Participant	Action	Date of Notification/Deposit	Date of Effect
Afghanistan	Signature	12/08/1949
Afghanistan	Ratification	26/09/1956	26/03/1957
Albania	Signature	12/08/1949
Albania	Ratification	27/05/1957	27/11/1957
Andorra	Accession	17/09/1993	17/03/1994
Angola	Accession	20/09/1984	20/03/1985
Antigua and Barbuda	Succession	06/10/1986	01/11/1981
Argentina	Signature	12/08/1949
Argentina	Ratification	18/09/1956	18/03/1957
Armenia	Accession	07/06/1993	07/12/1993
Australia	Signature	12/08/1949
Australia	Ratification	14/10/1958	14/04/1959
Austria	Signature	12/08/1949
Austria	Ratification	27/08/1953	27/02/1954
Azerbaijan	Accession	01/06/1993	01/12/1993
Bahamas	Succession	11/07/1975	10/07/1973
Bahrain	Accession	30/11/1971	30/05/1972
Bangladesh	Succession	04/04/1972
Barbados	Succession	10/09/1968
Belgium	Signature	12/08/1949
Belgium	Ratification	03/09/1952	03/03/1953
Belize	Accession	29/06/1984	29/12/1984
Bhutan	Accession	10/01/1991	10/07/1991
Bolivia	Signature	12/08/1949
Bolivia	Ratification	10/12/1976	10/06/1977
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Succession	31/12/1992	06/03/1992
Botswana	Accession	29/03/1968	29/09/1968
Brazil	Objection	21/03/1974
Brazil	Objection	21/03/1974
Brazil	Signature	12/08/1949
Brazil	Ratification	29/06/1957	29/12/1957
Brunei Darussalam	Accession	14/10/1991	14/04/1992
Bulgaria	Signature	12/08/1949
Bulgaria	Ratification	22/07/1954	22/01/1955
Burundi	Succession	27/12/1971
Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic	Signature	12/08/1949
Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic	Ratification	03/08/1954	03/02/1955
Cambodia	Accession	08/12/1958	08/06/1959
Cameroon	Succession	16/09/1963	01/01/1960
Canada	Signature	12/08/1949
Canada	Ratification	14/05/1965	14/11/1965
Cape Verde	Accession	11/05/1984	11/11/1984
Central African Republic	Succession	23/07/1966
Ceylon	Signature	12/08/1949
Ceylon	Ratification	28/02/1959	28/08/1959
Chad	Accession	05/08/1970	05/02/1971
Chile	Signature	12/08/1949
Chile	Ratification	12/10/1950	12/04/1951
China	Signature	12/08/1949
China	Territorial application	14/04/1999	01/07/1997
China	Declaration	31/05/2000	20/12/1999
Colombia	Signature	12/08/1949
Colombia	Ratification	08/11/1961	08/05/1962
Comoros	Accession	21/11/1985	21/05/1986
Congo (Leopoldville)	Succession	24/02/1961	30/06/1960
Costa Rica	Accession	15/10/1969	15/04/1970
Croatia	Succession	11/05/1992	08/10/1991
Cuba	Signature	12/08/1949
Cuba	Ratification	15/04/1954	15/10/1954
Cyprus	Accession	23/05/1962	23/11/1962
Czech Republic	Succession	05/02/1993	01/01/1993
Czechoslovakia	Signature	12/08/1949
Czechoslovakia	Ratification	19/12/1950	19/06/1951
Dahomey	Succession	14/12/1961	01/08/1960
Democratic People's Republic of Korea	Accession	27/08/1957	27/02/1958
Democratic Republic of Viet-Nam	Accession	28/06/1957	28/12/1957
Democratic Yemen	Accession	25/05/1977	25/11/1977
Denmark	Signature	12/08/1949
Denmark	Ratification	27/06/1951	27/12/1951
Djibouti	Succession	26/01/1978	27/06/1977
Dominica	Succession	28/09/1981	03/11/1978
Dominican Republic	Accession	22/01/1958	22/07/1958
Ecuador	Signature	12/08/1949
Ecuador	Ratification	11/08/1954	11/02/1955
Egypt	Signature	12/08/1949
Egypt	Ratification	10/11/1952	10/05/1953
El Salvador	Signature	12/08/1949
El Salvador	Ratification	17/06/1953	17/12/1953
Equatorial Guinea	Accession	24/07/1986	24/01/1987
Eritrea	Accession	14/08/2000	14/08/2000
Estonia	Accession	18/01/1993	18/07/1993
Ethiopia	Signature	12/08/1949
Ethiopia	Ratification	02/10/1969	02/04/1970
Federal Republic of Germany	Objection	03/03/1975
Federal Republic of Germany	Declaration	29/03/1974
Federal Republic of Germany	Territorial application	03/12/1954
Federal Republic of Germany	Accession	03/09/1954	03/03/1955
Federation of Malaya	Accession	24/08/1962	24/02/1963
Fiji	Succession	09/08/1971
Finland	Signature	12/08/1949
Finland	Ratification	22/02/1955	22/08/1955
France	Signature	12/08/1949
France	Ratification	28/06/1951	28/12/1951
Gabon	Succession	20/02/1965	17/08/1960
Gambia	Succession	20/10/1966	18/02/1965
Georgia	Accession	14/09/1993	14/03/1994
German Democratic Republic	Declaration	03/07/1974
German Democratic Republic	Accession	30/11/1956	30/05/1957
Ghana	Accession	02/08/1958	02/02/1959
Greece	Signature	12/08/1949
Greece	Ratification	05/06/1956	05/12/1956
Grenada	Succession	13/04/1981	07/02/1974
Guatemala	Signature	12/08/1949
Guatemala	Ratification	14/05/1952	14/11/1952
Guinea	Accession	11/07/1984	11/01/1985
Guinea-Bissau	Accession	21/02/1974	21/08/1974
Guyana	Succession	22/07/1968
Haiti	Accession	11/04/1957	11/10/1957
Holy See	Signature	12/08/1949
Holy See	Ratification	22/02/1951	22/08/1951
Honduras	Accession	30/12/1965	30/06/1966
Hungary	Declaration	23/12/1974
Hungary	Signature	12/08/1949
Hungary	Withdrawal of reservation	31/05/2000
Hungary	Ratification	03/08/1954	03/02/1955
Iceland	Accession	10/08/1965	10/02/1966
India	Signature	12/08/1949
India	Ratification	09/11/1950	09/05/1951
Indonesia	Accession	30/09/1958	30/03/1959
Iran	Signature	12/08/1949
Iran	Ratification	20/02/1957	20/08/1957
Iraq	Accession	14/02/1956	14/08/1956
Ireland	Signature	12/08/1949
Ireland	Ratification	27/09/1962	27/03/1963
Israel	Signature	12/08/1949
Israel	Declaration	10/02/1978
Israel	Ratification	06/07/1951	06/01/1952
Italy	Signature	12/08/1949
Italy	Ratification	17/12/1951	17/06/1952
Ivory Coast	Succession	28/12/1961	07/08/1960
Jamaica	Succession	17/07/1964	06/08/1962
Japan	Accession	21/04/1953	21/10/1953
Jordan	Accession	29/05/1951	29/11/1951
Kazakhstan	Succession	05/05/1992	21/12/1991
Kenya	Accession	20/09/1966	20/03/1967
Kiribati	Succession	05/01/1989	12/07/1979
Kuwait	Accession	02/09/1967	02/03/1968
Kyrgyzstan	Succession	18/09/1992	21/12/1991
Laos	Accession	29/10/1956	29/04/1957
Latvia	Accession	24/12/1991	24/06/1992
Lebanon	Signature	12/08/1949
Lebanon	Ratification	10/04/1951	10/10/1951
Lesotho	Succession	18/06/1968	04/10/1966
Liberia	Accession	29/03/1954	29/09/1954
Libya	Accession	22/05/1956	22/11/1956
Liechtenstein	Signature	12/08/1949
Liechtenstein	Ratification	21/09/1950	21/03/1951
Lithuania	Accession	03/10/1996	03/04/1997
Luxembourg	Signature	12/08/1949
Luxembourg	Ratification	01/07/1953	01/01/1954
Madagascar	Succession	13/07/1963	26/06/1960
Malawi	Succession	05/01/1968	05/07/1968
Maldives	Accession	18/06/1991	18/12/1991
Mali	Accession	24/05/1965	24/11/1965
Malta	Succession	22/08/1968
Marshall Islands	Accession	01/06/2004	01/12/2004
Mauritania	Succession	27/10/1962	28/11/1960
Mauritius	Succession	18/08/1970	12/03/1968
Mexico	Signature	12/08/1949
Mexico	Ratification	29/10/1952	29/04/1953
Micronesia (Federated States of)	Accession	19/09/1995	19/03/1996
Monaco	Signature	12/08/1949
Monaco	Ratification	05/07/1950	05/01/1951
Mongolia	Declaration	13/08/1974
Mongolia	Declaration	13/08/1974
Mongolia	Accession	20/12/1958	20/06/1959
Montenegro	Accession	02/08/2006	02/02/2007
Morocco	Accession	26/07/1956	26/01/1957
Mozambique	Accession	14/03/1983	14/09/1983
Myanmar	Accession	25/08/1992	25/02/1993
Namibia	Succession	22/08/1991	21/03/1990
Namibia (United Nations Council for Namibia)	Accession	18/10/1983	18/04/1984
Nauru	Accession	27/06/2006	27/12/2006
Nepal	Accession	07/02/1964	07/08/1964
Netherlands	Signature	12/08/1949
Netherlands	Declaration	30/12/1985	01/01/1986
Netherlands	Ratification	03/08/1954	03/02/1955
New Zealand	Signature	12/08/1949
New Zealand	Ratification	02/05/1959	02/11/1959
Nicaragua	Signature	12/08/1949
Nicaragua	Ratification	17/12/1953	17/06/1954
Niger	Succession	16/04/1964	03/08/1960
Nigeria	Succession	20/06/1961	01/10/1960
Norway	Signature	12/08/1949
Norway	Ratification	03/08/1951	03/02/1952
Oman	Accession	31/01/1974	31/07/1974
Pakistan	Signature	12/08/1949
Pakistan	Ratification	12/06/1951	12/12/1951
Palau	Accession	25/06/1996	25/12/1996
Panama	Accession	10/02/1956	10/08/1956
Papua New Guinea	Succession	26/05/1976
Paraguay	Signature	12/08/1949
Paraguay	Ratification	23/10/1961	23/04/1962
People's Republic of China	Ratification	28/12/1956	28/06/1957
Peru	Signature	12/08/1949
Peru	Ratification	15/02/1956	15/08/1956
Philippines	Signature	12/08/1949
Philippines	Ratification	07/03/1951	07/09/1951
Poland	Signature	12/08/1949
Poland	Withdrawal of reservation	22/09/2004
Poland	Declaration	18/07/1974
Poland	Declaration	18/07/1974
Poland	Ratification	26/11/1954	26/05/1955
Portugal	Signature	12/08/1949
Portugal	Objection	28/03/1974
Portugal	Objection	28/03/1974
Portugal	Ratification	14/03/1961	14/09/1961
Portugal	Declaration	22/11/1999	22/11/1999
Qatar	Accession	15/10/1975	15/04/1976
Republic of Korea	Accession	16/08/1966	16/08/1966
Republic of Moldova	Accession	24/05/1993	24/11/1993
Republic of South Viet-Nam	Accession	03/12/1973
Republic of South Viet-Nam	Declaration	19/03/1974
Republic of the Congo	Succession	30/01/1967
Republic of Viet-Nam	Objection	18/02/1974
Republic of Viet-Nam	Objection	06/02/1974
Romania	Declaration	18/07/1974
Romania	Objection	18/01/1967
Romania	Signature	12/08/1949
Romania	Ratification	01/06/1954	01/12/1954
Russian Federation	Notification	13/01/1992
Rwanda	Succession	21/03/1964	01/07/1962
Samoa	Succession	23/08/1984	01/01/1962
San Marino	Accession	28/08/1953	28/02/1954
Sao Tome and Principe	Accession	21/05/1976	21/11/1976
Saudi Arabia	Accession	18/05/1963	18/11/1963
Senegal	Succession	23/04/1963	20/08/196

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