ANNEX III
Convention on the prohibition of the development,
production, stockpiling and use of
chemical weapons and on their destruction
(An updated list of States Parties to the Convention
is available at: www.opcw.nl/).
| (129 States Parties as of 10.12.99)
| Date of Signature |
Date of Ratification |
Date of Accession |
| Afghanistan | 14.01.93
| |
|
| Albania | 14.01.93
| 11.05.94 |
|
| Algeria | 13.01.93
| 14.08.95 |
|
| Argentina | 13.01.93
| 02.10.95 |
|
| Armenia | 19.03.93
| 27.01.95 |
|
| Australia | 13.01.93
| 06.05.94 |
|
| Austria | 13.01.93
| 17.08.95 |
|
| Azerbaijan | 13.01.93
| |
|
| Bahamas | 02.03.94
| |
|
| Bahrain | 24.02.93
| 28.04.97 |
|
| Bangladesh | 14.01.93
| 25.04.97 |
|
| Belarus | 14.01.93
| 11.07.96 |
|
| Belgium | 13.01.93
| 27.01.97 |
|
| Benin | 14.01.93
| 14.05.98 |
|
| Bhutan | 24.04.97
| |
|
| Bolivia | 14.01.93
| 14.08.98 |
|
| Bosnia-Herzegovina | 16.01.97
| 25.02.97 |
|
| Botswana |
| | 31.08.98
|
| Brazil | 13.01.93
| 13.03.96 |
|
| Brunei Darussalam | 13.01.93
| 28.07.97 |
|
| Bulgaria | 13.01.93
| 10.08.94 |
|
| Burkina Faso | 14.01.93
| 08.07.97 |
|
| Burundi | 15.01.93
| 04.09.98 |
|
| Cambodia | 15.01.93
| |
|
| Cameroon | 14.01.93
| 16.09.96 |
|
| Canada | 13.01.93
| 26.09.95 |
|
| Cape Verde | 15.01.93
| |
|
| Central African Republic | 14.01.93
| |
|
| Chad | 11.10.94
| |
|
| Chile | 14.01.93
| 12.07.96 |
|
| China | 13.01.93
| 25.04.97 |
|
| Colombia | 13.01.93
| |
|
| Comoros | 13.01.93
| |
|
| Congo | 15.01.93
| |
|
| Cook Islands | 14.01.93
| 15.07.94 |
|
| Costa Rica | 14.01.93
| 31.05.96 |
|
| Cote D'Ivoire | 13.01.93
| 18.12.95 |
|
| Croatia | 13.01.93
| 23.05.95 |
|
| Cuba | 13.01.93
| 29.04.97 |
|
| Cyprus | 13.01.93
| 28.08.98 |
|
| Czech Republic | 14.01.93
| 06.03.96 |
|
| Denmark | 14.01.93
| 13.07.95 |
|
| Djibouti | 28.09.93
| |
|
| Dominica | 02.08.93
| |
|
| Dominican Republic | 13.01.93
| |
|
| Ecuador | 14.01.93
| 06.09.95 |
|
| El Salvador | 14.01.93
| 30.10.95 |
|
| Equatorial Guinea | 14.01.93
| 25.04.97 |
|
| Estonia | 14.01.93
| 26.05.99 |
|
| Ethiopia | 14.01.93
| 13.05.96 |
|
| Fiji | 14.01.93
| 20.01.93 |
|
| Finland | 14.01.93
| 07.02.95 |
|
| France | 13.01.93
| 02.03.95 |
|
| Gabon | 13.01.93
| |
|
| Gambia | 13.01.93
| 19.05.98 |
|
| Georgia | 14.01.93
| 27.11.95 |
|
| Germany | 13.01.93
| 12.08.94 |
|
| Ghana | 14.01.93
| 09.07.97 |
|
| Greece | 13.01.93
| 22.12.94 |
|
| Grenada | 09.04.97
| |
|
| Guatemala | 14.01.93
| |
|
| Guinea | 14.01.93
| 09.06.97 |
|
| Guinea Bissau | 14.01.93
| |
|
| Guyana | 06.10.93
| 12.09.97 |
|
| Haiti | 14.01.93
| |
|
| Holy See | 14.01.93
| 12.05.99 |
|
| Honduras | 13.01.93
| |
|
| Hungary | 13.01.93
| 31.10.96 |
|
| Iceland | 13.01.93
| 28.04.97 |
|
| India | 14.01.93
| 03.09.96 |
|
| Indonesia | 13.01.93
| 12.11.98 |
|
| Iran | 13.01.93
| 03.11.97 |
|
| Ireland | 14.01.93
| 24.06.96 |
|
| Israel | 13.01.93
| |
|
| Italy | 13.01.93
| 08.12.95 |
|
| Jamaica | 18.04.97
| |
|
| Japan | 13.01.93
| 15.09.95 |
|
| Jordan |
| | 29.10.97
|
| Kazakhstan | 14.01.93
| |
|
| Kenya | 15.01.93
| 25.04.97 |
|
| Kuwait | 27.01.93
| 29.05.97 |
|
| Kyrgyzstan | 22.02.93
| |
|
| Lao People's Dem Rep | 13.05.93
| 25.02.97 |
|
| Latvia | 06.05.93
| 23.07.96 |
|
| Lesotho | 07.12.94
| 07.12.94 |
|
| Liberia | 15.01.93
| |
|
| Liechtenstein | 21.07.93
| 24.11.99 |
|
| Lithuania | 13.01.93
| 15.04.98 |
|
| Luxembourg | 13.01.93
| 15.04.97 |
|
| Madagascar | 15.01.93
| |
|
| Malawi | 14.01.93
| 11.06.98 |
|
| Malaysia | 13.01.93
| |
|
| Maldives | 01.10.93
| 31.05.94 |
|
| Mali | 13.01.93
| 28.04.97 |
|
| Malta | 13.01.93
| 28.04.97 |
|
| Marshall Islands | 13.01.93
| |
|
| Mauritania | 13.01.93
| 11.02.98 |
|
| Mauritius | 14.01.93
| 09.02.93 |
|
| Mexico | 13.01.93
| 29.08.94 |
|
| Micronesia | 13.01.93
| 21.06.99 |
|
| Moldova | 13.01.93
| 08.07.96 |
|
| Monaco | 13.01.93
| 01.06.95 |
|
| Mongolia | 14.01.93
| 17.01.95 |
|
| Morocco | 13.01.93
| 28.12.95 |
|
| Myanmar | 14.01.93
| |
|
| Namibia | 13.01.93
| 27.11.95 |
|
| Nauru | 13.01.93
| |
|
| Nepal | 19.01.93
| 18.11.97 |
|
| Netherlands | 14.01.93
| 30.06.95 |
|
| New Zealand | 14.01.93
| 15.07.96 |
|
| Nicaragua | 09.03.93
| 05.11.99 |
|
| Niger | 14.01.93
| 09.04.97 |
|
| Nigeria | 13.01.93
| 19.05.99 |
|
| Norway | 13.01.93
| 07.04.94 |
|
| Oman | 02.02.93
| 08.02.95 |
|
| Pakistan | 13.01.93
| 28.10.97 |
|
| Panama | 16.01.93
| 07.10.98 |
|
| Papua New Guinea | 14.01.93
| 17.04.96 |
|
| Paraguay | 14.01.93
| 01.12.94 |
|
| Peru | 14.01.93
| 20.07.95 |
|
| Philippines | 13.01.93
| 11.12.96 |
|
| Poland | 13.01.93
| 23.08.95 |
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| Portugal | 13.01.93
| 10.09.96 |
|
| Qatar | 01.02.93
| 03.09.97 |
|
| Republic of Korea | 14.01.93
| 28.04.97 |
|
| Republic of Macedonia |
| | 20.06.97
|
| Romania | 13.01.93
| 15.02.95 |
|
| Russian Federation | 13.01.93
| 05.11.97 |
|
| Rwanda | 17.05.93
| |
|
| Samoa (Western) | 14.01.93
| |
|
| San Marino | 13.01.93
| 10.12.99 |
|
| Saudi Arabia | 20.01.93
| 09.08.96 |
|
| Senegal | 13.01.93
| 20.06.98 |
|
| Seychelles | 15.01.93
| 07.04.93 |
|
| Sierra Leone | 15.01.93
| |
|
| Singapore | 14.01.93
| 21.05.97 |
|
| Slovak Republic | 14.01.93
| 27.10.95 |
|
| Slovenia | 14.01.93
| 11.06.97 |
|
| South Africa | 14.01.93
| 13.09.95 |
|
| Spain | 13.01.93
| 03.08.94 |
|
| Sri Lanka | 14.01.93
| 19.08.94 |
|
| St Kitts and Nevis | 16.03.94
| |
|
| St Lucia | 29.03.93
| 09.04.97 |
|
| St Vincent and the Grenadines | 20.09.93
| |
|
| Sudan |
| | 25.05.99
|
| Suriname | 28.04.97
| 28.04.97 |
|
| Swaziland | 23.09.93
| 20.11.96 |
|
| Sweden | 13.01.93
| 17.06.93 |
|
| Switzerland | 14.01.93
| 10.03.95 |
|
| Tajikistan | 14.01.93
| 11.01.95 |
|
| Tanzania | 25.02.94
| 25.06.98 |
|
| Thailand | 14.01.93
| |
|
| Togo | 13.01.93
| 23.04.97 |
|
| Trinidad & Tobago |
| | 24.06.97
|
| Tunisia | 13.01.93
| 15.04.97 |
|
| Turkey | 14.01.93
| 12.05.97 |
|
| Turkmenistan | 12.10.93
| 29.09.94 |
|
| Uganda | 14.01.93
| |
|
| Ukraine | 13.01.93
| 16.10.98 |
|
| United Arab Emirates | 02.02.93
| |
|
| United Kingdom | 13.01.93
| 13.05.96 |
|
| United States of America | 13.01.93
| 25.04.97 |
|
| Uruguay | 15.01.93
| 06.10.94 |
|
| Uzbekistan | 24.11.95
| 23.07.96 |
|
| Venezuela | 14.01.93
| 03.12.97 |
|
| Vietnam | 13.01.93
| 30.09.98 |
|
| Yemen | 08.02.93
| |
|
| Zaire | 14.01.93
| |
|
| Zambia | 13.01.93
| |
|
| Zimbabwe | 13.01.93
| 25.04.97 |
|
Prepared 2 August 2000