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Entry into force
Renunciation
Termination
Afghanistan
05-09-1947 (A)
05-09-1947
Albania
02-07-1957 (A)
02-07-1957
Algeria
31-10-1963 (A)
31-10-1963
Angola
09-08-1990 (A)
09-08-1990
Antigua and Barbuda
25-10-1988 (Su)
01-11-1981
Argentina
12-10-1956 (A)
12-10-1956
Armenia
29-04-2004 (A)
29-04-2004
Australia
02-03-1949 (A)
02-03-1949
Austria
10-05-1957 (A)
10-05-1957
Azerbaijan
13-08-1992 (A)
13-08-1992
Bahamas
17-03-1977 (Su)
10-07-1973
Bahrain
17-09-1992 (A)
17-09-1992
Bangladesh
13-01-1978 (Su)
26-03-1971
Barbados
10-01-1972 (Su)
30-11-1966
Belarus
22-10-1953 (A)
22-10-1953
Belgium
25-09-1948 (A)
25-09-1948
Belize
14-09-2005 (A)
14-09-2005
Bolivia
23-12-1949 (A)
23-12-1949
Bosnia and Herzegovina
01-09-1993 (Su)
06-03-1992
Brazil
15-12-1949 (A)
15-12-1949
Brunei
01-08-2013 (A)
01-08-2013
Bulgaria
30-09-1960 (A)
30-09-1960
Burkina Faso
27-04-1962 (A)
27-04-1962
Burundi
17-03-1971 (A)
17-03-1971
Cambodia
06-11-1963 (A)
06-11-1963
Cameroon
20-10-1961 (Su)
01-01-1960
Canada
22-01-1948 (A)
22-01-1948
Central African Republic
04-09-1962 (Su)
13-08-1960
Chile
15-10-1948 (A)
15-10-1948
China
11-09-1979 (A)
11-09-1979
Colombia
06-08-1974 (A)
06-08-1974
Costa Rica
26-10-1949 (A)
26-10-1949
Côte d'Ivoire
08-12-1961 (Su)
07-08-1960
Croatia
12-10-1992 (Su)
08-10-1991
Cuba
09-09-1959 (A)
09-09-1959
Cyprus
05-11-1963 (Su)
16-08-1960
Czech Republic
22-02-1993 (Su)
01-01-1993
Czechoslovakia (<01-01-1993)
07-09-1955 (A)
07-09-1955
Democratic Republic of the Congo
08-12-1964 (A)
08-12-1964
Denmark
10-06-1948 (A)
10-06-1948
Djibouti
06-04-1978 (Su)
27-06-1977
Dominica
24-11-1987 (Su)
03-11-1978
Dominican Republic
07-03-1947 (A)
07-03-1947
Ecuador
22-03-1956 (A)
22-03-1956
Egypt
17-09-1948 (A)
17-09-1948
El Salvador
09-07-1947 (A)
09-07-1947
Estonia
21-10-1991 (A)
21-10-1991
Ethiopia
22-07-1947 (A)
22-07-1947
Federated States of Micronesia
05-12-2008 (A)
05-12-2008
Fiji
21-06-1971 (Su)
10-10-1970
Finland
31-07-1958 (A)
31-07-1958
France
18-08-1947 (A)
18-08-1947
Gabon
13-03-1964 (A)
13-03-1964
Gambia, The
01-08-1966 (Su)
18-02-1965
Georgia
17-12-2007 (A)
17-12-2007
Germany
05-11-1980 (A)
05-11-1980
Ghana
05-08-1958 (A)
05-08-1958
Greece
29-12-1947 (A)
29-12-1947
Guatemala
07-07-1947 (A)
07-07-1947
Guinea
10-01-1968 (A)
10-01-1968
Guyana
28-12-1972 (A)
28-12-1972
Haïti
06-08-1947 (A)
06-08-1947
Honduras
16-05-1947 (A)
16-05-1947
Hungary
30-07-1956 (A)
30-07-1956
Iceland
10-03-1948 (A)
10-03-1948
India
13-05-1948 (A)
13-05-1948
Indonesia
08-03-1972 (A)
08-03-1972
Iran
08-05-1947 (A)
08-05-1947
Iraq
15-09-1949 (A)
15-09-1949
Ireland
10-05-1967 (A)
10-05-1967
Israel
21-09-1949 (A)
21-09-1949
Italy
03-02-1958 (A)
03-02-1958
Jamaica
09-09-1963 (A)
09-09-1963
Japan
18-04-1963 (A)
18-04-1963
Jordan
03-01-1958 (A)
03-01-1958
Kazakhstan
26-08-1998 (A)
26-08-1998
Kenya
01-07-1965 (A)
01-07-1965
Kuwait
13-12-1963 (A)
13-12-1963
Kyrgyzstan
28-01-2000 (A)
28-01-2000
Laos
24-11-1956 (A)
24-11-1956
Latvia
21-11-1997 (A)
21-11-1997
Lebanon
10-03-1949 (A)
10-03-1949
Lesotho
26-11-1969 (A)
26-11-1969
Liberia
14-03-1947 (A)
14-03-1947
Libya
28-11-1958 (A)
28-11-1958
Liechtenstein
25-03-1993 (A)
25-03-1993
Lithuania
09-12-1993 (A)
09-12-1993
Luxembourg
14-02-1949 (A)
14-02-1949
Madagascar
23-05-1962 (Su)
26-06-1960
Malawi
17-05-1966 (A)
17-05-1966
Malaysia
28-10-1957 (Su)
31-08-1957
Mali
28-03-1968 (A)
28-03-1968
Malta
27-06-1968 (Su)
21-09-1964
Mauritius
18-07-1969 (Su)
12-03-1968
Mexico
26-11-1962 (A)
26-11-1962
Moldova
12-04-1995 (A)
12-04-1995
Monaco
08-03-2005 (A)
08-03-2005
Mongolia
31-05-1962 (A)
31-05-1962
Montenegro
23-10-2006 (Su)
03-06-2006
Morocco
18-03-1957 (A)
18-03-1957
Mozambique
08-05-2001 (A)
08-05-2001
Myanmar
25-01-1955 (A)
25-01-1955
Namibia
17-07-2006 (A)
17-07-2006
Nepal
28-09-1965 (A)
28-09-1965
Netherlands, the Kingdom of the
19-04-1948 (A)
19-04-1948
New Zealand
10-12-1947 (A)
10-12-1947
Nicaragua
29-11-1947 (A)
29-11-1947
Niger
25-08-1961 (Su)
03-08-1960
Nigeria
26-06-1961 (Su)
01-10-1960
North Macedonia
18-08-1993 (Su)
17-11-1991
Norway
18-08-1947 (A)
18-08-1947
Pakistan
22-09-1948 (A)
22-09-1948
Panama
27-05-1947 (A)
27-05-1947
Papua New Guinea
04-12-1975 (Su)
16-09-1975
Paraguay
02-10-1953 (A)
02-10-1953
Peru
24-07-1963 (A)
24-07-1963
Philippines
28-10-1947 (A)
28-10-1947
Poland
08-01-1948 (A)
08-01-1948
Portugal
14-10-1998 (A)
14-10-1998
Qatar
26-09-2007 (A)
26-09-2007
Republic of Korea, the
09-04-1992 (A)
09-04-1992
Republic of the Congo
15-10-1962 (Su)
15-08-1960
Romania
05-07-1956 (A)
05-07-1956
Russian Federation
22-09-1953 (A)
22-09-1953
Rwanda
15-04-1964 (A)
15-04-1964
Saint Lucia
27-08-1986 (Su)
22-02-1979
San Marino
22-02-2012 (A)
22-02-2012
Saudi Arabia
03-09-2015 (A)
03-09-2015
Senegal
27-05-1963 (Su)
20-08-1960
Serbia
12-03-2001 (Su)
27-04-1992
Seychelles
26-08-1980 (A)
26-08-1980
Sierra Leone
13-03-1962 (Su)
27-04-1961
Singapore
18-03-1966 (Su)
09-08-1965
Slovakia
28-05-1993 (Su)
01-01-1993
Slovenia
06-07-1992 (Su)
25-06-1991
Somalia
09-07-1963 (A)
09-07-1963
South Africa
30-08-2002 (A)
30-08-2002
Spain
31-07-1974 (A)
31-07-1974
Sri Lanka
19-06-2003 (A)
19-06-2003
Sudan
21-03-1977 (A)
21-03-1977
Sweden
28-08-1947 (A)
28-08-1947
Switzerland
25-09-2012 (A)
25-09-2012
Syria
29-09-1953 (A)
29-09-1953
Tajikistan
19-10-2001 (A)
19-10-2001
Tanzania
29-10-1962 (A)
29-10-1962
Thailand
30-03-1956 (A)
30-03-1956
Timor-Leste
23-01-2015 (A)
23-01-2015
Togo
27-02-1962 (Su)
27-04-1960
Trinidad and Tobago
19-10-1965 (A)
19-10-1965
Tunisia
07-05-1957 (A)
07-05-1957
Türkiye
22-08-1950 (A)
22-08-1950
Turkmenistan
23-11-2007 (A)
23-11-2007
Uganda
09-07-2001 (A)
09-07-2001
Ukraine
20-11-1953 (A)
20-11-1953
United Arab Emirates
02-06-2003 (A)
02-06-2003
United Kingdom
17-09-1946 (A)
17-09-1946
United States of America
29-04-1970 (A)
29-04-1970
Uruguay
16-02-1984 (A)
16-02-1984
Venezuela
21-12-1998 (A)
21-12-1998
Vietnam
06-04-1988 (A)
06-04-1988
Yemen
23-07-1963 (A)
23-07-1963
Yugoslavia (< 25-06-1991)
30-06-1950 (A)
30-06-1950
Zambia
16-06-1975 (Su)
24-10-1964
Zimbabwe
13-05-1991 (A)
13-05-1991