| As of 2 Nov
2006, 185 countries - over
ninety percent of the members of the United Nations - are party to
the Convention. An additional State has signed, but not ratified the
treaty, therefore it is not bound to put the provisions of the
Convention into practice.
185
ratifications, accessions and successions
(Latest Signature:
San Marino, 26 September 2003
Latest
Accession: Cook Islands , 11 Aug 2006)
|
a/ Accession; b/
Declarations or reservations; c/
Reservation subsequently withdrawn; d/
Succession |
| State |
Date of
signature |
Date of receipt of the
instrument of ratification,
accession or
succession |
| Afghanistan |
14
August 1980 |
5
March 2003 a/ |
| Albania |
|
11 May
1994 a/ |
| Algeria |
|
22 May
1996 a/ b/ |
| Andorra |
|
15
January 1997 a |
| Angola |
|
17
September 1986 a/ |
| Antigua and Barbuda |
|
1
August 1989 a/ |
| Argentina |
17
July 1980 |
15
July 1985 b/ |
| Armenia |
|
13
September 1993 a/ |
| Australia |
17
July 1980 |
28
July 1983 b/ |
| Austria |
17
July 1980 |
31
March 1982 b/ |
| Azerbaijan |
|
10
July 1995 a/ |
| Bahamas |
|
6
October 1993 a/ b/ |
| Bahrain |
|
18
June 2002 a/ |
| Bangladesh |
|
6
November 1984 a/ b/ |
| Barbados |
24
July 1980 |
16
October 1980 |
| Belarus |
17
July 1980 |
4
February 1981 c/ |
| Belgium |
17
July 1980 |
10
July 1985 b/ |
| Belize |
7
March 1990 |
16 May
1990 |
| Benin |
11
November 1981 |
12
March 1992 |
| Bhutan |
17
July 1980 |
31
August 1981 |
| Bolivia |
30 May
1980 |
8 June
1990 |
| Bosnia & Herzegovina |
|
1
September 1993 d/ |
| Botswana |
|
13
August 1996 a/ |
| Brazil |
31
March 1981 b/ |
1
February 1984 b/ |
| Brunei Darussalam |
|
24 May 2006 a/ |
| Bulgaria |
17
July 1980 |
8
February 1982 c/ |
| Burkina Faso |
|
14
October 1987 a/ |
| Burundi |
17
July 1980 |
8
January 1992 |
| Cambodia |
17
October 1980 |
15
October 1992 a/ |
| Cameroon |
6 June
1983 |
23
August 1994 a/ |
| Canada |
17
July 1980 |
10
December 1981 c/ |
| Cape Verde |
|
5
December 1980 a/ |
| Central African Republic |
|
21
June 1991 a/ |
| Chad |
|
9 June
1995 a/ |
| Chile |
17
July 1980 |
7
December 1989 b/ |
| China |
17
July 1980 b/ |
4
November 1980 b/ |
| Colombia |
17
July 1980 |
19
January 1982 |
| Comoros |
|
31
October 1994 a/ |
| Congo |
29
July 1980 |
26
July 1982 |
| Cook Islands |
|
11 Aug 2006 a/ |
| Costa Rica |
17
July 1980 |
4
April 1986 |
| Cote d'Ivoire |
17
July 1980 |
18
December 1995 a/ |
| Croatia |
|
9
September 1992 d/ |
| Cuba |
6
March 1980 |
17
July 1980 b/ |
| Cyprus |
|
23
July 1985 a/ b/ |
| Czech Republic |
|
22
February 1993 c/ d/ |
| Democratic People's Republic of Korea |
|
27
February 2001 a/ |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo |
17
October 1986 |
16
November 1986 |
| Denmark |
17
July 1980 |
21
April 1983 |
| Djibouti |
|
2
December 1998 a/ |
| Dominica |
15
September 1980 |
15
September 1980 |
| Dominican Republic |
17
July 1980 |
2
September 1982 |
| Ecuador |
17
July 1980 |
9
November 1981 |
| Egypt |
16
July 1980 b/ |
18
September 1981 b/ |
| El
Salvador |
14
November 1980 b/ |
19
August 1981 b/ |
| Equatorial Guinea |
|
23
October 1984 a/ |
| Eritrea |
|
5
September 1995 a/ |
| Estonia |
|
21
October 1991 a/ |
| Ethiopia |
8 July
1980 |
10
December 1981 b/ |
| Fiji |
|
28
August 1995 a/ b/ |
| Finland |
17
July 1980 |
4
September 1986 |
| France |
17
July 1980 b/ |
14
December 1983 b/ c/ |
| Gabon |
17
July 1980 |
21
January 1983 |
| Gambia |
29
July 1980 |
16
April 1993 |
| Georgia |
|
26
October 1994 a/ |
| Germany |
17
July 1980 |
10
July 1985 b/ |
| Ghana |
17
July 1980 |
2
January 1986 |
| Greece |
2
March 1982 |
7 June
1983 |
| Grenada |
17
July 1980 |
30
August 1990 |
| Guatemala |
8 June
1981 |
12
August 1982 |
| Guinea |
17
July 1980 |
9
August 1982 |
| Guinea-Bissau |
17
July 1980 |
23
August 1985 |
| Guyana |
17
July 1980 |
17
July 1980 |
| Haiti |
17
July 1980 |
20
July 1981 |
| Honduras |
11
June 1980 |
3
March 1983 |
| Hungary |
6 June
1980 |
22
December 1980 c/ |
| Iceland |
24
July 1980 |
18
June 1985 |
| India |
30
July 1980 b/ |
9 July
1993 b/ |
| Indonesia |
29
July 1980 |
13
September 1984 b/ |
| Iraq |
|
13
August 1986 a/ b/ |
| Ireland |
|
23
December 1985 a/ b/ c/ |
| Israel |
17
July 1980 |
3
October 1991 b/ |
| Italy |
17
July 1980 b/ |
10
June 1985 |
| Jamaica |
17
July 1980 |
19
October 1984 b/ |
| Japan |
17
July 1980 |
25
June 1985 |
| Jordan |
3
December 1980 b/ |
1 July
1992 b/ |
| Kazakhstan |
|
26
August 1998 a/ |
| Kenya |
|
9
March 1984 a/ |
| Kiribati |
|
17
March 2004 a/ |
| Kuwait |
|
2
September 1994 a/ b/ |
| Kyrgyzstan |
|
10
February 1997 a/ |
| Lao People's Democratic Rep. |
17
July 1980 |
14
August 1981 |
| Latvia |
|
14 April 1992 a/ |
| Lebanon |
|
21
April 1997 a/ b/ |
| Lesotho |
17
July 1980 |
22
August 1995 a/ b/ |
| Liberia |
|
17
July 1984 a/ |
| Libyan A. Jamahiriya |
|
16 May
1989 a/ b/ |
| Liechtenstein |
|
22
December 1995 a/ b/ |
| Lithuania |
|
18
January 1994 a/ |
| Luxembourg |
17
July 1980 |
2
February 1989 b/ |
| Madagascar |
17
July 1980 |
17
March 1989 |
| Malawi |
|
12
March 1987 a/ c/ |
| Malaysia |
|
5 July
1995 a/ b/ |
| Maldives |
|
1 July
1993 a/ b/ |
| Mali |
5
February 1985 |
10
September 1985 |
| Malta |
|
8
March 1991 a/ b/ |
| Marshall
Islands |
|
2 March 2006
a/ |
| Mauritania |
|
10 May
2001 a/ |
| Mauritius |
|
9 July
1984 a/ b/ |
| Mexico |
17
July 1980 b/ |
23
March 1981 |
| Micronesia |
|
1
September 2004 a/ |
| Monaco |
|
18 March 2005
/a |
| Mongolia |
17
July 1980 |
20
July 1981 c/ |
| Montenegro |
|
23 October 2006 d/ |
| Morocco |
|
21
June 1993 a/ b/ |
| Mozambique |
|
16
April 1997 a/ |
| Myanmar |
|
22
July 1997 a/ b/ |
| Namibia |
|
23
November 1992 a/ |
| Nepal |
5
February 1991 |
22
April 1991 |
| Netherlands |
17
July 1980 |
23
July 1991 b/ |
| New Zealand |
17
July 1980 |
10
January 1985 b/ c/ |
| Nicaragua |
17
July 1980 |
27
October 1981 |
| Niger |
|
8
October 1999 a/ |
| Nigeria |
23
April 1984 |
13
June 1985 |
| Norway |
17
July 1980 |
21 May
1981 |
| Oman |
|
7 February 2006 a/ |
| Pakistan |
|
12
March 1996 a/ b/ |
| Panama |
26
June 1980 |
29
October 1981 |
| Papua New Guinea |
|
12
January 1995 a/ |
| Paraguay |
|
6
April 1987 a/ |
| Peru |
23
July 1981 |
13
September 1982 |
| Philippines |
15
July 1980 |
5
August 1981 |
| Poland |
29 May
1980 |
30
July 1980 b/ |
| Portugal |
24
April 1980 |
30
July 1980 |
| Republic of Korea |
25 May
1983 b/ |
27
December 1984 b/ c/ |
| Republic of Moldova |
|
1 July
1994 a/ |
| Romania |
4
September 1980 b/ |
7
January 1982 b/ |
| Russian Federation |
17
July 1980 |
23
January 1981 c/ |
| Rwanda |
1 May
1980 |
2
March 1981 |
| Saint Kitts & Nevis |
|
25
April 1985 a/ |
| Saint Lucia |
|
8
October 1982 a/ |
| St. Vincent & the Grenadines |
|
4
August 1981 a/ |
| Samoa |
|
25
September 1992 a/ |
| San Marino |
26
September 2003 |
10
December 2003 |
| Sao Tome and Principe |
31
October 1995 |
3 June
2003 |
| Saudi Arabia |
7
September 2000 |
7
September 2000 b/ |
| Senegal |
29
July 1980 |
5
February 1985 |
| Serbia |
|
12 Mar 2001
d/ |
| Seychelles |
|
5 May
1992 a/ |
| Sierra Leone |
21
September 1988 |
11
November 1988 |
| Singapore |
|
5
October 1995 a/ b/ |
| Slovakia |
|
28 May
1993 d/ |
| Slovenia |
|
6 July
1992 d/ |
| Solomon Islands |
|
6 May
2002 |
| South Africa |
29
January 1993 |
15
December 1995 a/ |
| Spain |
17
July 1980 |
5
January 1984 b/ |
| Sri Lanka |
17
July 1980 |
5
October 1981 |
| Suriname |
|
1
March 1993 a/ |
| Swaziland |
|
26
March 2004 a/ |
| Sweden |
7
March 1980 |
2 July
1980 |
| Switzerland |
23
January 1987 |
27
March 1997 a/ b/ |
| Syrian Arab Republic |
|
28
March 2003 a/ |
| Tajikistan |
|
26
October 1993 a/ |
| Thailand |
|
9
August 1985 a/ b/ c/ |
| The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia |
|
18
January 1994 d/ |
| Timor-Leste |
|
16
April 2003 a/ |
| Togo |
|
26
September 1983 a/ |
| Trinidad and Tobago |
27
June 1985 b/ |
12
January 1990 b/ |
| Tunisia |
24
July 1980 |
20
September 1985 b/ |
| Turkey |
|
20
December 1985 a/ b/ |
| Turkmenistan |
|
1 May
1997 a/ |
| Tuvalu |
|
6
October 1999 a/ |
| Uganda |
30
July 1980 |
22
July 1985 |
| Ukraine |
17
July 1980 |
12
March 1981 c/ |
| United Arab Emirates |
|
6
October 2004 a/ |
| United Kingdom of Great Britain & Northern
Ireland |
22
July 1981 |
7
April 1986 b/ |
| United Republic of Tanzania |
17
July 1980 |
20
August 1985 |
| United States of America |
17
July 1980 |
|
| Uruguay |
30
March 1981 |
9
October 1981 |
| Uzbekistan |
|
19
July 1995 a/ |
| Vanuatu |
|
8
September 1995 a/ |
| Venezuela |
17
July 1980 |
2 May
1983 b/ |
| Viet Nam |
29
July 1980 |
17
February 1982 b/ |
| Yemen |
|
30 May
1984 a/ b/ |
| Zambia |
17
July 1980 |
21
June 1985 |
| Zimbabwe |
|
13 May
1991 a/ |
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