| Countries/Territories |
Entry into force |
Ratification * |
Simple signature |
Reservation |
| Algeria |
- |
- |
Sep 20, 1994
|
- |
| Argentina |
Jul 16, 1997
|
Apr 17, 1997
[1]
|
Oct 20, 1994
|
- |
| Armenia |
Dec 20, 1998
|
Sep 21, 1998
[1]
|
Sep 22, 1994
|
- |
| Australia |
Mar 24, 1997
|
Dec 24, 1996
[1]
|
Sep 20, 1994
|
- |
| Austria |
Nov 24, 1997
|
Aug 26, 1997
[1]
|
Sep 20, 1994
|
- |
| Belgium |
Apr 13, 1997
|
Jan 13, 1997
[1]
|
Sep 20, 1994
|
- |
| Bangladesh |
Oct 24, 1996
|
Sep 21, 1995
[3]
|
Sep 21, 1995
|
- |
| Belarus |
Jan 27, 1999
|
Oct 29, 1998
[2]
|
- |
- |
| Brazil |
Jun 2, 1997
|
Mar 4, 1997
[1]
|
Sep 20, 1994
|
- |
| Bulgaria |
Oct 24, 1996
|
Nov 8, 1995
[1]
|
Sep 20, 1994
|
- |
| Canada |
Oct 24, 1996
|
Dec 12, 1995
[1]
|
Sep 20, 1994
|
- |
| Chile |
Mar 20, 1997
|
Dec 20, 1996
[1]
|
Sep 20, 1994
|
- |
| China |
Oct 24, 1996
|
Apr 9, 1996
[1]
|
Sep 20, 1994
|
- |
| Croatia |
Oct 24, 1996
|
Apr 18, 1996
[3]
|
Apr 10, 1995
|
- |
| Cuba |
- |
- |
Sep 20, 1994
|
- |
| Cyprus |
Jun 15, 1999
|
Mar 17, 1999
[2]
|
- |
- |
| Czech Republic |
Oct 24, 1996
|
Sep 18, 1995
[3]
|
Sep 20, 1994
|
- |
| Denmark |
Feb 11, 1999
|
Nov 13, 1998
[3]
|
Sep 20, 1994
|
Nov 13, 1998
|
| Egypt |
- |
- |
Sep 20, 1994
|
- |
| Estonia |
May 4, 2006
|
Feb 3, 2006
[2]
|
- |
- |
| Finland |
Oct 24, 1996
|
Jan 22, 1996
[3]
|
Sep 20, 1994
|
- |
| France |
Oct 24, 1996
|
Sep 13, 1995
[3]
|
Sep 20, 1994
|
- |
| United Kingdom |
Oct 24, 1996
|
Jan 17, 1996
[1]
|
Sep 20, 1994
|
- |
| Germany |
Apr 20, 1997
|
Jan 20, 1997
[1]
|
Sep 20, 1994
|
- |
| Ghana |
Aug 30, 2011
|
Jun 1, 2011
[1]
|
Jul 6, 1995
|
- |
| Greece |
Sep 18, 1997
|
Jun 20, 1997
[1]
|
Nov 1, 1994
|
- |
| Hungary |
Oct 24, 1996
|
Mar 18, 1996
[1]
|
Sep 20, 1994
|
- |
| Iceland |
Sep 2, 2008
|
Jun 4, 2008
[1]
|
Sep 21, 1995
|
- |
| India |
Jun 29, 2005
|
Mar 31, 2005
[1]
|
Sep 20, 1994
|
- |
| Indonesia |
Jul 11, 2002
|
Apr 12, 2002
[1]
|
Sep 20, 1994
|
- |
| Ireland |
Oct 24, 1996
|
Jul 11, 1996
[1]
|
Sep 20, 1994
|
- |
| Israel |
- |
- |
Sep 22, 1994
|
- |
| Italy |
Jul 14, 1998
|
Apr 15, 1998
[1]
|
Sep 27, 1994
|
- |
| Japan |
Oct 24, 1996
|
May 12, 1995
[3]
|
Sep 20, 1994
|
- |
| Jordan |
Sep 10, 2009
|
Jun 12, 2009
[1]
|
Dec 6, 1994
|
- |
| Kazakhstan |
Jun 8, 2010
|
Mar 10, 2010
[1]
|
Sep 20, 1996
|
- |
| Korea, Republic of |
Oct 24, 1996
|
Sep 19, 1995
[1]
|
Sep 20, 1994
|
- |
| Kuwait |
Aug 9, 2006
|
May 11, 2006
[2]
|
- |
- |
| Latvia |
Jan 23, 1997
|
Oct 25, 1996
[2]
|
- |
- |
| Lebanon |
Oct 24, 1996
|
Jun 5, 1996
[1]
|
Mar 7, 1995
|
- |
| Lithuania |
Oct 24, 1996
|
Jun 12, 1996
[1]
|
Mar 22, 1995
|
- |
| Luxembourg |
Jul 6, 1997
|
Apr 7, 1997
[1]
|
Sep 20, 1994
|
- |
| Mexico |
Jun 13, 2006
|
Mar 15, 2006
[2]
|
- |
- |
| Mali |
Oct 24, 1996
|
Jul 26, 1996
[1]
|
Nov 9, 1994
|
- |
| Monaco |
Oct 24, 1996
|
May 13, 1996
[1]
|
May 22, 1995
|
- |
| Moldova, Republic of |
- |
- |
Sep 16, 1996
|
- |
| Morocco |
Aug 5, 1998
|
May 7, 1998
[2]
|
- |
- |
| Netherlands |
- |
- |
Dec 1, 1994
|
- |
| Nicaragua |
Jan 13, 1997
|
Oct 15, 1996
[3]
|
Sep 20, 1994
|
- |
| Nigeria |
- |
- |
Sep 23, 1994
|
- |
| Norway |
Jul 3, 2007
|
Apr 4, 2007
[1]
|
Sep 21, 1994
|
- |
| Pakistan |
Oct 24, 1996
|
Sep 29, 1994
[1]
|
Sep 21, 1994
|
- |
| Peru |
Dec 29, 1997
|
Sep 30, 1997
[1]
|
Sep 20, 1994
|
- |
| Philippines |
Sep 29, 1997
|
Jul 1, 1997
[1]
|
Sep 22, 1994
|
- |
| Poland |
- |
- |
Oct 14, 1994
|
- |
| Portugal |
Oct 24, 1996
|
Jun 14, 1995
[1]
|
Sep 20, 1994
|
- |
| Romania |
Aug 18, 1998
|
May 20, 1998
[1]
|
Oct 3, 1994
|
- |
| Russian Federation |
Oct 24, 1996
|
Jun 1, 1995
[1]
|
Sep 20, 1994
|
- |
| South Africa |
Oct 24, 1996
|
Jul 12, 1996
[3]
|
Sep 20, 1994
|
- |
| Singapore |
Mar 24, 1997
|
Dec 24, 1996
[1]
|
Sep 20, 1994
|
- |
| Slovakia |
Mar 15, 1998
|
Dec 15, 1997
[2]
|
- |
- |
| Slovenia |
Oct 24, 1996
|
Mar 7, 1995
[1]
|
Sep 20, 1994
|
- |
| Spain |
Feb 18, 1997
|
Nov 20, 1996
[1]
|
Sep 20, 1994
|
- |
| Sri Lanka |
Oct 24, 1996
|
Jul 4, 1995
[1]
|
Nov 15, 1994
|
- |
| Sudan |
Nov 9, 1999
|
Aug 11, 1999
[2]
|
- |
- |
| Sweden |
- |
- |
Sep 20, 1994
|
- |
| Switzerland |
Oct 24, 1996
|
Sep 11, 1995
[1]
|
Sep 20, 1994
|
- |
| Syrian Arab Republic |
Dec 11, 1996
|
Sep 12, 1996
[1]
|
Oct 31, 1995
|
- |
| Tunisia |
- |
- |
Sep 23, 1994
|
- |
| Turkey |
Jul 20, 2010
|
Apr 21, 2010
[1]
|
Sep 20, 1994
|
- |
| Ukraine |
Oct 24, 1996
|
Mar 8, 1995
[1]
|
Sep 20, 1994
|
- |
| Uruguay |
Jul 7, 1998
|
Apr 8, 1998
[1]
|
Sep 20, 1994
|
- |
| United States of America |
Dec 2, 2003
|
Sep 3, 2003
[1]
|
Feb 28, 1996
|
- |
| Malta |
Jul 10, 1999
|
Apr 11, 1999
[1]
|
Sep 20, 1994
|
- |
| Senegal |
Feb 13, 2008
|
Nov 15, 2007
[2]
|
- |
- |
| EURATOM European Atomic Energy Community |
Mar 24, 2009
|
Dec 24, 2008
[2]
|
- |
- |
| Libya |
Apr 30, 2000
|
Jan 31, 2000
[2]
|
- |
- |
| United Arab Emirates |
Nov 11, 2009
|
Aug 13, 2009
[2]
|
- |
- |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina |
Oct 29, 2009
|
Jul 31, 2009
[2]
|
- |
- |
| Saudi Arabia |
Sep 19, 2010
|
Jun 21, 2010
[2]
|
- |
- |
| Viet Nam |
Jun 16, 2010
|
Mar 18, 2010
[2]
|
- |
- |
| Albania |
Jul 15, 2010
|
Apr 16, 2010
[2]
|
- |
- |
| Bahrain |
Sep 27, 2011
|
Jun 29, 2011
[2]
|
- |
- |
| Cambodia |
Feb 9, 2011
|
Nov 11, 2011
[2]
|
- |
- |
| Oman |
Jul 4, 2012
|
Apr 5, 2012
[2]
|
- |
- |
| Paraguay |
Aug 26, 2013
|
May 28, 2013
[2]
|
- |
- |
| Montenegro |
Apr 9, 2014
|
Jan 9, 2014
[2]
|
- |
- |
| North Macedonia |
Jul 22, 2015
|
Apr 23, 2015
[2]
|
- |
- |
* [1] Ratification
[2] Accession/approbation
[3] Acceptance/approval
[4] Succession
[5] Consent to be bound
[6] Definite signature