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Status of ratifications of the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children in armed conflict

Number of States parties as of 14 November 2003: 66

State	Signature	Ratification, Accession (a)
Afghanistan		24 Sep 2003 a
Andorra	7 Sep 2000	30 Apr 2001
Argentina	15 Jun 2000	10 Sep 2002
Armenia	24 Sep 2003
Australia	21 Oct 2002
Austria	6 Sep 2000	1 Feb 2002
Azerbaijan	8 Sep 2000	3 Jul 2002
Bangladesh	6 Sep 2000	6 Sep 2000
Belgium	6 Sep 2000	6 May 2002
Belize	6 Sep 2000
Benin	22 Feb 2001
Bosnia and Herzegovina	7 Sep 2000	10 Oct 2003
Botswana	24 Sep 2003
Brazil	6 Sep 2000
Bulgaria	8 Jun 2001	12 Feb 2002
Burkina Faso	16 Nov 2001
Burundi	13 Nov 2001
Cambodia	27 Jun 2000
Cameroon	5 Oct 2001
Canada	5 Jun 2000	7 Jul 2000
Cape Verde		10 May 2002 a
Chad	3 May 2002	28 Aug 2002
Chile	15 Nov 2001	31 Jul 2003
China	15 Mar 2001
Colombia	6 Sep 2000
Costa Rica	7 Sep 2000	24 Jan 2003
Croatia	8 May 2002	1 Nov 2002
Cuba	13 Oct 2000
Czech Republic	6 Sep 2000	30 Nov 2001
Democratic Republic of the Congo	8 Sep 2000	11 Nov 2001
Denmark	7 Sep 2000	27 Aug 2002
Dominica		20 Sep 2002 a
Dominican Republic	9 May 2002
Ecuador	6 Sep 2000
El Salvador	18 Sep 2000	18 Apr 2002
Estonia	24 Sep 2003
Finland	7 Sep 2000	10 Apr 2002
France	6 Sep 2000	5 Feb 2003
Gabon	8 Sep 2000
Gambia	21 Dec 2000
Germany	6 Sep 2000
Ghana	24 Sep 2003
Greece	7 Sep 2003	22 Oct 2003
Guatemala	7 Sep 2000	9 May 2002
Guinea-Bissau	8 Sep 2000
Haiti	15 Aug 2002
Holy See	10 Oct 2000	24 Oct 2001
Honduras		14 Aug 2002 a
Hungary	11 Mar 2002
Iceland	7 Sep 2000	1 Oct 2001
Indonesia	24 Sep 2001
Ireland	7 Sep 2000	18 Nov 2002
Israel	14 Nov 2001
Italy	6 Sep 2000	9 May 2002
Jamaica	8 Sep 2000	9 May 2002
Japan	10 May 2002
Jordan	6 Sep 2000
Kazakhstan	6 Sep 2000	10 Apr 2003
Kenya	8 Sep 2000	28 Jan 2002
Kyrgystan		13 Aug 2003 a
Latvia	1 Feb 2002
Lebanon	11 Feb 2002
Lesotho	6 Sep 2000	24 Sep 2003
Liechtenstein	8 Sep 2000
Lithuania	13 Feb 2002	20 Feb 2003
Luxembourg	8 Sep 2000
Madagascar	7 Sep 2000
Malawi	7 Sep 2000
Maldives	10 May 2002
Mali	8 Sep 2000	16 May 2002
Malta	7 Sep 2000	9 May 2002
Mauritius	11 Nov 2001
Mexico	7 Sep 2000	15 Mar 2002
Micronesia (Federated States of)	8 May 2002
Monaco	26 Jun 2000	13 Nov 2001
Mongolia	12 Nov 2001
Morocco	8 Sep 2000	22 May 2002
Namibia	8 Sep 2000	16 Apr 2002
Nauru	8 Sep 2000
Nepal	8 Sep 2000
Netherlands	7 Sep 2000
New Zealand	7 Sep 2000	12 Nov 2001
Nigeria	8 Sep 2000
Norway	13 Jun 2000
Pakistan	26 Sep 2001
Panama	31 Oct 2000	8 Aug 2001
Paraguay	13 Sep 2000	27 Sep 2002
Peru	1 Nov 2000	8 May 2002
Philippines	8 Sep 2000	26 Aug 2003
Poland	13 Feb 2002
Portugal	6 Sep 2000	19 Aug 2003
Qatar		25 Jul 2002 a
Republic of Korea	6 Sep 2000
Republic of Moldova	8 Feb 2002
Romania	6 Sep 2000	10 Nov 2001
Russian Federation	15 Feb 2001
Rwanda		23 Apr 2002 a
San Marino	5 Jun 2000
Senegal	8 Sep 2000
Serbia and Montenegro	8 Oct 2001	31 Jan 2003
Seychelles	23 Jan 2001
Sierra Leone	8 Sep 2000	15 May 2002
Singapore	7 Sep 2000
Slovakia	30 Nov 2001
Slovenia	8 Sep 2000
South Africa	8 Feb 2002
Spain	6 Sep 2000	8 Mar 2002
Sri Lanka	21 Aug 2000	8 Sep 2000
Sudan	9 May 2002
Suriname	10 May 2002
Sweden	8 Jun 2000	20 Feb 2003
Syrian Arab Republic		17 Oct 2003 a
Switzerland	7 Sep 2000	26 Jun 2002
Tajikistan		5 Aug 2002 a
The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia	17 Jul 2001
Togo	15 Nov 2001
Tunisia		2 Jan 2003
Turkey	8 Sep 2000
Uganda		6 May 2002 a
Ukraine	7 Sep 2000
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	7 Sep 2000	24 Jun 2003
United States of America	5 July 2000	23 Dec 2002
Uruguay	7 Sep 2000	9 Sep 2003
Venezuela	7 Sep 2000	23 Sep 2003
Viet Nam	8 Sep 2000	20 Dec 2001