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A

• Afghanistan
• Albania
• Algeria
• Andorra
• Angola
• Antigua and Barbuda (since November 1)
• Argentina
• Australia
• Austria

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B

• The Bahamas
• Bahrain
• Bangladesh
• Barbados
• Belgium
• Belize (since September 21)
• Benin
• Bhutan
• Bolivia
• Botswana
• Brazil
• Bulgaria
• Burkina Faso
• Burundi

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C

• Cambodia
• Cameroon
• Canada
• Cape Verde
• Central African Republic
• Chad
• Chile
• People's Republic of China
• Republic of China
• Colombia
• Comoros
• Republic of Congo
• Costa Rica
• Côte d'Ivoire
• Cuba
• Cyprus
• Czechoslovakia

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D

• Denmark
• Djibouti
• Dominica

E

• East Germany
• Ecuador
• Egypt
• El Salvador
• Equatorial Guinea
• Ethiopia

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F

• Fiji
• Finland
• France

G

• Gabon
• The Gambia
• Ghana
• Greece
• Grenada
• Guatemala
• Guinea
• Guinea-Bissau
• Guyana

H

• Haiti
• Honduras
• Hungary
• Hungarian

I

• Iceland
• India
• Indonesia
• Iran
• Iraq
• Ireland
• Israel
• Italy

J

• Jamaica
• Japan
• Jordan

K

• Kenya
• Kiribati
• North Korea
• South Korea
• Kuwait

L

• Laos
• Lebanon
• Lesotho
• Liberia
• Libya
• Liechtenstein
• Luxembourg

M

• Madagascar
• Malawi
• Malaysia
• Maldives
• Mali
• Malta
• Mauritania
• Mauritius
• Mexico
• Monaco
• Mongolia
• Morocco
• Mozambique
• Myanmar

N

• Nauru
• Nepal
• Netherlands
• New Zealand
• Nicaragua
• Niger
• Nigeria
• Norway
• North Yemen

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O

• Oman

P

• Pakistan
• Panama
• Papua New Guinea
• Paraguay
• Peru
• Philippines
• Poland
• Portugal

Q

• Qatar

R

• Romania
• Rwanda

S

• Saint Lucia
• Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
• San Marino
• São Tomé and Príncipe
• Saudi Arabia
• Senegal
• Seychelles
• Sierra Leone
• Singapore
• Solomon Islands
• Somalia
• South Africa
• South Yemen
• Soviet Union
• Spain
• Sri Lanka
• Sudan
• Suriname
• Swaziland
• Sweden
• Switzerland
• Syria

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T

• For the state that is commonly referred to as "Taiwan," please see the Republic of China
• Tanzania
• Thailand
• Togo
• Tonga
• Trinidad and Tobago
• Tunisia
• Turkey
• Tuvalu

U

• Uganda
• United Arab Emirates
• United Kingdom
• United States
• Uruguay

V

• Vanuatu
• Vatican City
• Venezuela
• Vietnam

W

• Western Germany
• Western Samoa

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Y

• Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia

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Z

• Zaire
• Zambia
• Zimbabwe