| Entry into force: | 30 July 1995, in accordance with article XV (1). |
| Registration: | 30 July 1995, No. 32076. |
| Status: | Signatories: 38 ,Parties: 34. |
| Text: | United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 1885, p. 63. |
Note: The Agreement was open for signature at the South Centre in Geneva, from 1 September to 27 September 1994 by all developing countries members of the Group of 77 and China, in accordance with article XIII. Thereafter, it was open for signature at the United Nations Headquarters in New York from 30 September to 15 December 1994.
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| Participant1 | Signature | Ratification, Accession (a), Acceptance (A), Approval (AA), Definitive signature (s) |
| Algeria | 30 Sep 1994 | 4 Jan 1996 |
| Angola | 30 Sep 1994 | |
| Barbados | 20 Jul 2004 a | |
| Benin | 30 Sep 1994 | 2 Jun 1998 |
| Bolivia | 30 Sep 1994 | |
| Brazil | 15 Dec 1994 | |
| Burundi | 30 Sep 1994 | |
| Cambodia | 30 Sep 1994 | |
| Cape Verde | 30 Sep 1994 | |
| China | 4 May 1995 a | |
| Colombia2 | [30 Sep 1994 | 24 Jun 1997] |
| Côte d'Ivoire | 25 Nov 1994 | |
| Cuba | 30 Sep 1994 | 17 Nov 1995 |
| Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 6 Dec 1994 | 31 May 1995 AA |
| Egypt | 30 Sep 1994 | 27 Mar 1996 |
| Gabon | 15 Dec 2004 a | |
| Ghana | 17 Oct 1994 | |
| Guyana | 16 Sep 1994 s | |
| Honduras | 30 Sep 1994 | |
| India | 30 Sep 1994 | 13 Dec 1994 |
| Indonesia | 30 Sep 1994 | 17 Feb 1995 |
| Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 30 Sep 1994 | 11 Sep 1997 |
| Iraq | 24 Jul 1997 a | |
| Jamaica | 23 Nov 1994 | 8 Jul 1998 |
| Jordan | 30 Sep 1994 | 29 Dec 1995 |
| Liberia | 16 Sep 2005 a | |
| Libyan Arab Jamahiriya | 30 Sep 1994 | 22 Jul 1996 |
| Malawi | 30 Sep 1994 | 11 Mar 1996 |
| Malaysia | 1 Dec 1994 | 15 Jun 1995 |
| Mali | 30 Sep 1994 | 19 Apr 2001 |
| Mauritius | 23 Jun 2005 a | |
| Micronesia (Federated States of) | 30 Sep 1994 | |
| Morocco | 19 Oct 1994 | 28 Jan 2000 |
| Mozambique | 30 Sep 1994 | |
| Namibia | 30 Sep 1994 | |
| Nigeria | 30 Sep 1994 | 22 Feb 2001 |
| Pakistan | 12 May 1995 a | |
| Panama | 30 Sep 1994 | 4 Apr 1996 |
| Philippines | 13 Oct 1994 | 14 Jun 1996 |
| Seychelles | 30 Sep 1994 s | |
| Sierra Leone | 4 Oct 1994 | |
| South Africa | 3 Oct 1994 | 25 Aug 1998 |
| Sri Lanka | 30 Sep 1994 | 16 Mar 1995 |
| Sudan | 30 Sep 1994 | |
| Suriname | 30 Sep 1994 | |
| Uganda | 30 Sep 1994 | 12 May 1995 |
| United Republic of Tanzania | 30 Sep 1994 | 27 Sep 1995 |
| Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 25 Jul 2006 a | |
| Viet Nam | 25 Nov 1994 | 2 Jun 1995 A |
| Zimbabwe | 30 Sep 1994 s |
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1. The former Yugoslavia had signed and ratified the Convention on 8 December 1994 and 3 December 1996, respectively. See also note 1 regarding "former Yugoslavia" and "Yugoslavia" in the "Historical Information" section in the front matter of this volume.
2. On 9 November 2007, the Secretary-General received from the Government of Colombia a notification of denunciation. In accordance with the provisions of article XVIII (2) of the Agreement, the denunciation will take effect sixty days after the date of receipt of the said notification.