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Albania
8 September 2000
Angola
23 November 1996
Antigua
and Barbuda 1 January 1995
Argentina
1 January 1995
Armenia
5 February 2003
Australia
1 January 1995
Austria
1 January 1995
Bahrain,
Kingdom of 1 January 1995
Bangladesh
1 January 1995
Barbados
1 January 1995
Belgium
1 January 1995
Belize
1 January 1995
Benin
22 February 1996
Bolivia, Plurinational State of
12 September 1995
Botswana
31 May 1995
Brazil
1 January 1995
Brunei
Darussalam 1 January 1995
Bulgaria
1 December 1996
Burkina
Faso 3 June 1995
Burundi
23 July 1995
Cambodia
13 October 2004
Cameroon
13 December 1995
Canada
1 January 1995
Cape Verde 23 July 2008
Central
African Republic 31 May 1995
Chad
19 October 1996
Chile
1 January 1995
China 11 December 2001
Colombia
30 April 1995
Congo
27 March 1997
Costa
Rica 1 January 1995
Côte
d'Ivoire 1 January 1995
Croatia 30
November 2000
Cuba
20 April 1995
Cyprus
30 July 1995
Czech
Republic 1 January 1995
Democratic Republic of the Congo 1 January 1997
Denmark
1 January 1995
Djibouti
31 May 1995
Dominica
1 January 1995
Dominican
Republic 9 March 1995
Ecuador
21 January 1996
Egypt
30 June 1995
El
Salvador 7 May 1995
Estonia
13 November 1999
European
Union (formerly European Communities) 1 January 1995
Fiji
14 January 1996
Finland
1 January 1995
France
1 January 1995
Gabon
1 January 1995
The
Gambia 23 October 1996
Georgia
14 June 2000
Germany
1 January 1995
Ghana
1 January 1995
Greece
1 January 1995
Grenada
22 February 1996
Guatemala
21 July 1995
Guinea
25 October 1995
Guinea-Bissau 31 May 1995
Guyana
1 January 1995
Haiti
30 January 1996
Honduras
1 January 1995
Hong
Kong, China 1 January 1995
Hungary
1 January 1995
Iceland
1 January 1995
India
1 January 1995
Indonesia
1 January 1995
Ireland
1 January 1995
Israel
21 April 1995
Italy
1 January 1995
Jamaica
9 March 1995
Japan
1 January 1995
Jordan 11 April 2000
Kenya
1 January 1995
Korea,
Republic of 1 January 1995
Kuwait, the State of
1 January 1995
Kyrgyz
Republic 20 December 1998
Latvia
10 February 1999
Lesotho
31 May 1995
Liechtenstein
1 September 1995
Lithuania
31 May 2001
Luxembourg
1 January 1995
Macao,
China 1 January 1995
Madagascar
17 November 1995
Malawi
31 May 1995
Malaysia
1 January 1995
Maldives
31 May 1995
Mali
31 May 1995
Malta
1 January 1995
Mauritania
31 May 1995
Mauritius
1 January 1995
Mexico
1 January 1995
Moldova, Republic of
26 July 2001
Mongolia
29 January 1997
Montenegro
29 April 2012
Morocco
1 January 1995
Mozambique
26 August 1995
Myanmar
1 January 1995
Namibia
1 January 1995
Nepal
23 April 2004
Netherlands
1 January 1995
New
Zealand 1 January 1995
Nicaragua
3 September 1995
Niger
13 December 1996
Nigeria
1 January 1995
Norway
1 January 1995
Oman
9 November 2000
Pakistan
1 January 1995
Panama
6 September 1997
Papua
New Guinea 9 June 1996
Paraguay
1 January 1995
Peru
1 January 1995
Philippines
1 January 1995
Poland
1 July 1995
Portugal
1 January 1995
Qatar
13 January 1996
Romania
1 January 1995
Russian Federation
22 August 2012
Rwanda
22 May 1996
Saint
Kitts and Nevis 21 February 1996
Saint
Lucia 1 January 1995
Saint
Vincent & the Grenadines 1 January 1995
Samoa 10 May 2012
Saudi Arabia, Kingdom of 11 December 2005
Senegal
1 January 1995
Sierra Leone 23 July 1995
Singapore
1 January 1995
Slovak
Republic 1 January 1995
Slovenia
30 July 1995
Solomon
Islands 26 July 1996
South
Africa 1 January 1995
Spain
1 January 1995
Sri
Lanka 1 January 1995
Suriname
1 January 1995
Swaziland
1 January 1995
Sweden
1 January 1995
Switzerland
1 July 1995
Chinese Taipei 1 January 2002
Tanzania
1 January 1995
Thailand
1 January 1995
The former
Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) 4 April 2003
Togo
31 May 1995
Tonga 27 July 2007
Trinidad
and Tobago 1 March 1995
Tunisia
29 March 1995
Turkey
26 March 1995
Uganda
1 January 1995
Ukraine 16 May 2008
United
Arab Emirates 10 April 1996
United
Kingdom 1 January 1995
United
States of America 1 January 1995
Uruguay
1 January 1995
Vanuatu
24 August 2012
Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of
1 January 1995
Viet Nam 11 January 2007
Zambia
1 January 1995
Zimbabwe
5 March 1995
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Afghanistan
Algeria
Andorra
Azerbaijan
Bahamas
Belarus
Bhutan
Bosnia
and Herzegovina
Comoros
Equatorial Guinea
Ethiopia
Holy See (Vatican)
Iran
Iraq
Kazakhstan
Lao People's
Democratic Republic
Lebanese
Republic
Liberia, Republic of
Libya
Sao Tomé and Principe
Serbia
Seychelles
Sudan
Syrian Arab Republic
Tajikistan
Uzbekistan
Yemen
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