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Currently, 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Accession; b/ Declarations or reservations; c/ Reservation subsequently withdrawn; d/ Succession |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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