Status of Signature and Ratification

109

Total States

105

Total Signed

101

Total Ratified

4

Not Signed

8

Not Ratified

Latest State Signatory:

Tuvalu

25-Sep-2018

Latest Ratifying State:

Papua New Guinea

13-Mar-2024

Region	State	Signature Date	Ratification Date
Eastern Europe	Albania	27-Sep-1996	23-Apr-2003
Africa	Algeria	15-Oct-1996	11-Jul-2003
Africa	Angola	27-Sep-1996	20-Mar-2015
Eastern Europe	Armenia	01-Oct-1996	12-Jul-2006
South-East Asia, Pacific & Far East	Australia	24-Sep-1996	09-Jul-1998
Eastern Europe	Azerbaijan	28-Jul-1997	02-Feb-1999
Eastern Europe	Belarus	24-Sep-1996	13-Sep-2000
Africa	Benin	27-Sep-1996	06-Mar-2001
Eastern Europe	Bosnia and Herzegovina	24-Sep-1996	26-Oct-2006
Africa	Botswana	16-Sep-2002	28-Oct-2002
South-East Asia, Pacific & Far East	Brunei Darussalam	22-Jan-1997	10-Jan-2013
Eastern Europe	Bulgaria	24-Sep-1996	29-Sep-1999
Africa	Burkina Faso	27-Sep-1996	17-Apr-2002
Africa	Burundi	24-Sep-1996	24-Sep-2008
Africa	Cabo Verde	01-Oct-1996	01-Mar-2006
South-East Asia, Pacific & Far East	Cambodia	26-Sep-1996	10-Nov-2000
Africa	Cameroon	16-Nov-2001	06-Feb-2006
Africa	Central African Republic	19-Dec-2001	26-May-2010
Africa	Chad	08-Oct-1996	08-Feb-2013
Africa	Comoros	12-Dec-1996	19-Feb-2021
Africa	Congo	11-Feb-1997	02-Sep-2014
South-East Asia, Pacific & Far East	Cook Islands	05-Dec-1997	06-Sep-2005
Africa	Côte d'Ivoire	25-Sep-1996	11-Mar-2003
Eastern Europe	Croatia	24-Sep-1996	02-Mar-2001
Eastern Europe	Czech Republic	12-Nov-1996	11-Sep-1997
Africa	Democratic Republic of the Congo	04-Oct-1996	28-Sep-2004
Africa	Djibouti	21-Oct-1996	15-Jul-2005
Africa	Equatorial Guinea	09-Oct-1996	21-Sep-2022
Africa	Eritrea	11-Nov-2003	11-Nov-2003
Eastern Europe	Estonia	20-Nov-1996	13-Aug-1999
Africa	Eswatini	24-Sep-1996	21-Sep-2016
Africa	Ethiopia	25-Sep-1996	08-Aug-2006
South-East Asia, Pacific & Far East	Fiji	24-Sep-1996	10-Oct-1996
Africa	Gabon	07-Oct-1996	20-Sep-2000
Africa	Gambia	09-Apr-2003	24-Mar-2022
Eastern Europe	Georgia	24-Sep-1996	27-Sep-2002
Africa	Ghana	03-Oct-1996	14-Jun-2011
Africa	Guinea	03-Oct-1996	22-Sep-2011
Africa	Guinea-Bissau	11-Apr-1997	24-Sep-2013
Eastern Europe	Hungary	25-Sep-1996	13-Jul-1999
South-East Asia, Pacific & Far East	Indonesia	24-Sep-1996	06-Feb-2012
South-East Asia, Pacific & Far East	Japan	24-Sep-1996	08-Jul-1997
Africa	Kenya	14-Nov-1996	30-Nov-2000
South-East Asia, Pacific & Far East	Kiribati	07-Sep-2000	07-Sep-2000
South-East Asia, Pacific & Far East	Lao People's Democratic Republic	30-Jul-1997	05-Oct-2000
Eastern Europe	Latvia	24-Sep-1996	20-Nov-2001
Africa	Lesotho	30-Sep-1996	14-Sep-1999
Africa	Liberia	01-Oct-1996	17-Aug-2009
Africa	Libya	13-Nov-2001	06-Jan-2004
Eastern Europe	Lithuania	07-Oct-1996	07-Feb-2000
Africa	Madagascar	09-Oct-1996	15-Sep-2005
Africa	Malawi	09-Oct-1996	21-Nov-2008
South-East Asia, Pacific & Far East	Malaysia	23-Jul-1998	17-Jan-2008
Africa	Mali	18-Feb-1997	04-Aug-1999
South-East Asia, Pacific & Far East	Marshall Islands	24-Sep-1996	28-Oct-2009
Africa	Mauritania	24-Sep-1996	30-Apr-2003
South-East Asia, Pacific & Far East	Micronesia, Federated States of	24-Sep-1996	25-Jul-1997
South-East Asia, Pacific & Far East	Mongolia	01-Oct-1996	08-Aug-1997
Eastern Europe	Montenegro	23-Oct-2006	23-Oct-2006
Africa	Morocco	24-Sep-1996	17-Apr-2000
Africa	Mozambique	26-Sep-1996	04-Nov-2008
South-East Asia, Pacific & Far East	Myanmar	25-Nov-1996	21-Sep-2016
Africa	Namibia	24-Sep-1996	29-Jun-2001
South-East Asia, Pacific & Far East	Nauru	08-Sep-2000	12-Nov-2001
South-East Asia, Pacific & Far East	New Zealand	27-Sep-1996	19-Mar-1999
Africa	Niger	03-Oct-1996	09-Sep-2002
Africa	Nigeria	08-Sep-2000	27-Sep-2001
South-East Asia, Pacific & Far East	Niue	09-Apr-2012	04-Mar-2014
Eastern Europe	North Macedonia	29-Oct-1998	14-Mar-2000
South-East Asia, Pacific & Far East	Palau	12-Aug-2003	01-Aug-2007
South-East Asia, Pacific & Far East	Papua New Guinea	25-Sep-1996	13-Mar-2024
South-East Asia, Pacific & Far East	Philippines	24-Sep-1996	23-Feb-2001
Eastern Europe	Poland	24-Sep-1996	25-May-1999
South-East Asia, Pacific & Far East	Republic of Korea	24-Sep-1996	24-Sep-1999
Eastern Europe	Republic of Moldova	24-Sep-1997	16-Jan-2007
Eastern Europe	Romania	24-Sep-1996	05-Oct-1999
Africa	Rwanda	30-Nov-2004	30-Nov-2004
South-East Asia, Pacific & Far East	Samoa	09-Oct-1996	27-Sep-2002
Africa	Sao Tome and Principe	26-Sep-1996	22-Sep-2022
Africa	Senegal	26-Sep-1996	09-Jun-1999
Eastern Europe	Serbia	08-Jun-2001	19-May-2004
Africa	Seychelles	24-Sep-1996	13-Apr-2004
Africa	Sierra Leone	08-Sep-2000	17-Sep-2001
South-East Asia, Pacific & Far East	Singapore	14-Jan-1999	10-Nov-2001
Eastern Europe	Slovakia	30-Sep-1996	03-Mar-1998
Eastern Europe	Slovenia	24-Sep-1996	31-Aug-1999
South-East Asia, Pacific & Far East	Solomon Islands	03-Oct-1996	20-Jan-2023
Africa	South Africa	24-Sep-1996	30-Mar-1999
Africa	Sudan	10-Jun-2004	10-Jun-2004
South-East Asia, Pacific & Far East	Thailand	12-Nov-1996	25-Sep-2018
South-East Asia, Pacific & Far East	Timor-Leste	26-Sep-2008	01-Aug-2022
Africa	Togo	02-Oct-1996	02-Jul-2004
Africa	Tunisia	16-Oct-1996	23-Sep-2004
South-East Asia, Pacific & Far East	Tuvalu	25-Sep-2018	31-Mar-2022
Africa	Uganda	07-Nov-1996	14-Mar-2001
Eastern Europe	Ukraine	27-Sep-1996	23-Feb-2001
Africa	United Republic of Tanzania	30-Sep-2004	30-Sep-2004
South-East Asia, Pacific & Far East	Vanuatu	24-Sep-1996	16-Sep-2005
South-East Asia, Pacific & Far East	Viet Nam	24-Sep-1996	10-Mar-2006
Africa	Zambia	03-Dec-1996	23-Feb-2006
Africa	Zimbabwe	13-Oct-1999	13-Feb-2019