153 Members Membership date Members & Entry dates Albania 08/09/2000 Angola 23/11/1996 Antigua and Barbuda 01/01/1995 Argentina 01/01/1995 Armenia 05/02/2003 Australia 01/01/1995 Austria 01/01/1995 Bahrain, Kingdom of 01/01/1995 Bangladesh 01/01/1995 Barbados 01/01/1995 Belgium 01/01/1995 Belize 01/01/1995 Benin 22/02/1996 Bolivia 12/09/1995 Botswana 31/05/1995 Brazil 01/01/1995 Brunei Darussalam 01/01/1995 Bulgaria 01/12/1996 Burkina Faso 03/06/1995 Burundi 23/07/1995 Cambodia 13/10/2004 Cameroon 13/12/1995 Canada 01/01/1995 Cape Verde 23/07/2008 Central African Republic 31/05/1995 Chad 19/10/1996 Chile 01/01/1995 China 11/12/2001 Chinese Taipei 01/01/2002 Colombia 30/04/1995 Congo 27/03/1997 Costa Rica 01/01/1995 Côte d'Ivoire 01/01/1995 Croatia 30/11/2000 Cuba 20/04/1995 Cyprus 30/07/1995 Czech Republic 01/01/1995 Democratic Republic of Congo 01/01/1997 Denmark 01/01/1995 Djibouti 31/05/1995 Dominica 01/01/1995 Dominican Republic 09/03/1995 Ecuador 21/01/1996 Egypt 30/06/1995 El Salvador 07/05/1995 Estonia 13/11/1999 European Communities 01/01/1995 Fiji 14/01/1996 Finland 01/01/1995 Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia 04/04/2003 France 01/01/1995 Gabon 01/01/1995 Gambia, The 23/10/1996 Georgia 14/06/2000 Germany 01/01/1995 Ghana 01/01/1995 Greece 01/01/1995 Grenada 22/02/1996 Guatemala 21/07/1995 Guinea 25/10/1995 Guinea Bissau 31/05/1995 Guyana 01/01/1995 Haiti 30/01/1996 Honduras 01/01/1995 Hong Kong, China 01/01/1995 Hungary 01/01/1995 Iceland 01/01/1995 India 01/01/1995 Indonesia 01/01/1995 Ireland 01/01/1995 Israel 21/04/1995 Italy 01/01/1995 Jamaica 09/03/1995 Japan 01/01/1995 Jordan 11/04/2000 Kenya 01/01/1995 Korea, Republic of 01/01/1995 Kuwait 01/01/1995 Kyrgyz Republic 20/12/1998 Latvia 10/02/1999 Lesotho 31/05/1995 Liechtenstein 01/09/1995 Lithuania 31/05/2001 Luxembourg 01/01/1995 Macao, China 01/01/1995 Madagascar 17/11/1995 Malawi 31/05/1995 Malaysia 01/01/1995 Maldives 31/05/1995 Mali 31/05/1995 Malta 01/01/1995 Mauritania 31/05/1995 Mauritius 01/01/1995 Mexico 01/01/1995 Moldova 27/07/2001 Mongolia 29/01/1997 Morocco 01/01/1995 Mozambique 26/08/1995 Myanmar 01/01/1995 Namibia 01/01/1995 Nepal 23/04/2004 Netherlands (and Netherlands Antilles) 01/01/1995 New Zealand 01/01/1995 Nicaragua 03/09/1995 Niger 13/12/1996 Nigeria 01/01/1995 Norway 01/01/1995 Oman 09/11/2000 Pakistan 01/01/1995 Panama 06/09/1997 Papua New Guinea 09/06/1996 Paraguay 01/01/1995 Peru 01/01/1995 Philippines 01/01/1995 Poland 01/07/1995 Portugal 01/01/1995 Qatar 13/01/1996 Romania 01/01/1995 Rwanda 22/05/1996 Saint Kitts and Nevis 21/02/1996 Saint Lucia 01/01/1995 Saint Vincent & the Grenadines 01/01/1995 Saudi Arabia 11/12/2005 Senegal 01/01/1995 Sierra Leone 23/07/1995 Singapore 01/01/1995 Slovak Republic 01/01/1995 Slovenia 30/07/1995 Solomon Islands 26/07/1996 South Africa 01/01/1995 Spain 01/01/1995 Sri Lanka 01/01/1995 Suriname 01/01/1995 Swaziland 01/01/1995 Sweden 01/01/1995 Switzerland 01/07/1995 Tanzania 01/01/1995 Thailand 01/01/1995 Togo 31/05/1995 Tonga 27/07/2007 Trinidad and Tobago 01/03/1995 Tunisia 29/03/1995 Turkey 26/03/1995 Uganda 01/01/1995 Ukraine 16/05/2008 United Arab Emirates 10/04/1996 United Kingdom 01/01/1995 United States of America 01/01/1995 Uruguay 01/01/1995 Venezuela 01/01/1995 Vietnam 11/01/2007 Zambia 01/01/1995 Zimbabwe 05/03/1995