| Not yet in force: | in accordance with article 39 which reads as follows: "This Convention shall enter into force on the thirtieth day after the date of deposit with the Secretary-General of the United Nations of the twentieth instrument of ratification or accession. 2. For each State ratifying or acceding to this Convention after the deposit of the twentieth instrument of ratification or accession, this Convention shall enter inot force on the thirtieth day after the date of the deposit of that State's instrument of ratification or accession.". |
| Status: | Signatories: 57. |
| Text: | Doc.A/61/488. |
Note: The above Convention was adopted on 20 December 2006 during the sixty-first session of the General Assembly by resolution A/RES/61/177. In accordance with its article 38, the Convention shall be open for signature by all Member States of the United Nations. The Convention shall be open for signature on 6 February 2007 in Paris, France, and thereafter at United Nations Headquarters in New York.
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| Participant | Signature | Ratification, Accession (a) |
| Albania | 6 Feb 2007 | |
| Algeria | 6 Feb 2007 | |
| Argentina | 6 Feb 2007 | |
| Austria | 6 Feb 2007 | |
| Azerbaijan | 6 Feb 2007 | |
| Belgium | 6 Feb 2007 | |
| Bolivia | 6 Feb 2007 | |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 6 Feb 2007 | |
| Brazil | 6 Feb 2007 | |
| Burkina Faso | 6 Feb 2007 | |
| Burundi | 6 Feb 2007 | |
| Cameroon | 6 Feb 2007 | |
| Cape Verde | 6 Feb 2007 | |
| Chad | 6 Feb 2007 | |
| Chile | 6 Feb 2007 | |
| Comoros | 6 Feb 2007 | |
| Congo | 6 Feb 2007 | |
| Costa Rica | 6 Feb 2007 | |
| Croatia | 6 Feb 2007 | |
| Cuba | 6 Feb 2007 | |
| Cyprus | 6 Feb 2007 | |
| Finland | 6 Feb 2007 | |
| France | 6 Feb 2007 | |
| Ghana | 6 Feb 2007 | |
| Grenada | 6 Feb 2007 | |
| Guatemala | 6 Feb 2007 | |
| Haiti | 6 Feb 2007 | |
| Honduras | 6 Feb 2007 | |
| India | 6 Feb 2007 | |
| Japan | 6 Feb 2007 | |
| Kenya | 6 Feb 2007 | |
| Lebanon | 6 Feb 2007 | |
| Lithuania | 6 Feb 2007 | |
| Luxembourg | 6 Feb 2007 | |
| Madagascar | 6 Feb 2007 | |
| Maldives | 6 Feb 2007 | |
| Mali | 6 Feb 2007 | |
| Malta | 6 Feb 2007 | |
| Mexico | 6 Feb 2007 | |
| Moldova | 6 Feb 2007 | |
| Monaco | 6 Feb 2007 | |
| Mongolia | 6 Feb 2007 | |
| Montenegro | 6 Feb 2007 | |
| Morocco | 6 Feb 2007 | |
| Niger | 6 Feb 2007 | |
| Paraguay | 6 Feb 2007 | |
| Portugal | 6 Feb 2007 | |
| Samoa | 6 Feb 2007 | |
| Senegal | 6 Feb 2007 | |
| Serbia | 6 Feb 2007 | |
| Sierra Leone | 6 Feb 2007 | |
| Sweden | 6 Feb 2007 | |
| The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia | 6 Feb 2007 | |
| Tunisia | 6 Feb 2007 | |
| Uganda | 6 Feb 2007 | |
| Uruguay | 6 Feb 2007 | |
| Vanuatu | 6 Feb 2007 |