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Afghanistan
17-06-2004 (A)
15-09-2004
Albania
25-05-2006 (A)
23-08-2006
Algeria
31-05-2000 (R)
29-08-2000
Andorra
26-01-2009 (A)
26-04-2009
Angola
23-06-2011 (A)
21-09-2011
Antigua and Barbuda
19-07-1993 (A)
14-06-1994
Argentina
20-04-1995 (A)
19-07-1995
Armenia
26-11-2003 (A)
24-02-2004
Australia
30-06-1994 (R)
28-09-1994
Austria
19-09-1996 (R)
18-12-1996
Azerbaijan
12-06-1996 (A)
10-09-1996
Bahamas
04-05-1993 (A)
14-06-1994
Bahrain
13-03-2001 (R)
11-06-2001
Bangladesh
27-11-2000 (R)
25-02-2001
Barbados
20-07-1994 (R)
18-10-1994
Belarus
13-03-2007 (R)
11-06-2007
Belgium
07-08-1997 (R)
05-11-1997
Belize
09-01-1998 (A)
09-04-1998
Benin
21-06-2000 (R)
19-09-2000
Bhutan
23-08-2004 (A)
21-11-2004
Bolivia
03-10-1994 (A)
01-01-1995
Bosnia and Herzegovina
11-08-2003 (A)
09-11-2003
Botswana
13-05-1997 (A)
11-08-1997
Brazil
25-06-1997 (R)
23-09-1997
Brunei
03-03-2009 (A)
01-06-2009
Bulgaria
28-04-1999 (R)
27-07-1999
Burkina Faso
12-12-1995 (R)
11-03-1996
Burundi
18-10-2001 (R)
16-01-2002
Cabo Verde
31-07-2001 (A)
29-10-2001
Cambodia
31-01-2007 (A)
01-05-2007
Cameroon
25-06-1996 (R)
23-09-1996
Canada
16-03-1994 (R)
14-06-1994
Central African Republic
29-05-2008 (R)
27-08-2008
Chad
30-05-2001 (R)
28-08-2001
Chile
14-01-1994 (R)
14-06-1994
China
22-04-2003 (A)
21-07-2003
Colombia
05-08-1997 (R)
03-11-1997
Comoros
02-12-2002 (A)
02-03-2003
Cook Islands
22-12-2003 (A)
21-03-2004
Costa Rica
11-11-1998 (R)
09-02-1999
Côte d'Ivoire
08-10-2003 (R)
06-01-2004
Croatia
11-02-1997 (R)
12-05-1997
Cuba
19-10-1998 (R)
17-01-1999
Cyprus
02-06-2003 (R)
31-08-2003
Czech Republic
18-12-1996 (A)
18-03-1997
Democratic People's Republic of Korea
17-06-1999 (A)
15-09-1999
Democratic Republic of the Congo
30-11-1994 (A)
28-02-1995
Denmark
21-12-1993 (R)
14-06-1994
Djibouti
30-07-1999 (A)
28-10-1999
Dominica
07-03-2006 (A)
05-06-2006
Dominican Republic
24-12-2001 (A)
24-03-2002
Ecuador
24-11-1993 (R)
14-06-1994
Egypt
28-06-1994 (R)
26-09-1994
El Salvador
08-12-2000 (A)
08-03-2001
Equatorial Guinea
11-07-2007 (A)
09-10-2007
Eritrea
05-07-2005 (A)
03-10-2005
Estonia
12-04-1999 (R)
11-07-1999
Eswatini
16-12-2005 (A)
16-03-2006
Ethiopia
25-11-2009 (R)
23-02-2010
EU (European Union)
20-11-1995 (R)
18-02-1996
Federated States of Micronesia
27-11-2001 (A)
25-02-2002
Fiji
17-05-2000 (A)
15-08-2000
Finland
16-11-1993 (R)
14-06-1994
France
03-01-1996 (R)
02-04-1996
Gabon
04-12-2000 (A)
04-03-2001
Gambia, The
30-04-2008 (R)
29-07-2008
Georgia
12-07-2000 (A)
10-10-2000
Germany
28-12-1993 (R)
14-06-1994
Ghana
09-04-2001 (R)
08-07-2001
Greece
30-01-1995 (R)
30-04-1995
Grenada
20-05-1999 (A)
18-08-1999
Guatemala
21-01-2002 (A)
21-04-2002
Guinea
28-02-2012 (A)
28-05-2012
Guinea-Bissau
12-11-2002 (A)
10-02-2003
Guyana
23-07-1999 (R)
21-10-1999
Haïti
29-03-2000 (A)
27-06-2000
Holy See
05-05-2008 (A)
03-08-2008
Honduras
24-01-2002 (R)
24-04-2002
Hungary
17-05-1994 (A)
15-08-1994
Iceland
15-03-1994 (R)
14-06-1994
India
03-03-2003 (A)
01-06-2003
Indonesia
10-12-1998 (A)
10-03-1999
Iran
04-08-1997 (R)
02-11-1997
Iraq
25-06-2008 (A)
23-09-2008
Ireland
16-04-1996 (R)
15-07-1996
Israel
05-04-1995 (R)
04-07-1995
Italy
04-01-1995 (R)
04-04-1995
Jamaica
06-11-1997 (R)
04-02-1998
Japan
20-12-1994 (R)
20-03-1995
Jordan
30-06-1995 (R)
28-09-1995
Kazakhstan
28-06-2011 (A)
26-09-2011
Kenya
27-09-1994 (R)
26-12-1994
Kiribati
09-08-2004 (A)
07-11-2004
Kuwait
22-07-1994 (A)
20-10-1994
Kyrgyzstan
13-05-2003 (R)
11-08-2003
Laos
28-06-2006 (A)
26-09-2006
Latvia
02-11-1998 (R)
31-01-1999
Lebanon
31-07-2000 (A)
29-10-2000
Lesotho
15-04-2010 (A)
14-07-2010
Liberia
15-01-1996 (A)
14-04-1996
Libya
24-09-2004 (A)
23-12-2004
Liechtenstein
22-11-1996 (A)
20-02-1997
Lithuania
03-02-1998 (R)
04-05-1998
Luxembourg
09-05-1994 (R)
07-08-1994
Madagascar
16-01-2002 (A)
16-04-2002
Malawi
28-02-1994 (R)
14-06-1994
Malaysia
05-08-1993 (A)
14-06-1994
Maldives
27-09-2001 (R)
26-12-2001
Mali
07-03-2003 (R)
05-06-2003
Malta
22-12-2003 (R)
21-03-2004
Marshall Islands
24-05-1993 (A)
14-06-1994
Mauritania
22-07-2005 (R)
20-10-2005
Mauritius
30-11-1993 (R)
14-06-1994
Mexico
16-09-1994 (R)
15-12-1994
Moldova
25-06-2001 (A)
23-09-2001
Monaco
15-06-1999 (R)
13-09-1999
Mongolia
07-03-1996 (A)
05-06-1996
Montenegro
23-10-2006 (Su)
03-06-2006
Morocco
28-12-1995 (A)
27-03-1996
Mozambique
09-09-1994 (A)
08-12-1994
Myanmar
22-05-2009 (A)
20-08-2009
Namibia
28-07-2003 (R)
26-10-2003
Nauru
10-09-2004 (A)
09-12-2004
Nepal
18-05-2012 (A)
16-08-2012
Netherlands, the Kingdom of the
25-04-1994 (R)
24-07-1994
New Zealand
04-06-1993 (R)
14-06-1994
Nicaragua
13-12-1999 (R)
12-03-2000
Niger
08-10-1999 (R)
07-01-2000
Nigeria
27-09-2001 (R)
26-12-2001
Niue
22-12-2003 (A)
21-03-2004
North Macedonia
09-11-1998 (R)
07-02-1999
Norway
03-09-1993 (R)
14-06-1994
Oman
05-08-1999 (A)
03-11-1999
Pakistan
17-02-1995 (R)
18-05-1995
Palau
29-05-2001 (A)
27-08-2001
Panama
04-10-1996 (A)
02-01-1997
Papua New Guinea
07-10-2003 (A)
05-01-2004
Paraguay
27-04-2001 (R)
26-07-2001
Peru
07-06-1999 (A)
05-09-1999
Philippines
15-06-2001 (R)
13-09-2001
Poland
02-10-1996 (A)
31-12-1996
Portugal
24-02-1998 (R)
25-05-1998
Qatar
22-01-1996 (A)
21-04-1996
Republic of Korea, the
02-12-1994 (R)
02-03-1995
Republic of the Congo
19-10-2001 (A)
17-01-2002
Romania
28-11-2000 (R)
26-02-2001
Russian Federation
14-12-2005 (R)
14-03-2006
Rwanda
07-01-2004 (A)
06-04-2004
Saint Kitts and Nevis
19-05-1994 (A)
17-08-1994
Saint Lucia
24-08-1999 (A)
22-11-1999
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
02-12-1996 (A)
02-03-1997
Samoa
04-10-2001 (R)
02-01-2002
San Marino
23-04-2009 (A)
22-07-2009
São Tomé e Principe
19-11-2001 (A)
17-02-2002
Saudi Arabia
01-03-1993 (A)
14-06-1994
Senegal
12-08-1999 (A)
10-11-1999
Serbia
22-03-2005 (A)
20-06-2005
Seychelles
27-05-1993 (R)
14-06-1994
Sierra Leone
29-08-2001 (A)
27-11-2001
Singapore
22-09-2000 (A)
21-12-2000
Slovakia
08-01-1998 (A)
08-04-1998
Slovenia
13-11-1998 (R)
11-02-1999
Solomon Islands
17-08-1999 (A)
15-11-1999
Somalia
01-08-2001 (A)
30-10-2001
South Africa
13-03-2001 (A)
11-06-2001
South Sudan
16-10-2012 (A)
14-01-2013
Spain
05-06-1995 (R)
03-09-1995
Sri Lanka
07-07-1997 (A)
05-10-1997
Sudan
02-01-2002 (A)
02-04-2002
Suriname
29-03-2006 (A)
27-06-2006
Sweden
09-08-1993 (R)
14-06-1994
Switzerland
16-09-1996 (R)
15-12-1996
Syria
30-11-1999 (A)
28-02-2000
Tajikistan
07-05-2009 (A)
05-08-2009
Tanzania
06-12-2002 (R)
06-03-2003
Thailand
01-12-1995 (R)
29-02-1996
Timor-Leste
16-09-2009 (A)
15-12-2009
Togo
06-07-1998 (R)
04-10-1998
Tonga
26-11-2003 (R)
24-02-2004
Trinidad and Tobago
10-06-1999 (R)
08-09-1999
Tunisia
02-02-1995 (A)
03-05-1995
Türkiye
10-11-1995 (R)
08-02-1996
Turkmenistan
28-03-2008 (A)
26-06-2008
Tuvalu
31-08-2000 (R)
29-11-2000
Uganda
22-11-1999 (A)
20-02-2000
Ukraine
04-04-2002 (R)
03-07-2002
United Arab Emirates
16-02-2005 (A)
17-05-2005
United Kingdom
04-01-1995 (R)
04-04-1995
United States of America
02-03-1994 (R)
14-06-1994
Uruguay
03-07-1997 (A)
01-10-1997
Uzbekistan
10-06-1998 (A)
08-09-1998
Vanuatu
21-11-1994 (R)
19-02-1995
Venezuela
10-12-1997 (R)
10-03-1998
Vietnam
26-01-1994 (A)
14-06-1994
Yemen
23-04-2001 (A)
22-07-2001
Zambia
11-10-2007 (A)
09-01-2008
Zimbabwe
03-06-1994 (R)
01-09-1994