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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