Participant	Action	Date of Notification/Deposit	Date of Effect
Afghanistan	Definitive signature	16/08/1954
Antigua and Barbuda	Succession	25/10/1988	01/11/1981
Australia	Definitive signature	09/12/1953	09/12/1953
Austria	Signature	07/12/1953
Austria	Acceptance	16/07/1954
Azerbaijan	Accession	16/08/1996	16/08/1996
Bahamas	Succession	10/06/1976
Bangladesh	Acceptance	07/01/1985	07/01/1985
Barbados	Succession	22/07/1976
Belgium	Acceptance	13/12/1962
Belgium	Signature	24/02/1954
Bolivia	Accession	06/10/1983	06/10/1983
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Succession	01/09/1993	06/03/1992
Burma	Acceptance	29/04/1957
Cameroon	Acceptance	27/06/1984	27/06/1984
Canada	Definitive signature	17/12/1953	17/12/1953
Chile	Accession	20/06/1995	20/06/1995
Croatia	Succession	12/10/1992	08/10/1991
Cuba	Definitive signature	28/06/1954
Denmark	Definitive signature	03/03/1954
Dominica	Succession	17/08/1994	03/11/1978
Ecuador	Signature	07/09/1954
Ecuador	Acceptance	17/08/1955
Egypt	Signature	15/06/1954
Egypt	Acceptance	29/09/1954
Federal Republic of Germany	Acceptance	29/05/1973
Federal Republic of Germany	Acceptance	29/05/1973
Federal Republic of Germany	Declaration	27/08/1974
Federal Republic of Germany	Declaration	19/09/1975
Fiji	Succession	12/06/1972
Finland	Acceptance	19/03/1954
France	Acceptance	14/02/1963
France	Declaration	17/07/1974
France	Declaration	08/07/1975
France	Signature	14/01/1954
German Democratic Republic	Objection	16/07/1974
German Democratic Republic	Acceptance	16/07/1974	16/07/1974
Greece	Acceptance	12/12/1955
Greece	Signature	07/12/1953
Guatemala	Accession	11/11/1983	11/11/1983
Guinea	Acceptance	12/07/1962
Hungary	Acceptance	26/02/1958
India	Definitive signature	12/03/1954
Iraq	Acceptance	23/05/1955
Ireland	Acceptance	31/08/1961
Israel	Acceptance	12/09/1955
Italy	Definitive signature	04/02/1954
Kazakhstan	Accession	01/05/2008	01/05/2008
Liberia	Definitive signature	07/12/1953	07/12/1953
Mali	Acceptance	02/02/1973
Mauritania	Acceptance	06/06/1986	06/06/1986
Mexico	Definitive signature	03/02/1954
Monaco	Acceptance	12/11/1954
Monaco	Signature	28/01/1954
Morocco	Acceptance	11/05/1959
Myanmar	Signature	14/03/1956
Netherlands	Territorial application	07/07/1955
Netherlands	Acceptance	07/07/1955
Netherlands	Signature	15/12/1953
New Zealand	Definitive signature	16/12/1953	16/12/1953
Nicaragua	Acceptance	14/01/1986	14/01/1986
Niger	Acceptance	07/12/1964
Norway	Acceptance	11/04/1957
Norway	Signature	24/02/1954
Paraguay	Accession	27/09/2007	27/09/2007
Romania	Definitive signature	13/11/1957
Solomon Islands	Succession	03/09/1981	07/07/1978
Spain	Definitive signature	10/11/1976	10/11/1976
St. Lucia	Succession	14/02/1990	22/02/1979
St. Vincent and the Grenadines	Acceptance	09/11/1981	09/11/1981
Sweden	Definitive signature	17/08/1954
Switzerland	Definitive signature	07/12/1953	07/12/1953
Syria	Acceptance	04/08/1954
Turkey	Definitive signature	14/01/1955
Turkmenistan	Accession	01/05/1997	01/05/1997
Union of South Africa	Definitive signature	29/12/1953
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	Declaration	17/07/1974
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	Declaration	08/07/1975
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	Definitive signature	07/12/1953	07/12/1953
United States of America	Declaration	17/07/1974
United States of America	Acceptance	07/03/1956
United States of America	Declaration	08/07/1975
United States of America	Signature	16/12/1953
Yugoslavia (Federal Republic of)	Succession	12/03/2001	27/04/1992
Yugoslavia (Socialist Federal Republic of)	Acceptance	21/03/1955
Yugoslavia (Socialist Federal Republic of)	Signature	11/02/1954