Participant Action Date of Notification/Deposit Date of Effect
Albania Accession 23/06/2003 22/09/2003
Algeria Accession 15/07/1964 13/10/1964
Angola Accession 07/10/2019 05/01/2020
Antigua and Barbuda Succession 25/10/1988 01/11/1981
Argentina Accession 01/06/1972 30/08/1972
Armenia Accession 18/05/1994 16/08/1994
Australia Accession 13/12/1973 13/03/1974
Austria Accession 08/02/2008 08/05/2008
Azerbaijan Accession 16/08/1996 14/11/1996
Barbados Succession 06/03/1972
Belgium Signature 28/09/1954
Belgium Ratification 27/05/1960 25/08/1960
Belize Accession 14/09/2006 13/12/2006
Benin Accession 08/12/2011 07/03/2012
Bolivia Accession 06/10/1983 04/01/1984
Bosnia and Herzegovina Succession 01/09/1993 06/03/1992
Botswana Succession 25/02/1969
Brazil Signature 28/09/1954
Brazil Ratification 13/08/1996 11/11/1996
Bulgaria Withdrawal of reservation 26/10/2020
Bulgaria Accession 22/03/2012 20/06/2012
Burkina Faso Accession 01/05/2012 30/07/2012
Chad Accession 12/08/1999 10/11/1999
Chile Accession 11/04/2018 10/07/2018
China Signature 08/02/2006
Colombia Signature 30/12/1954
Colombia Ratification 07/10/2019 05/01/2020
Costa Rica Signature 28/09/1954
Costa Rica Ratification 02/11/1977 31/01/1978
Côte d'Ivoire Accession 03/10/2013 01/01/2014
Croatia Succession 12/10/1992 08/10/1991
Czech Republic Accession 19/07/2004 17/10/2004
Denmark Withdrawal of reservation 25/03/1968
Denmark Withdrawal of reservation 23/08/1962
Denmark Signature 28/09/1954
Denmark Ratification 17/01/1956 06/06/1960
Ecuador Signature 28/09/1954
Ecuador Ratification 02/10/1970 31/12/1970
El Salvador Signature 28/09/1954
El Salvador Ratification 09/02/2015 10/05/2015
Federal Republic of Germany Signature 28/09/1954
Federal Republic of Germany Ratification 26/10/1976 24/01/1977
Fiji Succession 12/06/1972
Finland Withdrawal of reservation 30/09/1970
Finland Accession 10/10/1968 08/01/1969
France Signature 12/01/1955
France Ratification 08/03/1960 06/06/1960
Gambia Accession 01/07/2014 29/09/2014
Georgia Accession 23/12/2011 22/03/2012
Greece Accession 04/11/1975 02/02/1976
Guatemala Signature 28/09/1954
Guatemala Ratification 28/11/2000 26/02/2001
Guinea Accession 21/03/1962 19/06/1962
Guinea-Bissau Accession 19/09/2016 18/12/2016
Haiti Accession 27/09/2018 26/12/2018
Holy See Signature 28/09/1954
Honduras Signature 28/09/1954
Honduras Ratification 01/10/2012 30/12/2012
Hungary Partial withdrawal of reservation 03/07/2012
Hungary Accession 21/11/2001 19/02/2002
Iceland Accession 26/01/2021 26/04/2021
Ireland Accession 17/12/1962 17/03/1963
Israel Signature 01/10/1954
Israel Ratification 23/12/1958 06/06/1960
Italy Withdrawal of reservation 25/01/1968
Italy Signature 20/10/1954
Italy Ratification 03/12/1962 03/03/1963
Kiribati Succession 29/11/1983 12/07/1979
Latvia Accession 05/11/1999 03/02/2000
Lesotho Succession 04/11/1974 04/11/1974
Liberia Accession 11/09/1964 10/12/1964
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya Accession 16/05/1989 14/08/1989
Liechtenstein Signature 28/09/1954
Liechtenstein Ratification 25/09/2009 24/12/2009
Lithuania Accession 07/02/2000 07/05/2000
Luxembourg Ratification 27/06/1960
Luxembourg Signature 28/10/1955
Madagascar Denunciation 02/04/1965 02/04/1966
Madagascar Accession 20/02/1962 21/05/1962
Malawi Accession 07/10/2009 05/01/2010
Mali Accession 27/05/2016 25/08/2016
Malta Accession 11/12/2019 10/03/2020
Mexico Partial withdrawal of reservation 11/07/2014
Mexico Accession 07/06/2000 05/09/2000
Montenegro Succession 23/10/2006 03/06/2006
Mozambique Accession 01/10/2014 30/12/2014
Netherlands Signature 28/09/1954
Netherlands Ratification 12/04/1962 11/07/1962
Nicaragua Accession 15/07/2013 13/10/2013
Niger Accession 07/11/2014 05/02/2015
Nigeria Accession 20/09/2011 19/12/2011
Norway Signature 28/09/1954
Norway Ratification 19/11/1956 06/06/1960
Panama Accession 02/06/2011 31/08/2011
Paraguay Accession 01/07/2014 29/09/2014
Peru Accession 23/01/2014 23/04/2014
Philippines Signature 22/06/1955
Philippines Ratification 22/09/2011 21/12/2011
Portugal Accession 01/10/2012 30/12/2012
Republic of Korea Accession 22/08/1962 20/11/1962
Republic of Moldova Accession 19/04/2012 18/07/2012
Romania Accession 27/01/2006 27/04/2006
Rwanda Accession 04/10/2006 02/01/2007
Senegal Accession 21/09/2005 20/12/2005
Sierra Leone Accession 09/05/2016 07/08/2016
Slovakia Accession 03/04/2000 02/07/2000
Slovenia Succession 06/07/1992 25/06/1991
Spain Accession 12/05/1997 10/08/1997
St. Vincent and the Grenadines Succession 27/04/1999 27/10/1979
Swaziland Accession 16/11/1999 14/02/2000
Sweden Signature 28/09/1954
Sweden Withdrawal of reservation 05/03/1970
Sweden Withdrawal of reservation 14/11/2019
Sweden Ratification 02/04/1965 01/07/1965
Switzerland Signature 28/09/1954
Switzerland Ratification 03/07/1972 01/10/1972
The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia Succession 18/01/1994 17/11/1991
Trinidad and Tobago Succession 11/04/1966
Tunisia Accession 29/07/1969 27/10/1969
Turkey Accession 26/03/2015 24/06/2015
Turkmenistan Accession 07/12/2011 06/03/2012
Uganda Accession 15/04/1965 14/07/1965
Ukraine Accession 25/03/2013 23/06/2013
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Signature 28/09/1954
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Ratification 16/04/1959 06/06/1960
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Territorial application 07/12/1959 06/06/1960
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Territorial application 14/04/1959 06/06/1960
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Territorial application 09/12/1959 06/06/1960
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Territorial application 19/03/1962 17/06/1962
Uruguay Accession 02/04/2004 01/07/2004
Yugoslavia (Federal Republic of) Succession 12/03/2001 27/04/1992
Yugoslavia (Socialist Federal Republic of) Accession 09/04/1959 06/06/1960
Zambia Succession 01/11/1974 01/11/1974
Zimbabwe Succession 01/12/1998 18/04/1980

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