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List of Signatories and/or States Parties

As of 5 May 2009, the following countries have signed and/or ratified/acceded to the OP-CEDAW. The current number of signatories is 79 countries.

Country Signature Ratification, Accession (a)
Albania   23 June 2003 (a)
Andorra 9 July 2001 14 October 2002
Angola   1 January 2007 (a)
Antigua and Barbuda   5 June 2006
Argentina 28 February 2000 20 March 2007
Armenia   14 September 2006
Australia   4 Dec 2008 (a)
Austria 10 December 1999 6 September 2000
Azerbaijan 6 June 2000 1 June 2001
Bangladesh 6 September 2000 6 September 2000
Belarus 29 April 2002 3 February 2004
Belgium 10 December 1999 17 June 2004
Belize   9 December 2002 (a)
Benin 25 May 2000  
Bolivia 10 December 1999 27 September 2000
Bosnia and Herzegovina 7 September 2000 4 September 2002
Botswana 21 February 2007 (a)  
Brazil 13 March 2001 28 June 2002
Bulgaria 6 June 2000 20 September 2006
Burkina Faso 16 November 2001  
Burundi 13 November 2001  
Cambodia 11 November 2001  
Cameroon   7 January 2005 (a)
Canada   18 October 2002 (a)
Chile 10 December 1999  
Colombia 10 December 1999 23 January 2007
Congo 29 Sep 2008 27 November 2007 (a)
Cook Islands   27 November 2007 (a)
Costa Rica 10 December 1999 20 September 2001
Croatia 5 June 2000 7 March 2001
Cuba 17 March 2000  
Cyprus 8 February 2001 26 April 2002
Czech Republic 10 December 1999 26 Feb 2001
Denmark 10 December 1999 31 May 2000
Dominican Republic 14 March 2000 10 August 2001
Ecuador 10 December 1999 5 February 2002
El Salvador 4 April 2001  
Finland 10 December 1999 29 December 2000
France 10 December 1999 9 June 2000
Gabon   5 November 2004 (a)
Georgia   30 July 2002
Germany 10 December 1999 15 January 2002
Ghana 24 February 2000  
Greece 10 December 1999 24 January 2002
Guatemala 7 September 2000 9 May 2002
Guinea-Bissau 12 September 2000  
Hungary   22 December 2000
Iceland 10 December 1999 6 March 2001
Indonesia 28 February 2000  
Ireland 7 September 2000 7 September 2000
Italy 10 December 1999 22 September 2000
Kazakhstan 6 September 2000 24 August 2001
Kyrgyzstan   22 July 2002
Lesotho 6 September 2000 24 September 2004
Liberia 22 September 2004  
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya   18 June 2004 (a)
Liechtenstein 10 December 1999 24 October 2001
Lithuania 8 September 2000  
Luxembourg 10 December 1999 1 July 2003
Madagascar 7 September 2000  
Malawi 7 September 2000  
Maldives   13 Mar 2006 (a)
Mali   5 December 2000 (a)
Mauritius 11 November 2001  
Mexico 10 December 1999 15 March 2002
Moldova   2 March 2006 (a)
Mongolia 7 September 2000 28 March 2002
Montenegro   23 October 2006
Mozambique   4 Nov 2008 (a)
Namibia 19 May 2000 26 May 2000
Nepal 18 December 2001 15 June 2007
Netherlands 10 December 1999 22 May 2002
New Zealand 7 September 2000 7 September 2000
Niger   30 September 2004 (a)
Nigeria 8 September 2000 22 November 2004 (a)
Norway 10 December 1999 5 March 2002
Panama 9 June 2000 9 May 2001
Paraguay 28 December 1999 14 May 2001
Peru 22 December 2000 9 April 2001
Philippines 21 March 2000 12 November 2003
Poland   22 December 2003 (a)
Portugal 16 February 2000 26 April 2002
Republic of Korea   18 October 2006
Romania 6 September 2000 25 August 2003
Russian Federation 8 May 2001  
Rwanda   15 Dec 2008 (a)
San Marino   15 September 2005 (a)
Sao Tome and Principe 6 September 2000  
Senegal 10 December 1999 26 May 2000
Serbia 31 July 2003  
Seychelles 22 July 2002  
Sierra Leone 8 September 2000  
Slovakia 5 June 2000 17 November 2000
Slovenia 10 December 1999 23 September 2004
Solomon Islands   6 May 2002
South Africa   18 October 2005 (a)
Spain 14 March 2000 6 July 2001
Sri Lanka   15 October 2002 (a)
St Kitts and Nevis   20 January 2006 (a)
Sweden 10 December 1999 24 April 2003
Switzerland 15 February 2007  
Tajikistan 7 September 2000  
Tanzania   12 January 2006 (a)
Thailand 14 June 2000 14 June 2000
The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia 3 April 2000 17 Oct 2003
Timor-Leste   16 April 2003 (a)
Tunisia   23 Sep 2008 (a)
Turkey 8 September 2000 29 October 2002
Ukraine 7 September 2000 26 September 2003
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland   17 December 2004 (a)
Uruguay 9 May 2000 26 July 2001
Vanuatu   15 May 2007 (a)
Venezuela 17 March 2000 13 May 2002
Zambia 29 Sep 2008  

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