Ratifying countries
- 1981 - Mali
- 1982 - Liberia
- 1982 - Guinea
- 1982 - Republic of the Congo
- 1982 - Togo
- 1982 - Senegal
- 1983 - Sierra Leone
- 1983 - Nigeria
- 1983 - Tunisia
- 1983 - Rwanda
- 1983 - Gambia
- 1984 - Egypt
- 1984 - Burundi
- 1984 - Tanzania
- 1984 - Zambia
- 1985 - Guinea-Bissau
- 1985 - Somalia
- 1986 - Zimbabwe
- 1986 - Benin
- 1986 - Sudan
- 1986 - Botswana
- 1986 - Chad
- 1986 - São Tomé and Príncipe
- 1986 - Central African Republic
- 1986 - Niger
- 1986 - Comoros
- 1986 - Uganda
- 1986 - Libya
- 1986 - Mauritania
- 1986 - Gabon
- 1986 - Botswana
- 1986 - Equatorial Guinea
- 1987 - Democratic Republic of the Congo
- 1987 - Algeria
- 1987 - Cape Verde
- 1989 - Cameroon
- 1989 - Mozambique
- 1989 - Ghana
- 1989 - Burkina Faso
- 1989 - Malawi
- 1991 - Djibouti
- 1992 - Madagascar
- 1992 - Namibia
- 1992 - Seychelles
- 1992 - Mauritius
- 1992 - Kenya
- 1992 - Angola
- 1992 - Côte d'Ivoire
- 1992 - Lesotho
- 1995 - Eswatini
- 1996 - South Africa
- 1999 - Eritrea
