January 1 Haiti, Sudan January 4 Myanmar January 26 Australia, India February 4 Sri Lanka February 6 New Zealand February 7 Grenada February 16 Lithuania February 18 The Gambia February 22 Saint Lucia February 23 Brunei, Guyana February 24 Estonia February 25 Kuwait February 27 Dominican Republic March 3 Bulgaria, Morocco March 6 Ghana March 12 Gabon, Mauritius March 17 Ireland March 21 Namibia March 20 Tunisia March 23 Pakistan March 25 Greece March 26 Bangladesh April 4 Senegal April 16 Denmark April 17 Syria April 18 Zimbabwe April 26 Israel (1993), Tanania April 27 Sierra Leone, Togo April 30 Netherlands May 1 Marshall Islands May 3 Poland May 8 Czechoslovakia May 9 European Communities May 14 Paraguay May 17 Norway May 20 Cameroon May 22 Yemen May 24 Eritrea May 25 Argentina, Jordan June 1 Tunisia, Western Samoa June 2 Italy June 4 Tonga June 5 Seychelles June 6 Sweden June 10 Portugal June 12 Great Britain (1993) June 12 Philippines, Russia June 17 Iceland June 23 Luxembourg June 25 Mozambique, Slovenia June 26 Madagascar June 27 Djibouti June 30 Zaire July 1 Burundi, Canada, Rwanda July 4 United States of America July 5 Cape Verde, Venezuela July 6 Comoros, Malawi July 10 Bahamas July 11, 12, and 13 Mongolia July 14 France July 20 Colombia July 21 Belgium July 23 Egypt July 26 Liberia July 28 Peru August 1 Benin, Switzerland August 2 Jamaica (1993) August 6 Bolivia August 9 Singapore August 10 Ecuador August 11 Chad August 15 Congo, Korea August 17 Indonesia August 19 Afghanistan August 20 Hungary August 24 Ukraine August 25 Uruguay August 31 Kyrgyzstan, Malaysia, Trinidad and Tobago September 3 Qatar September 6 Swaziland September 7 Brazil September 12 Ethiopia September 15 Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua September 16 Mexico, Papua New Guinea September 18 Chile September 19 Saint Kitts and Nevis September 21 Belize, Malta September 22 Mali September 23 Saudi Arabia September 24 Guinea-Bissau September 30 Botswana October 1 Cyprus, Nigeria, People's Republic of China October 2 Guinea October 3 Germany October 4 Lesotho October 9 Uganda October 10 Fiji October 12 Spain, Equatorial Guinea October 22 Holy See October 24 Zambia October 26 Austria October 27 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines October 28 Czechoslovakia October 29 Turkey November 1 Algeria, Antigua and Barbuda November 3 Panama, Dominica November 18 Latvia, Oman November 19 Monaco November 22 Lebanon November 25 Suriname November 28 Mauritania November 30 Barbados December 1 Central African Republic, Romania December 2 Laos, United Arab Emirates December 5 Thailand December 6 Finland December 7 Cote d'lvoire December 11 Burkina Faso December 12 Kenya December 16 Bahrain, South Africa December 18 Niger December 23 Japan December 28 Nepal