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Participant	Action	Date of Notification/Deposit	Date of Effect
Albania	Accession	03/09/2014	03/10/2014
Argentina	Signature	11/05/1999
Argentina	Ratification	05/07/2007	04/08/2007
Armenia	Accession	25/03/2008	24/04/2008
Barbados	Accession	25/07/2003	08/01/2005
Belgium	Accession	02/07/2010	01/08/2010
Benin	Signature	18/06/1998
Brazil	Signature	12/03/1999
Bulgaria	Signature	22/09/1999
Bulgaria	Ratification	20/06/2000	08/01/2005
Burundi	Signature	18/06/1998
Burundi	Ratification	23/01/2013	22/02/2013
Cabo Verde	Accession	22/03/2018	21/04/2018
Canada	Signature	15/06/1999
Canada	Ratification	18/05/2001	08/01/2005
Chad	Signature	20/10/1999
Chile	Signature	18/06/1998
Colombia	Accession	12/06/2008	12/07/2008
Congo	Signature	18/06/1998
Costa Rica	Signature	20/06/2003
Cyprus	Signature	18/06/1998
Cyprus	Ratification	14/07/2000	08/01/2005
Czech Republic	Signature	04/09/2002
Czech Republic	Ratification	17/06/2003	08/01/2005
Denmark	Communication	22/07/2003
Denmark	Territorial application	02/06/2003
Denmark	Signature	18/06/1998
Denmark	Ratification	02/06/2003	08/01/2005
Dominica	Accession	26/12/2000	08/01/2005
El Salvador	Signature	09/08/2000
El Salvador	Ratification	18/04/2002	08/01/2005
Estonia	Signature	25/05/1999
Finland	Signature	18/06/1998
Finland	Acceptance	01/04/1999	08/01/2005
France	Accession	06/08/2009	05/09/2009
Gabon	Signature	27/04/2001
Germany	Signature	18/06/1998
Ghana	Signature	18/06/1998
Guinea	Accession	08/10/2002	08/01/2005
Haiti	Signature	11/02/1999
Honduras	Signature	25/02/1999
Hungary	Signature	20/06/2003
Hungary	Ratification	07/04/2004	08/01/2005
Iceland	Signature	20/06/2003
Iceland	Ratification	13/05/2011	12/06/2011
India	Signature	29/11/1999
India	Ratification	29/11/1999	08/01/2005
Ireland	Accession	16/08/2007	15/09/2007
Italy	Signature	18/06/1998
Kenya	Signature	18/06/1998
Kenya	Ratification	12/02/2003	08/01/2005
Kuwait	Signature	18/06/1998
Kuwait	Ratification	13/06/2002	08/01/2005
Lebanon	Signature	17/11/1998
Lebanon	Ratification	27/01/2006	26/02/2006
Liberia	Accession	16/09/2005	16/10/2005
Liechtenstein	Accession	08/06/2004	08/01/2005
Lithuania	Accession	09/12/2004	08/01/2005
Luxembourg	Accession	08/06/2012	08/07/2012
Madagascar	Signature	12/09/2002
Mali	Signature	18/06/1998
Malta	Signature	18/06/1998
Marshall Islands	Signature	11/11/1998
Mauritania	Signature	18/06/1998
Mongolia	Signature	18/06/1998
Montenegro	Accession	21/07/2010	20/08/2010
Morocco	Signature	01/12/1998
Morocco	Ratification	11/03/2003	08/01/2005
Nepal	Signature	23/04/1999
Netherlands	Signature	19/12/2000
Netherlands	Territorial application	06/07/2001
Netherlands	Territorial application	17/07/2001
Netherlands	Acceptance	06/07/2001	08/01/2005
Nicaragua	Signature	18/06/1998
Nicaragua	Ratification	18/11/1999	08/01/2005
Niger	Signature	18/06/1998
None	Entry into force	09/12/2004	08/01/2005
Oman	Signature	19/08/1999
Oman	Ratification	16/04/2003	08/01/2005
Pakistan	Accession	30/01/2009	01/03/2009
Panama	Signature	20/09/2001
Panama	Ratification	05/03/2003	08/01/2005
Peru	Signature	14/01/1999
Peru	Ratification	27/10/2003	08/01/2005
Poland	Signature	18/06/1998
Portugal	Signature	18/06/1998
Romania	Signature	18/06/1998
Romania	Ratification	17/11/2005	17/12/2005
Russian Federation	Signature	14/03/2002
Senegal	Signature	20/11/1998
Slovakia	Signature	16/02/2000
Slovakia	Ratification	06/02/2001	08/01/2005
Spain	Accession	27/02/2006	29/03/2006
Sri Lanka	Signature	05/08/1999
Sri Lanka	Ratification	13/10/1999	08/01/2005
St. Lucia	Signature	31/01/2000
St. Vincent and the Grenadines	Accession	14/08/2003	08/01/2005
Sudan	Signature	04/12/1998
Sweden	Signature	10/06/2003
Sweden	Ratification	13/09/2004	08/01/2005
Switzerland	Signature	18/06/1998
Switzerland	Ratification	24/04/2002	08/01/2005
Tajikistan	Signature	18/06/1998
The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia	Signature	03/12/1998
Tonga	Accession	08/05/2003	08/01/2005
Uganda	Signature	28/10/1998
Uganda	Ratification	05/09/2002	08/01/2005
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	Definitive signature	18/06/2003	08/01/2005
United States of America	Signature	17/11/1998
Uruguay	Signature	13/05/2003
Uruguay	Ratification	19/04/2012	19/05/2012
Uzbekistan	Signature	06/10/1998
Venezuela	Signature	03/04/2003
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	Ratification	13/05/2005	12/06/2005