Please find below an updated list of the countries who have not signed or ratified and those who have signed but not ratified.

This is the list of UN Member States who have not signed or ratified the Optional Protocol.

These are the UN Member States who have signed but not ratified the Optional Protocol.

Antigua and Barbuda Bahamas Barbados Brunei Sarussalam  Comoros DPR Korea Equatorial Guinea Guinea Kiribati Marshall Islands Mauritania Myanmar Palau Papua New Guinea Saint Kitts and Nevis Samoa Sao Tome and Principe South Sudan Tonga Trinidad and Tobago Tuvalu United Arab Emirates Zimbabwe -------------------- Total: 23

Cameroon 05/10/2001 Central African Republic 27/09/2010 Dominican Rep 09/05/2002 Ethiopia 28/09/2010 Estonia 24/09/2003 Fiji 16/09/2005 Gambia 21/12/2000 Ghana 24/09/2003 Guinea-Bissau 08/09/2000 Haiti 15/08/2002 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 21/09/2010 Lebanon 11/02/2002 Liberia 22/09/2004 Micronesia 08/05/2002 Nauru 08/09/2000 Pakistan 26/09/2001 Saint Lucia 26/09/2011 Solomon Islands 24/09/2009 Somalia 16/09/2005 Suriname 10/05/2002 Zambia 29/09/2008 -------------------- Total: 21