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RatificationS=Signature without reservation or requirement of ratification R=Ratification, Acceptance, Approval or Notification A=Accession Su=Succession NK=Not Known Entry into force Renunciation Termination
Afghanistan 22-10-1985 (A) 22-10-1985
Algeria 19-12-1991 (A) 19-12-1991
Antigua and Barbuda 25-10-1988 (Su) 01-11-1981
Argentina 20-03-1987 (A) 20-03-1987
Armenia 15-05-2002 (A) 15-05-2002
Australia 31-05-1978 07-09-1984 (R) 07-09-1984
Austria 17-01-1990 (A) 17-01-1990
Bangladesh 03-10-1979 (A) 03-10-1979
Belarus 18-05-1977 07-06-1978 (R) 07-06-1978
Belgium 18-05-1977 12-07-1982 (R) 12-07-1982
Benin 10-06-1977 30-06-1986 (R) 30-06-1986
Bolivia 18-05-1977
Brazil 09-11-1977 12-10-1984 (R) 12-10-1984
Bulgaria 18-05-1977 31-05-1978 (R) 05-10-1978
Cabo Verde 03-10-1979 (A) 03-10-1979
Cameroon 18-04-2011 (A) 18-04-2011
Canada 18-05-1977 11-06-1981 (R) 11-06-1981
Chile 26-04-1994 (A) 26-04-1994
China 08-06-2005 (A) 08-06-2005
Costa Rica 07-02-1996 (A) 07-02-1996
Cuba 23-09-1977 10-04-1978 (R) 05-10-1978
Cyprus 07-10-1977 12-04-1978 (R) 05-10-1978
Czech Republic 22-02-1993 (Su) 01-01-1993
Czechoslovakia (<01-01-1993) 18-05-1977 12-05-1978 (R) 05-10-1978
Democratic People's Republic of Korea 08-11-1984 (A) 08-11-1984
Democratic Republic of the Congo 28-02-1978
Denmark 18-05-1977 19-04-1978 (R) 05-10-1978
Dominica 09-11-1992 (Su) 03-11-1978
Egypt 01-04-1982 (A) 01-04-1982
Estonia 14-04-2011 (A) 14-04-2011
Ethiopia 18-05-1977
Finland 18-05-1977 12-05-1978 (R) 05-10-1978
Germany 18-05-1977 24-05-1983 (R) 24-05-1983
Ghana 21-03-1978 22-06-1978 (R) 05-10-1978
Greece 23-08-1983 (A) 23-08-1983
Guatemala 21-03-1988 (A) 21-03-1988
Holy See 27-05-1977
Honduras 16-08-2010 (A) 16-08-2010
Hungary 18-05-1977 19-04-1978 (R) 05-10-1978
Iceland 18-05-1977
India 15-12-1977 15-12-1978 (R) 15-12-1978
Iran 18-05-1977
Iraq 15-08-1977
Ireland 18-05-1977 16-12-1982 (R) 16-12-1982
Italy 18-05-1977 27-11-1981 (R) 27-11-1981
Japan 09-06-1982 (A) 09-06-1982
Kazakhstan 25-04-2005 (A) 25-04-2005
Kuwait 02-01-1980 (A) 02-01-1980
Kyrgyzstan 15-06-2015 (A) 15-06-2015
Laos 13-04-1978 05-10-1978 (R) 05-10-1978
Lebanon 18-05-1977
Liberia 18-05-1977
Lithuania 16-04-2002 (A) 16-04-2002
Luxembourg 18-05-1977
Malawi 05-10-1978 (A) 05-10-1978
Mauritius 09-12-1992 (A) 09-12-1992
Mongolia 18-05-1977 19-05-1978 (R) 05-10-1978
Morocco 18-05-1977
Netherlands, the Kingdom of the 18-05-1977 15-04-1983 (R) 15-04-1983
New Zealand 07-09-1984 (A) 07-09-1984
Nicaragua 11-08-1977 06-09-2007 (R) 06-09-2007
Niger 17-02-1993 (A) 17-02-1993
Norway 18-05-1977 15-02-1979 (R) 15-02-1979
Pakistan 27-02-1986 (A) 27-02-1986
Palestine 29-12-2017 (A) 29-12-2017
Panama 13-05-2003 (A) 13-05-2003
Papua New Guinea 28-10-1980 (A) 28-10-1980
Poland 18-05-1977 08-06-1978 (R) 05-10-1978
Portugal 18-05-1977
Republic of Korea, the 02-12-1986 (A) 02-12-1986
Romania 18-05-1977 06-05-1983 (R) 06-05-1983
Russian Federation 18-05-1977 30-05-1978 (R) 05-10-1978
Saint Lucia 27-05-1993 (Su) 22-02-1979
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 27-04-1999 (Su) 27-10-1979
São Tomé e Principe 05-10-1979 (A) 05-10-1979
Sierra Leone 12-04-1978
Slovakia 28-05-1993 (Su) 01-01-1993
Slovenia 20-04-2005 (A) 20-04-2005
Solomon Islands 19-06-1981 (Su) 19-06-1981
Spain 18-05-1977 19-07-1978 (R) 05-10-1978
Sri Lanka 08-06-1977 25-04-1978 (R) 05-10-1978
Sweden 27-04-1984 (A) 27-04-1984
Switzerland 05-08-1988 (A) 05-08-1988
Syria 04-08-1977
Tajikistan 12-10-1999 (A) 12-10-1999
Tunisia 11-05-1978 11-05-1978 (R) 05-10-1978
Türkiye 18-05-1977
Uganda 18-05-1977
Ukraine 18-05-1977 13-06-1978 (R) 05-10-1978
United Kingdom 18-05-1977 16-05-1978 (R) 05-10-1978
United States of America 18-05-1977 17-01-1980 (R) 17-01-1980
Uruguay 16-09-1993 (A) 16-09-1993
Uzbekistan 26-05-1993 (A) 26-05-1993
Vietnam 26-08-1980 (A) 26-08-1980
Yemen 18-05-1977 20-07-1977 (R) 05-10-1978