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349:1999-06-02
331:1924-09-19
313:1923-01-29
295:1972-03-15
277:1925-06-06
259:1922-11-13
241:1996-02-09
223:1992-08-03
205:1928-03-19
187:1971-04-12
169:1922-07-11
151:1993-09-01
133:1927-05-16
115:1923-11-15
97:1988-10-25
79:1921-10-08
1031:Categories
781:Yugoslavia
561:Luxembourg
854:Swaziland
597:Mauritius
61:Ratified
37:Barcelona
973:See also
962:Zimbabwe
908:Thailand
818:Slovenia
800:Slovakia
183:Cambodia
165:Bulgaria
58:Country
723:Romania
669:Nigeria
543:Lesotho
399:Hungary
363:Germany
345:Georgia
309:Finland
273:Estonia
255:Denmark
219:Croatia
129:Belgium
111:Austria
75:Albania
959:
941:
926:Turkey
923:
905:
872:Sweden
869:
851:
833:
815:
797:
777:Serbia
774:
756:
741:Rwanda
738:
720:
705:Poland
702:
687:Norway
684:
666:
648:
630:
594:
576:
558:
540:
525:Latvia
522:
504:
486:
468:
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396:
381:Greece
378:
360:
342:
327:France
324:
306:
288:
270:
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234:
216:
198:
180:
162:
147:Bosnia
144:
126:
108:
90:
72:
985:Notes
836:Spain
615:Nepal
579:Malta
489:Japan
471:Italy
417:India
201:Chile
779:(as
507:Laos
453:Iraq
435:Iran
291:Fiji
19:The
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