| Countries/Territories |
Entry into force |
Ratification * |
Simple signature |
Withdrawal |
| Afghanistan |
Mar 5, 1970
|
Mar 5, 1970
[1]
|
Jul 1, 1968
|
- |
| Albania |
Sep 12, 1990
|
Sep 12, 1990
[2]
|
- |
- |
| Algeria |
Jan 12, 1995
|
Jan 12, 1995
[2]
|
- |
- |
| Andorra |
Jun 7, 1996
|
Jun 7, 1996
[2]
|
- |
- |
| Antigua and Barbuda |
Jun 17, 1985
|
Jun 17, 1985
[4]
|
- |
- |
| Argentina |
Feb 17, 1995
|
Feb 17, 1995
[2]
|
- |
- |
| Australia |
Jan 23, 1973
|
Jan 23, 1973
[1]
|
Feb 27, 1970
|
Aug 29, 1985
|
| Austria |
Mar 5, 1970
|
Jun 27, 1969
[1]
|
Jul 1, 1968
|
- |
| Belgium |
May 2, 1995
|
May 2, 1995
[1]
|
Aug 20, 1968
|
- |
| Bangladesh |
Aug 31, 1979
|
Aug 31, 1979
[2]
|
- |
- |
| Bahamas |
Jul 16, 1976
|
Aug 11, 1976
[4]
|
- |
- |
| Belarus |
Jul 23, 1993
|
Jul 23, 1993
[2]
|
- |
- |
| Belize |
Sep 21, 1981
|
Aug 9, 1985
[4]
|
- |
- |
| Botswana |
Mar 5, 1970
|
Apr 28, 1968
[1]
|
- |
- |
| Brazil |
Sep 18, 1998
|
Sep 18, 1998
[2]
|
- |
- |
| Brunei Darussalam |
Mar 5, 1970
|
Nov 27, 1968
[1]
|
- |
- |
| Bulgaria |
Mar 5, 1970
|
Nov 3, 1969
[1]
|
Jul 1, 1968
|
- |
| Canada |
Mar 5, 1970
|
Jul 23, 1968
[1]
|
Jul 23, 1968
|
- |
| Chad |
Mar 23, 1971
|
Mar 23, 1971
[1]
|
- |
- |
| China |
Mar 9, 1992
|
Mar 9, 1992
[2]
|
- |
- |
| Colombia |
Apr 30, 1986
|
Apr 30, 1986
[2]
|
- |
- |
| Cyprus |
Mar 5, 1970
|
Mar 5, 1970
[1]
|
Jul 1, 1968
|
- |
| Czech Republic |
Jan 1, 1993
|
Apr 5, 1993
[4]
|
- |
- |
| Denmark |
Mar 5, 1970
|
Jan 3, 1969
[1]
|
Jul 1, 1968
|
- |
| Dominica |
Nov 3, 1978
|
Aug 10, 1984
[4]
|
- |
- |
| Egypt |
Feb 26, 1981
|
Feb 26, 1981
[1]
|
Jul 1, 1968
|
- |
| Estonia |
Jan 7, 1992
|
Jan 7, 1992
[2]
|
- |
- |
| Ethiopia |
Mar 5, 1970
|
Mar 5, 1970
[1]
|
Sep 5, 1968
|
- |
| Fiji |
Jul 14, 1972
|
Aug 14, 1972
[4]
|
- |
- |
| Finland |
Mar 5, 1970
|
Feb 5, 1969
[1]
|
Jul 1, 1968
|
- |
| France |
Aug 3, 1992
|
Aug 3, 1992
[2]
|
- |
- |
| Gambia |
- |
- |
Sep 4, 1968
|
- |
| United Kingdom |
Mar 5, 1970
|
Nov 27, 1968
[1]
|
Jul 1, 1968
|
- |
| Germany |
May 2, 1975
|
May 2, 1975
[1]
|
Nov 28, 1969
|
- |
| Ghana |
May 4, 1970
|
May 4, 1970
[1]
|
Jul 24, 1968
|
- |
| Grenada |
Sep 2, 1975
|
Sep 2, 1975
[4]
|
- |
- |
| Holy See |
Feb 25, 1971
|
Feb 25, 1971
[2]
|
- |
- |
| Hungary |
Mar 5, 1970
|
May 27, 1969
[1]
|
Jul 1, 1968
|
- |
| Iceland |
Mar 5, 1970
|
Jul 18, 1968
[1]
|
Jul 1, 1968
|
- |
| Indonesia |
Jul 12, 1979
|
Jul 12, 1979
[1]
|
Mar 2, 1970
|
- |
| Iran, Islamic Republic of |
Mar 5, 1970
|
Mar 5, 1970
[1]
|
Jul 1, 1968
|
- |
| Ireland |
Mar 5, 1970
|
Jul 4, 1968
[1]
|
Jul 4, 1968
|
- |
| Italy |
May 2, 1975
|
May 2, 1975
[1]
|
Jan 28, 1969
|
- |
| Jamaica |
Mar 5, 1970
|
Mar 5, 1970
[1]
|
Apr 14, 1969
|
- |
| Japan |
Jun 8, 1976
|
Jun 8, 1976
[1]
|
Feb 3, 1970
|
- |
| Kazakhstan |
Mar 21, 1994
|
Mar 21, 1994
[2]
|
- |
- |
| Kiribati |
Apr 18, 1985
|
Apr 18, 1985
[4]
|
- |
- |
| Kuwait |
- |
- |
Aug 22, 1968
|
- |
| Lao, People's Dem. Rep. |
Mar 5, 1970
|
Mar 5, 1970
[1]
|
Jul 1, 1968
|
- |
| Latvia |
Jan 31, 1992
|
Jan 31, 1992
[2]
|
- |
- |
| Lebanon |
Jul 15, 1970
|
Jul 15, 1970
[1]
|
Jul 1, 1968
|
- |
| Libya |
May 26, 1975
|
May 26, 1975
[1]
|
Jul 18, 1968
|
- |
| Liechtenstein |
Apr 20, 1978
|
Apr 20, 1978
[2]
|
- |
- |
| Lithuania |
Sep 23, 1991
|
Sep 23, 1991
[2]
|
- |
- |
| Luxembourg |
May 2, 1975
|
May 2, 1975
[1]
|
Aug 14, 1968
|
- |
| Malaysia |
Nov 17, 1991
|
Mar 30, 1995
[4]
|
- |
- |
| Mauritius |
Mar 5, 1970
|
Mar 5, 1970
[1]
|
Jul 1, 1968
|
- |
| Mexico |
Mar 5, 1970
|
Apr 14, 1969
[1]
|
- |
- |
| Malawi |
Mar 5, 1970
|
Jan 21, 1969
[1]
|
Jul 26, 1968
|
- |
| Morocco |
Feb 18, 1986
|
Feb 18, 1986
[2]
|
- |
- |
| Mozambique |
Nov 30, 1970
|
Nov 30, 1970
[1]
|
Jul 1, 1968
|
- |
| Namibia |
Sep 20, 1990
|
Sep 20, 1990
[2]
|
- |
- |
| Nauru |
Oct 2, 1992
|
Oct 2, 1992
[2]
|
- |
- |
| Nepal |
Jun 17, 1982
|
Jun 7, 1982
[2]
|
- |
- |
| Netherlands |
Mar 5, 1970
|
Feb 3, 1970
[1]
|
Jul 1, 1968
|
- |
| Nicaragua |
May 2, 1975
|
May 2, 1975
[1]
|
Aug 20, 1968
|
- |
| Nigeria |
- |
- |
Jul 1, 1968
|
- |
| Norway |
Mar 5, 1970
|
Sep 27, 1968
[1]
|
Jul 1, 1968
|
- |
| New Zealand |
Mar 5, 1970
|
Feb 5, 1969
[1]
|
Jul 1, 1968
|
- |
| Paraguay |
Mar 5, 1970
|
Sep 10, 1969
[1]
|
Jul 1, 1968
|
- |
| Philippines |
Mar 5, 1970
|
Mar 5, 1970
[1]
|
- |
- |
| Papua New Guinea |
Oct 16, 1972
|
Oct 16, 1972
[1]
|
- |
- |
| Poland |
Jan 13, 1982
|
Jan 13, 1982
[2]
|
- |
- |
| Portugal |
Mar 5, 1970
|
Jun 12, 1969
[1]
|
Jul 1, 1968
|
- |
| Qatar |
Dec 15, 1971
|
Dec 15, 1977
[2]
|
- |
- |
| Romania |
Apr 3, 1989
|
Apr 3, 1989
[2]
|
- |
- |
| Rwanda |
Mar 5, 1970
|
Feb 4, 1970
[1]
|
Jul 1, 1968
|
- |
| Senegal |
May 20, 1975
|
May 20, 1975
[2]
|
- |
- |
| Seychelles |
Jan 15, 1971
|
Jan 15, 1971
[1]
|
Jul 26, 1968
|
- |
| Sierra Leone |
Mar 12, 1985
|
Mar 12, 1985
[2]
|
- |
- |
| Singapore |
Feb 26, 1975
|
Feb 26, 1975
[2]
|
- |
- |
| Slovakia |
Mar 10, 1976
|
Mar 10, 1976
[1]
|
Feb 5, 1970
|
- |
| Slovenia |
Jan 1, 1993
|
Apr 17, 1993
[4]
|
- |
- |
| San Marino |
Apr 7, 1992
|
Apr 7, 1992
[4]
|
- |
- |
| Solomon Islands |
Aug 10, 1970
|
Aug 10, 1970
[1]
|
Jul 29, 1968
|
- |
| Somalia |
Jul 7, 1978
|
Jun 17, 1981
[4]
|
- |
- |
| Spain |
Mar 5, 1970
|
Mar 5, 1970
[1]
|
Jul 1, 1968
|
- |
| Sri Lanka |
Nov 5, 1987
|
Nov 5, 1987
[2]
|
- |
- |
| Saint Lucia |
Mar 5, 1979
|
Mar 5, 1979
[1]
|
Jul 1, 1968
|
- |
| Sudan |
Dec 28, 1979
|
Dec 28, 1979
[4]
|
- |
- |
| Sweden |
Dec 10, 1973
|
Dec 10, 1973
[1]
|
- |
- |
| Switzerland |
Mar 5, 1970
|
Dec 11, 1969
[1]
|
Jun 24, 1969
|
- |
| Tanzania, Un. Rep. of |
Mar 5, 1970
|
Jan 9, 1970
[1]
|
Aug 19, 1968
|
- |
| Thailand |
Mar 9, 1977
|
Mar 9, 1977
[1]
|
Nov 27, 1969
|
- |
| Timor-Leste |
May 31, 1991
|
May 31, 1991
[2]
|
- |
- |
| Tonga |
Dec 7, 1972
|
Dec 7, 1972
[2]
|
- |
- |
| Trinidad and Tobago |
Mar 5, 2003
|
Mar 5, 2003
[2]
|
- |
- |
| Tunisia |
Jul 7, 1971
|
Jul 7, 1971
[4]
|
- |
- |
| Tuvalu |
Oct 30, 1986
|
Oct 30, 1986
[1]
|
Aug 22, 1968
|
- |
| Ukraine |
Mar 5, 1970
|
Feb 26, 1970
[1]
|
Jul 1, 1968
|
- |
| United States of America |
Jan 19, 1979
|
Jan 19, 1979
[4]
|
- |
- |
| Vanuatu |
Dec 5, 1994
|
Dec 5, 1994
[2]
|
- |
- |
| Venezuela, Boliv. Rep. of |
Mar 5, 1970
|
Mar 5, 1970
[1]
|
Jul 1, 1968
|
- |
| Yemen |
Aug 24, 1995
|
Aug 24, 1995
[2]
|
- |
- |
| Zambia |
Sep 25, 1975
|
Sep 25, 1975
[1]
|
- |
- |
| Zimbabwe |
May 14, 1986
|
May 14, 1986
[1]
|
- |
- |
| Montenegro |
May 14, 1991
|
May 22, 1991
[2]
|
- |
- |
| Czechoslovakia |
Sep 26, 1991
|
Sep 26, 1991
[2]
|
- |
- |
| former USSR/Soviet Union |
Jun 3, 2006
|
Dec 12, 2006
[4]
|
- |
- |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
Mar 5, 1970
|
Jul 22, 1969
[1]
|
Jul 1, 1968
|
- |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis |
Mar 5, 1970
|
Mar 5, 1970
[1]
|
Jul 1, 1968
|
- |
| Turkey |
Oct 27, 1979
|
Nov 6, 1984
[4]
|
- |
- |
| Yugoslavia |
Mar 5, 1970
|
Nov 27, 1968
[1]
|
- |
- |
| Samoa |
Apr 17, 1980
|
Apr 17, 1980
[1]
|
Jan 28, 1969
|
- |
| Congo, Dem. Rep. of |
Mar 5, 1970
|
Mar 5, 1970
[1]
|
Jul 10, 1968
|
- |
| Palestinian Authority |
Mar 26, 1975
|
Mar 26, 1975
[2]
|
- |
- |
| Eswatini, Kingdom of |
- |
- |
Sep 17, 1968
|
- |
| North Macedonia |
Feb 12, 2015
|
Feb 12, 2015
[2]
|
- |
- |
* [1] Ratification
[2] Accession/approbation
[3] Acceptance/approval
[4] Succession
[5] Consent to be bound
[6] Definite signature