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Parties to the Convention and Observer States

	Afghanistan		Ghana		Panama
	Albania **		Greece		Papua New Guinea
	Algeria		Grenada		Paraguay
	Andorra		Guatemala		Peru
	Angola		Guinea		Philippines
	Antigua and Barbuda		Guinea-Bissau		Poland**
	Argentina		Guyana		Portugal
	Armenia **		Haiti		Qatar
	Australia		Holy See*		Republic of Korea
	Austria		Honduras		Republic of Moldova **
	Azerbaijan		Hungary**		Romania**
	Bahamas		Iceland		Russian Federation **
	Bahrain		India		Rwanda
	Bangladesh		Indonesia		Saint Kitts and Nevis
	Barbados		Iran (Islamic Republic of)		Saint Lucia
	Belarus **		Iraq		Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
	Belgium		Ireland		Samoa
	Belize		Israel		San Marino
	Benin		Italy **		Sao Tome and Principe
	Bhutan		Jamaica		Saudi Arabia
	Bolivia		Japan		Senegal
	Bosnia and Herzegovina		Jordan		Serbia
	Botswana		Kazakhstan **		Seychelles
	Brazil		Kenya		Sierra Leone
	Brunei Darussalam		Kiribati		Singapore
	Bulgaria**		Kuwait		Slovakia **
	Burkina Faso		Kyrgyzstan		Slovenia **
	Burundi		Lao People's Democratic Republic		Solomon Islands
	Cambodia		Latvia		Somalia
	Cameroon		Lebanon		South Africa
	Canada		Lesotho		South Sudan *
	Cape Verde		Liberia		Spain
	Central African Republic		Libya		Sri Lanka
	Chad		Liechtenstein **		Sudan
	Chile		Lithuania		Suriname
	China		Luxembourg		Swaziland
	Colombia		Madagascar		Sweden
	Comoros		Malawi		Switzerland
	Congo		Malaysia		Syrian Arab Republic
	Cook Islands		Maldives		Tajikistan
	Costa Rica		Mali		Thailand
	Croatia **		Malta		The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
	Cuba		Marshall Islands		Timor-Leste
	Cyprus		Mauritania		Togo
	Czech Republic **		Mauritius		Tonga
	Côte d'Ivoire		Mexico		Trinidad and Tobago
	Democratic People's Republic of Korea		Micronesia (Federated States of)		Tunisia
	Democratic Republic of the Congo		Monaco **		Turkey **
	Denmark		Mongolia		Turkmenistan **
	Djibouti		Montenegro		Tuvalu
	Dominica		Morocco		Uganda
	Dominican Republic		Mozambique **		Ukraine **
	Ecuador		Myanmar		United Arab Emirates
	Egypt		Namibia		United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
	El Salvador		Nauru		United Republic of Tanzania
	Equatorial Guinea		Nepal		United States of America
	Eritrea		Netherlands		Uruguay
	Estonia		New Zealand		Uzbekistan **
	Ethiopia		Nicaragua		Vanuatu
	European Union		Niger		Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)
	Fiji		Nigeria		Viet Nam
	Finland		Niue		Yemen
	France		Norway		Zambia
	Gabon		Oman		Zimbabwe
	Gambia		Pakistan
	Georgia **		Palau
	Germany		Palestine *

* Observer State
** Party for which there is a specific COP and/or CMP decision