Participant	Action	Date of Notification/Deposit	Date of Effect
Afghanistan	Accession	22/03/1956
Albania	Accession	12/05/1955
Albania	Withdrawal of reservation	19/07/1999
Algeria	Accession	31/10/1963
Andorra	Accession	22/09/2006	21/12/2006
Antigua and Barbuda	Succession	25/10/1988	01/11/1981
Argentina	Objection	03/10/1983
Argentina	Accession	05/06/1956
Armenia	Accession	23/06/1993	19/09/1993
Australia	Communication	04/10/1950
Australia	Signature	11/12/1948
Australia	Communication	11/12/1950	11/12/1950
Australia	Ratification	08/07/1949	12/01/1951
Austria	Accession	19/03/1958	17/06/1958
Azerbaijan	Accession	16/08/1996	14/11/1996
Bahamas	Succession	05/08/1975
Bahrain	Accession	27/03/1990	25/06/1990
Bangladesh	Accession	05/10/1998	03/01/1999
Barbados	Accession	14/01/1980	13/04/1980
Belgium	Signature	12/12/1949
Belgium	Territorial application	13/03/1952
Belgium	Ratification	05/09/1951	04/12/1951
Belize	Accession	10/03/1998	08/06/1998
Benin	Accession	02/11/2017	31/01/2018
Bolivia	Signature	11/12/1948
Bolivia	Ratification	14/06/2005	12/09/2005
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Communication	27/12/2001
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Succession	29/12/1992	06/03/1992
Brazil	Signature	11/12/1948
Brazil	Ratification	15/04/1952	14/07/1952
Bulgaria	Accession	21/07/1950	12/01/1951
Bulgaria	Withdrawal of reservation	24/06/1992	24/06/1992
Burma	Ratification	14/03/1956
Burma	Signature	30/12/1949
Burundi	Accession	06/01/1997	06/04/1997
Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic	Signature	16/12/1949
Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic	Ratification	11/08/1954
Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic	Withdrawal of reservation	19/04/1989	19/04/1989
Cambodia	Accession	14/10/1950	12/01/1951
Canada	Communication	14/05/2014
Canada	Signature	28/11/1949
Canada	Ratification	03/09/1952	02/12/1952
Cape Verde	Accession	10/10/2011	08/01/2012
Ceylon	Accession	12/10/1950	12/01/1951
Chile	Signature	11/12/1948
Chile	Ratification	03/06/1953	01/09/1953
China	Communication	17/12/1999
China	Signature	20/07/1949
Colombia	Signature	12/08/1949
Colombia	Ratification	27/10/1959	25/01/1960
Comoros	Accession	27/09/2004	26/12/2004
Congo (Leopoldville)	Succession	31/05/1962
Congo (Leopoldville)	Territorial application	31/05/1962
Costa Rica	Accession	14/10/1950	12/01/1951
Côte d'Ivoire	Accession	18/12/1995	17/03/1996
Croatia	Objection	18/05/2001
Croatia	Succession	12/10/1992	08/10/1991
Cuba	Signature	28/12/1949
Cuba	Withdrawal of reservation	29/01/1982
Cuba	Ratification	04/03/1953	02/06/1953
Cyprus	Communication	18/05/1998
Cyprus	Accession	29/03/1982	27/06/1982
Czech Republic	Succession	22/02/1993	01/01/1993
Czechoslovakia	Signature	28/12/1949
Czechoslovakia	Ratification	21/12/1950
Czechoslovakia	Withdrawal of reservation	26/04/1991	26/04/1991
Democratic Kampuchea	Objection	09/11/1981
Democratic People's Republic of Korea	Accession	31/01/1989	01/05/1989
Democratic Yemen	Accession	09/02/1987	10/05/1987
Denmark	Signature	28/09/1949
Denmark	Objection	22/12/1989
Denmark	Ratification	15/06/1951	13/09/1951
Dominica	Accession	13/05/2019	11/08/2019
Dominican Republic	Signature	11/12/1948
Ecuador	Signature	11/12/1948
Ecuador	Ratification	21/12/1949	12/01/1951
Egypt	Signature	12/12/1948
Egypt	Ratification	08/02/1952	08/05/1952
El Salvador	Communication	25/11/1950
El Salvador	Signature	27/04/1949
El Salvador	Ratification	28/09/1950	12/01/1951
Estonia	Objection	21/10/1991
Estonia	Accession	21/10/1991	19/01/1992
Ethiopia	Signature	11/12/1948
Ethiopia	Ratification	01/07/1949	12/01/1951
Federal Republic of Germany	Declaration	11/01/1990
Federal Republic of Germany	Declaration	15/07/1974
Federal Republic of Germany	Declaration	19/09/1975
Federal Republic of Germany	Accession	24/11/1954
Fiji	Succession	11/01/1973
Finland	Accession	18/12/1959
Finland	Withdrawal of reservation	05/01/1998
Finland	Objection	22/12/1989
France	Declaration	08/07/1975
France	Declaration	17/06/1974
France	Signature	11/12/1948
France	Ratification	14/10/1950	12/01/1951
Gabon	Accession	21/01/1983	21/04/1983
Gambia	Accession	29/12/1978	29/03/1979
Georgia	Accession	11/10/1993	09/01/1994
German Democratic Republic	Accession	27/03/1973
German Democratic Republic	Declaration	27/12/1973
Ghana	Accession	24/12/1958	24/03/1959
Greece	Objection	26/01/1990
Greece	Signature	29/12/1949
Greece	Ratification	08/12/1954	08/03/1955
Guatemala	Signature	22/06/1949
Guatemala	Communication	07/09/1950
Guatemala	Ratification	13/01/1950	12/01/1951
Guatemala	Communication	18/10/1950	18/10/1950
Guinea	Accession	07/09/2000	06/12/2000
Guinea-Bissau	Accession	24/09/2013	23/12/2013
Haiti	Signature	11/12/1948
Haiti	Ratification	14/10/1950	12/01/1951
Honduras	Signature	22/04/1949
Honduras	Ratification	05/03/1952	03/06/1952
Hungary	Accession	07/01/1952	06/04/1952
Hungary	Withdrawal of reservation	08/12/1989	08/12/1989
Iceland	Signature	14/05/1949
Iceland	Ratification	29/08/1949	12/01/1951
India	Ratification	27/08/1959
India	Signature	29/11/1949
Iran	Signature	08/12/1949
Iran	Ratification	14/08/1956	12/11/1956
Iraq	Accession	20/01/1959	20/04/1959
Ireland	Objection	22/12/1989
Ireland	Accession	22/06/1976	20/09/1976
Israel	Communication	16/05/2014
Israel	Signature	17/08/1949
Israel	Declaration	09/08/1990
Israel	Ratification	09/03/1950	12/01/1951
Italy	Objection	29/12/1989
Italy	Accession	04/06/1952	02/09/1952
Jamaica	Accession	23/09/1968	22/12/1968
Jordan	Accession	03/04/1950	12/01/1951
Kazakhstan	Accession	26/08/1998	24/11/1998
Korea	Accession	14/10/1950	12/01/1951
Kuwait	Accession	07/03/1995	05/06/1995
Kyrgyzstan	Accession	05/09/1997	04/12/1997
Laos	Accession	08/12/1950
Latvia	Accession	14/04/1992	13/07/1992
Lebanon	Signature	30/12/1949
Lebanon	Ratification	17/12/1953	17/03/1954
Lesotho	Accession	29/11/1974	27/02/1975
Liberia	Signature	11/12/1948
Liberia	Ratification	20/06/1950	12/01/1951
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya	Accession	16/05/1989	14/08/1989
Liechtenstein	Accession	24/03/1994	22/06/1994
Lithuania	Accession	01/02/1996	01/05/1996
Luxembourg	Accession	07/10/1981	05/01/1982
Malawi	Accession	14/07/2017	12/10/2017
Malaysia	Accession	20/12/1994	20/03/1995
Maldives	Accession	24/04/1984	23/07/1984
Mali	Accession	16/07/1974	14/10/1974
Malta	Accession	06/06/2014	04/09/2014
Mauritius	Accession	08/07/2019	06/10/2019
Mexico	Signature	14/12/1948
Mexico	Objection	04/06/1990
Mexico	Ratification	22/07/1952	20/10/1952
Monaco	Accession	30/03/1950	12/01/1951
Mongolia	Accession	05/01/1967
Mongolia	Withdrawal of reservation	19/07/1990	19/07/1990
Montenegro	Succession	23/10/2006	03/06/2006
Morocco	Accession	24/01/1958
Mozambique	Accession	18/04/1983
Namibia	Accession	28/11/1994	26/02/1995
Nepal	Accession	17/01/1969	17/04/1969
Netherlands	Objection	23/02/1996
Netherlands	Objection	27/12/1989
Netherlands	Accession	20/06/1966	18/09/1966
New Zealand	Signature	25/11/1949
New Zealand	Ratification	28/12/1978	28/03/1979
Nicaragua	Accession	29/01/1952	28/04/1952
Nigeria	Accession	27/07/2009	25/10/2009
Norway	Notification	14/10/1996
Norway	Signature	11/12/1948
Norway	Objection	22/12/1989
Norway	Ratification	22/07/1949	12/01/1951
Pakistan	Signature	11/12/1948
Pakistan	Ratification	12/10/1957	10/01/1958
Panama	Signature	11/12/1948
Panama	Ratification	11/01/1950	12/01/1951
Papua New Guinea	Accession	27/01/1982	27/04/1982
Paraguay	Signature	11/12/1948
Paraguay	Ratification	03/10/2001	01/01/2002
People's Republic of China	Ratification	18/04/1983	17/07/1983
Peru	Signature	11/12/1948
Peru	Ratification	24/02/1960	24/05/1960
Philippines	Signature	11/12/1948
Philippines	Ratification	07/07/1950	12/01/1951
Poland	Withdrawal of reservation	16/10/1997
Poland	Accession	14/11/1950
Portugal	Accession	09/02/1999	10/05/1999
Republic of Korea	Accession	14/10/1950	12/01/1951
Republic of Moldova	Accession	26/01/1993	26/04/1993
Republic of Viet-Nam	Accession	11/08/1950	12/01/1951
Romania	Accession	02/11/1950
Romania	Partial withdrawal of reservation and declaration	02/04/1997
Rwanda	Withdrawal of reservation	15/12/2008
Rwanda	Accession	16/04/1975	15/07/1975
San Marino	Accession	08/11/2013	06/02/2014
Saudi Arabia	Accession	13/07/1950	12/01/1951
Senegal	Accession	04/08/1983	02/11/1983
Seychelles	Accession	05/05/1992	03/08/1992
Singapore	Accession	18/08/1995	16/11/1995
Slovakia	Succession	28/05/1993	01/01/1993
Slovenia	Succession	06/07/1992	25/06/1991
South Africa	Accession	10/12/1998	10/03/1999
Spain	Accession	13/09/1968
Spain	Objection	29/12/1989
Spain	Withdrawal of reservation	24/09/2009
St. Vincent and the Grenadines	Accession	09/11/1981	07/02/1982
State of Palestine	Communication	06/06/2014
State of Palestine	Communication	06/06/2014
State of Palestine	Communication	06/06/2014
State of Palestine	Accession	02/04/2014	01/07/2014
Sudan	Accession	13/10/2003	11/01/2004
Sweden	Signature	30/12/1949
Sweden	Communication	14/03/2002
Sweden	Objection	22/12/1989
Sweden	Ratification	27/05/1952	25/08/1952
Switzerland	Accession	07/09/2000	06/12/2000
Syria	Accession	25/06/1955	23/09/1955
Tajikistan	Accession	03/11/2015	01/02/2016
The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia	Succession	18/01/1994	17/11/1991
Togo	Accession	24/05/1984	22/08/1984
Tonga	Accession	16/02/1972	16/05/1972
Trinidad and Tobago	Accession	13/12/2002	13/03/2003
Tunisia	Accession	29

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