Index
ANNEX IV

Convention on the prohibition of the development, production and stockpiling of

bacteriological (biological) and toxin weapons and on their destruction

(Data provided by the FCO in January 2000. An updated list of States Parties to the Convention is available at: http://projects.sipri.se/cbw/docs/bw-btwc-mainpage.html).

State
Date of Signature
Date of deposit of Instrument of Ratification
United Kingdom*
10 April 1972
26 March 19751,6
Russian Federation (formerly Union of Soviet Socialist Republics)
10 April 1972
26 March 1975
United States of America
10 April 1972
26 March 1975
Afghanistan
10 April 1972
26 March 1975
Australia*
10 April 1972
5 October 1977
Austria
10 April 1972
10 August 1973
Belgium
10 April 1972
15 March 1979
Brazil
10 April 1972
27 February 1973
Bulgaria
10 April 1972
2 August 1972
Burma
10 April 1972
  
Canada
10 April 1972
18 September 1972
Chile
10 April 1972
22 April 1980
Cyprus
10 April 1972
6 November 1973
Czechoslovakia2
10 April 1972
30 April 1973
Denmark
10 April 1972
1 March 1973
Egypt, Arab Republic of
10 April 1972
  
Ethiopia
10 April 1972
26 May 1975
Finland
10 April 1972
4 February 1974
Gabon
10 April 1972
  
Germany, Federal Republic of
10 April 1972
7 April 1983
Greece
10 April 1972
  
Hungary
10 April 1972
27 December 1972
Iceland
10 April 1972
15 February 1973
Ireland*
10 April 1972
27 October 1972
Italy
10 April 1972
30 May 1975
Japan
10 April 1972
18 June 1982
Korea*
10 April 1972
25 June 1987
Laos
10 April 1972
25 April 1973
Lebanon
10 April 1972
26 March 1975
Luxembourg
10 April 1972
23 March 1976
Malaysia*
10 April 1972
6 September 1991
Mexico*
10 April 1972
8 April 1974
Mongolia
10 April 1972
14 September 1972
Nepal
10 April 1972
  
Netherlands
10 April 1972
22 June 19813
New Zealand
10 April 1972
18 December 1972
Nicaragua
10 April 1972
  
Norway
10 April 1972
1 August 1973
Pakistan
10 April 1972
3 October 1974
Peru
10 April 1972
5 June 1985
Philippines
10 April 1972
  
Poland
10 April 1972
25 January 1973
Romania
10 April 1972
26 July 1979
Spain
10 April 1972
20 June 1979
Sri Lanka (formerly Ceylon)
10 April 1972
18 November 1986
Switzerland*
10 April 1972
4 May 1976
Tunisia
10 April 1972
6 June 1973
Turkey
10 April 1972
4 November 1974
Yugoslavia
10 April 1972
25 October 1973
Liberia
14 April 1972
  
Jordan
17 April 1972
27 June 1975
Kuwait*
27 April 1972
26 July 1972
Morocco
2 May 1972
  
Yemen Arab Republic
10 May 1972
  
Singapore
19 June 1972
2 December 1975
Indonesia
21 June 1972
19 February 1992
Nigeria
10 July 1972
9 July 1973
Argentine Republic
3 August 1972
5 December 1979
The Gambia
8 August 1972
7 May 1997
Tanzania
16 August 1972
  
Malta
11 September 1972
7 April 1975
United Arab Emirates
28 September 1972
  
Madagascar
13 October 1972
  
Qatar
14 November 1972
17 April 1975
Iran
16 November 1972
22 August 1973
Sierra Leone
24 November 1972
29 June 1976
India*
15 January 1973
15 July 1974
Mauritius
[Note No.4]
11 January 1973
Fiji
22 February 1973
1 October 1973
San Marino
21 March 1973
11 March 1975
Sweden
27 February 1975
5 February 1976
Portugal
[Note No.4]
15 May 1975
Rwanda
[Note No.4/5]
20 May 1975
Ghana
[Note No.4/5]
6 June 1975
Zaire
[Note No.4/5]
16 September 1975
Lesotho
[Note No.4]
6 September 1977
Venezuela
[Note No.4]
18 October 1978



ACCESSIONS
State
Date of deposit of Instrument of Accession
Jamaica
13 August 1975
Kenya
7 January 1976
Tonga
28 September 1976
Seychelles
11 October 1979
Papua New Guinea
27 October 1980
France
27 September 1984
China, People's Republic of*6
15 November 1984
Bangladesh
13 March 1985
Grenada
22 October 1986
Bahamas
26 November 1986
Bahrain*
28 October 1988
Zimbabwe
5 November 1990
Brunei
31 January 1991
St Kitts and Nevis
2 April 1991
Liechtenstein
6 June 1991
Swaziland
18 June1991
Albania
11 August 1992
Suriname
6 January 1993
Georgia
22 May 1996
Latvia
6 February 1997
Lithuania
10 February 1998
Monaco
30 April 1999
SUCCESSIONS
State
Date of deposit of Instrument of Succession
Solomon Islands
17 June 1981
Belize
20 October 1986
Saint Lucia
26 November 1986
Slovenia
7 April 1992
Czech Republic*
5 April 1993
Slovakia*
17 May 1993
Macedonia, Republic of
14 March 1997
St Vincent and the Grenadines
13 May 1999

Notes:


*See Declarations and Reservations
1The United Kingdom ratification was in respect of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Dominica and Territories under the territorial sovereignty of the United Kingdom, as well as the State of Brunei, the British Solomon Islands Protectorate and, within the limits of United Kingdom jurisdiction therein, the Condominium of the New Hebrides
2See now separate entries for the Czech Republic and Slovakia
3Applied separately to Netherlands Antilles and Aruba on 22 June 1981
4Signed at Washington
5Signed at Moscow
6Ceased to apply to Hong Kong wef 1 July 1997. Applies to Hong Kong (SAR) wef 1 July 1997.


Prepared 2 August 2000