TurkeyTurkmenistanUgandaUkraineUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland United States of AmericaUruguayUzbekistanVenezuelaYemen Zambia 2 August 198825 June 1999a 3 November 1986a24 February 1987 8 December 1988 21 October 199424 October 198628 18 April 1988 4 February 198515 September 1995a29 July 1991 5 February 1985 November 1991a 7 October 1998a 25 January 198827 February 198615 March 1985 Annex II States parties that have declared, at the timeOF ratification or accession, that they do not recognize the competence of the Committee provided for by article 20 of the Convention, as at 21 May 2004a Afghanistan China Equatorial Guinea Israel Kuwait Morocco Saudi Arabia a Total of seven States parties. Annex III States parties that have made the declarations PROVIDED for in articles 21 and 22 of the Convention, as at 21 May 2004a State party Date of entry into force AlgeriaArgentinaAustraliaAustriaBelgium 12 October 198926 June 198729 January 199328 August 198725 July 1999 Bosnia and HerzegovinaBulgariaCameroonCanadaChile Costa RicaCroatiaCyprusCzech RepublicDenmark EcuadorFinlandFranceGermanyGhana GreeceHungary IcelandIrelandItaly LiechtensteinLuxembourg MaltaMonacoNetherlands New ZealandNorway ParaguayPeruPoland PortugalRussian FederationSenegalSerbia and MontenegroSlovakia SloveniaSouth AfricaSpainSwedenSwitzerland TogoTunisiaTurkeyUruguayUkraine Venezuela 4 June 200312 June 199311 November 200024 July 198715 March 2004 27 February 2002 8 October 1991 8 April 1993 3 September 199626 June 1987 29 April 198829 September 198926 June 198719 October 2001 7 October 2000 5 November 198826 June 198722 November 199611 April 200211 February 1989 2 December 199029 October 198713 October 1990 6 January 199220 January 1989 9 January 199026 June 198729 May 20027 July 198812 June 1993 11 March 1989 1 October 199116 October 199612 March 200117 April 1995 16 July 199310 December 199820 November 198726 June 198726 June 1987 18 December 198723 October 1988 1 September 198826 June 198712 September 2003 26 April 1994 States parties that have only made the declaration provided for inarticle 21 of the Convention, as at 21 May 2004 JapanUgandaUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland United States of America States parties that have only made the declaration 29 June 199919 December 2001 8 December 198821 October 1994