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ORIGINAL SIGNATORIES OF THE CONVENTION
JANUARY 13-15, 1993 AT PARIS, FRANCE

Afghanistan France Namibia
Albania Gabon Nauru
Algeria Gambia, The Netherlands
Argentina Georgia New Zealand
Australia Germany Niger
Austria Ghana Nigeria
Azerbaijan Greece Norway
Bangladesh Guatemala Pakistan
Belarus Guinea Papua New Guinea
Belguim Haiti Paraguay
Benin Holy See Peru
Bolivia Honduras Philippines
Brazil Hungary Poland
Brunei Iceland Portugal
Bulgaria India Romania
Burkina Indonesia Russia
Burma Iran San Marino
Burundi Ireland Senegal
Cambodia Israel Seychelles
Cameroon Italy Sierra Leone
Canada Japan Singapore
Cape Verde Kazakhstan Slovakia
Central African Republic Kenya Slovenia
Chile Korea, South South Africa
China Liberia Spain
Colombia Lithuania Sri Lanka
Comoros Luxembourg Sweden
Congo Madagascar Switzerland
Cook Islands Malawi Tajikistan
Costa Rica Malaysia Thailand
Côte d'Ivoire Mali Togo
Croatia Malta Tunisia
Cuba Marshal Islands Turkey
Cyprus Mauritania Uganda
Czech Republic Mauritius Ukraine
Denmark Mexico United Kingdom
Dominican Republic Micronesia, Federation United States
Ecuador States of Uruguay
El Salvador Moldova Venezuela
Equatorial Guinea Monaco Vietnam
Estonia Mongolia Western Samoa
Ethiopia Morocco Zaire
Fiji Zambia
Finland Zimbabwe