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      ARRANGED BY DATE   ARRANGED BY COUNTRY    
November 1936   UK   Afghanistan 1978  
July 1941   United States   Algeria 1956 December
  1946   USSR   American Samoa 1964 September
June 1947   Canada   Angola 1975  
November 1949   France   Argentina 1951 November
September 1950   Mexico   Australia 1956 September
January 1951   Brazil   Austria 1955  
October 1951   Netherlands   Bangladesh 1964  
November 1951   Argentina   Barbados 1964 December
January 1952   Italy   Belgium 1953 December
August 1952   Dominican Republic   Bhutan 1995  
November 1952   Venezuela   Brazil 1951 January
December 1952   Germany   British Virgin Islands 1973 November
January 1953   Japan   Cambodia 1962 January
  1953   Philippines   Canada 1947 June
  1953   Switzerland   Central African Republic 1974 February
December 1953   Belgium   Chile 1958 October
July 1954   Poland   China 1958 May
November 1954   Finland   Colombia 1954  
November 1954   Monaco   Congo, Dem Republic of 1966  
  1954   Colombia   Congo, Republic of 1963 August
  1954   Czechoslovakia   Costa Rica 1960 May
  1954   Hungary   Cyprus 1964 December
January 1955   Luxembourg   Czechoslovakia 1954  
May 1955   Denmark   Denmark 1955 May
June 1955   Thailand   Djibouti 1967 April
  1955   Austria   Dominican Republic 1952 August
May 1956   Guatemala   Ecuador 1959 May
May 1956   Iraq   Egypt 1960 July
May 1956   Yugoslavia   El Salvador 1958 December
August 1956   Nicaragua   Equatorial Guinea 1968 July
September 1956   Australia   Ethiopia 1964 November
September 1956   Sweden   Finland 1954 November
October 1956   Taiwan   France 1949 November
December 1956   Algeria   French Polynesia 1965  
November 1957   Portugal   Gabon 1963 May
  1957   Romania   Germany 1952 December
January 1958   Peru   Ghana 1965 July
December 1958   El Salvador   Gibraltar 1962 October
May 1958   China   Greece 1970 June
October 1958   Chile   Guadeloupe 1964 December
February 1959   Spain   Guatemala 1956 May
May 1959   Ecuador   Guinea 1977 August
May 1959   Lebanon   Haiti 1959  
September 1959   Honduras   Honduras 1959 September
September 1959   India   Hong Kong 1967 November
September 1959   Panama   Hungary 1954  
October 1959   Nigeria   Iceland 1966 September
November 1959   Bulgaria   India 1959 September
  1959   Haiti   Indonesia 1962 August
May 1960   Costa Rica   Iran 1966 October
July 1960   Egypt   Iraq 1956 May
July 1960   Syria   Ireland 1961 December
August 1960   Netherlands Antilles   Israel 1966 March
August 1960   Norway   Italy 1952 January
November 1960   Zimbabwe   Ivory Coast 1963 August
April 1961   Uruguay   Jamaica 1963 August
July 1961   New Zealand   Japan 1953 January
December 1961   Ireland   Jordan 1968 February
December 1961   Korea, Rep [S]   Kenya 1962 October
  1961   Kuwait   Korea, Rep [S] 1961 December
  1961   Zambia   Kuwait 1961  
January 1962   Cambodia   Lebanon 1959 May
August 1962   Indonesia   Lesotho 1978  
September 1962   Malta   Liberia 1964 January
October 1962   Gibraltar   Libya 1968 December
October 1962   Kenya   Luxembourg 1955 January
November 1962   Trinidad & Tobago   Madagascar 1967 December
April 1963   Sierra Leone   Malaysia 1963 October
May 1963   Gabon   Maldives 1978  
August 1963   Congo, Republic of   Malta 1962 September
August 1963   Ivory Coast   Mauritius 1965 February
August 1963   Jamaica   Mexico 1950 September
October 1963   Malaysia   Monaco 1954 November
October 1963   Uganda   Mongolia 1967 November
November 1963   Sudan   Morocco 1964 October
  1963   Singapore   Mozambique 1974  
January 1964   Liberia   Netherlands 1951 October
September 1964   American Samoa   Morocco 1964 October
September 1964   Yemen, Dem Rep   Mozambique 1974  
October 1964   Morocco   Netherlands 1951 October
November 1964   Ethiopia   Netherlands Antilles 1960 August
December 1964   Barbados   New Caledonia 1965 October
December 1964   Cyprus   New Zealand 1961 July
December 1964   Guadeloupe   Nicaragua 1956 August
December 1964   Pakistan   Niger 1973 September
December 1964   Réunion   Nigeria 1959 October
  1964   Bangladesh   Norway 1960 August
February 1965   Mauritius   Oman 1974 November
February 1965   Senegal   Pakistan 1964 December
July 1965   Ghana   Panama 1959 September
July 1965   Saudi Arabia   Paraguay 1965 September
September 1965   Paraguay   Peru 1958 January
  1965   French Polynesia   Philippines 1953  
October 1965   New Caledonia   Poland 1954 July
October 1965   Surinam   Portugal 1957 November
January 1966   Burkina Faso   Qatar 1970 August
January 1966   Tunisia   Réunion 1964 December
March 1966   Israel   Romania 1957  
September 1966   Iceland   Saudi Arabia 1965 July
October 1966   Iran   Senegal 1965 February
  1966   Congo, Dem Republic (Zaire)   Sierra Leone 1963 April
April 1967   Djibouti   Singapore 1963  
April 1967   St Pierre et Miquelon   Somalia 1979  
November 1967   Hong Kong   South Africa 1976 January
November 1967   Mongolia   Spain 1959 February
December 1967   Madagascar   Sri Lanka 1979  
  1967   St Lucia   St Kitts/Nevis 1972  
February 1968   Jordan   St Lucia 1967  
July 1968   Equatorial Guinea   St Pierre et Miquelon 1967 April
  1968   Vietnam   Sudan 1963 November
December 1968   Libya   Surinam 1965 October
August 1969   United Arab Emirates   Sweden 1956 September
October 1969   Trust Territory of the Pacific   Switzerland 1953  
June 1970   Greece   Syria 1960 July
August 1970   Qatar   Taiwan 1956 October
December 1972   Turkey   Tanzania 1974 January
  1972   St Kitts/Nevis   Thailand 1955 June
November 1973   British Virgin Islands   Trinidad & Tobago 1962 November
September 1973   Niger   Trust Territory of the Pacific 1969 October
February 1974   Central African Republic   Tunisia 1966 January
January 1974   Tanzania   Turkey 1972 December
November 1974   Oman   Tuvalu 1975  
  1974   Mozambique   Uganda 1963 October
July 1975   Brunei   United Arab Emirates 1969 August
September 1975   Yemen Arab Rep   UK 1936 November
  1975   Angola   United States 1941 July
  1975   Tuvalu   Uruguay 1961 April
January 1976   South Africa   USSR 1946  
August 1977   Guinea   Venezuela 1952 November
  1977   Bahamas   Vietnam 1968  
  1978   Afghanistan   Yemen Arab Rep 1975 September
  1978   Lesotho   Yemen, Dem Rep 1964 September
  1978   Maldives   Yugoslavia 1956 May
  1979   Somalia   Zambia 1961  
  1979   Sri Lanka   Zimbabwe 1960 November
  1995   Bhutan  
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