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Signature
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Approval or Notification A=Accession Su=Succession NK=Not Known
Entry into force
Renunciation
Termination
Afghanistan
08-10-1951
19-03-1958 (R)
19-03-1958
Armenia
23-08-2010 (R)
23-08-2010
Australia
05-03-1992 (A)
05-03-1992
Austria
12-06-1958 (A)
12-06-1958
Barbados
13-04-1973 (Su)
30-11-1966
Belgium
22-11-1950
31-10-1957 (R)
31-10-1957
Benin
18-05-2017 (A)
18-05-2017
Bolivia
22-11-1950
29-09-1970 (R)
29-09-1970
Bosnia and Herzegovina
01-09-1993 (Su)
06-03-1992
Bulgaria
14-03-1997 (A)
14-03-1997
Burkina Faso
14-09-1965 (A)
14-09-1965
Cambodia
05-11-1951 (A)
21-05-1952
Cameroon
15-05-1964 (A)
15-05-1964
China
22-11-1950
Colombia
22-11-1950
Côte d'Ivoire
19-07-1963 (A)
19-07-1963
Croatia
26-07-1993 (Su)
08-10-1991
Cuba
27-08-1952 (A)
27-08-1952
Cyprus
16-05-1963 (Su)
16-08-1960
Czech Republic
22-08-1997 (A)
22-08-1997
Democratic Republic of the Congo
03-05-1962 (Su)
30-06-1960
Denmark
04-04-1960 (A)
04-04-1960
Dominican Republic
22-11-1950
Ecuador
22-11-1950
Egypt
22-11-1950
08-02-1952 (R)
21-05-1952
El Salvador
04-12-1950
24-06-1953 (R)
24-06-1953
Estonia
01-08-2001 (R)
01-08-2001
Fiji
31-10-1972 (Su)
10-10-1970
Finland
30-04-1956 (A)
30-04-1956
France
14-05-1951
14-10-1957 (R)
14-10-1957
Gabon
04-09-1962 (A)
04-09-1962
Germany
09-08-1957 (A)
09-08-1957
Ghana
07-04-1958 (Su)
06-03-1957
Greece
22-11-1950
12-12-1955 (R)
12-12-1955
Guatemala
22-11-1950
08-07-1960 (R)
08-07-1960
Guinea-Bissau
24-09-2013
Haïti
22-11-1950
14-05-1954 (R)
14-05-1954
Holy See
22-08-1979 (A)
22-08-1979
Honduras
13-04-1954
Hungary
15-03-1979 (A)
15-03-1979
Iran
09-02-1951
07-01-1966 (R)
07-01-1966
Iraq
11-08-1972 (A)
11-08-1972
Ireland
19-09-1978 (A)
19-09-1978
Israel
22-11-1950
27-03-1952 (R)
21-05-1952
Italy
26-11-1962 (A)
26-11-1962
Japan
17-06-1970 (A)
17-06-1970
Jordan
31-12-1958 (A)
31-12-1958
Kazakhstan
21-12-1998 (A)
21-12-1998
Kenya
14-03-1967 (A)
14-03-1967
Kyrgyzstan
19-07-2005 (R)
19-07-2005
Laos
28-02-1952 (A)
21-05-1952
Latvia
20-11-2001 (R)
20-11-2001
Liberia
16-09-2005 (R)
16-09-2005
Libya
22-01-1973 (A)
22-01-1973
Liechtenstein
29-04-1953 (A)
29-04-1953
Lithuania
21-08-1998 (A)
21-08-1998
Luxembourg
22-11-1950
31-10-1957 (R)
31-10-1957
Madagascar
23-05-1962 (A)
23-05-1962
Malawi
17-08-1965 (A)
17-08-1965
Malaysia
29-06-1959 (Su)
31-08-1957
Mali
16-07-2014 (R)
16-07-2014
Malta
19-01-1968 (Su)
21-09-1964
Mauritius
18-07-1969 (Su)
12-03-1968
Moldova
03-09-1998 (A)
03-09-1998
Monaco
18-03-1952 (A)
21-05-1952
Montenegro
23-10-2006 (Su)
03-06-2006
Morocco
25-07-1968 (A)
25-07-1968
Netherlands, the Kingdom of the
22-11-1950
31-10-1957 (R)
31-10-1957
New Zealand
16-03-1951
29-06-1962 (R)
29-06-1962
Nicaragua
17-12-1963 (A)
17-12-1963
Niger
22-04-1968 (A)
22-04-1968
Nigeria
26-06-1961 (Su)
01-10-1960
North Macedonia
02-09-1997 (Su)
17-11-1991
Norway
02-04-1959 (A)
02-04-1959
Oman
19-12-1977 (A)
19-12-1977
Pakistan
19-05-1951
17-01-1952 (R)
21-05-1952
Peru
08-07-1964
Philippines
22-11-1950
30-08-1952 (R)
30-08-1952
Poland
24-12-1971 (A)
24-12-1971
Portugal
11-06-1984 (A)
11-06-1984
Republic of the Congo
26-08-1968 (A)
26-08-1968
Romania
24-11-1970 (A)
24-11-1970
Russian Federation
07-10-1994 (A)
07-10-1994
Rwanda
01-12-1964 (Su)
01-07-1962
San Marino
30-07-1985 (A)
30-07-1985
Serbia
12-03-2001 (Su)
27-04-1992
Sierra Leone
13-03-1962 (Su)
27-04-1961
Singapore
11-07-1969 (A)
11-07-1969
Slovakia
09-06-1997 (A)
09-06-1997
Slovenia
06-07-1992 (Su)
25-06-1991
Solomon Islands
03-09-1981 (Su)
07-07-1978
Spain
07-07-1955 (A)
07-07-1955
Sri Lanka
08-01-1952 (A)
21-05-1952
Sweden
20-11-1951
21-05-1952 (R)
21-05-1952
Switzerland
22-11-1950
07-04-1953 (R)
07-04-1953
Syria
07-08-1979
16-09-1980 (R)
16-09-1980
Tanzania
26-03-1963 (A)
26-03-1963
Thailand
22-11-1950
28-06-1951 (R)
21-05-1952
Togo
16-11-2009 (R)
16-11-2009
Tonga
11-11-1977 (Su)
04-06-1970
Trinidad and Tobago
11-04-1966 (Su)
31-08-1962
Tunisia
14-05-1971 (A)
14-05-1971
Uganda
15-04-1965 (A)
15-04-1965
United Kingdom
22-11-1950
11-03-1954 (R)
11-03-1954
United States of America
24-06-1959
02-11-1966 (R)
02-11-1966
Uruguay
27-04-1964
20-04-1999 (R)
20-04-1999
Venezuela
01-05-1992 (A)
01-05-1992
Vietnam
01-06-1952 (A)
01-06-1952
Yugoslavia (< 25-06-1991)
26-04-1951 (A)
21-05-1952
Zambia
04-11-1974 (Su)
24-10-1964
Zimbabwe
01-12-1998 (Su)
18-04-1980