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International Centre for the
Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID)

List of Contracting States and Other Signatories of the Convention

(as of October 28, 1997)

The 143 States listed below have signed the Convention on the Settlement of Investment Disputes Between States and Nationals of Other States on the dates indicated. The names of the 129 States that have deposited their instruments of ratification are in bold, and the dates of such deposit and of the attainment of the status of Contracting State by the entry into force of the Convention for each of them are also indicated.


STATE


Signature

Deposit of
Ratification

Entry into Force
of Convention

Afghanistan

Sep. 30, 1966

June 25, 1968

July 25, 1968

Albania

Oct. 15, 1991

Oct. 15, 1991

Nov. 14, 1991

Algeria

Apr. 17, 1995

Feb. 21, 1996

Mar. 22, 1996

Argentina

May 21, 1991

Oct. 19, 1994

Nov. 18, 1994

Armenia

Sep. 16, 1992

Sep. 16, 1992

Oct. 16, 1992

Australia

Mar. 24, 1975

May 2, 1991

June 1, 1991

Austria

May 17, 1966

May 25, 1971

June 24, 1971

Azerba�jan

Sep. 18, 1992

Sep. 18, 1992

Oct. 18, 1992

Bahamas

Oct. 19, 1995

Oct. 19, 1995

Nov. 18, 1995

Bahrain

Sep. 22, 1995

Feb. 14, 1996

Mar. 15, 1996

Bangladesh

Nov. 20, 1979

Mar. 27, 1980

Apr. 26, 1980

Barbados

May 13, 1981

Nov. 1, 1983

Dec. 1, 1983

Belarus

July 10, 1992

July 10, 1992

Aug. 9, 1992

Belgium

Dec. 15, 1965

Aug. 27, 1970

Sep. 26, 1970

Belize

Dec. 19, 1986

 

 

Benin

Sep. 10, 1965

Sep. 6, 1966

Oct. 14, 1966

Bolivia

May 3, 1991

June 23, 1995

July 23, 1995

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Apr. 25, 1997

May 14, 1997

June 13, 1997

Botswana

Jan. 15, 1970

Jan. 15, 1970

Feb. 14, 1970

Burkina Faso

Sep. 16, 1965

Aug. 29, 1966

Oct. 14, 1966

Burundi

Feb. 17, 1967

Nov. 5, 1969

Dec. 5, 1969

Cambodia

Nov. 5, 1993

 

 

Cameroon

Sep. 23, 1965

Jan. 3, 1967

Feb. 2, 1967

Central African Republic

Aug. 26, 1965

Feb. 23, 1966

Oct. 14, 1966

Chad

May 12, 1966

Aug. 29, 1966

Oct. 14, 1966

Chile

Jan. 25, 1991

Sep. 24, 1991

Oct. 24, 1991

China

Feb. 9, 1990

Jan. 7, 1993

Feb. 6, 1993

Colombia

May 18, 1993

July 15, 1997

Aug. 14, 1997

Comoros

Sep. 26, 1978

Nov. 7, 1978

Dec. 7, 1978

Congo

Dec. 27, 1965

June 23, 1966

Oct. 14, 1966

Congo,
Democratic Rep. of

Oct. 29, 1968

Apr. 29, 1970

May 29, 1970

Costa Rica

Sep. 29, 1981

Apr. 27, 1993

May 27, 1993

C�te d�Ivoire

June 30, 1965

Feb. 16, 1966

Oct. 14, 1966

Croatia

June 16, 1997

 

 

Cyprus

Mar. 9, 1966

Nov. 25, 1966

Dec. 25, 1966

Czech Republic

Mar. 23, 1993

Mar. 23, 1993

Apr. 22, 1993

Denmark

Oct. 11, 1965

Apr. 24, 1968

May 24, 1968

Ecuador

Jan. 15, 1986

Jan. 15, 1986

Feb. 14, 1986

Egypt, Arab Rep. of

Feb. 11, 1972

May 3,1972

June 2, 1972

El Salvador

June 9, 1982

Mar. 6, 1984

Apr. 5, 1984

Estonia

June 23, 1992

June 23, 1992

Jul. 23, 1992

Ethiopia

Sep. 21, 1965

 

 

Fiji

July 1, 1977

Aug. 11, 1977

Sep. 10, 1977

Finland

July 14, 1967

Jan. 9, 1969

Feb. 8, 1969

France

Dec. 22, 1965

Aug. 21, 1967

Sep. 20, 1967

Gabon

Sep. 21, 1965

Apr. 4, 1966

Oct. 14, 1966

Gambia, The

Oct. 1, 1974

Dec. 27, 1974

Jan. 26, 1975

Georgia

Aug. 7, 1992

Aug. 7, 1992

Sep. 6, 1992

Germany

Jan. 27, 1966

Apr. 18, 1969

May 18, 1969

Ghana

Nov. 26, 1965

July 13, 1966

Oct. 14, 1966

Greece

Mar. 16, 1966

Apr. 21, 1969

May 21, 1969

Grenada

May 24, 1991

May 24, 1991

June 23, 1991

Guatemala

Nov. 9, 1995

 

 

Guinea

Aug. 27, 1968

Nov. 4, 1968

Dec. 4, 1968

Guinea-Bissau

Sep. 4, 1991

 

 

Guyana

July 3, 1969

July 11, 1969

Aug. 10, 1969

Haiti

Jan. 30, 1985

 

 

Honduras

May 28, 1986

Feb. 14, 1989

Mar. 16, 1989

Hungary

Oct. 1, 1986

Feb. 4, 1987

Mar. 6, 1987

Iceland

July 25, 1966

July 25, 1966

Oct. 14, 1966

Indonesia

Feb. 16, 1968

Sep. 28, 1968

Oct. 28, 1968

Ireland

Aug. 30, 1966

Apr. 7, 1981

May 7, 1981

Israel

June 16, 1980

June 22, 1983

July 22, 1983

Italy

Nov. 18, 1965

Mar. 29, 1971

Apr. 28, 1971

Jamaica

June 23, 1965

Sep. 9, 1966

Oct. 14, 1966

Japan

Sep. 23, 1965

Aug. 17, 1967

Sep. 16, 1967

Jordan

July 14, 1972

Oct. 30, 1972

Nov. 29, 1972

Kazakhstan

July 23, 1992

 

 

Kenya

May 24, 1966

Jan. 3, 1967

Feb. 2, 1967

Kyrgyz, Rep. of

June 9, 1995

 

 

Korea, Rep. of

Apr. 18, 1966

Feb. 21, 1967

Mar. 23, 1967

Kuwait

Feb. 9, 1978

Feb. 2, 1979

Mar. 4, 1979

Latvia

Aug. 8, 1997

Aug. 8, 1997

Sep. 7, 1997

Lesotho

Sep. 19, 1968

July 8, 1969

Aug. 7, 1969

Liberia

Sep. 3, 1965

June 16, 1970

July 16, 1970

Lithuania

July 6, 1992

July 6, 1992

Aug. 5, 1992

Luxembourg

Sep. 28, 1965

July 30, 1970

Aug. 29, 1970

Madagascar

June 1, 1966

Sep. 6, 1966

Oct. 14, 1966

Malawi

June 9, 1966

Aug. 23, 1966

Oct. 14, 1966

Malaysia

Oct. 22, 1965

Aug. 8, 1966

Oct. 14, 1966

Mali

Apr. 9, 1976

Jan. 3, 1978

Feb. 2, 1978

Mauritania

July 30, 1965

Jan. 11, 1966

Oct. 14, 1966

Mauritius

June 2, 1969

June 2, 1969

July 2, 1969

Micronesia

June 24, 1993

June 24, 1993

July 24, 1993

Moldova

Aug. 12, 1992

 

 

Mongolia

June 14, 1991

June 14, 1991

July 14, 1991

Morocco

Oct. 11, 1965

May 11, 1967

June 10, 1967

Mozambique

Apr. 4, 1995

June 7, 1995

July 7, 1995

Nepal

Sep. 28, 1965

Jan. 7, 1969

Feb. 6, 1969

Netherlands

May 25, 1966

Sep. 14, 1966

Oct. 14, 1966

New Zealand

Sep. 2, 1970

Apr. 2, 1980

May 2, 1980

Nicaragua

Feb. 4, 1994

Mar. 20, 1995

Apr. 19, 1995

Niger

Aug. 23, 1965

Nov. 14, 1966

Dec. 14, 1966

Nigeria

July 13, 1965

Aug. 23, 1965

Oct. 14, 1966

Norway June 24, 1966

Aug. 16, 1967

Sep. 15, 1967

Oman

May 5, 1995

July 24, 1995

Aug. 23, 1995

Pakistan

July 6, 1965

Sep. 15, 1966

Oct. 15, 1966

Panama

Nov. 22, 1995

Apr. 8, 1996

May 8, 1996

Papua New Guinea

Oct. 20, 1978

Oct. 20, 1978

Nov. 19, 1978

Paraguay

July 27, 1981

Jan. 7, 1983

Feb. 6, 1983

Peru

Sep. 4, 1991

Aug. 9, 1993

Sep. 8, 1993

Philippines

Sep. 26, 1978

Nov. 17, 1978

Dec. 17, 1978

Portugal

Aug. 4, 1983

July 2, 1984

Aug. 1, 1984

Romania

Sep. 6, 1974

Sep. 12, 1975

Oct. 12, 1975

Russian Federation

June 16, 1992

 

 

Rwanda

Apr. 21, 1978

Oct. 15, 1979

Nov. 14, 1979

Samoa

Feb. 3, 1978

Apr. 25, 1978

May 25, 1978

Saudi Arabia

Sep. 28, 1979

May 8,1980

June 7,1980

Senegal

Sep. 26, 1966

Apr. 21, 1967

May 21, 1967

Seychelles

Feb. 16, 1978

Mar. 20, 1978

Apr. 19, 1978

Sierra Leone

Sep. 27, 1965

Aug. 2, 1966

Oct. 14, 1966

Singapore

Feb. 2, 1968

Oct. 14, 1968

Nov. 13, 1968

Slovak Republic

Sep. 27, 1993

May 27, 1994

June 26, 1994

Slovenia

Mar. 7, 1994

Mar. 7, 1994

Apr. 6, 1994

Solomon Islands

Nov. 12, 1979

Sep. 8, 1981

Oct. 8, 1981

Somalia

Sep. 27, 1965

Feb. 29, 1968

Mar. 30, 1968

Spain

Mar. 21, 1994

Aug. 18, 1994

Sept. 17, 1994

Sri Lanka

Aug. 30, 1967

Oct. 12, 1967

Nov. 11, 1967

St. Kitts & Nevis

Oct. 14, 1994

Aug. 4, 1995

Sep. 3, 1995

St. Lucia

June 4, 1984

June 4, 1984

July 4, 1984

Sudan

Mar. 15, 1967

Apr. 9, 1973

May 9, 1973

Swaziland

Nov. 3, 1970

June 14, 1971

July 14, 1971

Sweden

Sep. 25, 1965

Dec. 29, 1966

Jan. 28, 1967

Switzerland Sep. 22, 1967

May 15, 1968

June 14, 1968

Tanzania

Jan. 10, 1992

May 18, 1992

June 17, 1992

Thailand

Dec. 6, 1985

 

 

Togo

Jan. 24, 1966

Aug. 11, 1967

Sep. 10, 1967

Tonga

May 1, 1989

Mar. 21, 1990

Apr. 20, 1990

Trinidad and Tobago

Oct. 5, 1966

Jan. 3, 1967

Feb. 2, 1967

Tunisia

May 5, 1965

June 22, 1966

Oct. 14, 1966

Turkey

June 24, 1987

Mar. 3, 1989

Apr. 2, 1989

Turkmenistan

Sep. 26, 1992

Sep. 26, 1992

Oct. 26, 1992

Uganda

June 7, 1966

June 7, 1966

Oct. 14, 1966

United Arab Emirates

Dec. 23, 1981

Dec. 23, 1981

Jan. 22, 1982

United Kingdom of
Great Britain and
Northern Ireland

May 26, 1965

Dec. 19, 1966

Jan. 18, 1967

United States of America

Aug. 27, 1965

June 10, 1966

Oct. 14, 1966

Uruguay

May 28, 1992

 

 

Uzbekistan

Mar. 17, 1994

July 26, 1995

Aug. 25, 1995

Venezuela

Aug. 18, 1993

May 2, 1995

June 1, 1995

Yemen, Republic of

Oct. 28, 1997

 

 

Yugoslavia, Socialist Federal Republic of

Mar. 21, 1967

Mar. 21, 1967

Apr. 20, 1967

Zambia

June 17, 1970

June 17, 1970

July 17, 1970

Zimbabwe

Mar. 25, 1991

May 20, 1994

June 19, 1994

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