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Signature
Provisional application
RatificationTooltip S=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
24-05-1993 (R)
24-05-1993
Algeria
31-10-1963 (R)
31-10-1963
Angola
06-06-1977 (R)
06-06-1977
Antigua and Barbuda
13-01-1986 (R)
13-01-1986
Argentina
06-03-1948
18-06-1953 (R)
17-03-1958
Armenia
19-01-2018 (R)
19-01-2018
Australia
06-03-1948
13-02-1952 (R)
17-03-1958
Austria
02-04-1975 (R)
02-04-1975
Azerbaijan
15-05-1995 (R)
15-05-1995
Bahamas
22-07-1976 (R)
22-07-1976
Bahrain
22-09-1976 (R)
22-09-1976
Bangladesh
27-05-1976 (R)
27-05-1976
Barbados
07-01-1970 (R)
07-01-1970
Belarus
29-11-2016 (R)
29-11-2016
Belgium
06-03-1948
09-08-1951 (R)
17-03-1958
Belize
13-09-1990 (R)
13-09-1990
Benin
19-03-1980 (R)
19-03-1980
Bolivia
06-07-1987 (R)
06-07-1987
Bosnia and Herzegovina
16-07-1993 (R)
16-07-1993
Botswana
22-10-2021 (R)
22-10-2021
Brazil
04-03-1963 (R)
04-03-1963
Brunei
31-12-1984 (R)
31-12-1984
Bulgaria
05-04-1960 (R)
05-04-1960
Cabo Verde
24-08-1976 (R)
24-08-1976
Cambodia
03-01-1961 (R)
03-01-1961
Cameroon
01-05-1961 (R)
01-05-1961
Canada
15-10-1948 (R)
17-03-1958
Chile
06-03-1948
17-02-1972 (R)
17-02-1972
China
01-03-1973 (R)
01-03-1973
Colombia
06-03-1948
19-11-1974 (R)
19-11-1974
Comoros
03-08-2001 (R)
03-08-2001
Cook Islands
18-07-2008 (R)
18-07-2008
Costa Rica
04-03-1981 (R)
04-03-1981
Côte d'Ivoire
04-11-1960 (R)
04-11-1960
Croatia
08-07-1992 (R)
08-07-1992
Cuba
06-05-1966 (R)
06-05-1966
Cyprus
21-11-1973 (R)
21-11-1973
Czech Republic
18-06-1993 (R)
18-06-1993
Czechoslovakia (<01-01-1993)
01-10-1963 (R)
01-10-1963
Democratic People's Republic of Korea
16-04-1986 (R)
16-04-1986
Democratic Republic of the Congo
16-08-1973 (R)
16-08-1973
Denmark
03-06-1959 (R)
03-06-1959
Djibouti
20-02-1979 (R)
20-02-1979
Dominica
18-12-1979 (R)
18-12-1979
Dominican Republic
25-08-1953 (R)
17-03-1958
Ecuador
12-07-1956 (R)
17-03-1958
Egypt
06-03-1948
17-03-1958 (R)
17-03-1958
El Salvador
12-02-1981 (R)
12-02-1981
Equatorial Guinea
06-09-1972 (R)
06-09-1972
Eritrea
31-08-1993 (R)
31-08-1993
Estonia
31-01-1992 (R)
31-01-1992
Ethiopia
03-07-1975 (R)
03-07-1975
Fiji
14-03-1983 (R)
14-03-1983
Finland
06-03-1948
21-04-1959 (R)
21-04-1959
France
06-03-1948
09-04-1952 (R)
17-03-1958
Gabon
01-04-1976 (R)
01-04-1976
Gambia, The
11-01-1979 (R)
11-01-1979
Georgia
22-06-1993 (R)
22-06-1993
Germany
07-01-1959 (S)
07-01-1959
Ghana
06-07-1959 (R)
06-07-1959
Greece
06-03-1948
31-12-1958 (R)
31-12-1958
Grenada
03-12-1998 (R)
03-12-1998
Guatemala
16-03-1983 (R)
16-03-1983
Guinea
03-12-1975 (R)
03-12-1975
Guinea-Bissau
06-12-1977 (R)
06-12-1977
Guyana
13-05-1980 (R)
13-05-1980
Haïti
23-06-1953 (R)
23-06-1953
Honduras
13-04-1954
23-08-1954 (R)
17-03-1958
Hungary
10-06-1970 (R)
10-06-1970
Iceland
08-11-1960 (R)
08-11-1960
India
06-03-1948
06-01-1959 (R)
06-01-1959
Indonesia
18-01-1961 (R)
18-01-1961
Iran
10-06-1954
02-01-1958 (R)
17-03-1958
Iraq
28-08-1973 (R)
28-08-1973
Ireland
06-03-1948
26-02-1951 (R)
17-03-1958
Israel
24-04-1952 (R)
17-03-1958
Italy
06-03-1948
28-01-1957 (R)
17-03-1958
Jamaica
11-05-1976 (R)
11-05-1976
Japan
17-03-1958 (R)
17-03-1958
Jordan
09-11-1973 (R)
09-11-1973
Kazakhstan
11-03-1994 (R)
11-03-1994
Kenya
22-08-1973 (R)
22-08-1973
Kiribati
28-10-2003 (R)
28-10-2003
Kuwait
05-07-1960 (R)
05-07-1960
Kyrgyzstan
27-02-2024 (R)
27-02-2024
Latvia
01-03-1993 (R)
01-03-1993
Lebanon
06-03-1948
03-05-1966 (R)
03-05-1966
Liberia
09-03-1954
06-01-1959 (R)
06-01-1959
Libya
16-02-1970 (R)
16-02-1970
Lithuania
07-12-1995 (R)
07-12-1995
Luxembourg
14-02-1991 (R)
14-02-1991
Madagascar
08-03-1961 (R)
08-03-1961
Malawi
19-01-1989 (R)
19-01-1989
Malaysia
17-06-1971 (R)
17-06-1971
Maldives
31-05-1967 (R)
31-05-1967
Malta
22-06-1966 (S)
22-06-1966
Marshall Islands
26-03-1998 (R)
26-03-1998
Mauritania
08-05-1961 (R)
08-05-1961
Mauritius
18-05-1978 (R)
18-05-1978
Mexico
21-09-1954 (R)
17-03-1958
Moldova
12-12-2001 (R)
12-12-2001
Monaco
22-12-1989 (R)
22-12-1989
Mongolia
11-12-1996 (R)
11-12-1996
Montenegro
10-10-2006 (R)
10-10-2006
Morocco
30-07-1962 (R)
30-07-1962
Mozambique
17-01-1979 (R)
17-01-1979
Myanmar
06-07-1951 (R)
17-03-1958
Namibia
27-10-1994 (R)
27-10-1994
Nauru
14-05-2018 (R)
14-05-2018
Nepal
31-01-1979 (R)
31-01-1979
Netherlands, the Kingdom of the
06-03-1948
31-03-1949 (R)
17-03-1958
New Zealand
09-11-1960 (R)
09-11-1960
Nicaragua
17-03-1982 (R)
17-03-1982
Nigeria
15-03-1962 (R)
15-03-1962
North Macedonia
13-10-1993 (R)
13-10-1993
Norway
29-12-1958 (R)
29-12-1958
Oman
30-01-1974 (R)
30-01-1974
Pakistan
21-11-1958 (R)
21-11-1958
Palau
08-09-2011 (R)
08-09-2011
Panama
31-12-1958 (R)
31-12-1958
Papua New Guinea
06-05-1976 (R)
06-05-1976
Paraguay
15-03-1993 (R)
15-03-1993
Peru
15-04-1968 (R)
15-04-1968
Philippines
09-11-1964 (R)
09-11-1964
Poland
06-03-1948
16-03-1960 (R)
16-03-1960
Portugal
06-03-1948
17-03-1976 (R)
17-03-1976
Qatar
19-05-1977 (R)
19-05-1977
Republic of Korea, the
10-04-1962 (R)
10-04-1962
Republic of the Congo
05-09-1975 (R)
05-09-1975
Romania
28-04-1965 (R)
28-04-1965
Russian Federation
24-12-1958 (R)
24-12-1958
Saint Kitts and Nevis
08-10-2001 (R)
08-10-2001
Saint Lucia
10-04-1980 (R)
10-04-1980
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
29-04-1981 (R)
29-04-1981
Samoa
25-10-1996 (R)
25-10-1996
San Marino
12-03-2002 (R)
12-03-2002
São Tomé e Principe
09-07-1990 (R)
09-07-1990
Saudi Arabia
25-02-1969 (R)
25-02-1969
Senegal
07-11-1960 (R)
07-11-1960
Serbia
11-12-2000 (R)
11-12-2000
Seychelles
13-06-1978 (R)
13-06-1978
Sierra Leone
14-03-1973 (R)
14-03-1973
Singapore
17-01-1966 (R)
17-01-1966
Slovakia
24-03-1993 (R)
24-03-1993
Slovenia
10-02-1993 (R)
10-02-1993
Solomon Islands
27-06-1988 (R)
27-06-1988
Somalia
04-04-1978 (R)
04-04-1978
South Africa
28-02-1995 (R)
28-02-1995
Spain
23-01-1962 (R)
23-01-1962
Sri Lanka
06-04-1972 (R)
06-04-1972
Sudan
05-07-1974 (R)
05-07-1974
Suriname
14-10-1976 (R)
14-10-1976
Sweden
27-04-1959 (R)
27-04-1959
Switzerland
06-03-1948
20-07-1955 (R)
17-03-1958
Syria
28-01-1963 (R)
28-01-1963
Tanzania
08-01-1974 (R)
28-01-1974
Thailand
20-09-1973 (R)
20-09-1973
Timor-Leste
10-05-2005 (R)
10-05-2005
Togo
20-06-1983 (R)
20-06-1983
Tonga
23-02-2000 (R)
23-02-2000
Trinidad and Tobago
27-04-1965 (R)
27-04-1965
Tunisia
23-05-1963 (R)
23-05-1963
Türkiye
06-03-1948
25-03-1958 (R)
25-03-1958
Turkmenistan
26-08-1993 (R)
26-08-1993
Tuvalu
19-05-2004 (R)
19-05-2004
Uganda
30-06-2009 (R)
30-06-2009
Ukraine
28-03-1994 (R)
28-03-1994
United Arab Emirates
04-03-1980 (R)
04-03-1980
United Kingdom
06-03-1948
14-02-1949 (R)
17-03-1958
United States of America
06-03-1948
17-08-1950 (R)
17-03-1958
Uruguay
10-05-1968 (S)
10-05-1968
Vanuatu
15-10-1986
21-10-1986 (R)
21-10-1986
Venezuela
27-10-1975 (R)
27-10-1975
Vietnam
12-06-1984 (R)
12-06-1984
Yemen
14-03-1979 (R)
14-03-1979
Yugoslavia (< 25-06-1991)
12-02-1960 (R)
12-02-1960
Zambia
02-10-2014 (R)
02-10-2014
Zimbabwe
16-08-2005 (R)
16-08-2005