Chemical Weapons Convention Signatories, Ratifiers
144 nations have ratified or acceded to the CWC
The following fact sheet, issued by the State Department's
Bureau of Arms Control, lists those nations that have become
signatories to the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) and those that
have ratified it or acceded to it, with accompanying dates of
ratification:
Chemical Weapons Convention Signatories/Ratifiers Fact Sheet Bureau of Arms Control Washington, D.C. November 12, 2001 Chemical Weapons Convention Signatories/Ratifiers
The
Chemical Weapons Convention bans the development, production,
acquisition, stockpiling, retention, and direct or indirect transfer of
Chemical Weapons. It also prohibits the use or preparation for use of
CW and the assistance, encouragement, or inducement of anyone else to
engage in activities prohibited by the CWC.
The CWC entered into
force on April 29, 1997, following ratification by 65 signatories. As
of November 12, 2001, 144 countries have either ratified or acceded to
the CWC. Another 34 are signatories.
Afghanistan
Albania (Ratified 5/11/94)
Algeria (Ratified 8/14/95)
Argentina (Ratified 10/2/95)
Armenia (Ratified 1/27/95)
Australia (Ratified 5/6/94)
Austria (Ratified 8/17/95)
Azerbaijan (Ratified 2/29/00)
Bahamas
Bahrain (Ratified 4/28/97)
Bangladesh (Ratified 4/25/97)
Belarus (Ratified 7/11/96)
Belgium (Ratified 1/27/97)
Benin (Ratified 5/14/98)
Bhutan
Bolivia (Ratified 8/14/98)
Bosnia-Herzegovina (Ratified 2/25/97)
Botswana (Acceded 8/31/98)
Brazil (Ratified 3/13/96)
Brunei Darussalam (Ratified 7/28/97)
Bulgaria (Ratified 8/10/94)
Burkina Faso (Ratified 7/8/97)
Burma (Myanmar)
Burundi (Ratified 9/4/98)
Cambodia
Cameroon (Ratified 9/16/96)
Canada (Ratified 9/26/95)
Cape Verde
Central African Rep.
Chad
Chile (Ratified 7/12/96)
China (Ratified 4/25/97)
Colombia (Ratified 4/5/00)
Comoros
Congo
Cook Islands (Ratified 7/15/94)
Costa Rica (Ratified 5/31/96)
Cote d'Ivoire (Ratified 12/18/95)
Croatia (Ratified 5/23/95)
Cuba (Ratified 4/29/97)
Cyprus (Ratified 8/28/98)
Czech Republic (Ratified 3/6/96)
Denmark (Ratified 7/13/95)
Djibouti
Dominica (Ratified 2/12/01)
Dominican Republic
Ecuador (Ratified 9/6/95)
El Salvador (Ratified 10/30/95)
Equatorial Guinea (Ratified 4/25/97)
Eritrea (Acceded 2/14/00)
Estonia (Ratified 5/26/99)
Ethiopia (Ratified 5/13/96)
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Acceded 4/20/00)
Fiji (Ratified 1/20/93)
Finland (Ratified 2/7/95)
France (Ratified 3/2/95)
Gabon (Ratified 9/8/00)
Gambia, The (Ratified 5/19/98)
Georgia (Ratified 11/27/95)
Germany (Ratified 8/12/94)
Ghana (Ratified 7/9/97)
Greece (Ratified 12/22/94)
Grenada
Guatemala
Guinea (Ratified 6/9/97)
Guinea-Bissau
Guyana (Ratified 9/12/97)
Haiti
Holy See (Ratified 5/12/99)
Honduras
Hungary (Ratified 10/31/96)
Iceland (Ratified 4/28/97)
India (Ratified 9/3/96)
Indonesia (Ratified 11/12/98)
Iran (Ratified 11/3/97)
Ireland (Ratified 6/24/96)
Israel
Italy (Ratified 12/8/95)
Jamaica (Ratified 9/8/00)
Japan (Ratified 9/15/95)
Jordan (Acceded 10/29/97)
Kazakhstan (Ratified 3/23/00)
Kenya (Ratified 4/25/97)
Kiribati (Acceded 9/7/00)
Korea (Rep of) (Ratified 4/28/97)
Kuwait (Ratified 5/29/97)
Kyrgyzstan
Laos (P.D.R.) (Ratified 2/25/97)
Latvia (Ratified 7/23/96)
Lesotho (Ratified 12/7/94)
Liberia
Liechtenstein (Ratified 11/24/99)
Lithuania (Ratified 4/15/98)
Luxembourg (Ratified 4/15/97)
Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of (Acceded 6/20/97)
Madagascar
Malawi (Ratified 6/11/98)
Malaysia (Ratified 4/20/00)
Maldives (Ratified 5/31/94)
Mali (Ratified 4/28/97)
Malta (Ratified 4/28/97)
Marshall Islands
Mauritania (Ratified 2/9/98)
Mauritius (Ratified 2/9/93)
Mexico (Ratified 8/29/94)
Micronesia (Ratified 6/21/99)
Moldova (Rep of)(Ratified 7/8/96)
Monaco (Ratified 6/1/95)
Mongolia (Ratified 1/17/95)
Morocco (Ratified 12/28/95)
Mozambique (Acceded 8/15/00)
Namibia (Ratified 11/27/95)
Nauru (Rep of) (Ratified 11/12/01)
Nepal (Ratified 11/18/97)
Netherlands (Ratified 6/30/95)
New Zealand (Ratified 7/15/96)
Nicaragua (Ratified 11/5/99)
Niger (Ratified 4/9/97)
Nigeria (Ratified 5/19/99)
Norway (Ratified 4/7/94)
Oman (Ratified 2/8/95)
Pakistan (Ratified 10/28/97)
Panama (Ratified 10/7/98)
Papua New Guinea (Ratified 4/17/96)
Paraguay (Ratified 12/1/94)
Peru (Ratified 7/20/95)
Philippines (Ratified 12/11/96)
Poland (Ratified 8/23/95)
Portugal (Ratified 9/10/96)
Qatar (Ratified 9/3/97)
Romania (Ratified 2/15/95)
Russian Federation (Ratified 11/5/97)
Rwanda
Samoa
San Marino (Ratified 12/10/99)
Saudi Arabia (Ratified 8/9/96)
Senegal (Ratified 7/20/98)
Seychelles (Ratified 4/7/93)
Sierra Leone
Singapore (Ratified 5/21/97)
Slovakia (Ratified 10/27/95)
Slovenia (Ratified 6/11/97)
South Africa (Ratified 9/13/95)
Spain (Ratified 8/3/94)
Sri Lanka (Ratified 8/19/94)
St. Kitts & Nevis
St. Lucia (Ratified 4/9/97)
St. Vincent and The Grenadines
Sudan (Acceded 5/24/99)
Suriname (Ratified 4/28/97)
Swaziland (Ratified 11/20/96)
Sweden (Ratified 6/17/93)
Switzerland (Ratified 3/10/95)
Tajikistan (Ratified 1/11/95)
Tanzania (Ratified 6/25/98)
Thailand
Togo (Ratified 4/23/97)
Trinidad and Tobago (Acceded 6/24/97)
Tunisia (Ratified 4/15/97)
Turkey (Ratified 5/12/97)
Turkmenistan (Ratified 9/29/94)
Uganda
Ukraine (Ratified 10/16/98)
United Arab Emirates (Ratified 11/28/00)
United Kingdom (Ratified 5/13/96)
United States (Ratified 4/25/97)
Uruguay (Ratified 10/6/94)
Uzbekistan (Ratified 7/23/96)
Venezuela (Ratified 12/3/97)
Vietnam (Ratified 9/30/98)
Yemen (Ratified 10/2/00)
Zaire
Zambia (Ratified 2/9/01)
Zimbabwe (Ratified 4/25/97)
Created: 12 Nov 2001 Updated: 00 Dec 0000
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