Participant	Action	Date of Notification/Deposit	Date of Effect
Algeria	Ratification	20/01/1975	20/04/1975
Argentina	Notification	07/10/1970	07/10/1970
Australia	Notification	21/09/1971	21/09/1971
Australia	Accession	25/05/1972	25/08/1972
Australia	Declaration	27/06/1975	27/09/1975
Australia	Accession	27/06/1975	27/09/1975
Austria	Signature
Austria	Ratification	18/05/1973	18/08/1973
Bahamas	Accession	10/12/1976	10/03/1977
Belgium	Declaration	02/01/1974
Belgium	Ratification	12/11/1974	12/02/1975
Belgium	Notification	20/05/1970	20/05/1970
Benin	Ratification	12/12/1974	12/03/1975
Brazil	Notification	03/08/1970	03/08/1970
Brazil	Accession	24/12/1974	24/03/1975
Bulgaria	Ratification	27/02/1970	27/05/1970
Burundi	Accession	03/06/1977	03/09/1977
Cameroon	Notification	22/09/1970	22/09/1970
Canada	Accession	07/04/1970	07/07/1970
Central African Republic	Signature
Central African Republic	Ratification	05/06/1978	05/09/1978
Ceylon	Signature
Chad	Ratification	26/06/1970	26/09/1970
Congo	Participation	23/01/1973
Congo	Accession	05/09/1975	05/12/1975
Congo (Brazzaville)	Signature
Croatia	Succession	28/07/1992	25/06/1991
Cuba	Ratification	08/01/1975	08/04/1975
Cuba	Notification	15/01/1970	15/01/1970
Cyprus	Signature
Czech Republic	Succession	18/12/1992	01/01/1993
Czechoslovakia	Notification	04/08/1970	04/08/1970
Czechoslovakia	Accession	29/09/1970	29/12/1970
Dahomey	Notification	25/09/1970	25/09/1970
Denmark	Ratification	26/01/1970	19/05/1970
Dominican Republic	Signature
Egypt	Accession	06/12/1974	06/03/1975
Egypt	Notification	28/09/1970	28/09/1970
Faroe Islands	Territorial application	06/05/1971	06/08/1971
Federal Republic of Germany	Ratification	19/06/1970	19/09/1970
Finland	Ratification	15/06/1970	15/09/1970
Finland	Ratification	21/07/1975	21/10/1975
France	Territorial application	12/05/1975	12/08/1975
France	Territorial application	12/05/1975	12/08/1975
France	Ratification	12/05/1975	12/08/1975
France	Notification	20/05/1970	20/05/1970
Gabon	Ratification	10/03/1975	10/06/1975
Gabon	Notification	24/09/1970	24/09/1970
German Democratic Republic	Accession	20/06/1968	26/04/1970
Ghana	Accession	28/06/1976	28/09/1976
Greece	Ratification	15/04/1976	15/07/1976
Greece	Notification	21/09/1970	21/09/1970
Haiti	Signature
Holy See	Signature
Holy See	Notification	16/09/1970	16/09/1970
Hungary	Ratification	18/12/1969	26/04/1970
Iceland	Signature
Indonesia	Signature
Indonesia	Ratification	20/09/1979	20/12/1979
Iran	Signature
Iraq	Accession	24/10/1975	24/01/1976
Ireland	Ratification	27/03/1968	19/05/1970
Israel	Ratification	30/07/1969	19/05/1970
Italy	Ratification	24/01/1977	24/04/1977
Italy	Notification	29/04/1970	29/04/1970
Ivory Coast	Ratification	04/02/1974	04/05/1974
Ivory Coast	Notification	21/08/1970	21/08/1970
Japan	Declaration	27/06/1975	01/10/1975
Japan	Ratification	27/06/1975	01/10/1975
Japan	Notification	17/09/1970	17/09/1970
Japan	Ratification	24/01/1975	24/04/1975
Jordan	Accession	17/04/1972	17/07/1972
Kenya	Ratification	26/07/1971	26/10/1971
Laos	Signature
Lebanon	Signature
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya	Accession	28/06/1976	28/09/1976
Liechtenstein	Ratification	25/02/1972	25/05/1972
Luxembourg	Declaration	02/01/1974
Luxembourg	Notification	20/03/1970	20/03/1970
Luxembourg	Ratification	24/12/1974	24/03/1975
Madagascar	Ratification	10/01/1972	10/04/1972
Malawi	Accession	25/03/1970	25/06/1970
Malta	Accession	12/09/1977	12/12/1977
Malta	Notification	21/09/1970	21/09/1970
Mauritania	Signature
Mauritania	Participation	26/10/1973
Mauritania	Accession	21/06/1976	21/09/1976
Mauritius	Accession	24/06/1976	24/09/1976
Mexico	Notification	13/06/1972	13/06/1972
Mexico	Accession	26/04/1976	26/07/1976
Monaco	Participation	14/12/1972
Monaco	Signature
Monaco	Ratification	04/07/1975	04/10/1975
Monaco	Accession	04/07/1975	04/10/1975
Morocco	Ratification	06/05/1971	06/08/1971
Morocco	Notification	14/09/1970	14/09/1970
Netherlands	Ratification	10/10/1974	10/01/1975
Netherlands	Notification	11/09/1970	11/09/1970
New Zealand	Signature
Niger	Ratification	06/12/1974	06/03/1975
Niger	Notification	24/09/1970	24/09/1970
Nigeria	Signature
Norway	Ratification	13/03/1974	13/06/1974
Norway	Notification	22/07/1970	22/07/1970
Philippines	Signature
Poland	Notification	15/09/1970	15/09/1970
Poland	Ratification	24/12/1974	24/03/1975
Portugal	Notification	25/08/1970	25/08/1970
Portugal	Ratification	30/01/1975	30/04/1975
Romania	Ratification	28/02/1969	26/04/1970
Russian Federation	Notification of continuity	06/01/1992	25/12/1991
San Marino	Signature
Senegal	Ratification	19/09/1968	26/04/1970
South Africa	Notification	17/09/1970	17/09/1970
South Africa	Ratification	24/12/1974	24/03/1975
Spain	Ratification	14/01/1972	14/04/1972
Spain	Notification	17/08/1970	17/08/1970
Sri Lanka	Accession	23/06/1978	23/09/1978
Suriname	Succession	23/11/1976	25/11/1975
Sweden	Ratification	12/08/1969	26/04/1970
Switzerland	Ratification	26/01/1970	26/04/1970
Syria	Signature
Syrian Arab Republic	Notification	15/09/1970	15/09/1970
Tanzania	Signature
Togo	Participation	05/12/1972
Togo	Accession	30/01/1975	30/04/1975
Trinidad and Tobago	Signature
Tunisia	Ratification	12/01/1976	12/04/1976
Tunisia	Notification	18/09/1970	18/09/1970
Turkey	Accession	16/02/1976	16/05/1976
Turkey	Notification	17/09/1970	17/09/1970
Uganda	Signature
Uganda	Accession	20/07/1973	20/10/1973
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics	Ratification	04/12/1968	26/04/1970
United Arab Republic	Signature
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	Territorial application	16/08/1977	16/11/1977
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	Ratification	26/02/1969	19/05/1970
United Republic of Cameroon	Ratification	20/01/1975	20/04/1975
United States of America	Declaration	05/09/1975
United States of America	Ratification	05/06/1970	05/09/1970
United States of America	Ratification	25/05/1973	25/08/1973
Upper Volta	Accession	02/06/1975	02/09/1975
Upper Volta	Notification	18/08/1970	18/08/1970
Uruguay	Participation	19/11/1973
Uruguay	Signature
Uruguay	Accession	28/09/1979	28/12/1979
Vatican City State	Ratification	24/01/1975	24/04/1975
Viet Nam	Signature
Viet Nam	Accession	30/01/1975	30/04/1975
Yugoslavia (Socialist Federal Republic of)	Ratification	16/07/1973	16/10/1973
Yugoslavia (Socialist Federal Republic of)	Notification	18/09/1970	18/09/1970
Zaire	Accession	31/01/1975	31/01/1975
Zambia	Signature
Zambia	Accession	14/02/1977	14/05/1977