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