State party Date of receipt of the instrument of ratification, accession a/ or succession b/ Date of entry into force Finland France Gambia Hungary Iceland 19 17 9 7 22 August 1975 February 1984 a/ June 1988 a/ September 1988 a/ August 1979 a/ 23 17 9 7 22 March 1976 May 1984 September 1988 December 1988 November 1979 Ireland Italy Jamaica Libyan Arab Jamahiriya Lithuania 8 15 3 16 20 December 1989 September 1978 October 1975 May 1989 a/ November 1991 a/ 8 15 23 16 20 March 1990 December 1978 March 1976 August 1989 February 1992 Luxembourg Madagascar Malta Mauritius Mongolia 18 21 13 12 16 August 1983 a/ June 1971 September 1990 a/ December 1973 a/ April 1991 a/ 18 23 13 23 16 November 1983 March 1976 December 1990 March 1976 July 1991 Nepal Netherlands New Zealand Nicaragua Niger 14 11 26 12 7 May 1991 a/ December 1978 May 1989 a/ March 1980 a/ March 1986 a/ 14 11 26 12 7 August 1991 March 1979 August 1989 June 1980 June 1986 Norway Panama Peru Philippines Poland 13 8 3 22 7 September 1972 March 1977 October 1980 August 1989 a/ November 1991 a/ 23 8 3 22 7 March 1976 June 1977 January 1981 November 1989 February 1992 Portugal Russian Federation Saint Vincent and the Grenadines San Marino Senegal 3 1 9 18 13 May 1983 October 1991 3/ November 1981 a/ October 1985 a/ February 1978 3 1 9 18 13 August 1983 January 1992 February 1982 January 1986 May 1978 Seychelles Somalia Spain Suriname Sweden 5 24 25 28 6 May 1992 a/ January 1990 a/ January 1985 a/ December 1976 a/ December 1971 5 24 25 28 23 August 1992 April 1990 April 1985 March 1977 March 1976 Togo Trinidad and Tobago Ukraine Uruguay Venezuela 30 14 25 1 10 March 1988 a/ November 1980 a/ July 1991 a/ April 1970 May 1978 30 14 25 23 10 June 1988 February 1981 October 1991 March 1976 August 1978 Zaire Zambia 1 November 1976 a/ 10 April 1984 a/ -171- 1 February 1977 10 July 1984