02/1985	05/02/1985
Barbados	Succession	09/08/1972
Belgium	Ratification	13/12/1962
Belgium	Signature	07/09/1956
Bolivia	Accession	06/10/1983	06/10/1983
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Succession	01/09/1993	06/03/1992
Brazil	Accession	06/01/1966
Bulgaria	Signature	26/06/1957
Bulgaria	Ratification	21/08/1958
Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic	Ratification	05/06/1957
Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic	Signature	07/09/1956
Cambodia	Accession	12/06/1957
Cameroon	Accession	27/06/1984	27/06/1984
Canada	Ratification	10/01/1963
Canada	Signature	07/09/1956
Central African Republic	Accession	30/12/1970
Ceylon	Ratification	21/03/1958
Ceylon	Signature	05/06/1957
Chile	Accession	20/06/1995	20/06/1995
China	Communication	07/12/1999
Congo	Accession	25/08/1977	25/08/1977
Croatia	Succession	12/10/1992	08/10/1991
Cuba	Ratification	21/08/1963
Cuba	Signature	10/01/1957
Cyprus	Succession	11/05/1962	16/08/1960
Czech Republic	Succession	22/02/1993	01/01/1993
Czechoslovakia	Ratification	13/06/1958
Czechoslovakia	Signature	07/09/1956
Denmark	Signature	27/06/1957
Denmark	Ratification	24/04/1958
Djibouti	Accession	21/03/1979	21/03/1979
Dominica	Succession	17/08/1994	03/11/1978
Dominican Republic	Accession	31/10/1962
Ecuador	Accession	29/03/1960
El Salvador	Signature	07/09/1956
Ethiopia	Accession	21/01/1969
Federal Republic of Germany	Signature	07/09/1956
Federal Republic of Germany	Ratification	14/01/1959
Federation of Malaya	Accession	18/11/1957
Fiji	Succession	12/06/1972
Finland	Accession	01/04/1959
France	Signature	07/09/1956
France	Territorial application	26/05/1964
France	Ratification	26/05/1964
German Democratic Republic	Accession	16/07/1974	16/07/1974
Ghana	Accession	03/05/1963
Greece	Signature	07/09/1956
Greece	Ratification	13/12/1972
Guatemala	Signature	07/09/1956
Guatemala	Ratification	11/11/1983	11/11/1983
Guinea	Accession	14/03/1977	14/03/1977
Haiti	Ratification	12/02/1958
Haiti	Signature	07/09/1956
Hungary	Ratification	26/02/1958
Hungary	Signature	07/09/1956
Iceland	Accession	17/11/1965
India	Signature	07/09/1956
India	Ratification	23/06/1960
Iran	Accession	30/12/1959
Iraq	Signature	07/09/1956
Iraq	Ratification	30/09/1963
Ireland	Accession	18/09/1961
Israel	Ratification	23/10/1957
Israel	Declaration	21/08/1990
Israel	Signature	07/09/1956
Italy	Ratification	12/02/1958
Italy	Territorial application	12/02/1958
Italy	Signature	07/09/1956
Ivory Coast	Accession	10/12/1970
Jamaica	Succession	30/07/1964	06/08/1962
Jordan	Accession	27/09/1957
Kazakhstan	Accession	01/05/2008	01/05/2008
Kuwait	Accession	18/01/1963
Kyrgyzstan	Accession	05/09/1997	05/09/1997
Laos	Accession	09/09/1957
Latvia	Accession	14/04/1992	14/04/1992
Lesotho	Succession	04/11/1974	04/10/1966
Liberia	Signature	07/09/1956
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya	Accession	16/05/1989	16/05/1989
Luxembourg	Signature	07/09/1956
Luxembourg	Ratification	01/05/1967
Madagascar	Accession	29/02/1972
Malawi	Accession	02/08/1965
Mali	Accession	02/02/1973
Malta	Succession	03/01/1966	21/09/1964
Mauritania	Accession	06/06/1986	06/06/1986
Mauritius	Succession	18/07/1969
Mexico	Ratification	30/06/1959
Mexico	Signature	07/09/1956
Mongolia	Accession	20/12/1968
Montenegro	Succession	23/10/2006	03/06/2006
Morocco	Accession	11/05/1959
Nepal	Accession	07/01/1963
Netherlands	Signature	07/09/1956
Netherlands	Ratification	03/12/1957
New Zealand	Accession	26/04/1962
New Zealand	Territorial application	26/04/1962	26/04/1962
Nicaragua	Accession	14/01/1986	14/01/1986
Niger	Accession	22/07/1963
Nigeria	Succession	26/06/1961	01/10/1960
Norway	Ratification	03/05/1960
Norway	Signature	07/09/1956
Pakistan	Signature	07/09/1956
Pakistan	Ratification	20/03/1958
Paraguay	Accession	27/09/2007	27/09/2007
Peru	Signature	07/09/1956
Peru	Signature	07/09/1956
Philippines	Accession	17/11/1964
Poland	Ratification	10/01/1963
Poland	Signature	07/09/1956
Portugal	Signature	07/09/1956
Portugal	Communication	18/11/1999
Portugal	Ratification	10/08/1959
Romania	Ratification	13/11/1957
Romania	Signature	07/09/1956
Rwanda	Accession	04/10/2006	04/10/2006
San Marino	Ratification	29/08/1967
San Marino	Signature	07/09/1956
Saudi Arabia	Accession	05/07/1973
Senegal	Accession	19/07/1979	19/07/1979
Seychelles	Accession	05/05/1992	05/05/1992
Sierra Leone	Succession	13/03/1962	27/04/1961
Singapore	Succession	28/03/1972
Slovakia	Succession	28/05/1993	01/01/1993
Slovenia	Succession	06/07/1992	25/06/1991
Solomon Islands	Succession	03/09/1981	07/07/1978
Spain	Accession	21/11/1967
St. Lucia	Succession	14/02/1990	22/02/1979
St. Vincent and the Grenadines	Accession	09/11/1981	09/11/1981
State of Palestine	Accession	22/03/2018	22/03/2018
Sudan	Signature	07/09/1956
Sudan	Ratification	09/09/1957
Suriname	Succession	12/10/1979
Sweden	Accession	28/10/1959
Switzerland	Accession	28/07/1964
Syrian Arab Republic	Accession	17/04/1958
Tanganyika	Accession	28/11/1962
The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia	Succession	18/01/1994	17/11/1991
Togo	Accession	08/07/1980	08/07/1980
Trinidad and Tobago	Succession	11/04/1966
Tunisia	Accession	15/07/1966
Turkey	Signature	28/06/1957
Turkey	Ratification	17/07/1964
Turkmenistan	Accession	01/05/1997	01/05/1997
Uganda	Accession	12/08/1964
Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic	Signature	07/09/1956
Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic	Ratification	03/12/1958
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics	Signature	07/09/1956
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics	Ratification	12/04/1957	30/04/1957
United Arab Republic	Accession	17/04/1958
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	Signature	07/09/1956
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	Declaration	28/02/1985
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	Ratification	30/04/1957	30/04/1957
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	Territorial application	30/04/1957	30/04/1957
United States of America	Accession	06/12/1967
United States of America	Territorial application	06/12/1967
Uruguay	Accession	07/06/2001	07/06/2001
Yugoslavia (Federal Republic of)	Succession	12/03/2001	27/04/1992
Yugoslavia (Socialist Federal Republic of)	Signature	07/09/1956
Yugoslavia (Socialist Federal Republic of)	Ratification	20/05/1958
Zaire	Accession	28/02/1975	28/02/1975
Zambia	Succession	26/03/1973
Zimbabwe	Succession	01/12/1998	18/04/1980