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