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