A/HRC/10/14 page 20 and submit to the General Assembly for approval a new international convention on the regulation of private military and security companies and, possibly, a complementary model law to be used as a model for national legislation on the private military and security industry. 85. The Working Group finally recommends that the approach of the international community to private military and security companies should move away from perceiving them as part of a State’s regular exports under commercial regulations towards perceiving them as a highly specific field of exports and services requiring supervision and constant oversight by or on behalf of national Governments, civil society and the international community, led by the United Nations. Both Governments and the United Nations system must take greater responsibility for what, private military and security companies are doing worldwide, and where and how they operate. V. STATUS OF THE INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION AGAINST THE RECRUITMENT, USE, FINANCING AND TRAINING OF MERCENARIES 86. The International Convention against the recruitment, use, financing and training of mercenaries was adopted by General Assembly resolution 44/34 on 4 December 1989, and entered into force on 20 October 2001. This section reflects the status of the Convention as of 2 December 2008. Participants Signature, succession to signature(d) Angola Azerbaijan Barbados Belarus Belgium 28 December 1990 Cameroon Congo Costa Rica Croatia Cuba 21 December 1990 20 June 1990 Cyprus Democratic Republic of the Congo Georgia Germany Guinea 13 December 1990 Ratification, accession,(a) succession(d) 4 December 1997(a) 10 July 1992(a) 28 May 1997 31 May 2002(a) 26 January 1996 20 September 2001(a) 27 March 2000(a) 9 February 2007(a) 8 July 1993(a) 20 March 1990 8 June 1995(a) 20 December 1990 18 July 2003(a)