NULL

Participant	Action	Date of Notification/Deposit	Date of Effect
Andorra	Accession	30/06/2006	30/07/2006
Argentina	Signature	24/02/1988
Argentina	Ratification	12/02/1992	13/03/1992
Australia	Accession	23/10/1990	22/11/1990
Austria	Signature	04/07/1989
Austria	Ratification	28/12/1989	27/01/1990
Belgium	Signature	15/03/1989
Brazil	Signature	24/02/1988
Bulgaria	Signature	24/02/1988
Bulgaria	Ratification	26/03/1991	25/04/1991
Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic	Ratification	01/05/1989	06/08/1989
Cameroon	Signature	23/11/1988
Canada	Signature	24/02/1988
Canada	Ratification	02/08/1993	01/09/1993
Central African Republic	Accession	01/07/1991	31/07/1991
Chile	Signature	24/02/1988
Chile	Ratification	15/08/1989	14/09/1989
China	Signature	24/02/1988
Congo	Signature	13/04/1989
Cook Islands	Accession	14/04/2005	14/05/2005
Costa Rica	Signature	24/02/1988
Côte d'Ivoire	Signature	31/03/1988
Czech Republic	Succession	25/03/1993	01/01/1993
Czechoslovakia	Signature	24/02/1988
Czechoslovakia	Ratification	19/03/1990	18/04/1990
Democratic People's Republic of Korea	Signature	11/04/1989
Denmark	Signature	24/02/1988
Denmark	Ratification	23/11/1989	23/12/1989
Egypt	Signature	24/02/1988
Estonia	Accession	10/01/1994	09/02/1994
Ethiopia	Signature	24/02/1988
Federal Republic of Germany	Signature	24/02/1988
Fiji	Accession	21/09/1992	21/10/1992
Finland	Signature	16/11/1988
Finland	Accession	03/04/1998	03/04/1998
France	Signature	29/03/1988
France	Ratification	06/09/1989	06/10/1989
Gabon	Signature	20/09/1988
German Democratic Republic	Ratification	31/01/1989	06/08/1989
Ghana	Signature	24/02/1988
Greece	Signature	18/04/1988
Greece	Ratification	25/04/1991	25/05/1991
Hungary	Ratification	07/09/1988	06/08/1989
Iceland	Signature	24/02/1988
Iceland	Ratification	09/05/1990	08/06/1990
India	Accession	22/03/1995	21/04/1995
Indonesia	Signature	24/02/1988
Ireland	Signature	29/07/1988
Ireland	Ratification	26/07/1991	25/08/1991
Israel	Signature	24/02/1988
Israel	Ratification	02/04/1993	02/05/1993
Italy	Signature	24/02/1988
Italy	Ratification	13/03/1990	12/04/1990
Jamaica	Signature	24/02/1988
Jordan	Signature	30/09/1988
Jordan	Ratification	18/09/1992	18/10/1992
Kazakhstan	Accession	18/05/1995	17/06/1995
Kuwait	Ratification	08/03/1989	06/08/1989
Latvia	Accession	21/04/1997	22/05/1997
Lebanon	Signature	24/02/1988
Liberia	Signature	24/02/1988
Luxembourg	Signature	18/05/1989
Malawi	Signature	24/02/1988
Malaysia	Signature	24/02/1988
Mali	Accession	31/10/1990	30/11/1990
Malta	Accession	14/06/1991	14/07/1991
Marshall Islands	Ratification	30/05/1989	06/08/1989
Mauritius	Signature	28/06/1989
Mauritius	Ratification	17/08/1989	16/09/1989
Mexico	Signature	24/02/1988
Mexico	Ratification	11/10/1990	10/11/1990
Montenegro	Succession	12/12/2006	03/06/2006
Morocco	Signature	08/07/1988
Myanmar	Accession	22/05/1996	21/06/1996
Netherlands	Declaration	12/12/2005
Netherlands	Reservation	12/12/2005
Netherlands	Signature	13/04/1988
Netherlands	Ratification	11/07/1995	10/08/1995
Netherlands	Territorial application	12/12/2005	11/01/2006
New Zealand	Signature	11/04/1989
Nicaragua	Accession	20/05/2003	19/06/2002
Niger	Signature	24/02/1988
Norway	Signature	24/02/1988
Norway	Ratification	29/05/1990	28/06/1990
Oman	Accession	27/11/1992	27/12/1992
Pakistan	Signature	24/02/1988
Peru	Ratification	07/06/1989	06/08/1989
Philippines	Signature	25/01/1989
Poland	Signature	24/02/1988
Portugal	Signature	24/02/1988
Republic of Korea	Signature	24/02/1988
Republic of Korea	Ratification	27/06/1990	27/07/1990
Romania	Signature	24/02/1988
Saudi Arabia	Ratification	21/02/1989	06/08/1989
Senegal	Signature	24/02/1988
Slovakia	Succession	20/03/1995	19/04/1995
Slovenia	Succession	27/05/1992	25/06/1991
Spain	Signature	02/03/1989
Sri Lanka	Signature	28/10/1988
Sri Lanka	Ratification	20/02/1997	21/03/1997
St. Lucia	Accession	11/06/1990	11/07/1990
St. Vincent and the Grenadines	Signature	01/12/1988
St. Vincent and the Grenadines	Ratification	29/11/1991	29/12/1991
Sweden	Signature	24/02/1988
Sweden	Ratification	26/07/1990	25/08/1990
Switzerland	Signature	24/02/1988
Switzerland	Ratification	09/10/1990	08/11/1990
Togo	Signature	24/10/1988
Turkey	Ratification	07/07/1989	06/08/1989
Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic	Signature	24/02/1988
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics	Ratification	31/03/1989	06/08/1989
United Arab Emirates	Ratification	09/03/1989	06/08/1989
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	Signature	26/10/1988
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	Territorial application	14/02/1997	14/02/1997
United States of America	Signature	24/02/1988
Venezuela	Signature	24/02/1988
Yugoslavia (Socialist Federal Republic of)	Signature	24/02/1988
Zaire	Signature	24/02/1988