January 1 Haiti, Sudan January 4 Burma 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 March 6 Ghana March 12 Mauritius March 17 Ireland March 20 Tunisia March 21 Namibia March 23 Pakistan March 25 Greece March 26 Bangladesh April 4 Senegal April 16 Denmark April 17 Syria April 18 Zimbabwe April 26 Tanzania April 27 Sierra Leone, Togo April 27 South Africa April 30 Netherlands May 1 Marshall Islands May 3 Poland May 8 Czech Republic May 9 European Communities May 12 Israel May 14 Paraguay May 17 Norway May 20 Cameroon May 22 Yemen May 24 Eritrea May 25 Argentina, Jordan May 26 Great Britain, Guyana May 28 Ethiopia May 30 Croatia June 1 Tunisia, Samoa June 2 Italy June 4 Tonga June 6 Sweden June 10 Portugal June 12 Philippines, Russia June 17 Iceland June 18 Seychelles June 23 Luxembourg June 25 Mozambique, Slovenia June 26 Madagascar June 27 Djibouti June 30 D. R. of Congo July 1 Burundi, Canada, Rwanda July 3 Belarus July 5 Cape Verde, Venezuela July 6 Comoros, Malawi July 7 Solomon Islands July 10 Bahamas July 11 Mongolia July 14 France July 20 Colombia July 21 Belgium July 23 Egypt July 26 Liberia July 28 Peru July 30 Morocco August 1 Benin, Switzerland August 2 Macedonia August 5 Jamaica August 6 Bolivia August 7 Cote d'Ivoire August 9 Singapore August 10 Ecuador August 11 Chad August 15 R. of Congo, Korea August 17 Gabon, Indonesia August 20 Hungary August 24 Ukraine August 25 Uruguay August 31 Kyrgyzstan, Malaysia, Trinidad and Tobago September 1 Uzbekistan September 3 Qatar September 6 Swaziland September 7 Brazil 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, Palau People's Republic of China October 2 Guinea October 3 Germany October 4 Lesotho October 9 Uganda October 11 Fiji October 12 Spain, Equatorial Guinea October 22 Holy See October 24 Zambia October 25 Kazakhstan October 26 Austria October 27 Turkmenistan, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines October 28 Czech Republic, Turkmenistan October 29 Turkey November 1 Algeria, Antigua and Barbuda November 3 Panama, Dominica November 11 Angola 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 11 Burkina Faso December 12 Kenya December 16 Bahrain December 18 Niger December 23 Japan December 28 Nepal
