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Biological and Chemical Weapons

Members and Signatories of the Chemical Weapons Convention

States Parties: 156

As of 4 November 2003


Afghanistan--RATIFIED 9/24/03
Albania--RATIFIED 5/11/94
Algeria--RATIFIED 8/14/95
Andorra--ACCEDED 3/29/03
Argentina--RATIFIED 10/2/95 Armenia--RATIFIED 1/27/95
Australia--RATIFIED 5/6/94
Austria--RATIFIED 8/17/95
Azerbaijan--RATIFIED 2/25/00
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 and Herzegovina--RATIFIED 2/25/97
Botswana-ACCEDED 8/31/98
Brazil--RATIFIED 3/13/96
Brunei Darussalem--RATIFIED 7/28/97
Bulgaria--RATIFIED 8/10/94
Burkina Faso--RATIFIED 7/8/97
Burundi-RATIFIED 9/4/98
Cambodia
Cameroon--RATIFIED 9/16/96
Canada--RATIFIED 9/26/95
Cape Verde
Central African Republic
Chad
Chile--RATIFIED 7/11/96
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
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Denmark--RATIFIED 7/13/95
Djibouti
Dominica--RATIFIED 2/12/01
Dominican Republic
East Timor--ACCEDED 6/6/03
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
Fiji--RATIFIED 1/20/93
Finland--RATIFIED 2/7/95
Former Yugoslav Republic of  Macedonia--ACCEDED 
6/20/97
France--RATIFIED 3/3/95
Gabon--RATIFIED 9/8/00
Gambia--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--RATIFIED 3/14/03
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
Kuwait--RATIFIED 5/29/97
Kyrgyzstan--RATIFIED 9/29/03
Laos--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
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-RATIFIED 7/8/96
Monaco--RATIFIED 6/1/95
Mongolia--RATIFIED 1/17/95
Morocco--RATIFIED 12/28/95
Mozambique--ACCEDED 8/15/00
Myanmar
Namibia--RATIFIED 11/27/95 Nauru--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 5/20/99
Norway--RATIFIED 4/7/94
Oman--RATIFIED 2/8/95
Pakistan*--RATIFIED 10/28/97

Palau--ACCEDED 3/5/03
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
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Lucia--RATIFIED 4/9/97
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines--RATIFIED 9/18/02
Samoa--RATIFIED 9/27/02
San Marino--RATIFIED 12/10/99
San Tome and Principe-- ACCEDED 9/9/03
Saudi Arabia--RATIFIED 8/9/96
Senegal--RATIFIED 7/20/98
Seychelles--RATIFIED 4/7/93
Sierra Leone
Singapore--RATIFIED 5/21/97
Slovak Republic--RATIFIED 10/27/95
Slovenia--RATIFIED 6/11/97
South Africa--RATIFIED 9/13/95
South Korea--RATIFIED 4/28/97
Spain--RATIFIED 8/3/94
Sri Lanka--RATIFIED 8/19/94
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--RATIFIED 12/10/02
Togo--RATIFIED 4/23/97
Tonga--ACCEDED 6/28/2003
Trinidad and Tobago--ACCEDED 6/24/97

Tunisia--RATIFIED 4/15/97
Turkey--RATIFIED 5/5/97
Turkmenistan--RATIFIED 9/29/94
Uganda--RATIFIED 11/30/01
Ukraine--RATIFIED 10/16/98
United Arab Emirates--RATIFIED 2/2/01
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 Viet Nam--RATIFIED 9/30/98
Yemen--RATIFIED 10/2/00
Yugoslavia--ACCEDED 4/20/00
Zambia--RATIFIED 2/9/01
Zimbabwe--RATIFIED 4/25/97

*click here to see text of Pakistan's instrument of ratification