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last updated August 4, 2024

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

PARTICIPANT
SIGNATURE
RATIFICATION/ACCESSION
Afghanistan
 
10-Feb-03 (a)
Albania 
18-Jul-98
31-Jan-03
Algeria
28-Dec-00
 
Andorra
18-Jul-98
30-Apr-01
Angola 
7-Oct-98
 
Antigua and Barbuda 
23-Oct-98
18-Jun-01
Argentina 
8-Jan-99
8-Feb-01
Armenia
1-Oct-99
 
Australia
9-Dec-98
1-Jul-02
Austria 
7 Oct 1998 
28-Dec-00
Bahamas
29-Dec-00
 
Bahrain
11-Dec-00
 
Bangladesh
16-Sep-99
 
Barbados
8-Sep-00
  10-Dec-02
Belgium 
10-Sep-98
28-Jun-00
Belize
5-Apr-00
5-Apr-00
Benin
24-Sep-99
22-Jan-02
Bolivia 
17-Jul-98
27-Jun-02
Bosnia and Herzegovina
17-Jul-00
11-Apr-02
Botswana
8-Sep-00
8-Sep-00
Brazil
7-Feb-00
20-Jun-02
Bulgaria
11-Feb-99
11-Apr-02
Burkina Faso 
30-Nov-98 
 
Burundi
13-Jan-99
 
Cambodia
23-Oct-00
11-Apr-02
Cameroon 
17-Jul-98
 
Canada 
18-Dec-98 
7-Jul-00
Cape Verde
28-Dec-00
 
Central African Republic
7-Dec-99
3-Oct-01
Chad
20-Oct-99
 
Chile 
11-Sep-98
 
Colombia 
10-Dec-98 
5-Aug-02
Comoros
22-Sep-00
 
Congo 
17-Jul-98
 
Costa Rica 
7-Oct-98 
12-Jun-01
Côte d'Ivoire
30-Nov-98
 
Croatia
12-Oct-98
21-May-01
Cyprus 
15-Oct-98 
7-Mar-02
Czech  Republic
13-Apr-99
 
Democratic Republic of the Congo
8-Sep-00
11-Apr-02
Denmark 
25-Sep-98 
21-Jun-01
Djibouti 
7-Oct-98 
5-Nov-02
Dominica
 
12-Feb-01
Dominican Republic
8-Sep-00
 
East Timor
7-Oct-98
6-Sep-02 (a)
Ecuador
7-Oct-98
5-Feb-02
Egypt
26-Dec-00
 
Eritrea
7-Oct-98 
 
Estonia
27-Dec-99
30-Jan-02
Fiji
29-Nov-99
29-Nov-99
Finland
7-Oct-98 
29-Dec-00
France
18-Jul-98
9-Jun-00
Gabon
22-Dec-98 
20-Sep-00
Gambia 
4-Dec-98 
28-Jun-02
Georgia 
18-Jul-98
5-Sep-03 
Germany
10-Dec-98
11-Dec-00
Ghana
18-Jul-98
20-Dec-99
Greece
18-Jul-98
15-May-02
Guinea
7-Sep-00
14-Jul-03
Guinea-Bissau
12-Sep-00
 
Guyana
28-Dec-00
 
Haiti
26-Feb-99
 
Honduras
7-Oct-98 
1-Jul-02
Hungary 
15-Jan-99
30-Nov-01
Iceland
26-Aug-98
25-May-00
Iran
31-Dec-00
 
Ireland 
7-Oct-1998 
11-Apr-02
Israel
31-Dec-00
 
Italy
18-Jul-98
26-Jul-99
Jamaica
8-Sep-00
 
Jordan
7-Oct-98 
11-Apr-02
Kenya
11-Aug-99
 
Kuwait
8-Sep-00
 
Kyrgyzstan
8-Dec-98
 
Latvia
22-Apr-99
28-Jun-02
Lesotho 
30-Nov-98
6-Sep-00
Liberia 
17-Jul-98 
 
Liechtenstein
18-Jul-98 
2-Oct-01
Lithuania 
10-Dec-98 
12-May-03
Luxembourg
13-Oct-98 
8-Sep-00
Macedonia (the Former Yugoslav Republic of) 
7-Oct-98
6-Mar-02
Madagascar
18-Jul-98 
 
Malawi
2-Mar-99
19-Sep-02
Mali 
17-Jul-98 
16-Aug-00
Malta
17-Ju-98 
29-Nov-02
Marshall Islands
6-Sep-00
7-Dec-00
Mauritius
11-Nov-98
5-Mar-02
Mexico
7-Sep-00
 
Monaco
18-Jul-98 
 
Mongolia
29-Dec-00
11-Apr-02
Morocco
8-Sep-00
 
Mozambique
28-Dec-00
 
Namibia
27-Oct-98 
25-Jun-02
Nauru
13-Dec-00
12-Nov-01
Netherlands
18-Jul-98
17-Jul-01
New Zealand 
7-Oct-98
7-Sep-00
Niger
17-Jul-98 
11-Apr-02
Nigeria
1-Jun-00
27-Sep-01
Norway 
28-Aug-98 
16-Feb-00
Oman
20-Dec-00
 
Panama 
18-Jul-98
22-Mar-02
Paraguay 
7-Oct-98
14-May-01
Peru
7-Dec-00
11-Nov-01
Philippines
28-Dec-00
 
Poland
9-Apr-99
12-Nov-01
Portugal 
7-Oct-98 
5-Feb-02
Republic of Korea
8-Mar-00
13-Nov-02
Republic of Moldova
8-Sep-00
 
Romania
7-Jul-99
11-Apr-02
Russian Federation
13-Sep-00
 
Saint Lucia
 27-Aug-99
 
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
 
3-Dec-02 (a)
Samoa
17-Jul-98
16-Sep-02 
San Marino
18-Jul-98 
13-May-99
Sao Tome and Principe
28-Dec-00
 
Senegal
18-Jul-98 
2-Feb-99 
Seychelles
28-Dec-00
 
Sierra Leone 
17-Oct-98
15-Sep-00
Slovakia
23-Dec-98 
11-Apr-02
Slovenia 
7-Oct-98 
31-Dec-01
Solomon Islands 
3-Dec-98
 
South Africa 
17-Jul-98
27-Nov-00
Spain 
18-Jul-98
24-Oct-00
Sudan
8-Sep-00
 
Sweden 
7-Oct-98
28-Jun-01
Switzerland
18- Jul-98 
12-Oct-01
Syrian Arab Republic
29-Nov-00
 
Tajikistan 
30-Nov-98
5-May-00
Tanzania
29-Dec-00
20-Aug-02
Thailand
2-Oct-00
 
Trinidad and Tobago
23-Mar-99
6-Apr-99
Uganda
17-Mar-99
14-Jun-02
Ukraine
20-Jan-00
 
United Arab Emirates
27-Nov-00
 
United Kingdom 
30-Nov-98
4-Oct-01
United States
31-Dec-00
 
Uruguay
19-Dec-00
28-Jun-02
Uzbekistan
29-Dec-00
 
Venezuela 
14-Oct-98 
7-Jun-00
Yemen
28-Dec-00
 
Yugoslavia (Federal Republic of)
19-Dec-00
6-Sep-01
Zambia 
17-Jul-98 
13-Nov-02
Zimbabwe 
17-Jul-98 
 
TOTAL
139 
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