State

Approval of
Membership (A)

Ratification (R) or Accession (A)

Afghanistan

13-Dec-78

13-Dec-78

(A)

Albania

21-Jan-92

03-Nov-92

(A)

Angola

08-Dec-80

24-Apr-85

(A)

Antigua and Barbuda

21-Jan-86

21-Jan-86

(A)

Argentina

11-Sep-78

(R)

Armenia

22-Jan-93

23-Mar-93

(A)

Azerbaijan

26-Jan-94

11-Apr-94

(A)

Bangladesh

09-May-77

(R)

Barbados

13-Dec-78

13-Dec-78

(A)

Belize

13-Dec-82

13-Dec-82

(A)

Benin

13-Dec-77

28-Dec-77

(A)

Bhutan

13-Dec-78

13-Dec-78

(A)

Bolivia

30-Dec-77

(R)

Bosnia and Herzegovina

26-Jan-94

18-Mar-94

(A)

Botswana

21-Jul-77

(A)

Brazil

02-Nov-78

(R)

Burkina Faso

13-Dec-77

14-Dec-77

(A)

Burundi

13-Dec-78

13-Dec-78

(A)

Cambodia

21-Jan-92

25-Aug-92

(A)

Cameroon

20-Jun-77

(A)

Cape Verde

12-Oct-77

(A)

Central African Republic

13-Dec-77

11-Dec-78

(A)

Chad

03-Nov-77

(R)

Chile

02-Jun-78

(A)

China

15-Jan-80

15-Jan-80

(A)

Colombia

13-Dec-78

16-Jul-79

(A)

Comoros

13-Dec-77

13-Dec-77

(A)

Congo

27-Jul-78

(R)

Cook Islands

22-Jan-93

25-Mar-93

(A)

Costa Rica

16-Nov-78

(R)

Côte d' Ivoire

15-Jan-80

19-Jan-82

(A)

Croatia

26-Jan-94

24-Mar-97

(A)

Cuba

15-Nov-77

(R)

Cyprus

13-Dec-77

20-Dec-77

(A)

D.P.R. Korea

09-Dec-86

23-Feb-87

(A)

D.R. Congo

12-Oct-77

(R)

Djibouti

13-Dec-77

14-Dec-77

(A)

Dominica

15-Jan-80

29-Jan-80

(A)

Dominican Republic

29-Dec-77

(A)

Ecuador

19-Jul-77

(R)

Egypt

11-Oct-77

(R)

El Salvador

31-Oct-77

(R)

Equatorial Guinea

08-Dec-80

29-Jul-81

(A)

Eritrea

26-Jan-94

31-Mar-94

(A)

Ethiopia

07-Sep-77

(R)

Fiji

13-Dec-77

28-Mar-78

(A)

Gambia, The

13-Dec-77

13-Dec-77

(A)

Georgia

25-Jan-95

01-Feb-95

(A)

Ghana

05-Dec-77

(R)

Grenada

15-Jan-80

25-Jul-80

(A)

Guatemala

30-Nov-78

(A)

Guinea

12-Jul-77

(R)

Guinea-Bissau

13-Dec-77

25-Jan-78

(A)

Guyana

13-Dec-77

13-Dec-77

(A)

Haiti

19-Dec-77

(A)

Honduras

13-Dec-77

(R)

India

28-Mar-77

(R)

Israel

10-Jan-78

(R)

Jamaica

13-Apr-77

(R)

Jordan

13-Dec-78

15-Feb-79

(A)

Kazakhstan

11-Feb-98

25-Sep-98

(A)

Kenya

10-Nov-77

(R)

Kyrgyzstan

22-Jan-93

10-Sep-93

(A)

Laos

13-Dec-78

13-Dec-78

(A)

Lebanon

13-Dec-77

20-Jun-78

(A)

Lesotho

13-Dec-77

13-Dec-77

(A)

Liberia

11-Apr-78

(A)

Madagascar

13-Dec-78

12-Jan-79

(A)

Malawi

13-Dec-77

13-Dec-77

(A)

Malaysia

23-Jan-90

23-Jan-90

(A)

Maldives

15-Jan-80

15-Jan-80

(A)

Mali

30-Sep-77

(R)

Malta

23-Sep-77

(R)

Mauritania

13-Dec-78

26-Jun-79

(A)

Mauritius

13-Dec-78

29-Jan-79

(A)

Mexico

31-Oct-77

(R)

Mongolia

26-Jan-94

09-Feb-94

(A)

Morocco

16-Dec-77

(R)

Mozambique

13-Dec-77

16-Oct-78

(A)

Myanmar

23-Jan-90

23-Jan-90

(A)

Namibia

29-May-91

16-Oct-92

(A)

Nepal

13-Dec-77

05-May-78

(A)

Nicaragua

28-Oct-77

(R)

Niger

13-Dec-77

13-Dec-77

(A)

Oman

13-Dec-77

19-Apr-83

(A)

Pakistan

09-Mar-77

(R)

Panama

13-Apr-77

(R)

Papua New Guinea

11-May-78

(R)

Paraguay

13-Dec-78

23-Mar-79

(A)

Peru

06-Dec-77

(R)

Philippines

04-Apr-77

(R)

Republic of Korea

26-Jan-78

(R)

Republic of Moldova

17-Jan-96

17-Jan-96

(A)

Romania

25-Nov-77

(R)

Rwanda

29-Nov-77

(R)

Saint Christopher and Nevis

21-Jan-86

21-Jan-86

(A)

Saint Lucia

15-Jan-80

09-Oct-80

(A)

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

13-Dec-82

08-Mar-90

(A)

Samoa

13-Dec-77

13-Dec-77

(A)

Sao Tome and Principe

13-Dec-77

22-Apr-78

(A)

Senegal

13-Dec-77

(R)

Seychelles

13-Dec-78

13-Dec-78

(A)

Sierra Leone

14-Oct-77

(R)

Solomon Islands

08-Dec-80

13-Mar-81

(A)

Somalia

08-Sep-77

(R)

South Africa

17-Jan-96

14-Feb-97

(A)

Sri Lanka

23-Mar-77

(R)

Sudan

12-Dec-77

(R)

Suriname

13-Dec-82

15-Feb-83

(A)

Swaziland

18-Nov-77

(R)

Syria

29-Nov-78

(R)

Tajikistan

26-Jan-94

26-Jan-94

(A)

Tanzania, United Republic of

25-Nov-77

(R)

Thailand

30-Nov-77

(R)

The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

26-Jan-94

26-Jan-94

(A)

Togo

13-Dec-77

26-Apr-79

(A)

Tonga

19-Jan-82

12-Apr-82

(A)

Trinidad and Tobago

26-Jan-88

24-Mar-88

(A)

Tunisia

23-Aug-77

(R)

Turkey

14-Dec-77

(R)

Uganda

31-Aug-77

(R)

Uruguay

16-Dec-77

(R)

Viet Nam

13-Dec-77

13-Dec-77

(A)

Yemen

13-Dec-77

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Yugoslavia*

12-Dec-97

(R)

Zambia

16-Dec-77

(A)

Zimbabwe

08-Dec-80

22-Jan-81

(A)