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Participant	Action	Date of Notification/Deposit	Date of Effect
Albania	Accession	23/06/2003	23/09/2003
Andorra	Signature	09/07/2001
Andorra	Ratification	14/10/2002	14/01/2003
Angola	Accession	01/11/2007	01/02/2008
Antigua and Barbuda	Accession	05/06/2006	05/09/2006
Argentina	Communication	18/01/2005
Argentina	Signature	28/02/2000
Argentina	Ratification	20/03/2007	20/06/2007
Armenia	Accession	14/09/2006	14/12/2006
Australia	Accession	04/12/2008	04/03/2009
Austria	Signature	10/12/1999
Austria	Ratification	06/09/2000	22/12/2000
Azerbaijan	Signature	06/06/2000
Azerbaijan	Ratification	01/06/2001	01/09/2001
Bangladesh	Signature	06/09/2000
Bangladesh	Ratification	06/09/2000	22/12/2000
Belarus	Signature	29/04/2002
Belarus	Ratification	03/02/2004	03/05/2004
Belgium	Signature	10/12/1999
Belgium	Ratification	17/06/2004	17/09/2004
Belize	Accession	09/12/2002	09/03/2003
Benin	Signature	25/05/2000
Benin	Ratification	27/09/2019	27/12/2019
Bolivia	Signature	10/12/1999
Bolivia	Ratification	27/09/2000	27/12/2000
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Signature	07/09/2000
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Ratification	04/09/2002	04/12/2002
Botswana	Accession	21/02/2007	21/05/2007
Brazil	Signature	13/03/2001
Brazil	Ratification	28/06/2002	28/09/2002
Bulgaria	Signature	06/06/2000
Bulgaria	Ratification	20/09/2006	20/12/2006
Burkina Faso	Signature	16/11/2001
Burkina Faso	Ratification	10/10/2005	10/01/2006
Burundi	Signature	13/11/2001
Cambodia	Signature	11/11/2001
Cambodia	Ratification	13/10/2010	13/01/2011
Cameroon	Accession	07/01/2005	07/04/2005
Canada	Accession	18/10/2002	18/01/2003
Cape Verde	Accession	10/10/2011	10/01/2012
Central African Republic	Accession	11/10/2016	11/01/2017
Chad	Signature	26/09/2012
Chile	Signature	10/12/1999
Chile	Ratification	12/03/2020	12/06/2020
Colombia	Signature	10/12/1999
Colombia	Ratification	23/01/2007	23/04/2007
Congo	Signature	29/09/2008
Cook Islands	Accession	27/11/2007	27/02/2008
Costa Rica	Signature	10/12/1999
Costa Rica	Ratification	20/09/2001	20/12/2001
Côte d'Ivoire	Accession	20/01/2012	20/04/2012
Croatia	Signature	05/06/2000
Croatia	Ratification	07/03/2001	07/06/2001
Cuba	Signature	17/03/2000
Cyprus	Signature	08/02/2001
Cyprus	Ratification	26/04/2002	26/07/2002
Czech Republic	Signature	10/12/1999
Czech Republic	Ratification	26/02/2001	26/05/2001
Denmark	Signature	10/12/1999
Denmark	Ratification	31/05/2000	22/12/2000
Dominican Republic	Signature	14/03/2000
Dominican Republic	Ratification	10/08/2001	10/11/2001
Ecuador	Signature	10/12/1999
Ecuador	Ratification	05/02/2002	05/05/2002
El Salvador	Signature	04/04/2001
Equatorial Guinea	Accession	16/10/2009	16/01/2010
Finland	Signature	10/12/1999
Finland	Ratification	29/12/2000	29/03/2001
France	Signature	10/12/1999
France	Ratification	09/06/2000	22/12/2000
Gabon	Accession	05/11/2004	05/02/2005
Georgia	Accession	01/08/2002	01/11/2002
Germany	Signature	10/12/1999
Germany	Ratification	15/01/2002	15/04/2002
Ghana	Signature	24/02/2000
Ghana	Ratification	03/02/2011	03/05/2011
Greece	Signature	10/12/1999
Greece	Ratification	24/01/2002	24/04/2002
Guatemala	Signature	07/09/2000
Guatemala	Ratification	09/05/2002	09/08/2002
Guinea-Bissau	Signature	12/09/2000
Guinea-Bissau	Ratification	05/08/2009	05/11/2009
Hungary	Accession	22/12/2000	22/03/2001
Iceland	Signature	10/12/1999
Iceland	Ratification	06/03/2001	06/06/2001
Indonesia	Signature	28/02/2000
Ireland	Signature	07/09/2000
Ireland	Ratification	07/09/2000	22/12/2000
Italy	Signature	10/12/1999
Italy	Ratification	22/09/2000	22/12/2000
Kazakhstan	Signature	06/09/2000
Kazakhstan	Ratification	24/08/2001	24/11/2001
Kyrgyzstan	Accession	22/07/2002	20/10/2002
Lesotho	Signature	06/09/2000
Lesotho	Ratification	24/09/2004	24/12/2004
Liberia	Signature	22/09/2004
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya	Accession	18/06/2004	18/09/2004
Liechtenstein	Signature	10/12/1999
Liechtenstein	Ratification	24/10/2001	24/01/2002
Lithuania	Signature	08/09/2000
Lithuania	Ratification	05/08/2004	05/11/2004
Luxembourg	Signature	10/12/1999
Luxembourg	Ratification	01/07/2003	01/10/2003
Madagascar	Signature	07/09/2000
Malawi	Signature	07/09/2000
Maldives	Accession	13/03/2006	13/06/2006
Mali	Accession	05/12/2000	05/03/2001
Malta	Accession	14/03/2019	14/06/2019
Marshall Islands	Accession	29/01/2019	29/04/2019
Mauritius	Signature	11/11/2001
Mauritius	Ratification	31/10/2008	31/01/2009
Mexico	Signature	10/12/1999
Mexico	Ratification	15/03/2002	15/06/2002
Monaco	Accession	03/05/2016	03/08/2016
Mongolia	Signature	07/09/2000
Mongolia	Ratification	28/03/2002	28/06/2002
Montenegro	Succession	23/10/2006	03/06/2006
Mozambique	Accession	04/11/2008	04/02/2009
Namibia	Signature	19/05/2000
Namibia	Ratification	26/05/2000	22/12/2000
Nepal	Signature	18/12/2001
Nepal	Ratification	15/06/2007	15/09/2007
Netherlands	Signature	10/12/1999
Netherlands	Territorial application	22/05/2002
Netherlands	Ratification	22/05/2002	22/08/2002
New Zealand	Signature	07/09/2000
New Zealand	Territorial exclusion	07/09/2000
New Zealand	Ratification	07/09/2000	22/12/2000
Niger	Accession	30/09/2004	30/12/2004
Nigeria	Signature	08/09/2000
Nigeria	Ratification	22/11/2004	22/02/2005
None	Opening for signature	10/12/1999
None	Issuance of certified true copies	24/11/1999
None	Entry into force	22/09/2000	22/12/2000
Norway	Signature	10/12/1999
Norway	Ratification	05/03/2002	05/06/2002
Panama	Signature	09/06/2000
Panama	Ratification	09/05/2001	09/08/2001
Paraguay	Signature	28/12/1999
Paraguay	Ratification	14/05/2001	14/08/2001
Peru	Signature	22/12/2000
Peru	Ratification	09/04/2001	09/07/2001
Philippines	Signature	21/03/2000
Philippines	Ratification	12/11/2003	12/02/2004
Poland	Accession	22/12/2003	22/03/2004
Portugal	Signature	16/02/2000
Portugal	Ratification	26/04/2002	26/07/2002
Republic of Korea	Accession	18/10/2006	18/01/2007
Republic of Moldova	Accession	28/02/2006	28/05/2006
Romania	Signature	06/09/2000
Romania	Ratification	25/08/2003	25/11/2003
Russian Federation	Signature	08/05/2001
Russian Federation	Ratification	28/07/2004	28/10/2004
Rwanda	Accession	15/12/2008	15/03/2009
San Marino	Accession	15/09/2005	15/12/2005
Sao Tome and Principe	Signature	06/09/2000
Sao Tome and Principe	Ratification	23/03/2017	23/06/2017
Senegal	Signature	10/12/1999
Senegal	Ratification	26/05/2000	22/12/2000
Serbia and Montenegro	Accession	31/07/2003	31/10/2003
Seychelles	Signature	22/07/2002
Seychelles	Ratification	01/03/2011	01/06/2011
Sierra Leone	Signature	08/09/2000
Slovakia	Signature	05/06/2000
Slovakia	Ratification	17/11/2000	17/02/2001
Slovenia	Signature	10/12/1999
Slovenia	Ratification	23/09/2004	23/12/2004
Solomon Islands	Accession	06/05/2002	06/08/2002
South Africa	Accession	18/10/2005	18/01/2006
South Sudan	Accession	30/04/2015	30/07/2015
Spain	Signature	14/03/2000
Spain	Ratification	06/07/2001	06/10/2001
Sri Lanka	Accession	15/10/2002	15/01/2003
St. Kitts and Nevis	Accession	20/01/2006	20/04/2006
State of Palestine	Accession	10/04/2019	10/07/2019
Sweden	Signature	10/12/1999
Sweden	Ratification	24/04/2003	24/07/2003
Switzerland	Signature	15/02/2007
Switzerland	Ratification	29/09/2008	29/12/2008
Tajikistan	Signature	07/09/2000
Tajikistan	Ratification	22/07/2014	22/10/2014
Thailand	Signature	14/06/2000
Thailand	Ratification	14/06/2000	22/12/2000
The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia	Signature	03/04/2000
The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia	Ratification	17/10/2003	17/01/2004
Timor-Leste	Accession	16/04/2003	16/07/2003
Tunisia	Accession	23/09/2008	23/12/2008
Turkey	Signature	08/09/2000
Turkey	Ratification	29/10/2002	29/01/2003
Turkmenistan	Accession	20/05/2009	20/08/2009
Ukraine	Signature	07/09/2000
Ukraine	Ratification	26/09/2003	26/12/2003
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	Territorial application	17/12/2004
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	Accession	17/12/2004	17/03/2005
United Republic of Tanzania	Accession	12/01/2006	12/04/2006
Uruguay	Signature	09/05/2000
Uruguay	Ratification	26/07/2001	26/10/2001
Vanuatu	Accession	17/05/2007	17/08/2007
Venezuela	Signature	17/03/2000
Venezuela	Ratification	13/05/2002	13/08/2002
Zambia	Signature	29/09/2008