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Termination
Albania
09-01-2007 (R)
09-04-2007
Algeria
31-01-1989 (R)
01-05-1989
Angola
04-10-2001 (R)
04-01-2002
Antigua and Barbuda
29-01-1988 (R)
31-12-1988
Argentina
31-08-1993 (R)
01-12-1993
Australia
14-08-1990 (R)
14-11-1990
Austria
27-05-1988 (R)
31-12-1988
Azerbaijan
16-07-2004 (R)
16-10-2004
Bahamas
12-10-1990 (R)
12-01-1991
Bahrain
27-04-2007 (R)
27-07-2007
Bangladesh
18-12-2002 (R)
18-03-2003
Barbados
06-05-1994 (R)
06-08-1994
Belarus
07-01-1994 (R)
07-04-1994
Belgium
27-10-1988 (R)
27-01-1989
Belize
26-05-1995 (R)
26-08-1995
Benin
11-02-2000 (R)
11-05-2000
Bolivia
04-06-1999 (R)
04-09-1999
Brazil
08-11-1995 (R)
08-02-1996
Brunei
25-04-2016 (R)
25-07-2016
Bulgaria
13-05-1993 (R)
13-08-1993
Cabo Verde
04-07-2003 (R)
04-10-2003
Cambodia
28-11-1994 (R)
28-02-1995
Cameroon
18-09-2009 (A)
18-12-2009
Canada
26-03-2010 (A)
26-06-2010
Chile
15-08-2008 (R)
15-11-2008
China
21-11-1988 (R)
21-02-1989
Colombia
27-07-1981 (R)
31-12-1988
Comoros
22-11-2000 (R)
22-02-2001
Côte d'Ivoire
05-10-1987 (R)
31-12-1988
Croatia
27-07-1992 (Su)
08-10-1991
Cuba
12-02-2002 (R)
12-05-2002
Cyprus
22-06-1989 (R)
22-09-1989
Czech Republic
19-10-1993 (Su)
01-01-1993
Czechoslovakia (<01-01-1993)
02-07-1984 (R)
31-12-1988
Democratic People's Republic of Korea
01-05-1985 (R)
31-12-1988
Denmark
27-11-1980 (R)
31-12-1988
Djibouti
12-10-2015 (R)
12-01-2016
Dominica
21-06-2000 (R)
21-09-2000
Dominican Republic
24-06-1999 (R)
24-09-1999
Ecuador
18-05-1990 (R)
18-08-1990
Egypt
07-08-1986 (R)
31-12-1988
El Salvador
24-09-2008 (R)
24-12-2008
Equatorial Guinea
24-04-1996 (R)
24-07-1996
Estonia
18-08-1992 (R)
18-11-1992
Fiji
08-03-2016 (R)
08-06-2016
Finland
20-09-1983 (R)
31-12-1988
France
25-09-1981 (R)
31-12-1988
Gabon
26-04-1983 (R)
31-12-1988
Gambia, The
01-11-1991 (R)
01-02-1992
Georgia
08-11-1994 (R)
08-02-1995
Germany
21-01-1982 (R)
31-12-1988
Ghana
01-10-2010 (R)
01-01-2011
Greece
23-09-1982 (R)
31-12-1988
Guatemala
03-11-1997 (R)
03-02-1998
Guinea
02-10-2002 (R)
02-01-2003
Guinea-Bissau
24-10-2016 (R)
24-01-2017
Guyana
10-12-1997 (R)
10-03-1998
Honduras
21-08-2001 (R)
21-11-2001
Hungary
14-01-1985 (R)
31-12-1988
Iceland
30-06-1989 (R)
30-09-1989
India
11-06-2003 (R)
11-09-2003
Indonesia
24-08-2012 (R)
24-11-2012
Iran
25-10-2002 (R)
25-01-2003
Iraq
06-02-2018 (R)
06-05-2018
Ireland
06-01-1995 (R)
06-04-1995
Israel
03-08-2011 (R)
03-11-2011
Italy
01-10-1982 (R)
31-12-1988
Jamaica
13-03-1991 (R)
13-06-1991
Japan
09-06-1983 (R)
31-12-1988
Jordan
02-06-2006 (R)
02-09-2006
Kazakhstan
07-03-1994 (R)
07-06-1994
Kenya
15-12-1992 (R)
15-03-1993
Kiribati
05-02-2007 (R)
05-05-2007
Kuwait
07-08-2007 (R)
07-11-2007
Latvia
20-05-1992 (R)
20-08-1992
Lebanon
18-07-1983 (R)
31-12-1988
Liberia
12-06-1995 (R)
12-09-1995
Libya
28-04-2005 (R)
28-07-2005
Lithuania
04-12-1991 (R)
04-03-1992
Luxembourg
14-02-1991 (R)
14-05-1991
Madagascar
30-08-2005 (R)
30-11-2005
Malawi
17-12-2001 (R)
17-03-2002
Malaysia
31-01-1997 (R)
01-05-1997
Maldives
20-05-2005 (R)
20-08-2005
Malta
13-02-2004 (R)
13-05-2004
Marshall Islands
26-04-1988 (R)
31-12-1988
Mauritania
24-11-1997 (R)
24-02-1998
Mauritius
06-04-1995 (R)
06-07-1995
Mexico
15-07-1998 (R)
15-10-1998
Moldova
11-10-2005 (R)
11-01-2006
Monaco
20-08-1992 (R)
20-11-1992
Mongolia
15-10-2003 (R)
15-01-2004
Montenegro
03-06-2006 (Su)
03-06-2006
Morocco
12-10-1993 (R)
12-01-1994
Mozambique
09-11-2005 (R)
09-02-2006
Myanmar
05-04-2016 (R)
05-07-2016
Namibia
18-12-2002 (R)
18-03-2003
Netherlands, the Kingdom of the
19-04-1988 (R)
31-12-1988
New Zealand
25-09-1998 (R)
25-12-1998
Nicaragua
01-02-2001 (R)
01-05-2001
Nigeria
24-05-2002 (R)
24-08-2002
Niue
27-06-2012 (R)
27-09-2012
Norway
15-07-1980 (R)
31-12-1988
Oman
13-03-1984 (R)
31-12-1988
Pakistan
22-11-1994 (R)
22-02-1995
Palau
29-09-2011 (R)
29-12-2011
Panama
20-02-1985 (R)
31-12-1988
Papua New Guinea
25-10-1993 (R)
25-01-1994
Peru
25-04-1980 (R)
31-12-1988
Philippines
15-06-2001 (R)
15-09-2001
Poland
01-04-1986 (R)
31-12-1988
Portugal
22-10-1987 (R)
31-12-1988
Qatar
08-03-2006 (R)
08-06-2006
Republic of Korea, the
28-02-1996 (R)
28-05-1996
Republic of the Congo
07-09-2004 (R)
07-12-2004
Romania
15-04-1993 (R)
15-07-1993
Russian Federation
14-08-1987 (R)
31-12-1988
Saint Kitts and Nevis
24-12-1997 (R)
24-03-1998
Saint Lucia
12-07-2000 (R)
12-10-2000
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
28-10-1983 (R)
31-12-1988
Samoa
07-02-2002 (R)
07-05-2002
San Marino
19-04-2021 (R)
19-07-2021
São Tomé e Principe
29-10-1998 (R)
29-01-1999
Saudi Arabia
23-05-2005 (R)
23-08-2005
Senegal
16-01-1997 (R)
16-04-1997
Serbia
12-03-2001 (Su)
27-04-1992
Seychelles
29-11-2019 (R)
29-02-2020
Sierra Leone
23-05-2002 (R)
23-08-2002
Singapore
27-05-1999 (R)
27-08-1999
Slovakia
30-01-1995 (Su)
01-01-1993
Slovenia
12-11-1992 (Su)
25-06-1991
Solomon Islands
30-06-2004 (R)
30-09-2004
South Africa
13-05-1992 (R)
13-08-1992
Spain
21-01-1991 (R)
21-04-1991
Sri Lanka
24-06-1997 (R)
24-09-1997
Sudan
21-01-2015 (R)
21-04-2015
Suriname
04-11-1988 (R)
04-02-1989
Sweden
09-06-1980 (R)
31-12-1988
Switzerland
30-04-1990 (R)
30-07-1990
Syria
08-03-2006 (R)
08-06-2006
Tanzania
23-07-2008 (R)
23-10-2008
Thailand
17-11-2023 (R)
17-02-2024
Togo
09-02-1990 (R)
09-05-1990
Tonga
01-02-1996 (R)
01-05-1996
Trinidad and Tobago
06-03-2000 (R)
06-06-2000
Tunisia
10-10-1980 (R)
31-12-1988
Türkiye
10-10-1990 (R)
10-01-1991
Turkmenistan
04-02-2009 (R)
04-05-2009
Tuvalu
22-08-1985 (R)
31-12-1988
Ukraine
25-10-1993 (R)
25-01-1994
United Arab Emirates
15-01-2007 (R)
16-04-2007
United Kingdom
27-05-1986 (R)
31-12-1988
United States of America
30-12-1987 (R)
31-12-1988
Uruguay
30-04-1979 (R)
31-12-1988
Vanuatu
22-04-1991 (R)
22-07-1991
Venezuela
29-07-1994 (R)
29-10-1994
Vietnam
19-12-2014 (R)
19-03-2015
Yugoslavia (< 25-06-1991)
31-10-1980 (R)
31-12-1988