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Signature
Provisional application
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Approval or Notification A=Accession Su=Succession NK=Not Known
Entry into force
Renunciation
Termination
Afghanistan
16-11-1966 (A)
14-02-1967
Albania
12-05-1955 (A)
10-08-1955
Algeria
05-08-2004 (A)
03-11-2004
Angola
17-09-1986 (A)
16-12-1986
Antigua and Barbuda
25-10-1988 (Su)
01-11-1981
Argentina
31-03-1953
27-02-1961 (R)
28-05-1961
Armenia
24-01-2008 (A)
23-04-2008
Australia
10-12-1974 (A)
10-03-1974
Austria
19-10-1959
18-04-1969 (R)
17-07-1969
Bahamas
16-08-1977 (Su)
10-07-1973
Bangladesh
05-10-1998 (A)
03-01-1999
Barbados
12-01-1973 (A)
12-04-1973
Belarus
31-03-1953
11-08-1954 (R)
09-11-1954
Belgium
20-05-1964 (A)
18-08-1964
Bolivia
09-04-1953
22-09-1970 (R)
21-12-1970
Bosnia and Herzegovina
01-09-1993 (Su)
06-03-1992
Brazil
20-05-1953
13-08-1963 (R)
11-11-1963
Bulgaria
17-03-1954 (A)
07-07-1954
Burkina Faso
09-12-1998 (A)
09-03-1999
Burundi
18-02-1993 (A)
19-05-1993
Cambodia
11-11-2001
Canada
30-01-1957 (A)
30-04-1957
Central African Republic
04-09-1962 (Su)
13-08-1960
Chile
31-03-1953
18-10-1967 (R)
16-01-1968
China
Colombia
05-08-1986 (A)
03-11-1986
Costa Rica
31-03-1953
25-07-1967 (R)
23-10-1967
Côte d'Ivoire
18-12-1995 (A)
17-03-1996
Croatia
12-10-1992 (Su)
08-10-1991
Cuba
31-03-1953
08-04-1954 (R)
07-07-1954
Cyprus
10-09-1968
12-11-1968 (R)
10-02-1969
Czech Republic
22-02-1993 (Su)
01-01-1993
Czechoslovakia (<01-01-1993)
31-03-1953
06-04-1955 (R)
05-07-1955
Democratic Republic of the Congo
12-10-1977 (A)
10-01-1978
Denmark
29-10-1953
07-07-1954 (R)
05-10-1954
Dominican Republic
31-03-1953
11-12-1953 (R)
07-07-1954
Ecuador
31-03-1953
23-04-1954 (R)
22-07-1954
Egypt
08-09-1981 (A)
07-12-1981
El Salvador
24-06-1953
26-03-2008 (R)
24-06-2008
Eswatini
20-07-1970 (A)
18-10-1970
Ethiopia
31-03-1953
21-01-1969 (R)
21-04-1969
Fiji
12-06-1972 (Su)
10-10-1970
Finland
06-10-1958 (A)
04-01-1959
France
31-03-1953
22-04-1957 (R)
21-07-1957
Gabon
19-04-1967
19-04-1967 (R)
18-07-1967
Georgia
06-07-2005 (A)
04-10-2005
Germany
04-11-1970 (A)
02-02-1971
Ghana
28-12-1965 (A)
28-03-1966
Greece
01-04-1953
29-12-1953 (R)
07-07-1954
Guatemala
31-03-1953
07-10-1959 (R)
05-01-1960
Guinea
19-03-1975
24-01-1978 (R)
24-04-1978
Haïti
23-07-1957
12-02-1958 (R)
13-05-1958
Hungary
02-09-1954
20-01-1955 (R)
20-04-1955
Iceland
25-11-1953
30-06-1954 (R)
28-09-1954
India
29-04-1953
01-11-1961 (R)
30-01-1962
Indonesia
31-03-1953
16-12-1958 (R)
16-03-1959
Ireland
14-11-1968 (A)
12-02-1969
Israel
14-04-1953
06-07-1954 (R)
04-10-1954
Italy
06-03-1968 (A)
04-06-1968
Jamaica
14-08-1966 (A)
12-11-1966
Japan
01-04-1955
13-07-1955 (R)
11-10-1955
Jordan
01-07-1992 (A)
29-09-1992
Kazakhstan
28-03-2000 (A)
26-06-2000
Kyrgyzstan
10-02-1997 (A)
11-05-1997
Laos
28-01-1969 (A)
30-04-1969
Latvia
14-04-1992 (A)
13-07-1992
Lebanon
24-02-1954
05-06-1956 (R)
03-09-1956
Lesotho
04-11-1974 (A)
02-02-1975
Liberia
09-12-1953
Libya
16-05-1989 (A)
14-08-1989
Luxembourg
04-06-1969
01-11-1976 (R)
30-01-1977
Madagascar
12-02-1964 (A)
13-05-1964
Malawi
29-06-1966 (A)
27-09-1966
Mali
16-07-1974 (A)
14-10-1974
Malta
09-07-1968 (A)
07-10-1968
Mauritania
04-05-1976 (A)
02-08-1976
Mauritius
18-07-1969 (Su)
12-03-1968
Mexico
31-03-1953
23-03-1981 (R)
21-06-1981
Moldova
26-01-1993 (A)
26-04-1993
Mongolia
18-08-1965 (A)
16-11-1965
Montenegro
23-10-2006 (Su)
03-06-2006
Morocco
22-11-1976 (A)
20-02-1977
Myanmar
14-09-1954
Nepal
26-04-1966 (A)
25-07-1966
Netherlands, the Kingdom of the
08-08-1968
30-07-1971 (R)
28-10-1971
New Zealand
22-05-1968 (A)
20-08-1968
Nicaragua
17-01-1957 (A)
17-04-1957
Niger
07-12-1964 (Su)
03-08-1960
Nigeria
11-07-1980
17-11-1980 (R)
15-02-1981
North Macedonia
18-01-1994 (Su)
17-11-1991
Norway
18-09-1953
24-08-1956 (R)
22-11-1956
Pakistan
18-05-1954
07-12-1954 (R)
07-03-1955
Palestine
02-01-2015 (A)
02-04-2015
Papua New Guinea
27-01-1982 (A)
27-04-1982
Paraguay
16-11-1953
22-02-1990 (R)
23-05-1990
Peru
01-07-1975 (A)
30-09-1975
Philippines
23-09-1953
12-09-1957 (R)
11-12-1957
Poland
31-03-1953
11-08-1954 (R)
09-11-1954
Republic of Korea, the
23-06-1959 (A)
21-09-1959
Republic of the Congo
15-10-1962 (Su)
15-08-1960
Romania
27-04-1954
06-08-1954 (R)
04-11-1954
Russian Federation
31-03-1953
03-05-1954 (R)
01-08-1954
Rwanda
26-09-2003 (A)
25-12-2003
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
27-04-1999 (Su)
27-10-1979
Senegal
02-05-1963 (Su)
20-08-1960
Serbia
12-03-2001 (Su)
27-04-1992
Sierra Leone
25-07-1962 (A)
23-10-1962
Slovakia
28-05-1993 (Su)
01-01-1993
Slovenia
06-07-1992 (Su)
25-06-1991
Solomon Islands
03-09-1981 (Su)
07-07-1978
South Africa
29-01-1993
Spain
14-01-1974 (A)
14-04-1974
Sweden
06-10-1953
31-03-1954 (R)
07-07-1954
Tajikistan
07-06-1999 (A)
05-09-1999
Tanzania
19-06-1975 (A)
17-09-1975
Thailand
05-03-1954
30-11-1954 (R)
28-02-1955
Trinidad and Tobago
24-06-1966 (A)
22-09-1966
Tunisia
24-01-1968 (A)
23-04-1968
Türkiye
12-01-1954
26-01-1960 (R)
25-04-1960
Turkmenistan
11-10-1999 (A)
09-01-2000
Uganda
21-06-1995 (A)
19-09-1995
Ukraine
31-03-1953
15-11-1954 (R)
15-02-1955
United Kingdom
24-02-1967 (A)
25-05-1967
United States of America
08-04-1976 (A)
07-07-1976
Uruguay
26-05-1953
Uzbekistan
29-09-1997 (A)
28-12-1997
Venezuela
31-05-1983 (A)
29-08-1983
Yemen
09-02-1987 (A)
10-05-1987
Yugoslavia (< 25-06-1991)
31-03-1953
23-06-1954 (R)
21-09-1954
Zambia
04-02-1972 (A)
04-05-1972
Zimbabwe
05-06-1995 (A)
03-09-1995