Participant	Action	Date of Notification/Deposit	Date of Effect
Afghanistan	Accession	16/11/1966	14/02/1967
Albania	Accession	12/05/1955
Algeria	Accession	05/08/2004	03/11/2004
Angola	Accession	17/09/1986	16/12/1986
Antigua and Barbuda	Succession	25/10/1988	01/11/1981
Argentina	Signature	31/03/1953
Argentina	Ratification	27/02/1961	28/05/1961
Armenia	Accession	24/01/2008	23/04/2008
Australia	Accession	10/12/1974	10/03/1975
Austria	Withdrawal of reservation	11/09/2000
Austria	Ratification	18/04/1969
Austria	Signature	19/10/1959
Bahamas	Succession	16/08/1977
Bangladesh	Accession	05/10/1998	03/01/1999
Barbados	Accession	12/01/1973	12/04/1973
Belgium	Withdrawal of reservation	14/09/1998
Belgium	Accession	20/05/1964	18/08/1964
Belgium	Withdrawal of reservation	19/06/1978	19/06/1978
Bolivia	Signature	09/04/1953
Bolivia	Ratification	22/09/1970	21/12/1970
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Succession	01/09/1993	06/03/1992
Brazil	Signature	20/05/1953
Brazil	Ratification	13/08/1963	11/11/1963
Bulgaria	Accession	17/03/1954	07/07/1954
Bulgaria	Withdrawal of reservation	24/06/1992	24/06/1992
Burkina Faso	Accession	09/12/1998	09/03/1999
Burundi	Accession	18/02/1993	19/05/1993
Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic	Signature	31/03/1953
Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic	Ratification	11/08/1954	09/11/1954
Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic	Withdrawal of reservation	19/04/1989	19/04/1989
Cambodia	Signature	11/11/2001
Canada	Accession	30/01/1957	30/04/1957
Central African Republic	Succession	04/09/1962	14/08/1960
Chile	Signature	31/03/1953
Chile	Ratification	18/10/1967	16/01/1968
China	Objection	04/10/1954
Colombia	Accession	05/08/1986	03/11/1986
Congo (Brazzaville)	Succession	15/10/1962	15/08/1960
Costa Rica	Signature	31/03/1953
Costa Rica	Ratification	25/07/1967	23/10/1967
Côte d'Ivoire	Accession	18/12/1995	17/03/1996
Croatia	Succession	12/10/1992	08/10/1991
Cuba	Signature	31/03/1953
Cuba	Ratification	08/04/1954	07/07/1954
Cyprus	Signature	10/09/1968
Cyprus	Ratification	12/11/1968	10/02/1969
Czech Republic	Succession	22/02/1993	01/01/1993
Czechoslovakia	Signature	31/03/1953
Czechoslovakia	Ratification	06/04/1955
Czechoslovakia	Objection	10/06/1974
Czechoslovakia	Withdrawal of reservation	26/04/1991	26/04/1991
Democratic Yemen	Accession	09/02/1987	10/05/1987
Denmark	Signature	29/10/1953
Denmark	Ratification	07/07/1954
Denmark	Declaration	23/02/1954
Dominican Republic	Signature	31/03/1953
Dominican Republic	Ratification	11/12/1953	07/07/1954
Ecuador	Ratification	23/04/1954
Ecuador	Signature	31/03/1953
Ecuador	Withdrawal of reservation	14/09/2015
Egypt	Accession	08/09/1981	07/12/1981
El Salvador	Signature	24/06/1953
El Salvador	Ratification	26/03/2008	24/06/2008
Ethiopia	Signature	31/03/1953
Ethiopia	Ratification	21/01/1969	21/04/1969
Federal Republic of Germany	Declaration	15/07/1974
Federal Republic of Germany	Accession	04/11/1970	02/02/1971
Fiji	Succession	12/06/1972
Finland	Accession	06/10/1958	04/01/1959
France	Declaration	17/06/1974
France	Withdrawal of reservation	26/11/1960
France	Signature	31/03/1953
France	Ratification	22/04/1957	21/07/1957
Gabon	Signature	19/04/1967
Gabon	Ratification	19/04/1967	18/07/1967
Georgia	Accession	06/07/2005	04/10/2005
German Democratic Republic	Declaration	27/12/1973
German Democratic Republic	Accession	27/03/1973	25/05/1973
Germany	Communication	17/12/1999
Ghana	Accession	28/12/1965	28/03/1966
Greece	Signature	01/04/1953
Greece	Ratification	29/12/1953	07/07/1954
Guatemala	Signature	31/03/1953
Guatemala	Withdrawal of reservation	12/07/2007
Guatemala	Ratification	07/10/1959	05/01/1960
Guinea	Signature	19/03/1975
Guinea	Ratification	24/01/1978	24/04/1978
Haiti	Signature	23/07/1957
Haiti	Ratification	12/02/1958	19/05/1958
Hungary	Signature	02/09/1954
Hungary	Ratification	20/01/1955
Hungary	Withdrawal of reservation	08/12/1989	08/12/1989
Iceland	Signature	25/11/1953
Iceland	Ratification	30/06/1954
India	Signature	29/04/1953
India	Ratification	01/11/1961	30/01/1962
Indonesia	Signature	31/03/1953
Indonesia	Ratification	16/12/1958	16/03/1959
Ireland	Accession	14/11/1968	12/02/1969
Israel	Signature	14/04/1953
Israel	Ratification	06/07/1954
Italy	Accession	06/03/1968	04/06/1968
Jamaica	Accession	14/08/1966	12/11/1966
Japan	Signature	01/04/1955
Japan	Ratification	13/07/1955	11/10/1955
Jordan	Accession	01/07/1992	29/09/1992
Kazakhstan	Accession	28/03/2000	26/06/2000
Kyrgyzstan	Accession	10/02/1997	11/05/1997
Laos	Accession	28/01/1969	28/04/1969
Latvia	Accession	14/04/1992	13/07/1992
Lebanon	Signature	24/02/1954
Lebanon	Ratification	05/06/1956	03/09/1956
Lesotho	Accession	04/11/1974	02/02/1975
Liberia	Signature	09/12/1953
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya	Accession	16/05/1989	14/08/1989
Luxembourg	Signature	04/06/1969
Luxembourg	Ratification	01/11/1976	30/01/1977
Madagascar	Accession	12/02/1964	12/05/1964
Malawi	Accession	29/06/1966	27/09/1966
Mali	Accession	16/07/1974	14/10/1974
Malta	Accession	09/07/1968	07/10/1968
Mauritania	Accession	04/05/1976	02/08/1976
Mauritius	Succession	18/07/1969
Mexico	Signature	31/03/1953
Mexico	Ratification	23/03/1981	21/06/1981
Mongolia	Accession	18/08/1965	16/11/1965
Mongolia	Withdrawal of reservation	19/07/1990	19/07/1990
Montenegro	Succession	23/10/2006	03/06/2006
Morocco	Accession	22/11/1976	20/02/1977
Myanmar	Signature	14/09/1954
Nepal	Accession	26/04/1966
Netherlands	Communication	20/12/1999
Netherlands	Signature	08/08/1968
Netherlands	Withdrawal of reservation	17/12/1985	17/12/1985
Netherlands	Ratification	30/07/1971	28/10/1971
Netherlands	Territorial application	30/07/1971	30/07/1971
New Zealand	Accession	22/05/1968	20/08/1968
Nicaragua	Accession	17/01/1957	17/04/1957
Niger	Succession	07/12/1964	03/08/1960
Nigeria	Signature	11/07/1980
Nigeria	Ratification	17/11/1980	15/02/1981
Norway	Objection	15/03/1999
Norway	Signature	18/09/1953
Norway	Ratification	24/08/1956	22/11/1956
Pakistan	Ratification	07/12/1954
Pakistan	Communication	05/08/1954
Pakistan	Signature	18/05/1954
Papua New Guinea	Accession	27/01/1982	27/04/1982
Paraguay	Signature	16/11/1953
Paraguay	Ratification	22/02/1990	23/05/1990
Peru	Accession	01/07/1975	29/09/1975
Philippines	Signature	23/09/1953
Philippines	Ratification	12/09/1957	11/12/1957
Poland	Signature	31/03/1953
Poland	Withdrawal of reservation	16/10/1997
Poland	Ratification	11/08/1954	09/11/1954
Republic of Korea	Objection	28/12/1965
Republic of Korea	Accession	23/06/1959	21/09/1959
Republic of Moldova	Accession	26/01/1993	26/04/1993
Romania	Signature	27/04/1954
Romania	Partial withdrawal of reservation and declaration	02/04/1997
Romania	Ratification	06/08/1954	04/11/1954
Rwanda	Accession	26/09/2003	25/12/2003
Senegal	Succession	02/05/1963	20/06/1960
Sierra Leone	Accession	25/07/1962
Slovakia	Succession	28/05/1993	01/01/1993
Slovenia	Succession	06/07/1992	25/06/1991
Solomon Islands	Accession	03/09/1981	07/07/1978
South Africa	Signature	29/01/1993
Spain	Accession	14/01/1974	14/04/1974
St. Vincent and the Grenadines	Succession	27/04/1999	27/10/1979
State of Palestine	Accession	02/01/2015	02/04/2015
Swaziland	Accession	20/07/1970
Sweden	Signature	06/10/1953
Sweden	Objection	14/12/1999
Sweden	Ratification	31/03/1954	07/07/1954
Sweden	Objection	14/09/1954	14/09/1954
Tajikistan	Accession	07/06/1999	05/09/1999
Thailand	Signature	05/03/1954
Thailand	Ratification	30/11/1954
The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia	Succession	18/01/1994	17/11/1991
Trinidad and Tobago	Accession	24/06/1966	22/09/1966
Tunisia	Accession	24/01/1968	23/04/1968
Turkey	Signature	12/01/1954
Turkey	Ratification	26/01/1960	25/04/1960
Turkmenistan	Accession	11/10/1999	09/01/2000
Uganda	Accession	21/06/1995	19/09/1995
Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic	Signature	31/03/1953
Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic	Ratification	15/11/1954
Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic	Withdrawal of reservation	20/04/1989	20/04/1989
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics	Signature	31/03/1953
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics	Ratification	03/05/1954
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics	Withdrawal of reservation	08/03/1989	08/03/1989
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	Declaration	17/06/1974
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	Withdrawal of reservation	12/02/1968
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	Withdrawal of reservation	24/11/1967
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	Territorial application	24/02/1967
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	Withdrawal of reservation	04/01/1995	04/01/1995
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	Withdrawal of reservation	15/10/1974	15/10/1974
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	Accession	24/02/1967	25/05/1967
United Republic of Tanzania	Accession	19/06/1975	17/09/1975
United States of America	Declaration	17/06/1974
United States of America	Accession	08/04/1976	07/07/1976
Uruguay	Signature	26/05/1953
Uzbekistan	Accession	29/09/1997	28/12/1997
Venezuela	Accession	31/05/1983	29/08/1983
Yugoslavia (Federal Republic of)	Confirmation	12/03/2001
Yugoslavia (Federal Republic of)	Succession	12/03/2001	27/04/1992
Yugoslavia (Socialist Federal Republic of)	Signature	31/03/1953
Yugoslavia (Socialist Federal Republic of)	Ratification	23/06/1954
Zaire	Accession	12/10/1977	10/01/1

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