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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
Albania 07-06-2004 (A) 07-09-2004
Algeria 03-11-1983 (A) 03-02-1984
Angola 03-10-1991 (A) 03-01-1992
Antigua and Barbuda 09-02-1987 (A) 09-05-1987
Argentina 24-02-1982 (A) 24-05-1982
Australia 17-08-1983 (A) 17-11-1983
Austria 27-05-1988 (A) 27-08-1988
Bahamas 16-02-1979 (A) 01-05-1981
Barbados 29-05-1984 (A) 29-08-1984
Belgium 08-09-1978 24-09-1979 (R) 01-05-1981
Belize 02-04-1991 (A) 02-07-1991
Benin 11-02-2000 (A) 11-05-2000
Bolivia 04-06-1999 (A) 04-09-1999
Brazil 20-11-1985 (A) 20-02-1986
Brunei 23-10-1986 (A) 23-01-1987
Bulgaria 02-11-1983 (A) 02-02-1984
Cambodia 28-11-1994 (A) 28-02-1995
Chile 15-07-1992 (A) 15-10-1992
China 17-12-1982 (A) 17-03-1983
Colombia 31-10-1980 (A) 01-05-1981
Comoros 22-11-2000 (A) 22-02-2001
Costa Rica 06-06-2011 (A) 06-09-2011
Côte d'Ivoire 05-10-1987 (A) 05-01-1988
Croatia 27-07-1992 (Su) 08-10-1991
Cuba 19-06-1992 (A) 19-09-1992
Cyprus 11-10-1985 (A) 11-01-1986
Czech Republic 19-10-1993 (Su) 01-01-1993
Czechoslovakia (<01-01-1993) 02-06-1983 (A) 02-09-1983
Democratic People's Republic of Korea 01-05-1985 (A) 01-08-1985
Denmark 27-11-1980 (A) 01-05-1981
Dominica 21-06-2000 (A) 21-09-2000
Ecuador 21-05-2008 (A) 21-08-2008
Egypt 07-08-1986 (A) 07-11-1986
Equatorial Guinea 24-04-1996 (A) 24-07-1996
Estonia 16-12-1991 (A) 16-03-1992
Ethiopia 03-01-1986 (A) 03-04-1986
Fiji 28-07-2004 (A) 28-10-2004
Finland 30-04-1981 (A) 01-05-1981
France 26-01-1979 21-12-1979 (R) 01-05-1981
Germany 16-11-1978 06-06-1980 (R) 01-05-1981
Ghana 19-05-1983 (A) 19-08-1983
Greece 17-07-1981 (A) 17-10-1981
Grenada 28-06-2004 (A) 28-09-2004
Guinea 02-10-2002 (A) 02-01-2003
Guinea-Bissau 12-05-2022 (A) 12-08-2022
Guyana 10-12-1997 (A) 10-03-1998
Honduras 24-09-1985 (A) 24-12-1985
Hungary 03-02-1982 (A) 03-05-1982
Iceland 06-07-1983 (A) 06-10-1983
India 03-04-1986 (A) 03-07-1986
Indonesia 23-08-1988 (A) 23-11-1988
Iran 31-08-2000 (A) 30-11-2000
Ireland 29-11-1983 (A) 29-02-1984
Israel 21-08-1981 (A) 21-11-1981
Italy 01-10-1982 (A) 01-01-1983
Jamaica 17-08-2005 (A) 17-11-2005
Japan 15-05-1980 (A) 01-05-1981
Kazakhstan 07-03-1994 (A) 07-06-1994
Kenya 07-07-2015 (A) 07-10-2015
Kiribati 05-02-2007 (A) 05-05-2007
Kuwait 29-06-1979 (A) 01-05-1981
Latvia 05-08-2005 (A) 05-11-2005
Lebanon 29-11-1983 (A) 29-02-1984
Liberia 24-10-1978 28-10-1980 (R) 01-05-1981
Libya 02-07-1981 (A) 02-10-1981
Lithuania 04-12-1991 (A) 04-03-1992
Luxembourg 14-02-1991 (A) 14-05-1991
Malaysia 19-10-1983 (A) 19-01-1984
Malta 08-08-1986 (A) 08-11-1986
Marshall Islands 26-04-1988 (A) 26-07-1988
Mauritania 24-11-1997 (A) 24-02-1998
Mexico 01-06-1978 30-06-1983 (R) 30-09-1983
Montenegro 03-06-2006 (Su) 03-06-2006
Morocco 30-01-2001 (A) 30-04-2001
Myanmar 11-11-1987 (A) 11-02-1988
Namibia 27-11-2000 (A) 27-02-2001
Netherlands, the Kingdom of the 17-11-1978 08-07-1980 (R) 01-05-1981
New Zealand 23-02-1990 (A) 23-05-1990
Nigeria 13-11-1984 (A) 13-02-1985
Norway 25-03-1981 (A) 01-05-1981
Oman 25-04-1985 (A) 25-07-1985
Pakistan 10-04-1985 (A) 10-07-1985
Palau 29-09-2011 (A) 29-12-2011
Panama 14-07-1982 (A) 14-10-1982
Peru 16-07-1982 (A) 16-10-1982
Philippines 24-04-2018 (A) 24-07-2018
Poland 16-10-1978 15-03-1984 (R) 15-06-1984
Portugal 07-11-1983 (A) 07-02-1984
Republic of Korea, the 02-12-1982 (A) 02-03-1983
Republic of the Congo 19-05-2014 (A) 19-08-2014
Romania 14-01-2008 (A) 14-04-2008
Russian Federation 12-05-1981 (A) 12-08-1981
Saint Kitts and Nevis 11-06-2004 (A) 11-09-2004
Saint Lucia 20-05-2004 (A) 20-08-2004
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 13-07-1987 (A) 13-10-1987
Samoa 14-03-1997 (A) 14-06-1997
San Marino 19-04-2021 (A) 19-07-2021
São Tomé e Principe 29-10-1998 (A) 29-01-1999
Saudi Arabia 02-03-1990 (A) 02-06-1990
Senegal 16-01-1997 (A) 16-04-1997
Serbia 12-03-2001 (Su) 27-04-1992
Seychelles 10-05-1988 (A) 10-08-1988
Sierra Leone 10-03-2008 (A) 10-06-2008
Singapore 01-06-1984 (A) 01-09-1984
Slovakia 30-01-1995 (Su) 01-01-1993
Slovenia 12-11-1992 (Su) 25-06-1991
Solomon Islands 18-10-2023 (A) 18-01-2024
South Africa 11-01-1982 (A) 11-04-1982
Spain 30-04-1980 (A) 01-05-1981
Sweden 01-03-1979 21-12-1979 (R) 01-05-1981
Switzerland 01-04-1982 (A) 01-07-1982
Syria 20-07-2001 (A) 20-10-2001
Togo 19-07-1989 (A) 19-10-1989
Tonga 18-09-2003 (A) 18-12-2003
Trinidad and Tobago 07-06-2012 (A) 07-09-2012
Tunisia 06-08-1980 (A) 01-05-1981
Türkiye 03-09-2013 (A) 03-12-2013
Tuvalu 30-06-2004 (A) 30-09-2004
Ukraine 16-07-1992 (A) 16-10-1992
United Arab Emirates 15-12-1983 (A) 15-03-1984
United Kingdom 24-08-1978 05-11-1979 (R) 01-05-1981
United States of America 27-06-1978 12-08-1980 (R) 01-05-1981
Uruguay 30-04-1979 (A) 01-05-1981
Vanuatu 28-07-1982 (A) 28-10-1982
Vietnam 12-10-1992 (A) 12-01-1993
Yugoslavia (< 25-06-1991) 03-07-1978 31-10-1980 (R) 01-05-1981