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Entry into force
Renunciation
Termination
Afghanistan
09-08-2017 (R)
09-02-2018
Albania
28-08-2002 (R)
28-02-2003
Argentina
21-10-1998 (R)
21-04-1999
Australia
22-08-1997 (R)
03-12-1998
Austria
27-07-1998 (R)
27-01-1999
Bangladesh
06-09-2000 (R)
06-03-2001
Belarus
02-03-2004 (R)
02-09-2004
Belgium
10-03-1999 (R)
10-09-1999
Benin
27-09-2019 (R)
27-03-2020
Bolivia
21-09-2001 (R)
21-03-2002
Bosnia and Herzegovina
07-09-2000 (R)
07-03-2001
Brazil
04-10-1999 (R)
04-04-2000
Bulgaria
03-12-1998 (R)
03-06-1999
Burkina Faso
26-11-2003 (R)
26-05-2004
Burundi
13-07-2012 (R)
13-01-2013
Cabo Verde
16-09-1997 (R)
03-12-1998
Cambodia
25-03-1997 (R)
03-12-1998
Cameroon
07-12-2006 (R)
07-06-2007
Canada
05-01-1998 (R)
03-12-1998
Chile
15-10-2003 (R)
15-04-2004
China
04-11-1998 (R)
04-05-1999
Colombia
06-03-2000 (R)
06-09-2000
Costa Rica
17-12-1998 (R)
17-06-1999
Croatia
25-04-2002 (R)
25-10-2002
Cyprus
22-07-2003 (R)
22-01-2004
Czech Republic
10-08-1998 (R)
10-02-1999
Denmark
30-04-1997 (R)
03-12-1998
Dominican Republic
21-06-2010 (R)
21-12-2010
Ecuador
14-08-2000 (R)
14-02-2001
El Salvador
26-01-2000 (R)
26-07-2000
Estonia
20-04-2000 (R)
20-10-2000
Finland
03-04-1998 (R)
03-12-1998
France
23-07-1998 (R)
23-01-1999
Gabon
22-09-2010 (R)
22-03-2011
Georgia
08-06-2009 (R)
08-12-2009
Germany
02-05-1997 (R)
03-12-1998
Greece
20-01-1999 (R)
20-07-1999
Grenada
10-12-2014 (R)
10-06-2015
Guatemala
29-10-2001 (R)
29-04-2002
Guinea-Bissau
06-08-2008 (R)
06-02-2009
Holy See
22-07-1997 (R)
22-01-1998
Honduras
30-10-2003 (R)
30-04-2004
Hungary
30-01-1998 (R)
03-12-1998
Iceland
22-08-2008 (R)
22-02-2009
India
02-09-1999 (R)
02-03-2000
Ireland
27-03-1997 (R)
03-12-1998
Israel
30-10-2000 (R)
30-04-2001
Italy
13-01-1999 (R)
13-07-1999
Jamaica
25-09-2008 (R)
25-03-2009
Japan
10-06-1997 (R)
03-12-1998
Jordan
06-09-2000 (R)
06-03-2001
Kuwait
24-05-2013 (R)
24-11-2013
Latvia
22-08-2002 (R)
22-02-2003
Lebanon
05-04-2017 (R)
05-10-2017
Liberia
16-09-2005 (R)
16-03-2006
Liechtenstein
19-11-1997 (R)
03-12-1998
Lithuania
03-06-1998 (R)
03-12-1998
Luxembourg
05-08-1999 (R)
05-02-2000
Madagascar
14-03-2008 (R)
14-09-2008
Maldives
07-09-2000 (R)
07-03-2001
Mali
24-10-2001 (R)
24-04-2002
Malta
24-09-2004 (R)
24-03-2005
Mauritius
02-11-2018 (R)
02-05-2019
Moldova
16-07-2001 (R)
16-01-2002
Monaco
12-08-1997 (R)
03-12-1998
Montenegro
30-12-2011 (R)
30-06-2012
Morocco
19-03-2002 (R)
19-09-2002
Nauru
12-11-2001 (R)
12-05-2002
Netherlands, the Kingdom of the
25-03-1999 (R)
25-09-1999
New Zealand
08-01-1998 (R)
03-12-1998
Nicaragua
05-12-2000 (R)
05-06-2001
Niger
18-09-2007 (R)
18-03-2008
North Macedonia
31-05-2005 (R)
30-11-2005
Norway
20-04-1998 (R)
03-12-1998
Pakistan
09-03-1999 (R)
09-09-1999
Panama
03-11-1999 (R)
03-05-2000
Paraguay
22-09-2004 (R)
22-03-2005
Peru
03-07-1997 (R)
03-12-1998
Philippines
12-06-1997 (R)
03-12-1998
Poland
14-10-2003 (R)
14-04-2004
Portugal
31-03-1999 (R)
30-09-1999
Republic of Korea, the
09-05-2001 (R)
09-11-2001
Romania
25-08-2003 (R)
25-02-2004
Russian Federation
02-03-2005 (R)
02-09-2005
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
06-12-2010 (R)
06-06-2011
Senegal
29-11-1999 (R)
29-05-2000
Serbia
14-02-2011 (R)
14-08-2011
Seychelles
08-06-2000 (R)
08-12-2000
Sierra Leone
30-09-2004 (R)
30-03-2005
Slovakia
30-11-1999 (R)
30-05-2000
Slovenia
03-12-2002 (R)
03-06-2003
South Africa
26-06-1998 (R)
26-12-1998
Spain
27-01-1998 (R)
03-12-1998
Sri Lanka
24-09-2004 (R)
24-03-2005
Sweden
16-07-1997 (R)
03-12-1998
Switzerland
24-03-1998 (R)
03-12-1998
Tajikistan
12-10-1999 (R)
12-04-2000
Trinidad and Tobago
29-07-2024 (R)
29-01-2025
Tunisia
23-03-2006 (R)
23-09-2006
Türkiye
02-03-2005 (R)
02-09-2005
Turkmenistan
19-03-2004 (R)
19-09-2004
Ukraine
15-12-1999 (R)
15-06-2000
United Kingdom
11-02-1999 (R)
11-08-1999
United States of America
24-05-1999 (R)
24-11-1999
Uruguay
18-08-1998 (R)
18-02-1999
Venezuela
19-04-2005 (R)
19-10-2005
Zambia
25-09-2013 (R)
25-03-2014