Participant	Action	Date of Notification/Deposit	Date of Effect
Albania	Accession	16/07/1993	16/01/1994
Algeria	Accession	16/08/1989	16/02/1990
Algeria	Declaration	16/08/1989	20/11/1990
Angola	Accession	20/09/1984	20/03/1985
Antigua and Barbuda	Accession	06/10/1986	06/04/1987
Argentina	Declaration	11/10/1996
Argentina	Accession	26/11/1986	26/05/1987
Armenia	Accession	07/06/1993	07/12/1993
Australia	Signature
Australia	Ratification	21/06/1991	21/12/1991
Australia	Declaration	23/09/1992	23/09/1992
Austria	Notification	28/03/1980
Austria	Signature	08/06/1977
Austria	Ratification	13/08/1982	13/02/1983
Austria	Declaration	13/08/1982	20/11/1990
Bahamas	Accession	10/04/1980	10/10/1980
Bahrain	Accession	30/10/1986	30/04/1987
Bangladesh	Accession	08/09/1980	08/03/1981
Barbados	Accession	19/02/1990	19/08/1990
Belgium	Declaration	27/03/1987
Belgium	Signature
Belgium	Ratification	20/05/1986	20/11/1986
Belgium	Declaration	27/03/1987	20/11/1990
Belize	Accession	29/06/1984	29/12/1984
Benin	Signature
Benin	Accession	28/05/1986	28/11/1986
Bolivia	Accession	08/12/1983	08/06/1984
Bolivia	Declaration	10/08/1992	10/08/1992
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Succession	31/12/1992	06/03/1992
Botswana	Accession	23/05/1979	23/11/1979
Brazil	Declaration	23/11/1993
Brazil	Accession	05/05/1992	05/11/1992
Brunei Darussalam	Accession	14/10/1991	14/04/1992
Bulgaria	Signature
Bulgaria	Ratification	26/09/1989	26/03/1990
Burkina Faso	Declaration	24/05/2004
Burkina Faso	Ratification	20/10/1987	20/04/1988
Burundi	Accession	10/06/1993	10/12/1993
Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic	Signature
Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic	Declaration	23/10/1989	20/11/1990
Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic	Ratification	23/10/1989	23/04/1990
Cambodia	Accession	14/01/1998	14/07/1998
Cameroon	Accession	16/03/1984	16/09/1984
Canada	Signature
Canada	Ratification	20/11/1990	20/05/1991
Canada	Declaration	20/11/1990	20/11/1990
Cape Verde	Accession	16/03/1995	16/09/1995
Central African Republic	Accession	17/07/1984	17/01/1985
Chad	Accession	17/01/1997	17/07/1997
Chile	Signature
Chile	Ratification	24/04/1991	24/10/1991
China	Territorial application	14/04/1999	01/07/1997
China	Accession	14/09/1983	14/03/1984
China	Declaration	31/05/2000	20/12/1999
Colombia	Declaration	17/04/1996
Colombia	Accession	01/09/1993	01/03/1994
Comoros	Accession	21/11/1985	21/05/1986
Congo	Accession	10/11/1983	10/05/1984
Cook Islands	Exclusion
Costa Rica	Declaration	09/12/1999
Costa Rica	Accession	15/12/1983	15/06/1984
Côte d'Ivoire	Ratification	20/09/1989	20/03/1990
Croatia	Succession	11/05/1992	08/10/1991
Cuba	Accession	25/11/1982	25/05/1983
Cyprus	Signature
Cyprus	Ratification	01/06/1979	01/12/1979
Czech Republic	Succession	05/02/1993	01/01/1993
Czechoslovakia	Signature
Czechoslovakia	Ratification	14/02/1990	14/08/1990
Democratic People's Republic of Korea	Accession	09/03/1988	09/09/1988
Denmark	Signature
Denmark	Ratification	17/06/1982	17/12/1982
Denmark	Declaration	17/06/1982	20/11/1990
Djibouti	Accession	08/04/1991	08/10/1991
Dominica	Accession	25/04/1996	25/10/1996
Dominican Republic	Accession	26/05/1994	26/11/1994
Ecuador	Signature
Ecuador	Ratification	10/04/1979	10/10/1979
Egypt	Signature
Egypt	Ratification	09/10/1992	09/04/1993
El Salvador	Signature
El Salvador	Ratification	23/11/1978	23/05/1979
Equatorial Guinea	Accession	24/07/1986	24/01/1987
Estonia	Accession	18/01/1993	18/07/1993
Federal Republic of Germany	Signature
Federal Republic of Germany	Ratification	14/02/1991	14/08/1991
Finland	Signature
Finland	Withdrawal of reservation	16/02/1987
Finland	Ratification	07/08/1980	07/02/1981
Finland	Declaration	07/08/1980	20/11/1990
Gabon	Accession	08/04/1980	08/10/1980
Gambia	Accession	12/01/1989	12/07/1989
Georgia	Accession	14/09/1993	14/03/1994
German Democratic Republic	Signature
Germany	Ratification	14/02/1991	14/08/1991
Ghana	Signature
Ghana	Ratification	28/02/1978	07/12/1978
Greece	Declaration	04/02/1998
Greece	Ratification	31/03/1989	30/09/1989
Grenada	Accession	23/09/1998	23/03/1999
Guatemala	Signature
Guatemala	Ratification	19/10/1987	19/04/1988
Guinea	Declaration	20/12/1993
Guinea	Accession	11/07/1984	11/01/1985
Guinea-Bissau	Accession	21/10/1986	21/04/1987
Guyana	Accession	18/01/1988	18/07/1988
Haiti	Accession	20/12/2006	20/06/2007
Holy See	Signature
Holy See	Ratification	21/11/1985	21/05/1986
Honduras	Signature
Honduras	Ratification	16/02/1995	16/08/1995
Hungary	Declaration	23/09/1991
Hungary	Signature
Hungary	Ratification	12/04/1989	12/10/1989
Iceland	Signature
Iceland	Ratification	10/04/1987	10/10/1987
Iceland	Declaration	10/04/1987	20/11/1990
Iran	Signature
Ireland	Signature
Ireland	Ratification	19/05/1999	19/11/1999
Israel	Declaration	02/08/1984
Israel	Declaration	04/01/1984
Israel	Declaration	14/06/1983
Italy	Signature
Italy	Declaration	27/02/1986	20/11/1990
Italy	Ratification	27/02/1986	27/08/1986
Ivory Coast	Signature
Jamaica	Accession	29/07/1986	29/01/1987
Japan	Accession	31/08/2004	28/02/2005
Jordan	Signature
Jordan	Ratification	01/05/1979	01/11/1979
Kazakhstan	Succession	05/05/1992	21/12/1991
Kenya	Accession	23/02/1999	23/08/1999
Kuwait	Accession	17/01/1985	17/07/1985
Kyrgyzstan	Succession	18/09/1992	21/12/1991
Lao People's Democratic Republic	Declaration	30/01/1998
Lao People's Democratic Republic	Signature
Lao People's Democratic Republic	Ratification	18/11/1980	18/05/1981
Latvia	Accession	24/12/1991	24/06/1992
Lebanon	Accession	23/07/1997	23/01/1998
Lesotho	Accession	20/05/1994	20/11/1994
Liberia	Accession	30/06/1988	30/12/1988
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya	Accession	07/06/1978	07/12/1978
Liechtenstein	Signature
Liechtenstein	Ratification	10/08/1989	10/02/1990
Liechtenstein	Declaration	10/08/1989	20/11/1990
Lithuania	Accession	13/07/2000	13/01/2001
Luxembourg	Declaration	12/05/1993
Luxembourg	Signature
Luxembourg	Ratification	29/08/1989	28/02/1990
Madagascar	Declaration	27/07/1993
Madagascar	Signature
Madagascar	Ratification	08/05/1992	08/11/1992
Malawi	Accession	07/10/1991	07/04/1992
Maldives	Accession	03/09/1991	03/03/1992
Mali	Accession	08/02/1989	08/08/1989
Malta	Accession	17/04/1989	17/10/1989
Malta	Declaration	17/04/1989	20/11/1990
Mauritania	Accession	14/03/1980	14/09/1980
Mauritius	Accession	22/03/1982	22/09/1982
Mexico	Accession	10/03/1983	10/09/1983
Micronesia (Federated States of)	Accession	19/09/1995	19/03/1996
Monaco	Accession	07/01/2000	07/07/2000
Mongolia	Signature
Mongolia	Ratification	06/12/1995	06/06/1996
Montenegro	Declaration	02/08/2006
Montenegro	Accession	02/08/2006	02/02/2007
Morocco	Signature
Mozambique	Accession	14/03/1983	14/09/1983
Namibia	Declaration	17/06/1994
Namibia (United Nations Council for Namibia)	Accession	18/10/1983	18/04/1984
Nauru	Accession	27/06/2006	27/12/2006
Netherlands	Signature
Netherlands	Ratification	26/06/1987	20/11/1990
Netherlands	Ratification	26/06/1987	26/12/1987
New Zealand	Signature
New Zealand	Ratification	08/02/1988	08/08/1988
New Zealand	Declaration	08/02/1988	20/11/1990
Nicaragua	Signature
Nicaragua	Ratification	19/07/1999	19/01/2000
Niger	Signature
Niger	Ratification	08/06/1979	08/12/1979
Nigeria	Accession	10/10/1988	10/04/1989
Niue Island	Exclusion
None	Rectification	20/04/1981	08/05/1981
Norway	Signature
Norway	Ratification	14/12/1981	14/06/1982
Norway	Declaration	14/12/1981	20/11/1990
Oman	Accession	29/03/1984	29/09/1984
Pakistan	Signature
Palau	Accession	25/06/1996	25/12/1996
Panama	Declaration	26/10/1999
Panama	Signature
Panama	Ratification	18/09/1995	18/03/1996
Paraguay	Declaration	30/01/1998
Paraguay	Accession	30/11/1990	30/05/1991
Peru	Signature
Peru	Ratification	14/07/1989	14/01/1990
Philippines	Signature
Poland	Signature
Poland	Declaration	02/10/1992	02/10/1992
Poland	Ratification	23/10/1991	23/04/1992
Portugal	Signature
Portugal	Declaration	22/11/1999	22/11/1999
Portugal	Ratification	27/05/1992	27/11/1992
Qatar	Declaration	24/09/1991
Qatar	Accession	05/04/1988	05/10/1988
Republic of Korea	Declaration	16/04/2004
Republic of Korea	Signature
Republic of Korea	Ratification	15/01/1982	15/07/1982
Republic of Moldova	Accession	24/05/1993	24/11/1993
Romania	Signature
Romania	Ratification	21/06/1990	21/12/1990
Russian Federation	Notification	13/01/1992
Russian Federation	Withdrawal of declaration	23/10/2019
Rwanda	Accession	19/11/1984	19/05/1985
Samoa	Accession	23/08/1984	23/02/1985
San Marino	Signature
Sao Tome and Principe	Accession	05/07/1996	05/01/1997
Saudi Arabia	Accession	21/08/1987	21/02/1988
Senegal	Signature
Senegal	Ratification	07/05/1985	07/11/1985
Seychelles	Declaration	22/05/1992
Seychelles	Accession	08/11/1984	08/05/1985
Sierra Leone	Accession	21/10/1986	21/04/1987
Slovakia	Succession	02/04/1993	01/01/1993
Slovenia	Succession	26/03/1992	25/06/1991
Solomon Islands	Accession	19/09/1988	19/03/1989
South Africa	Declaration	12/03/1984
South Africa	Accession	21/11/1995	21/05/1996
Spain	Communication	04/05/2004
Spain	Signature
Spain	Declaration	21/04/1989	20/11/1990
Spain	Ratification	21/04/1989	21/10/1989
St. Christopher and Nevis	Accession	14/02/1986	14/08/1986
St. Lucia	Accession	07/10/1982	07/04/1983
St. Vincent and the Grenadines	Accessio

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