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Signature
Provisional application
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Approval or Notification A=Accession Su=Succession NK=Not Known
Entry into force
Renunciation
Termination
Afghanistan
08-12-1949
26-09-1956 (R)
26-03-1957
Albania
12-12-1949
27-05-1957 (R)
27-11-1957
Algeria
20-06-1960 (A)
20-12-1960
Andorra
17-09-1993 (A)
17-03-1994
Angola
20-09-1984 (A)
20-03-1985
Antigua and Barbuda
06-10-1986 (Su)
01-11-1981
Argentina
08-12-1949
18-09-1956 (R)
18-03-1957
Armenia
07-06-1993 (A)
07-12-1993
Australia
04-01-1950
14-10-1958 (R)
14-04-1959
Austria
08-12-1949
27-08-1953 (R)
27-02-1954
Azerbaijan
01-06-1993 (A)
01-12-1993
Bahamas
11-07-1975 (Su)
10-07-1973
Bahrain
30-11-1971 (A)
30-05-1972
Bangladesh
04-04-1972 (Su)
26-03-1971
Barbados
10-09-1968 (Su)
30-11-1966
Belarus
12-12-1949
03-08-1954 (R)
03-02-1955
Belgium
08-12-1949
03-09-1952 (R)
03-03-1953
Belize
29-06-1984 (A)
29-10-1984
Benin
14-12-1961 (Su)
01-08-1960
Bhutan
10-01-1991 (A)
10-07-1991
Bolivia
08-12-1949
10-12-1976 (R)
10-06-1977
Bosnia and Herzegovina
31-12-1992 (Su)
06-03-1992
Botswana
29-03-1968 (A)
29-09-1968
Brazil
08-12-1949
29-06-1957 (R)
29-12-1957
Brunei
14-10-1991 (A)
14-04-1992
Bulgaria
28-12-1949
22-07-1954 (R)
22-01-1955
Burkina Faso
07-11-1961 (Su)
05-08-1960
Burundi
27-12-1971 (Su)
01-07-1962
Cabo Verde
11-05-1984 (A)
11-11-1984
Cambodia
08-12-1958 (A)
08-06-1959
Cameroon
16-09-1963 (Su)
01-01-1960
Canada
08-12-1949
14-05-1965 (R)
14-11-1965
Central African Republic
01-08-1966 (Su)
13-08-1960
Chad
05-08-1970 (A)
05-02-1971
Chile
12-08-1949
12-10-1950 (R)
12-04-1951
China
10-12-1949
28-12-1956 (R)
28-06-1957
Colombia
12-08-1949
08-11-1961 (R)
08-05-1962
Comoros
21-11-1985 (A)
21-05-1986
Cook Islands
07-05-2002 (Su)
11-06-2001
Costa Rica
15-10-1969 (A)
15-04-1970
Côte d'Ivoire
28-12-1961 (Su)
07-08-1960
Croatia
11-05-1992 (Su)
08-10-1991
Cuba
12-08-1949
15-04-1954 (R)
15-10-1954
Cyprus
23-05-1962 (A)
23-11-1962
Czech Republic
05-02-1993 (Su)
01-01-1993
Czechoslovakia (<01-01-1993)
08-12-1949
19-12-1950 (R)
19-06-1951
Democratic People's Republic of Korea
27-08-1957 (A)
27-02-1958
Democratic Republic of the Congo
20-02-1961 (Su)
30-06-1960
Denmark
12-08-1949
27-06-1951 (R)
27-12-1951
Djibouti
06-03-1978 (Su)
27-06-1977
Dominica
28-09-1981 (Su)
03-11-1978
Dominican Republic
22-01-1958 (A)
22-07-1958
Ecuador
12-08-1949
11-08-1954 (R)
11-02-1955
Egypt
08-12-1949
10-11-1952 (R)
10-05-1953
El Salvador
08-12-1949
17-06-1953 (R)
17-12-1953
Equatorial Guinea
24-07-1986 (A)
24-01-1987
Eritrea
14-08-2000 (A)
14-08-2000
Estonia
18-01-1993 (A)
18-07-1993
Eswatini
28-06-1973 (A)
28-12-1973
Ethiopia
08-12-1949
02-10-1969 (R)
02-04-1970
Federated States of Micronesia
19-09-1995 (A)
19-03-1996
Fiji
09-08-1971 (Su)
10-10-1970
Finland
08-12-1949
22-02-1955 (R)
22-08-1955
France
08-12-1949
28-06-1951 (R)
28-12-1951
Gabon
20-02-1965 (Su)
17-08-1960
Gambia, The
11-10-1966 (Su)
18-02-1965
Georgia
14-09-1993 (A)
14-03-1994
Germany
03-09-1954 (A)
03-03-1955
Ghana
02-08-1958 (A)
02-02-1959
Greece
22-12-1949
05-06-1956 (R)
05-12-1956
Grenada
13-04-1981 (Su)
07-02-1974
Guatemala
12-08-1949
14-05-1952 (R)
14-11-1952
Guinea
11-07-1984 (A)
11-01-1985
Guinea-Bissau
21-02-1974 (A)
21-08-1974
Guyana
22-07-1968 (Su)
26-05-1966
Haïti
11-04-1957 (A)
11-10-1957
Holy See
08-12-1949
22-02-1951 (R)
22-08-1951
Honduras
31-12-1965 (A)
30-06-1966
Hungary
08-12-1949
03-08-1954 (R)
03-02-1955
Iceland
10-08-1965 (A)
10-02-1966
India
16-12-1949
09-11-1950 (R)
09-05-1951
Indonesia
30-09-1958 (A)
30-03-1959
Iran
08-12-1949
20-02-1957 (R)
20-08-1957
Iraq
14-02-1956 (A)
14-08-1956
Ireland
19-12-1949
27-09-1962 (R)
27-03-1963
Israel
08-12-1949
06-07-1951 (R)
06-01-1952
Italy
08-12-1949
17-12-1951 (R)
17-06-1952
Jamaica
17-07-1964 (Su)
06-08-1962
Japan
21-04-1953 (A)
21-10-1953
Jordan
29-05-1951 (A)
29-11-1951
Kazakhstan
05-05-1992 (Su)
21-12-1991
Kenya
20-09-1966 (A)
20-03-1967
Kiribati
05-01-1989 (Su)
12-07-1979
Kuwait
02-09-1967 (A)
02-03-1968
Kyrgyzstan
18-09-1992 (Su)
21-12-1991
Laos
29-10-1956 (A)
29-04-1957
Latvia
24-12-1991 (A)
24-06-1992
Lebanon
08-12-1949
10-04-1951 (R)
10-10-1951
Lesotho
20-05-1968 (Su)
04-10-1966
Liberia
29-03-1954 (A)
29-09-1954
Libya
22-05-1956 (A)
22-11-1956
Liechtenstein
12-08-1949
21-09-1950 (R)
21-03-1951
Lithuania
03-10-1996 (A)
03-04-1997
Luxembourg
08-12-1949
01-07-1953 (R)
01-01-1954
Madagascar
13-07-1963 (Su)
26-06-1960
Malawi
05-01-1968 (A)
05-07-1968
Malaysia
24-08-1962 (A)
24-02-1963
Maldives
18-06-1991 (A)
18-12-1991
Mali
24-05-1965 (A)
24-11-1965
Malta
22-08-1968 (Su)
21-09-1964
Marshall Islands
01-06-2004 (A)
01-12-2004
Mauritania
27-10-1962 (Su)
28-11-1960
Mauritius
18-08-1970 (Su)
12-03-1968
Mexico
08-12-1949
29-10-1952 (R)
29-04-1953
Moldova
24-05-1993 (A)
24-11-1993
Monaco
12-08-1949
05-07-1950 (R)
05-01-1951
Mongolia
20-12-1958 (A)
20-06-1959
Montenegro
02-08-2006 (A)
02-02-2007
Morocco
26-07-1956 (A)
26-01-1957
Mozambique
14-03-1983 (A)
14-09-1983
Myanmar
25-08-1992 (A)
25-02-1993
Namibia
22-08-1991 (Su)
21-03-1990
Nauru
27-06-2006 (A)
27-12-2006
Nepal
07-02-1964 (A)
07-08-1964
Netherlands, the Kingdom of the
08-12-1949
03-08-1954 (R)
03-02-1955
New Zealand
11-02-1950
02-05-1959 (R)
02-11-1959
Nicaragua
12-08-1949
17-12-1953 (R)
17-06-1954
Niger
16-04-1964 (Su)
03-08-1960
Nigeria
09-06-1961 (Su)
01-10-1960
North Macedonia
01-09-1993 (Su)
08-09-1991
Norway
12-08-1949
03-08-1951 (R)
03-02-1952
Oman
31-01-1974 (A)
31-07-1974
Pakistan
12-08-1949
12-06-1951 (R)
12-12-1951
Palau
25-06-1996 (A)
25-12-1996
Palestine
02-04-2014 (A)
02-04-2014
Panama
10-02-1956 (A)
10-08-1956
Papua New Guinea
26-05-1976 (Su)
16-09-1975
Paraguay
10-12-1949
23-10-1961 (R)
23-04-1962
Peru
12-08-1949
15-02-1956 (R)
15-08-1956
Philippines
08-12-1949
06-10-1952 (R)
06-04-1953
Poland
08-12-1949
26-11-1954 (R)
26-05-1955
Portugal
11-02-1950
14-03-1961 (R)
14-09-1961
Qatar
15-10-1975 (A)
15-04-1976
Republic of Korea, the
16-08-1966 (A)
23-09-1966
Republic of the Congo
30-01-1967 (Su)
15-08-1960
Romania
10-02-1950
01-06-1954 (R)
01-12-1954
Russian Federation
12-12-1949
10-05-1954 (R)
10-11-1954
Rwanda
21-03-1964 (Su)
01-07-1962
Saint Kitts and Nevis
14-02-1986 (Su)
19-09-1983
Saint Lucia
18-09-1981 (Su)
22-02-1979
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
01-04-1981 (A)
01-10-1981
Samoa
23-08-1984 (Su)
01-01-1962
San Marino
29-08-1953 (A)
28-02-1954
São Tomé e Principe
21-05-1976 (A)
21-11-1976
Saudi Arabia
18-05-1963 (A)
18-11-1963
Senegal
23-04-1963 (Su)
20-06-1960
Serbia
16-10-2001 (Su)
27-04-1992
Seychelles
08-11-1984 (A)
08-05-1985
Sierra Leone
31-05-1965 (Su)
27-04-1961
Singapore
27-04-1973 (A)
27-10-1973
Slovakia
02-04-1993 (Su)
01-01-1993
Slovenia
26-03-1992 (Su)
25-06-1991
Solomon Islands
06-07-1981 (Su)
07-07-1978
Somalia
12-07-1962 (A)
12-01-1963
South Africa
31-03-1952 (A)
30-09-1952
South Sudan
25-01-2013 (A)
25-01-2013
Spain
08-12-1949
04-08-1952 (R)
04-02-1953
Sri Lanka
08-12-1949
28-02-1959 (R)
28-08-1959
Sudan
23-09-1957 (A)
23-03-1958
Suriname
13-10-1976 (Su)
25-11-1975
Sweden
08-12-1949
28-12-1953 (R)
28-06-1954
Switzerland
12-08-1949
31-03-1950 (R)
21-10-1950
Syria
12-08-1949
02-11-1953 (R)
02-05-1954
Tajikistan
13-01-1993 (Su)
21-12-1991
Tanzania
12-12-1962 (Su)
09-12-1961
Thailand
29-12-1954 (A)
29-06-1955
Timor-Leste
08-05-2003 (A)
08-11-2003
Togo
06-01-1962 (Su)
27-04-1960
Tonga
13-04-1978 (Su)
04-06-1970
Trinidad and Tobago
24-09-1963 (A)
24-03-1964
Tunisia
04-05-1957 (A)
04-11-1957
Türkiye
12-08-1949
10-02-1954 (R)
10-08-1954
Turkmenistan
10-04-1992 (Su)
26-12-1991
Tuvalu
19-02-1981 (Su)
01-10-1978
Uganda
18-05-1964 (A)
18-11-1964
Ukraine
12-12-1949
03-08-1954 (R)
03-02-1955
United Arab Emirates
10-05-1972 (A)
10-11-1972
United Kingdom
08-12-1949
23-09-1957 (R)
23-03-1958
United States of America
12-08-1949
02-08-1955 (R)
02-02-1956
Uruguay
12-08-1949
05-03-1969 (R)
05-09-1969
Uzbekistan
08-10-1993 (A)
08-04-1994
Vanuatu
27-10-1982 (A)
27-04-1983
Venezuela
10-02-1950
13-02-1956 (R)
13-08-1956
Vietnam
28-06-1957 (A)
28-12-1957
Yemen
16-07-1970 (A)
16-01-1971
Yugoslavia (< 25-06-1991)
10-02-1950
21-04-1950 (R)
21-10-1950
Zambia
19-10-1966 (A)
19-04-1967
Zimbabwe
07-03-1983 (A)
07-09-1983