Summary: In the report on the 25th session
(Geneva, 18 September - 6 October
2000) of Committee on the Rights of
the Child can be found the list of the
states that have signed or ratified
the optional protocol to the
Convention on the Rights of the Child
on the Children in armed conflict at 6
October 2000
Annex II
STATES WHICH HAVE SIGNED OR RATIFIED THE OPTIONAL
PROTOCOL TO THE CONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD
ON THE INVOLVEMENT OF CHILDREN IN ARMED CONFLICT AS AT 6
OCTOBER 2000 (3)
States Date of signature Date of receipt of
instrument of
ratification/accession
Andorra 7 September 2000
Argentina 15 June 2000
Austria 6 September 2000
Azerbaijan 8 September 2000
Bangladesh 6 September 2000 6 September 2000
Belgium 6 September 2000
Belize 6 September 2000
Bosnia and Herzegovina 7 September 2000
Brazil 6 September 2000
Cambodia 27 June 2000
Canada 5 June 2000 7 July 2000
Colombia 6 September 2000
Costa Rica 7 September 2000
Czech Republic 6 September 2000
Democratic Republic
of the Congo 8 September 2000
Denmark 7 September 2000
Ecuador 6 September 2000
El Salvador 18 September 2000
Finland 7 September 2000
France 6 September 2000
Gabon 8 September 2000
Germany 6 September 2000
Greece 7 September 2000
Guatemala 7 September 2000
Guinea-Bissau 8 September 2000
Iceland 7 September 2000
Ireland 7 September 2000
Italy 6 September 2000
Jamaica 8 September 2000
Jordan 6 September 2000
Kazakhstan 6 September 2000
Kenya 8 September 2000
Lesotho 6 September 2000
Liechtenstein 8 September 2000
Luxembourg 8 September 2000
Madagascar 7 September 2000
Malawi 7 September 2000
Mali 8 September 2000
Malta 7 September 2000
Mexico 7 September 2000
Monaco 26 June 2000
Morocco 8 September 2000
Namibia 8 September 2000
Nauru 8 September 2000
Nepal 8 September 2000
Netherlands 7 September 2000
New Zealand 7 September 2000
Nigeria 8 September 2000
Norway 13 June 2000
Paraguay 13 September 2000
Philippines 8 September 2000
Portugal 6 September 2000
Republic of Korea 6 September 2000
Romania 6 September 2000
San Marino 5 June 2000
Senegal 8 September 2000
Sierra Leone 8 September 2000
Singapore 7 September 2000
Slovenia 8 September 2000
Spain 6 September 2000
Sri Lanka 21 August 2000 8 September 2000
Sweden 8 June 2000
Switzerland 7 September 2000
Turkey 8 September 2000
Ukraine 7 September 2000
United Kingdom of Great Britain
and Northern Ireland 7 September 2000
United States of America 5 July 2000
Uruguay 7 September 2000
Venezuela 7 September 2000
Viet Nam 8 September 2000