GDDS: Important Dates

Participant	Date Metadata First Posted on the DSBB
Afghanistan, Islamic Republic of	June 22, 2006
Albania	May 22, 2000
Algeria	April 21, 2009
Angola	January 29, 2004
Antigua and Barbuda	October 31, 2000
Azerbaijan	July 6, 2001
Bahamas, The	February 14, 2003
Bahrain	August 29, 2008
Bangladesh	March 29, 2001
Barbados	May 22, 2000
Belize	September 27, 2006
Benin	September 25, 2001
Bolivia	November 14, 2000
Botswana	October 24, 2002
Brunei Darussalam	June 14, 2004
Burkina Faso	December 28, 2001
Cambodia	March 8, 2002
Cameroon	December 28, 2000
Cape Verde	February 23, 2004
Central African Republic	June 14, 2004
Chad	September 24, 2002
China, People's Republic	April 15, 2002
Congo, Dem. Rep. of	April 24, 2004
Congo, Rep. of	November 5, 2003
Côte d’Ivoire	May 22, 2000
Dominica	September 25, 2000
Dominican Republic	November 22, 2005
Ethiopia	November 15, 2002
Fiji	May 22, 2000
Gabon	October 1, 2002
Gambia, The	May 22, 2000
Georgia	December 15, 2006
Ghana	July 20, 2005
Grenada	March 29, 2001
Guatemala	December 6, 2004
Guinea	December 12, 2003
Guinea-Bissau	November 5, 2001
Honduras	September 29, 2005
Jamaica	February 28, 2003
Jordan	September 21, 2000
Kenya	October 29, 2002
Kiribati	March 15, 2004
Kuwait	May 22, 2000
Lebanon	January 16, 2003
Lesotho	August 25, 2003
Liberia	October 24, 2005
Macao Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China	August 10, 2007
Macedonia, FYR	February 4, 2004
Madagascar	May 20, 2004
Malawi	December 24, 2002
Mali	September 25, 2001
Malta	September 11, 2000
Mauritania	September 1, 2004
Mauritius	September 21, 2000
Mongolia	August 7, 2000
Mozambique	November 24, 2003
Namibia	December 19, 2002
Nepal	May 10, 2001
Nicaragua	February 22, 2005
Niger	February 26, 2002
Nigeria	April 29, 2003
Oman	June 17, 2002
Pakistan	November 17, 2003
Panama	December 28, 2000
Paraguay	September 25, 2001
Qatar	December 30, 2005
Rwanda	October 31, 2003
San Marino	May 16, 2008
São Tomé and Príncipe	April 20, 2004
Saudi Arabia	March 4, 2008
Senegal	September 10, 2001
Serbia	May 1, 2009
Seychelles	December 18, 2006
Sierra Leone	May 29, 2003
Sri Lanka	July 14, 2000
St. Kitts and Nevis	October 31, 2000
St. Lucia	September 21, 2000
St. Vincent and the Grenadines	September 21, 2000
Sudan	August 19, 2003
Suriname	June 16, 2004
Swaziland	February 11, 2003
Syrian Arab Republic	December 12, 2007
Tajikistan	November 17, 2004
Tanzania	July 6, 2001
Togo	November 5, 2001
Tonga	May 30, 2006
Trinidad and Tobago	September 30, 2004
Uganda	May 22, 2000
United Arab Emirates	July 31, 2008
Vanuatu	April 8, 2004
Venezuela, República Bolivariana de	March 29, 2001
Vietnam	September 30, 2003
West Bank and Gaza	March 13, 2006
Yemen, Republic of	April 26, 2001
Zambia	November 1, 2002
Zimbabwe	November 1, 2002

Note: To date GDDS has had 102 participants; 6 now subscribe to the SDDS.

Kazakhstan was an initial participant in the GDDS, having metadata first posted to the DSBB on May 22, 2000. In March 2003, Kazakhstan became the 53rd subscriber to the Special Data Dissemination Standard (SDDS).

Armenia was initially a participant in the GDDS, having metadata first posted to the DSBB on March 29, 2001. In November 2003, Armenia became the 54th subscriber to the Special Data Dissemination Standard (SDDS).

Bulgaria was initially a participant in the GDDS, having metadata first posted to the DSBB on May 22, 2000. On December 1, 2003, Bulgaria became the 55th subscriber to the Special Data Dissemination Standard (SDDS).

Kyrgyz Republic was initially a participant in the GDDS, having metadata first posted to the DSBB on February 14, 2001. On February 26, 2004, Kyrgyz Republic became the 57th subscriber to the Special Data Dissemination Standard (SDDS).

Romania was initially a participant in the GDDS, having metadata first posted to the DSBB on February 14, 2001. On May 4, 2005, Romania became the 61st subscriber to the Special Data Dissemination Standard (SDDS).

Moldova was initially a participant in the GDDS, having metadata first posted to the DSBB on February 11, 2003. On May 2, 2006, Republic of Moldova became the 63rd subscriber to the Special Data Dissemination Standard (SDDS).