NULL

Participant	Action	Date of Notification/Deposit	Date of Effect
Afghanistan	Signature	14/01/1993
Afghanistan	Ratification	24/09/2003	24/10/2003
Albania	Signature	14/01/1993
Albania	Ratification	11/05/1994	29/04/1997
Algeria	Signature	13/01/1993
Algeria	Ratification	14/08/1995	29/04/1997
Andorra	Accession	27/02/2003	29/03/2003
Angola	Accession	16/09/2015	16/10/2015
Antigua and Barbuda	Accession	29/08/2005	28/09/2005
Argentina	Signature	13/01/1993
Argentina	Communication	14/11/2005
Argentina	Ratification	02/10/1995	29/04/1997
Armenia	Signature	19/03/1993
Armenia	Ratification	27/01/1995	29/04/1997
Australia	Signature	13/01/1993
Australia	Ratification	06/05/1994	29/04/1997
Austria	Signature	13/01/1993
Austria	Ratification	17/08/1995	29/04/1997
Azerbaijan	Signature	13/01/1993
Azerbaijan	Ratification	29/02/2000	30/03/2000
Bahamas	Signature	02/03/1994
Bahamas	Ratification	21/04/2009	21/05/2009
Bahrain	Signature	24/02/1993
Bahrain	Ratification	28/04/1997	29/04/1997
Bangladesh	Signature	14/01/1993
Bangladesh	Ratification	25/04/1997	29/04/1997
Barbados	Accession	07/03/2007	06/04/2007
Belarus	Signature	14/01/1993
Belarus	Ratification	11/07/1996	29/04/1997
Belgium	Signature	13/01/1993
Belgium	Ratification	27/01/1997	29/04/1997
Belize	Accession	01/12/2003	31/12/2003
Benin	Signature	14/01/1993
Benin	Ratification	14/05/1998	13/06/1998
Bhutan	Signature	24/04/1997
Bhutan	Ratification	18/08/2005	17/09/2005
Bolivia	Signature	14/01/1993
Bolivia	Ratification	14/08/1998	13/09/1998
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Signature	16/01/1997
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Ratification	25/02/1997	29/04/1997
Botswana	Accession	31/08/1998	30/09/1998
Brazil	Signature	13/01/1993
Brazil	Ratification	13/03/1996	29/04/1997
Brunei Darussalam	Signature	13/01/1993
Brunei Darussalam	Ratification	28/07/1997	27/08/1997
Bulgaria	Signature	13/01/1993
Bulgaria	Ratification	10/08/1994	29/04/1997
Burkina Faso	Signature	14/01/1993
Burkina Faso	Ratification	08/07/1997	07/08/1997
Burundi	Signature	15/01/1993
Burundi	Ratification	04/09/1998	04/10/1998
Cambodia	Signature	15/01/1993
Cambodia	Ratification	19/07/2005	18/08/2005
Cameroon	Signature	14/01/1993
Cameroon	Ratification	16/09/1996	29/04/1997
Canada	Signature	13/01/1993
Canada	Ratification	26/09/1995	29/04/1997
Cape Verde	Signature	15/01/1993
Cape Verde	Ratification	10/10/2003	09/11/2003
Central African Republic	Signature	14/01/1993
Central African Republic	Ratification	20/09/2006	20/10/2006
Chad	Signature	11/10/1994
Chad	Ratification	13/02/2004	14/03/2004
Chile	Signature	14/01/1993
Chile	Ratification	12/07/1996	29/04/1997
China	Signature	13/01/1993
China	Ratification	25/04/1997	29/04/1997
Colombia	Signature	13/01/1993
Colombia	Ratification	05/04/2000	05/05/2000
Comoros	Signature	13/01/1993
Comoros	Ratification	18/08/2006	17/09/2006
Congo	Signature	15/01/1993
Congo	Ratification	04/12/2007	03/01/2008
Cook Islands	Signature	14/01/1993
Cook Islands	Ratification	15/07/1994	29/04/1997
Costa Rica	Signature	14/01/1993
Costa Rica	Ratification	31/05/1996	29/04/1997
Côte d'Ivoire	Signature	13/01/1993
Côte d'Ivoire	Ratification	18/12/1995	29/04/1997
Croatia	Signature	13/01/1993
Croatia	Ratification	23/05/1995	29/04/1997
Cuba	Signature	13/01/1993
Cuba	Ratification	29/04/1997	29/05/1997
Cyprus	Signature	13/01/1993
Cyprus	Ratification	28/08/1998	27/09/1998
Czech Republic	Signature	14/01/1993
Czech Republic	Ratification	06/03/1996	29/04/1997
Democratic Republic of the Congo	Signature	14/01/1993
Democratic Republic of the Congo	Ratification	12/10/2005	11/11/2005
Denmark	Signature	14/01/1993
Denmark	Ratification	13/07/1995	29/04/1997
Djibouti	Signature	28/09/1993
Djibouti	Ratification	25/01/2006	24/02/2006
Dominica	Signature	02/08/1993
Dominica	Ratification	12/02/2001	14/03/2001
Dominican Republic	Signature	13/01/1993
Dominican Republic	Ratification	27/03/2009	26/04/2009
Ecuador	Signature	14/01/1993
Ecuador	Ratification	06/09/1995	29/04/1997
El Salvador	Signature	14/01/1993
El Salvador	Ratification	30/10/1995	29/04/1997
Equatorial Guinea	Signature	14/01/1993
Equatorial Guinea	Ratification	25/04/1997	29/04/1997
Eritrea	Accession	14/02/2000	15/03/2000
Estonia	Signature	14/01/1993
Estonia	Ratification	26/05/1999	25/06/1999
Ethiopia	Signature	14/01/1993
Ethiopia	Ratification	13/05/1996	29/04/1997
Fiji	Signature	14/01/1993
Fiji	Ratification	20/01/1993	29/04/1997
Finland	Signature	14/01/1993
Finland	Ratification	07/02/1995	29/04/1997
France	Signature	13/01/1993
France	Ratification	02/03/1995	29/04/1997
Gabon	Signature	13/01/1993
Gabon	Ratification	08/09/2000	08/10/2000
Gambia	Signature	13/01/1993
Gambia	Ratification	19/05/1998	18/06/1998
Georgia	Signature	14/01/1993
Georgia	Ratification	27/11/1995	29/04/1997
Germany	Signature	13/01/1993
Germany	Ratification	12/08/1994	29/04/1997
Ghana	Signature	14/01/1993
Ghana	Ratification	09/07/1997	08/08/1997
Greece	Signature	13/01/1993
Greece	Ratification	22/12/1994	29/04/1997
Grenada	Signature	09/04/1997
Grenada	Ratification	03/06/2005	03/07/2005
Guatemala	Signature	14/01/1993
Guatemala	Ratification	12/02/2003	14/03/2003
Guinea	Signature	14/01/1993
Guinea	Ratification	09/06/1997	09/07/1997
Guinea-Bissau	Signature	14/01/1993
Guinea-Bissau	Ratification	20/05/2008	19/06/2008
Guyana	Signature	06/10/1993
Guyana	Ratification	12/09/1997	12/10/1997
Haiti	Signature	14/01/1993
Haiti	Ratification	22/02/2006	24/03/2006
Holy See	Signature	14/01/1993
Holy See	Ratification	12/05/1999	11/06/1999
Honduras	Signature	13/01/1993
Honduras	Ratification	29/08/2005	28/09/2005
Hungary	Signature	13/01/1993
Hungary	Ratification	31/10/1996	29/04/1997
Iceland	Signature	13/01/1993
Iceland	Ratification	28/04/1997	29/04/1997
India	Signature	14/01/1993
India	Ratification	03/09/1996	29/04/1997
Indonesia	Signature	13/01/1993
Indonesia	Ratification	12/11/1998	12/12/1998
Iran (Islamic Republic of)	Signature	13/01/1993
Iran (Islamic Republic of)	Ratification	03/11/1997	03/12/1997
Iraq	Accession	13/01/2009	12/02/2009
Ireland	Signature	14/01/1993
Ireland	Ratification	24/06/1996	29/04/1997
Israel	Signature	13/01/1993
Italy	Signature	13/01/1993
Italy	Ratification	08/12/1995	29/04/1997
Jamaica	Signature	18/04/1997
Jamaica	Ratification	08/09/2000	08/10/2000
Japan	Signature	13/01/1993
Japan	Ratification	15/09/1995	29/04/1997
Jordan	Accession	29/10/1997	29/11/1997
Kazakhstan	Signature	14/01/1993
Kazakhstan	Ratification	23/03/2000	22/04/2000
Kenya	Signature	15/01/1993
Kenya	Ratification	25/04/1997	29/04/1997
Kiribati	Accession	07/09/2000	07/10/2000
Kuwait	Signature	27/01/1993
Kuwait	Ratification	29/05/1997	28/06/1997
Kyrgyzstan	Signature	22/02/1993
Kyrgyzstan	Ratification	29/09/2003	29/10/2003
Lao People's Democratic Republic	Signature	13/05/1993
Lao People's Democratic Republic	Ratification	25/02/1997	29/04/1997
Latvia	Signature	06/05/1993
Latvia	Ratification	23/07/1996	29/04/1997
Lebanon	Accession	20/11/2008	20/12/2008
Lesotho	Signature	07/12/1994
Lesotho	Ratification	07/12/1994	29/04/1997
Liberia	Signature	15/01/1993
Liberia	Ratification	23/02/2006	23/03/2006
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya	Accession	06/01/2004	05/02/2004
Liechtenstein	Signature	21/07/1993
Liechtenstein	Ratification	24/11/1999	24/12/1999
Lithuania	Signature	13/01/1993
Lithuania	Ratification	15/04/1998	15/05/1998
Luxembourg	Signature	13/01/1993
Luxembourg	Ratification	15/04/1997	29/04/1997
Madagascar	Signature	15/01/1993
Madagascar	Ratification	20/10/2004	19/11/2004
Malawi	Signature	14/01/1993
Malawi	Ratification	11/06/1998	11/07/1998
Malaysia	Signature	13/01/1993
Malaysia	Ratification	20/04/2000	20/05/2000
Maldives	Signature	04/10/1993
Maldives	Ratification	31/05/1994	29/04/1997
Mali	Signature	13/01/1993
Mali	Ratification	28/04/1997	29/04/1997
Malta	Signature	13/01/1993
Malta	Ratification	28/04/1997	29/04/1997
Marshall Islands	Signature	13/01/1993
Marshall Islands	Ratification	19/05/2004	18/06/2004
Mauritania	Signature	13/01/1993
Mauritania	Ratification	09/02/1998	11/03/1998
Mauritius	Signature	14/01/1993
Mauritius	Ratification	09/02/1993	29/04/1997
Mexico	Signature	13/01/1993
Mexico	Ratification	29/08/1994	29/04/1997
Micronesia (Federated States of)	Signature	13/01/1993
Micronesia (Federated States of)	Ratification	21/06/1999	21/07/1999
Monaco	Signature	13/01/1993
Monaco	Ratification	01/06/1995	29/04/1997
Mongolia	Signature	14/01/1993
Mongolia	Ratification	17/01/1995	29/04/1997
Montenegro	Succession	23/10/2006	03/06/2006
Morocco	Signature	13/01/1993
Morocco	Ratification	28/12/1995	29/04/1997
Mozambique	Accession	15/08/2000	14/09/2000
Myanmar	Signature	14/01/1993
Myanmar	Ratification	08/07/2015	07/08/2015
Namibia	Signature	13/01/1993
Namibia	Ratification	24/11/1995	29/04/1997
Nauru	Signature	13/01/1993
Nauru	Ratification	12/11/2001	12/12/2001
Nepal	Signature	19/01/1993
Nepal	Ratification	18/11/1997	18/12/1997
Netherlands	Signature	14/01/1993
Netherlands	Territorial application	28/04/1997	29/04/1997
Netherlands	Ratification	30/06/1995	29/04/1997
New Zealand	Signature	14/01/1993
New Zealand	Ratification	15/07/1996	29/04/1997
Nicaragua	Signature	09/03/1993
Nicaragua	Ratification	05/11/1999	05/12/1999
Niger	Signature	14/01/1993
Niger	Ratification	09/04/1997	29/04/1997
Nigeria	Sig

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