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       Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material

                              
                                               	Date of     	Date of
                              Date of          	Deposit of  	Deposit of
Country                       Signature    	Ratification    Accession

Argentina                     02/28/86     	05/02/89         
Australia                     02/22/84     	09/22/87
Austria                       03/03/80     	12/22/88         

Belgium                       06/13/80
Brazil                        05/15/81     	10/17/85
Bulgaria                      06/23/81     	04/10/84         

Canada                        09/23/80     	03/21/86
China                                                  		01/10/89 
Czechoslovakia                09/14/81     	04/23/82         

Denmark                       06/13/80                           
Dominican Republic            03/03/80                      

Ecuador                       06/26/86                           
EURATOM                       06/13/80                           

Finland                       06/25/81                           
France                        06/13/80                           

German Democratic
 Republic                     05/21/80     	02/05/81         
Germany, Federal
 Republic of                  06/13/80
Greece                        03/03/80                            
Guatemala     		      03/12/80  	04/23/85        

Haiti                         04/10/80                            
Hungary  		      06/17/80       	05/04/84        

Indonesia                     07/03/86     	11/05/86          
Ireland                       06/13/80
Israel                        06/17/83
Italy                         06/13/80                            

Japan                                                  		10/28/88

Korea, Republic of            12/29/81     	04/07/82 
                                            
Liechtenstein                 01/13/86     	11/25/86 
Luxembourg                    06/13/80 
                                                       
Mexico                                          		04/04/88
Mongolia                      01/23/86     	05/28/86
Morocco                       07/25/80                            
                          
Netherlands                   06/13/80                            
Niger                         01/07/85
Norway                        01/26/83     	08/15/85          

Panama                        03/18/80
Paraguay                      05/21/80     	02/06/85
Philippines                   05/19/80     	09/21/81          
Poland   		      08/06/80  	10/05/83        
Portugal                      09/19/84

Romania                       01/15/81

South Africa                  05/18/81
Spain                         04/07/86                           
Sweden                        07/02/80     	08/01/80          
Switzerland        	      01/09/87  	01/09/87        

Turkey                        08/23/83     	02/27/85          

Union of Soviet 
 Socialist Republics          05/22/80     	05/25/83          
United Kingdom                06/13/80 
United States                 03/03/80     	12/13/82          

Yugoslavia                    07/15/80     	05/14/86          

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