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Termination
Albania
09-01-2007 (A)
09-04-2007
Algeria
31-01-1989 (A)
01-05-1989
Angola
04-10-2001 (A)
04-01-2002
Antigua and Barbuda
29-01-1988 (A)
29-04-1988
Argentina
31-08-1993 (A)
01-12-1993
Australia
14-10-1987 (R)
14-01-1988
Austria
27-05-1988 (A)
27-08-1988
Azerbaijan
16-07-2004 (A)
16-10-2004
Bahamas
07-06-1983 (A)
02-10-1983
Bahrain
27-04-2007 (A)
27-07-2007
Bangladesh
18-12-2002 (A)
18-03-2003
Barbados
06-05-1994 (A)
06-08-1994
Belarus
07-01-1994 (A)
07-04-1994
Belgium
06-03-1984 (A)
06-06-1984
Belize
26-05-1995 (A)
26-08-1995
Benin
11-02-2000 (A)
11-05-2000
Bolivia
04-06-1999 (A)
04-09-1999
Brazil
29-01-1988 (R)
29-04-1988
Brunei
23-10-1986 (A)
23-01-1987
Bulgaria
12-12-1984 (A)
12-03-1985
Cabo Verde
04-07-2003 (A)
04-10-2003
Cambodia
28-11-1994 (A)
28-02-1995
Cameroon
18-09-2009 (A)
18-12-2009
Canada
16-11-1992 (A)
16-02-1993
Chile
10-10-1994 (A)
10-01-1995
China
01-07-1983 (A)
02-10-1983
Colombia
27-07-1981 (A)
02-10-1983
Comoros
22-11-2000 (A)
22-02-2001
Cook Islands
12-03-2007 (A)
12-06-2007
Costa Rica
27-11-2025 (A)
27-02-2026
Côte d'Ivoire
05-10-1987 (A)
05-01-1988
Croatia
27-07-1992 (Su)
08-10-1991
Cuba
21-12-1992 (A)
21-03-1993
Cyprus
22-06-1989 (A)
22-09-1989
Czech Republic
19-10-1993 (Su)
01-01-1993
Czechoslovakia (<01-01-1993)
02-07-1984 (A)
02-10-1984
Democratic People's Republic of Korea
01-05-1985 (A)
01-08-1985
Denmark
27-11-1980 (A)
02-10-1983
Djibouti
01-03-1990 (A)
01-06-1990
Dominica
21-06-2000 (A)
21-09-2000
Dominican Republic
24-06-1999 (A)
24-09-1999
Ecuador
18-05-1990 (A)
18-08-1990
Egypt
07-08-1986 (A)
07-11-1986
El Salvador
24-09-2008 (A)
24-12-2008
Equatorial Guinea
24-04-1996 (A)
24-07-1996
Estonia
16-12-1991 (A)
16-03-1992
Fiji
08-03-2016 (A)
08-06-2016
Finland
20-09-1983 (A)
02-10-1983
France
25-09-1981 (R)
02-10-1983
Gabon
26-04-1983 (A)
02-10-1983
Gambia, The
01-11-1991 (A)
01-02-1992
Georgia
08-11-1994 (A)
08-02-1995
Germany
16-11-1978
21-01-1982 (R)
02-10-1983
Ghana
03-06-1991 (A)
03-09-1991
Greece
23-09-1982 (A)
02-10-1983
Grenada
26-07-2018 (A)
26-10-2018
Guatemala
03-11-1997 (A)
03-02-1998
Guinea
02-10-2002 (A)
02-01-2003
Guinea-Bissau
24-10-2016 (A)
24-01-2017
Guyana
10-12-1997 (A)
10-03-1998
Honduras
21-08-2001 (A)
21-11-2001
Hungary
14-01-1985 (A)
14-04-1985
Iceland
25-06-1985 (A)
25-09-1985
India
24-09-1986 (A)
24-12-1986
Indonesia
21-10-1986 (A)
21-01-1987
Iran
25-10-2002 (A)
25-01-2003
Iraq
06-02-2018 (A)
06-05-2018
Ireland
06-01-1995 (A)
06-04-1995
Israel
31-08-1983 (A)
02-10-1983
Italy
01-10-1982 (A)
02-10-1983
Jamaica
13-03-1991 (A)
13-06-1991
Japan
09-06-1983 (A)
02-10-1983
Jordan
02-06-2006 (A)
02-09-2006
Kazakhstan
07-03-1994 (A)
07-06-1994
Kenya
15-12-1992 (A)
15-03-1993
Kiribati
05-02-2007 (A)
05-05-2007
Kuwait
07-08-2007 (A)
07-11-2007
Latvia
20-05-1992 (A)
20-08-1992
Lebanon
18-07-1983 (A)
02-10-1983
Liberia
24-10-1978
28-10-1980 (R)
02-10-1983
Libya
28-04-2005 (A)
28-07-2005
Lithuania
04-12-1991 (A)
04-03-1992
Luxembourg
14-02-1991 (A)
14-05-1991
Madagascar
30-08-2005 (A)
30-11-2005
Malawi
17-12-2001 (A)
17-03-2002
Malaysia
31-01-1997 (A)
01-05-1997
Maldives
20-05-2005 (A)
20-08-2005
Malta
21-06-1991 (A)
21-09-1991
Marshall Islands
26-04-1988 (A)
26-07-1988
Mauritania
24-11-1997 (A)
24-02-1998
Mauritius
06-04-1995 (A)
06-07-1995
Mexico
01-06-1978
23-04-1992 (R)
23-07-1992
Moldova
11-10-2005 (A)
11-01-2006
Monaco
20-08-1992 (A)
20-11-1992
Mongolia
15-10-2003 (A)
15-01-2004
Montenegro
23-10-2006 (Su)
03-06-2006
Morocco
12-10-1993 (A)
12-01-1994
Mozambique
09-11-2005 (A)
09-02-2006
Myanmar
04-05-1988 (A)
04-08-1988
Namibia
18-12-2002 (A)
18-03-2003
Netherlands, the Kingdom of the
17-11-1978
30-06-1983 (R)
02-10-1983
New Zealand
25-09-1998 (A)
25-12-1998
Nicaragua
01-02-2001 (A)
01-05-2001
Nigeria
24-05-2002 (A)
24-08-2002
Niue
27-06-2012 (A)
27-09-2012
Norway
15-07-1980 (A)
02-10-1983
Oman
13-03-1984 (A)
13-06-1984
Pakistan
22-11-1994 (A)
22-02-1995
Palau
29-09-2011 (A)
29-12-2011
Panama
20-02-1985 (A)
20-05-1985
Papua New Guinea
25-10-1993 (A)
25-01-1994
Peru
25-04-1980 (A)
02-10-1983
Philippines
15-06-2001 (A)
15-09-2001
Poland
16-10-1978
01-04-1986 (R)
01-07-1986
Portugal
22-10-1987 (A)
22-01-1988
Qatar
08-03-2006 (A)
08-06-2006
Republic of Korea, the
23-07-1984 (A)
23-10-1984
Republic of the Congo
07-09-2004 (A)
07-12-2004
Romania
15-04-1993 (A)
15-07-1993
Russian Federation
03-11-1983 (A)
03-02-1984
Saint Kitts and Nevis
24-12-1997 (A)
24-03-1998
Saint Lucia
12-07-2000 (A)
12-10-2000
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
28-10-1983 (A)
28-01-1984
Samoa
07-02-2002 (A)
07-05-2002
San Marino
19-04-2021 (A)
19-07-2021
São Tomé e Principe
29-10-1998 (A)
29-01-1999
Saudi Arabia
23-05-2005 (A)
23-08-2005
Senegal
16-01-1997 (A)
16-04-1997
Serbia
12-03-2001 (Su)
27-04-1992
Seychelles
28-11-1990 (A)
28-02-1991
Sierra Leone
26-07-2001 (A)
26-10-2001
Singapore
01-11-1990 (A)
01-02-1991
Slovakia
30-01-1995 (Su)
01-01-1993
Slovenia
12-11-1992 (Su)
25-06-1991
Solomon Islands
30-06-2004 (A)
30-09-2004
Somalia
16-03-2020 (A)
16-06-2020
South Africa
28-11-1984 (A)
28-02-1985
Spain
16-05-1979
06-07-1984 (R)
06-10-1984
Sri Lanka
24-06-1997 (A)
24-09-1997
Sudan
21-01-2015 (A)
21-04-2015
Suriname
04-11-1988 (A)
04-02-1989
Sweden
01-03-1979
09-06-1980 (R)
02-10-1983
Switzerland
15-12-1987 (A)
15-03-1988
Syria
09-11-1988 (A)
09-02-1989
Tanzania
23-07-2008 (A)
23-10-2008
Thailand
02-11-2007 (A)
02-02-2008
Timor-Leste
12-10-2022 (A)
12-01-2023
Togo
09-02-1990 (A)
09-05-1990
Tonga
01-02-1996 (A)
01-05-1996
Trinidad and Tobago
06-03-2000 (A)
06-06-2000
Tunisia
10-10-1980 (A)
02-10-1983
Türkiye
10-10-1990 (A)
10-01-1991
Turkmenistan
04-02-2009 (A)
04-05-2009
Tuvalu
22-08-1985 (A)
22-11-1985
Uganda
03-04-2019 (A)
03-07-2019
Ukraine
25-10-1993 (A)
25-01-1994
United Arab Emirates
15-01-2007 (A)
15-04-2007
United Kingdom
24-08-1978
22-05-1980 (R)
02-10-1983
United States of America
27-06-1978
12-08-1980 (R)
02-10-1983
Uruguay
30-04-1979 (S)
02-10-1983
Vanuatu
13-04-1989 (A)
13-07-1989
Venezuela
29-07-1994 (A)
29-10-1994
Vietnam
29-05-1991 (A)
29-08-1991
Yugoslavia (< 25-06-1991)
31-10-1980 (A)
02-10-1983