Parties
Updated: 2017-03-24 Print
The convention came into force on December 26, 1996. Currently there are 196 contracting parties.
1. Afghanistan
2. Albania
3. Algeria
4. Andorra
5. Angola
6. Antigua and Barbuda
7. Argentina
8. Armenia
9. Australia
10. Austria
11. Azerbaijan
12. Bahamas
13. Bahrain
14. Bangladesh
15. Barbados
16. Belarus
17. Belgium
18. Belize
19. Benin
20. Bhutan
21. Bolivia
22. Bosnia and Herzegovina
23. Botswana
24. Brazil
25. Brunei Darussalam
26. Bulgaria
27. Burkina Faso
28. Burundi
29. Cambodia
30. Cameroon
31. Cape Verde
32. The Central African Republic
33. Chad
34. Chile
35. China
36. Colombia
37. Comoros
38. Cook Islands
39. Congo
40. Costa Rica
41. Côte d'Ivoire
42. Croatia
43. Cuba
44. Cyprus
45. Czech Republic
46. Democratic People's Republic of Korea
47. Democratic Republic of the Congo
48. Denmark
49. Djibouti
50. Dominica
51. Dominican Republic
52. Ecuador
53. Egypt
54. El Salvador
55. Equatorial Guinea
56. Eritrea
57. Estonia
58. Ethiopia
59. European Union
60. Fiji
61. Finland
62. France
63. Gabon
64. The Gambia
65. Georgia
66. Germany
67. Ghana
68. Greece
69. Grenada
70. Guatemala
71. Guinea
72. Guinea-Bissau
73. Guyana
74. Haiti
75. Honduras
76. Hungary
77. Iceland
78. India
79. Indonesia
80. The Islamic Republic of Iran
81. Iraq
82. Ireland
83. Israel
84. Italy
85. Jamaica
86. Japan
87. Jordan
88. Kazakhstan
89. Kenya
90. Kiribati
91. Kuwait
92. Kyrgyzstan
93. Laos
94. Latvia
95. Lebanon
96. Lesotho
97. Liberia
98. Libya
99. Liechtenstein
100. Lithuania
101. Luxembourg
102. Madagascar
103. Malawi
104. Malaysia
105. Maldives
106. Mali
107. Malta
108. The Marshall Islands
109. Mauritania
110. Mauritius
111. Mexico
112. Micronesia (Federated States)
113. Republic of Moldova
114. Monaco
115. Mongolia
116. Montenegro
117. Morocco
118. Mozambique
119. Myanmar
120. Namibia
121. Nauru
122. Nepal
123. Netherlands
124. New Zealand
125. Nicaragua
126. Niger
127. Nigeria
128. Niue
129. Norway
130. Oman
131. Pakistan
132. Palau
133. Panama
134. Papua New Guinea
135. Paraguay
136. Peru
137. Philippines
138. Poland
139. Portugal
140. Qatar
141. The Republic of Korea
142. Romania
143. The Russian Federation
144. Rwanda
145. Saint Kitts and Nevis
146. Saint Lucia
147. Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
148. Samoa
149. San Marino
150. Sao Tome and Principe
151. Saudi Arabia
152. Senegal
153. Serbia
154. Seychelles
155. Sierra Leone
156. Singapore
157. Slovakia
158. Slovenia
159. Solomon Islands
160. Somalia
161. South Africa
162. South Sudan
163. Spain
164. Sri Lanka
165. Sudan
166. Suriname
167. Swaziland
168. Sweden
169. Switzerland
170. The Syrian Arab Republic
171. Tajikistan
172. Thailand
173. Republic of Macedonia
174. Timor-Leste
175. Togo
176. Tonga
177. Trinidad and Tobago
178. Tunisia
179. Turkey
180. Turkmenistan
181. Tuvalu
182. Uganda
183. Ukraine
184. United Arab Emirates
185. United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
186. United Republic of Tanzania
187. United States of America
188. Uruguay
189. Uzbekistan
190. Vanuatu
191. Venezuela
192. Vietnam
193. Yemen
194. Zambia
195. Zimbabwe
196. Canada