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Ratification legend:
Acceptance (A)
Approval (AA),
Accession (a)
Succession (d)
Formal confirmation (c)
Country name
Signature date
Ratification status
% of world population
population
Australia
5-Dec-03
27-Oct-04
0.311%
20,743,000
Brunei Darussalam
3-Jun-04
3-Jun-04
0.006%
390,000
Cambodia
25-May-04
15-Nov-05
0.217%
14,444,000
China
10-Nov-03
11-Oct-05
20.031%
1,336,317,000
Cook Islands
14-May-04
14-May-04
0.000%
13,000
Fiji
3-Oct-03
3-Oct-03
0.013%
839,000
Japan
9-Mar-04
8 June 2004 A
1.918%
127,967,000
Kiribati
27-Apr-04
15-Sep-05
0.001%
95,000
Lao People's Democratic Republic
29-Jun-04
6-Sep-06
0.088%
5,859,000
Malaysia
23-Sep-03
16-Sep-05
0.398%
26,572,000
Marshall Islands
16-Jun-03
8-Dec-04
0.001%
59,000
Micronesia (Federated States of)
28-Jun-04
18-Mar-05
0.002%
111,000
Mongolia
16-Jun-03
27-Jan-04
0.039%
2,629,000
Nauru
29 June 2004 a
0.000%
10,000
New Zealand
16-Jun-03
27-Jan-04
0.063%
4,179,000
Niue
18-Jun-04
3-Jun-05
0.000%
2,000
Palau
16-Jun-03
12-Feb-04
0.000%
20,000
Papua New Guinea
22-Jun-04
25-May-06
0.095%
6,331,000
Philippines
23-Sep-03
6-Jun-05
1.318%
87,960,000
Republic of Korea
21-Jul-03
16-May-05
0.723%
48,224,000
Samoa
25-Sep-03
3-Nov-05
0.003%
187,000
Singapore
29-Dec-03
14-May-04
0.066%
4,436,000
Solomon Islands
18-Jun-04
10-Aug-04
0.007%
496,000
Tonga
25-Sep-03
8-Apr-05
0.001%
100,000
Tuvalu
10-Jun-04
26-Sep-05
0.000%
11,000
Vanuatu
22-Apr-04
16-Sep-05
0.003%
226,000
Viet Nam
3-Sep-03
17-Dec-04
1.310%
87,375,000
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