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Contracting Parties in order of their accession

02/05/2013

Date of entry into force (dd/mm/yy) follows each Party's name. In most circumstances, entry into force follows four months after accession to the Convention.

01	Australia	21/12/75	84	Turkey	13/11/94
02	Finland	21/12/75	85	Malaysia	10/03/95
03	Norway	21/12/75	86	Comoros	09/06/95
04	Sweden	21/12/75	87	The FYR of Macedonia	08/09/95
05	South Africa	21/12/75	88	Paraguay	07/10/95
06	Iran, Islamic Republic of	21/12/75	89	Togo	04/11/95
07	Greece	21/12/75	90	Latvia	25/11/95
08	Bulgaria	24/01/76	91	Namibia	23/12/95
09	United Kingdom	05/05/76	92	Albania	29/03/96
10	Switzerland	16/05/76	93	Congo, Democratic Rep. of	18/05/96
11	Germany	26/06/76	94	Cote d'Ivoire	27/06/96
12	Pakistan	23/11/76	95	Gambia	16/01/97
13	New Zealand	13/12/76	96	Israel	12/03/97
14	Russian Federation	11/02/77	97	Malawi	14/03/97
15	Italy	14/04/77	98	Botswana	09/04/97
16	Jordan	10/05/77	99	Bahamas	07/06/97
17	Serbia (succ. SFR/Yugoslavia)	27/04/92	100	Georgia	07/06/97
18	Senegal	11/11/77	101	Republic of Korea	28/07/97
19	Denmark	02/01/78	102	Nicaragua	30/11/97
20	Poland	22/03/78	103	Monaco	20/12/97
21	Iceland	02/04/78	104	Jamaica	07/02/98
22	Hungary	11/08/79	105	Bahrain	27/02/98
23	Netherlands	23/09/80	106	Mongolia	08/04/98
24	Japan	17/10/80	107	Syria	05/07/98
25	Morocco	20/10/80	108	Luxembourg	15/08/98
26	Portugal	24/03/81	109	Belize	22/08/98
27	Tunisia	24/03/81	110	Thailand	13/09/98
28	Canada	15/05/81	111	Congo	18/10/98
29	Chile	27/11/81	112	Colombia	18/10/98
30	India	01/02/82	113	Madagascar	25/01/99
31	Spain	04/09/82	114	El Salvador	22/05/99
32	Mauritania	22/02/83	115	Lebanon	16/08/99
33	Austria	16/04/83	116	Cambodia	23/10/99
34	Algeria	04/03/84	117	Belarus (succeeded)	25/08/91
35	Uruguay	22/09/84	118	Sierra Leone	13/04/00
36	Ireland	15/03/85	119	Benin	24/05/00
37	Suriname	22/11/85	120	United Republic of Tanzania	13/08/00
38	Belgium	04/07/86	121	Libyan Arab Jamahiriya	05/08/00
39	Mexico	04/11/86	122	Moldova	20/10/00
40	France	01/12/86	123	Nigeria	02/02/01
41	USA	18/04/87	124	Cuba	12/08/01
42	Gabon	30/04/87	125	Azerbaijan	21/09/01
43	Niger	30/08/87	126	Cyprus	11/11/01
44	Mali	25/09/87	127	Tajikistan	18/11/01
45	Nepal	17/04/88	128	Mauritius	30/09/01
46	Ghana	22/06/88	129	Bosnia and Herzegovina (succeeded)	01/03/92
47	Uganda	04/07/88	130	Uzbekistan	08/02/02
48	Egypt	09/09/88	131	Saint Lucia	19/06/02
49	Venezuela	23/11/88	132	Dominican Republic	15/09/02
50	Viet Nam	20/01/89	133	Burundi	05/10/02
51	Malta	30/01/89	134	Kyrgyz Republic	12/03/03
52	Guinea-Bissau	14/05/90	135	Palau	18/02/03
53	Kenya	05/10/90	136	Djibouti	22/03/03
54	Chad	13/10/90	137	Liberia	02/11/03
55	Sri Lanka	15/10/90	138	Equatorial Guinea	02/10/03
56	Guatemala	26/10/90	139	Lesotho	01/11/04
57	Bolivia	27/10/90	140	Marshall Islands	13/11/04
58	Burkina Faso	27/10/90	141	Mozambique	03/12/04
59	Panama	26/11/90	142	Samoa	06/02/05
60	Ecuador	07/01/91	143	Myanmar	17/03/05
61	Croatia	25/06/91	144	Seychelles	22/03/05
62	Slovenia	25/06/91	145	Sudan	07/05/05
63	Romania	21/09/91	146	Antigua and Barbuda	02/10/05
64	Ukraine	01/12/91	147	Cape Verde	18/11/05
65	Liechtenstein	06/12/91	148	Rwanda	01/04/06
66	Zambia	28/12/91	149	Central African Republic	05/04/06
67	Peru	30/03/92	150	Barbados	12/04/06
68	Costa Rica	27/04/92	151	Cameroon	20/07/06
69	China	31/07/92	152	Fiji	11/08/06
70	Indonesia	08/08/92	153	Sao Tome and Principe	21/12/06
71	Argentina	04/09/92	154	Kazakhstan	02/05/07
72	Bangladesh	21/09/92	155	Montenegro (succeeded)	03/06/06
73	Czech Republic	01/01/93	156	United Arab Emirates	29/12/07
74	Slovakia	01/01/93	157	Iraq	17/02/08
75	Guinea	18/03/93	158	Yemen	08/02/08
76	Trinidad and Tobago	21/04/93	159	Turkmenistan	03/07/09
77	Papua New Guinea	16/07/93	160	Lao People's Democratic Republic	28/09/10
78	Brazil	24/09/93	161	Bhutan	07/09/12
79	Honduras	23/10/93	162	Grenada	22/09/12
80	Armenia	06/11/93	163	Andorra	23/11/12
81	Lithuania	20/12/93	164	Zimbabwe	03/05/13
82	Estonia	29/07/94	165	Swaziland	15/06/13
83	Philippines	08/11/94	166	Kiribati	03/08/13
			167	Oman	19/08/13

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