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APPENDIX C

Ratifications of Core ILO Child Labor Conventions and
Membership in the International Program on the
Elimination of Child Labor (IPEC)a

Country Convention No. 138a Convention No. 182b IPEC Membership 
Bangladesh   March 12, 2001 1994
Benin June 11, 2001 November 6, 2001 1997
Bolivia June 11, 1997   1996
Brazil June 28, 2001 February 2, 2000 1992
Cambodia August 23, 1999   1997
Costa Rica June 11, 1976 September 10, 2001 1996
Dominican Republic June 15, 1999 November 15, 2000 1997
Egypt June 9, 1999 May 6, 2002 1996
El Salvador January 23, 1996 October 12, 2000 1996
Ethiopia May 27, 1999    
Ghana   June 13, 2000 2000
Guatemala April 23, 1990 October 11, 2001 1996
Haiti     1999
Honduras June 9, 1980 October 25, 2001 1997
India     1992
Indonesia June 7, 1999 March 28, 2000 1992
Kenya April 9, 1979 May 7, 2001 1992
Lesotho June 14, 2001 June 14, 2001  
Mali   July 14, 2000 1998
Nepal May 30, 1997 January 3, 2002 1994
Nicaragua November 2, 1981 November 6, 2000 1996
Nigeria     2000
Pakistan   October 11, 2001 1994
Panama October 31, 2000 October 31, 2000 1996
Peru   January 10, 2002 1996
Philippines June 4, 1998 November 28, 2000 1994
Romania November 19, 1975 December 13, 2000 2000
South Africa March 30, 2000 June 7, 2000 1997
Tanzania December 16, 1998 September 12, 2001 1994
Thailand   February 16, 2001 1992
Togo March 16, 1984 September 19, 2000 2000
Uganda   June 21, 2001 1998
Zambia February 9, 1976 December 10, 2001 2000
a As of October 26, 2000.
b Based on ILO Registered Ratification Dates.