List of Signatories and/or States Parties

As of 27 November 2007, the following countries have signed and/or ratified/acceded to the OP-CEDAW. The current number of signatories is 90 countries.

Country | Signature | Ratification, Accession(a)

	Albania | 23 June 2003 (a)
	Andorra | 9 July 2001 | 14 October 2002
	Angola | 1January 2007 (a)
	Antigua and Barbuda | 5 June 2006
	Argentina | 28 February 2000 | 20 March 2007
	Armenia |  14 September 2006
	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
	Costa Rica | 10 December 1999 | 20 September 2001
	Cook Islands | 27 November 2007 (a)
	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
	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
	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 2004a
	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
	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)
	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 | 17March 2000 | 13 May 2002

 

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