Membership
Since the signing and entering into force of the HCOC Code in November 2002 in The Hague, (Netherlands) the number of signatories has increased from 96 to 134 (132 UN members, the Cook Islands and the Holy See).
Currently the following states are not subscribers:
- Mexico, Brazil, Bolivia, Cuba, Belize, Bahamas, Jamaica, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Antigua and Barbuda, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Grenada, Dominica, Barbados, Trinidad and Tobago
- Algeria, Egypt, Djibouti, Somalia, South Sudan, Ivory Coast, Togo, Equatorial Guinea, Sao Tome and Principe, DR Congo, Angola, Namibia, Botswana, Lesotho, Swaziland, Mauritius, Zimbabwe
- Israel, Syria, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain, United Arab Emirates, Oman, Yemen, Iran
- Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, India, Bhutan, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Laos, Vietnam, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, PR China, North Korea
- Solomon Islands, Nauru, Niue
- the states with limited recognition
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