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Status of Ratifications of the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography

Number of States parties as of 14 November 2003: 67

State	Signature	Ratification, Accession (a)
Afghanistan		19 Sep 2002 a
Andorra	7 Sep 2000	30 Apr 2001
Antigua and Barbuda	18 Dec 2001	30 Apr 2002
Argentina	1 Apr 2002	25 Sep 2003
Armenia	24 Sep 2003
Australia	18 Dec 2001
Austria	6 Sep 2000
Azerbaijan	8 Sep 2000	3 Jul 2002
Bangladesh	6 Sep 2000	6 Sep 2000
Belarus		23 Jan 2002 a
Belgium	6 Sep 2000
Belize	6 Sep 2000
Benin	22 Feb 2001
Bolivia	10 Nov 2001	3 Jun 2003
Bosnia and Herzegovina	7 Sep 2000	4 Sep 2002
Botswana		24 Sep 2003
Brazil	6 Sep 2000
Bulgaria	8 Jun 2001	12 Feb 2002
Burkina Faso	16 Nov 2001
Cambodia	27 Jun 2000	30 May 2002
Cameroon	5 Oct 2001
Canada	10 Nov 2001
Cape Verde		10 May 2002 a
Chad	8 May 2002	28 Aug 2002
Chile	2 June 2000	6 Feb 2003
China		3 Dec 2002
Colombia	6 Sep 2000
Costa Rica	7 Sep 2000	9 Apr 2002
Croatia	8 May 2002	13 May 2002
Cuba	13 Oct 2000	25 Sep 2001
Cyprus	8 Feb 2001
Democratic Republic of the Congo		11 Nov 2001 a
Denmark	7 Sep 2000	24 Jul 2003
Dominica		20 Sep 2002 a
Ecuador	6 Sep 2000
Egypt		12 Jul 2002 a
El Salvador	13 Sep 2002
Equatorial Guinea		7 Feb 2003 A
Estonia	24 Sep 2003
Finland	7 Sep 2000
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 2000
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		8 May 2002 a
Hungary	11 Mar 2002
Iceland	7 Sep 2000	9 Jul 2001
Indonesia	24 Sep 2001
Ireland	7 Sep 2000
Israel	14 Nov 2001
Italy	6 Sep 2000	9 May 2002
Jamaica	8 Sep 2000
Japan	10 May 2002
Jordan	6 Sep 2000
Kazakhstan	6 Sep 2000	24 Aug 2001
Kenya	8 Sep 2000
Kyrgyztan		12 Feb 2003 a
Latvia	1 Feb 2002
Lebanon	10 Oct 2001
Lesotho	6 Sep 2000	24 Sep 2003
Liechtenstein	8 Sep 2000
Luxembourg	8 Sep 2000
Madagascar	7 Sep 2000
Malawi	7 Sep 2000
Maldives	10 May 2002	10 May 2002
Mali		16 May 2002 a
Malta	7 Sep 2000
Mauritius	11 Nov 2001
Mexico	7 Sep 2000	15 Mar 2002
Micronesia (Federated States of)	8 May 2002
Monaco	26 Jun 2000
Mongolia	12 Nov 2001	27 Jun 2003
Morocco	8 Sep 2000	2 Oct 2001
Mozambique		6 Mar 2003 a
Namibia	8 Sep 2000	16 Apr 2002
Nauru	8 Sep 2000
Nepal	8 Sep 2000
Netherlands	7 Sep 2000
New Zealand	7 Sep 2000
Niger	27 Mar 2002
Nigeria	8 Sep 2000
Norway	13 Jun 2000	2 Oct 2001
Pakistan	26 Sep 2001
Panama	31 Oct 2000	9 Feb 2001
Paraguay	13 Sep 2000	18 Aug 2003
Peru	1 Nov 2000	8 May 2002
Philippines	8 Sep 2000	28 May 2002
Poland	13 Feb 2002
Portugal	6 Sep 2000	16 May 2003
Qatar		14 Dec 2001 a
Republic of Korea	6 Sep 2000
Republic of Moldova	8 Feb 2002
Romania	6 Sep 2000	18 Oct 2001
Rwanda		14 Mar 2002 a
San Marino	5 Jun 2000
Senegal	8 Sep 2000
Serbia and Montenegro	8 Oct 2001	10 Oct 2002
Seychelles	23 Jan 2001
Sierra Leone	8 Sep 2000	17 Sep 2001
Slovakia	30 Nov 2001
Slovenia	8 Sep 2000
South Africa		30 Jun 2003 a
Spain	6 Sep 2000	18 Dec 2001
Sri Lanka	8 May 2002
Suriname	10 May 2002
Sweden	8 Sep 2000
Switzerland	7 Sep 2000
Syrian Arab Republic		15 May 2003 a
Tajikistan		5 Aug 2002 a
The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia	17 Jul 2001	17 Oct 2003
Timor-Leste		29 Jan 2003 a
Togo	15 Nov 2001
Tunisia	22 Apr 2002	13 Sep 2002
Turkey	8 Sep 2000	19 Aug 2002
Uganda		30 Nov 2001 a
Ukraine	7 Sep 2000	3 Jul 2003
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	7 Sep 2000
United Republic of Tanzania		24 Apr 2003 a
United States of America		23 Dec 2002
Uruguay	7 Sep 2000	3 Jul 2003
Venezuela	7 Sep 2000	8 May 2002
Viet Nam	8 Sep 2000	20 Dec 2001